Nvidia GeForce GTX 980, 970 – more SA pricing

22 September 2014

Following the launch of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 cards last week, more local retailers have listed the GPUs and slapped a price tag on them.

Local PC builder Rebel Tech has just put a batch up on its website – so those in the market for a new card may want to have a look at what’s on offer.

Before we get into the prices, here’s a reminder of the what these powerhouses are packing.

Card
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Steam processors/Cuda Cores 2048 1664
Texture Units 128 104
Core Clock 1126MHz 1050MHz
Boost Clock 1216MHz 1178MHz
Memory Clock 7GHz DDR5 7GHz DDR5
Memory Bus Width 256 bit 256 bit
VRAM 4GB 4GB
Max Digital Resolution 4096×2160 4096×2160
Max VGA Resolution 2048×1536 2048×1536
Power Consumption 165W 145W

Here are the prices of the various models of the two cards. (Some cards were sold out at the time of writing.)

Asus GeForce GTX 980 – R9,119

ASUS GeForce GTX 980

ASUS GeForce GTX 980

Asus GeForce GTX 970 – R5,927

ASUS GeForce GTX 970 (4GB DDR5) - R5,927

ASUS GeForce GTX 970 (4GB DDR5) – R5,927

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 – R9,395

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980

Asus GeForce GTX 980 Strix Edition – R9,803

Asus GeForce GTX 980 Strix Edition

Asus GeForce GTX 980 Strix Edition

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming Edition – R9,570

MSI GeForce GTX 980

MSI GeForce GTX 980

MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition – R5,979

MSI GeForce GTX 970

MSI GeForce GTX 970

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 – R6,155

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming – R9,689

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming

For those who are on a slightly tighter budget, Takealot is offering the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC for R3,399.

As with all Daily Deals, stocks are limited (41 left at the time of writing), and expires at 21:00 this evening – 22 September 2014.

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  1. Thatsme
    30.09.2014 at 20:31

    With such crazy prices local stupids are under risk to sell nothing, because after a few time NVidia will make new version (on the same architecture) and nobody will look at 980.

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