{"id":70014,"date":"2014-10-27T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T05:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70014"},"modified":"2014-10-27T07:06:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T05:06:59","slug":"nvidia-geforce-gtx-range-sa-price-performance-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/70014-nvidia-geforce-gtx-range-sa-price-performance-comparison","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia GeForce GTX range – SA price, performance comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the recent launch of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970<\/a>, we thought we would take a look at how the new cards compare – price wise – to the existing GTX range.<\/p>\n

The 980, according to Nvidia, is the fastest single-chip graphics card on the market and features Nvidia’s new Maxwell architecture. Both new cards also offer Dynamic Super Resolution \u2013 which claims to deliver 4K-quality gaming on 1080p displays \u2013 and VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination).<\/p>\n

For the comparison all card specifications were taken off Nvidia’s hardware product page<\/a>. We decided to start at the GTX 770 and move up, for no other reason than adding in any card below that would make our article unsexy (have you seen the 600 series cards?).<\/p>\n

In terms of the cards’ pricing, we checked out several local retailers and have provided an average price.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Nvidia GeForce GTX Series<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Card<\/strong><\/td>\nStandard VRAM<\/strong><\/td>\nMemory Clock<\/strong><\/td>\nCUDA Cores<\/strong><\/td>\nCore Clock<\/strong><\/td>\nBus Width<\/strong><\/td>\nPower Consumption<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 770<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n7GHz GDDR5<\/td>\n1536<\/td>\n1046MHz<\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n230W<\/td>\nR4,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780<\/td>\n3GB<\/td>\n6GHz GDDR5<\/td>\n2304<\/td>\n863MHz<\/td>\n384-bit<\/td>\n250W<\/td>\nR8,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti<\/td>\n3GB<\/td>\n7GHz GDDR5<\/td>\n2880<\/td>\n875MHz<\/td>\n384-bit<\/td>\n250W<\/td>\nR9,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970<\/td>\n4GB<\/td>\n7GHz GDDR5<\/td>\n1664<\/td>\n1050MHz<\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n145W<\/td>\nR5,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980<\/td>\n4GB<\/td>\n7GHz GDDR5<\/td>\n2048<\/td>\n1126MHz<\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n165W<\/td>\nR9,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Black<\/td>\n6GB<\/td>\n7GHz GDDR5<\/td>\n2880<\/td>\n889MHz<\/td>\n384-bit<\/td>\n250W<\/td>\nR15,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Z<\/td>\n12GB<\/td>\n7GHz GDDR5<\/td>\n5760<\/td>\n705MHz<\/td>\n768-bit<\/td>\n375W<\/td>\nR47,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

There you have it: while the GTX 970 and GTX 980 are not exactly cheap, they are more affordable than the Titan range and compare favourably against the GTX 780 and GTX 780 Ti.<\/p>\n

Want to see what a R47,000 graphics card looks like? Here you go.<\/p>\n

\"Nvidia<\/a>

Nvidia GTX Titan Z<\/p><\/div>\n

While price is one of the\u00a0indicators as to how much power you can expect from\u00a0your graphics card, performance benchmarking is the best was to rank a GPUs. In short: how many frames can it chuck out at high resolution.<\/p>\n

Anandtech<\/a> – hardware experts and testing savants – put all new cards through their paces soon after launch, testing them across several games at various resolutions and graphics settings.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0found a common test among the cards – the graphically demanding Crysis 3 – and tabulated Anandtech’s results, below. Where Anandtech had no tests for a card, we referred to Nvidia’s product page or other online reviews. (Nvidia’s and other sites’ testing rigs may differ from Anandtech’s.)<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX Series<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Card<\/strong><\/td>\nAnandtech Reviews: Crysis 3 – 2560×1440 – High Quality – FXAA (frames per second)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 770<\/td>\n46.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780<\/td>\n51.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti<\/td>\n62.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970<\/td>\n54.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980<\/td>\n60.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Nvidia’s GeForce Product Page: <\/strong>Crysis 3 – 2560×1600 – Maximum Settings (frames per second)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Black<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Guru3D Review: Crysis 3 – 2560×1440 – Very High Quality – FXAA (frames per second)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Z<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Which card do you think delivers the most bang for your buck? Let us know in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n

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