{"id":76620,"date":"2015-06-02T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=76620"},"modified":"2015-06-02T15:05:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:05:06","slug":"local-prices-for-the-gtx-980-ti-are-higher-than-wed-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/76620-local-prices-for-the-gtx-980-ti-are-higher-than-wed-like","title":{"rendered":"Local prices for the GTX 980 Ti are higher than we’d like"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that we know that NVIDIA\u2019s newest GTX 980 Ti is the must-have GPU<\/a> for virtually any video gaming scenario, including 4K gaming, what we need to know next is: how much?<\/p>\n

As it turns out, it\u2019s going to cost you right around what we expected, or at least around the upper echelon of the predicted figures.<\/p>\n

Using international prices, we estimated that the GTX 980 Ti would cost between R9, 000 and R12, 000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, according to a few local listings, it will cost you anything between R10, 999 and R11, 999 \u2013 that\u2019s a lot of money. But it\u2019s also a lot of tech contained within this latest GPU.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
CUDA Cores<\/strong><\/td>\n2816<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Base Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n1000MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boost Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n1075MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VRAM<\/strong><\/td>\n6GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Interface Width<\/strong><\/td>\n384-bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Digital Resolution<\/strong><\/td>\n5120 x 3200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum VGA Resolution<\/strong><\/td>\n2048 x 1536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multi-Monitor<\/strong><\/td>\n4 displays<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Requirement<\/strong><\/td>\n250W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minimum System Power<\/strong><\/td>\n600W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimensions<\/strong><\/td>\n115 x 266 x dual-width<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max GPU Temperature<\/strong><\/td>\n92C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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It\u2019s got enough raw compute performance to outclass the GTX 980 by between 10 and 20 fps at 4K \u2013 3840 x 2160 \u2013 resolution. And it\u2019s hot on the heels of the much more expensive GTX Titan X in almost every scenario \u2013 the Titan X, by the way, is a R16, 000 card.<\/p>\n

Local online hardware retailer RebelTech<\/a> has listed two GTX 980 Ti\u2019s \u2013 the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti<\/a> as well as the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti<\/a>. They\u2019re priced at R10, 999 and R11, 999 respectively.<\/p>\n

\"MSI-GeForce-GTX-980-Ti-R10,999\"<\/a>

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti – R10,999<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX-980-Ti-R11,999\"<\/a>

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti – R11,999<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Keep in mind that both of these cards come with codes for Batman: Arkham Knight<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also worth mentioning that MSI and Gigabyte are far from the cheapest brands in SA, so there will likely be cheaper GTX 980 Ti\u2019s available in the future.<\/p>\n

More new hardware news<\/h3>\n

This tiny 18-core PC is more powerful than you could possibly imagine<\/a><\/p>\n

8K Ultra-HD TVs to arrive in 2018: your eyes may well explode<\/a><\/p>\n

Blazing fast 128GB DDR4 kits are here: we can\u2019t afford them<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We expected these prices, but we can’t help but feel disappointed in spite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":76626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13936,2420,47,13992,1085,14228,1969,45,15397,8679],"class_list":["post-76620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-cost","tag-geforce","tag-gpu","tag-gtx-980-ti","tag-hardware-2","tag-local-listing","tag-news-2","tag-nvidia","tag-pc","tag-pricing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}