| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI | GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte XTREME 4GB Edition |
| Borderlands 3 | 72% | 6% |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 64% | 37% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 64% | 37% |
| Remnant: From the Ashes | 75% | 7% |
| Need For Speed Heat | 74% | 0% |
| eFootball PES 2020 | 82% | 32% |
| FIFA 20 | 86% | 47% |
| Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 75% | 6% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 60% | 53% |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 64% | 37% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI are massively better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte XTREME 4GB Edition.
The RTX 2080 Ti has a 160 MHz higher core clock speed and 168 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 970. This results in the RTX 2080 Ti providing 243.4 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RTX 2080 Ti has a 160 MHz higher core clock speed and 32 more Render Output Units than the GTX 970. This results in the RTX 2080 Ti providing 52.2 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RTX 2080 Ti was released over a year more recently than the GTX 970, and so the RTX 2080 Ti is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GTX 970.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The RTX 2080 Ti has 7168 MB more video memory than the GTX 970, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the RTX 2080 Ti also has superior memory performance overall.
The RTX 2080 Ti has 388.8 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 970, which means that the memory performance of the RTX 2080 Ti is massively better than the GTX 970.
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI has 4352 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte XTREME 4GB Edition has 1664. However, the actual shader performance of the RTX 2080 Ti is 7116 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 970 is 3015. The RTX 2080 Ti having 4101 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RTX 2080 Ti delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 970.
The RTX 2080 Ti transistor size technology is 16 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 970. This means that the RTX 2080 Ti is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 970.
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI requires 260 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte XTREME 4GB Edition requires 148 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 650 Watts for the RTX 2080 Ti and a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GTX 970. The RTX 2080 Ti requires 112 Watts more than the GTX 970 to run. The difference is significant enough that the RTX 2080 Ti may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 970.
GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte XTREME 4GB Edition gets 155.5 FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
| Core Speed | 1350 MHz |  | vs | 1190 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1635 MHz | | vs | 1342 MHz | |
| Architecture | Turing TU102-300A-K1-A1 | Maxwell GM204-200-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| Poor | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 20 Sep 2018 | | vs | 11 Nov 2015 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 10
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vs | 7.6
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| 3840x2160 | 10
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vs | 5.7
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| Memory | 11264 MB | | vs | 4096 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | vs | | 1775 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 352 Bit | | vs | 256 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 616GB/sec | | vs | 227.2GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 6144 KB | |
vs | 1792 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 4352 | | vs | 1664 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 12nm | | vs | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 272 | | vs | 104 | |
| Texture Rate | 367.2 GTexel/s | | vs | 123.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 88 | | vs | 56 | |
| Pixel Rate | 118.8 GPixel/s | | vs | 66.6 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 5120x3200 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | | 3 |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 260 Watts | vs | | 148 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 650 Watts | vs | | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | | 12.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | - | vs | | 5.0 | |
| Open GL | - | vs | | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7GHz | vs | | Intel Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | 2560x1440 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is the top RTX 20 Series graphics card and considered an Enthusiast graphics card based on the Turing architecture. Architecture The Turing architecture represents a process shrink down to 12nm compared to 14nm Pascal. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed TU102 which has 4352 Shader Processing Units, 272 TMUs and 88 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1350MHz and goes up to 1545MHz in Boost mode. It also has 544 Tensor Cores for AI purposes. Memory The GPU accesses an 11GB frame buffer of first-gen GDDR6 memory through a 352-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 285W, it requires at least a 650W PSU with two 8-pin power connectors. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a top-End Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | Overview GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte XTREME 4GB Edition is a special edition of NVIDIA's High-End GeForce GTX 970 4GB, created by Gigabyte. Overclock: Central Unit The Central Unit now runs at 1190MHz, instead of 1051MHz while the Boost Clock is now of 1342MHz, instead of 1178MHz. Overclock: Memory Clock The Operating Memory Clock has been increased from 1753MHz to 1775MHz. Frame Buffer Untouched. Cooling Solution The WINDFORCE 3X cooling system features four 6mm and two 8mm composite heat-pipes, special fin architecture, unique blade fan design and GIGABYTE "Triangle Cool" technology, together delivering an effective heat dissipation capacity for higher performance at lower temperatures. Performance Benchmarks indicate a 7% performance over the reference GeForce GTX 970 4GB. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||