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Best Bench: 87% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 70% EVGA(3842 4995)

Poor: 70% Great: 87%

SPEED RANK: 90^th / 713

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Best Bench: 66% MSI(1462 3170)
Worst Bench: 53% MSI(1462 3170)

Poor: 53% Great: 66%

SPEED RANK: 112^th / 713


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		79 %	Much faster effective speed. +33%		59.3 %


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	98.6 fps	Much better lighting effects. +34%	73.7 fps
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	115 fps	Much better reflection handling. +33%	86.4 fps
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	97 fps	Faster multi rendering. +28%	75.9 fps
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	97.7 fps	Much faster NBody calculation. +34%	72.8 fps


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	111 fps	Much better peak lighting effects. +32%	83.9 fps
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	132 fps	Better peak reflection handling. +17%	113 fps
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	105 fps	Much faster peak multi rendering. +30%	80.6 fps
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	107 fps	Much faster peak NBody calculation. +32%	80.9 fps


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	196 Fps	Slightly Better CSGO Fps. +7%	183 Fps
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	121 Fps	Better Fortnite Fps. +15%	105 Fps
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	81 Fps	Better PUBG Fps. +15%	70 Fps
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	80 Fps	Much Better GTAV Fps. +31%	61 Fps
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	215 Fps	Better LoL Fps. +13%	191 Fps
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	115 Fps	Better Overwatch Fps. +10%	104 Fps
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	98 Fps	Much Better BF1 Fps. +32%	74 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	82 Fps	Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +35%	60 Fps
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	244 Fps	Better Minecraft Fps. +17%	207 Fps
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	153 Fps	Better DOTA 2 Fps. +13%	136 Fps
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	91 Fps	Better WoW Fps. +21%	75 Fps
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	121 Fps	Slightly Better WoT Fps. +9%	111 Fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.21 %	+5%	0.2 %
Value Value For Money	41.7 %	Much better value. +48%	28.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	67 %	+3%	65 %
Price Price (score)	$449	Cheaper. +10%	$500


Age Newest	114 Months	Slightly more recent. +7%	122 Months
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	113 fps	Much better peak texture detail. +36%	83 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	97.4 fps	Much faster peak complex splatting. +35%	72.3 fps
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	100 fps	Much better texture detail. +34%	74.8 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	87.9 fps	Much faster complex splatting. +35%	65.3 fps

The new GTX 980 Ti shares the same board as the more expensive Titan-X but with various restrictions including a reduced number of CUDA cores (3072 to 2816, -8.3%). Although the 980 Ti has the same 384-bit memory bandwidth as the Titan-X it only has 6GB of GDDR5 vs. 12GB in the Titan-X. So far we only have one user benchmark from a pre-release unit of the GTX 980 Ti so the following benchmarks are provisional. Comparing the Titan-X and 980 Ti shows that the Ti only lags by around 8%, which is in line with the CUDA core counts on the two cards. On the other hand comparing the GTX 980 and GTX 980 Ti shows that the Ti is around 16% faster. We don't have reliable prices for the GTX 980 Ti yet so a precise value rating isn't possible but as a card aimed at resolutions greater than 1080p it will struggle to match the GTX 970 for the vast majority of users. ^{[May '15 GPUPro]}

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The Nvidia GTX 980 is the new top end Maxwell based Nvidia GPU. The Maxwell architecture offers significantly higher clock for clock performance when compared to Kepler based cards from the previous generation. Comparing the GTX 980 and GTX 970 shows that the 970 only lags by around 17% in terms of performance but it's priced nearly 40% lower making the GTX 970 far better value for money card. Even though the GTX 970 beats the 980 in terms of value, the 980 still destroys previous generation cards. Comparing the GTX 980 and 780 Ti shows that the Newer 980 offers around 14% better performance at a 25% price discount. Nvidia have changed the price/performance landscape with their new Maxwell architecture and now pose a serious threat to AMDs high end GPU market share. The new GTX 980/970 cards replace the now discontinued GTX 780 Ti, 780 and 770. ^{[Sep '14 GPUPro]}

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