Coming off a pair of Gigabyte Windforce GTX670's in SLI I had some good faith in Gigabyte and looked to upgrade as I am running 5760x1080 on 3 monitors with NVIDIA surround with an accessory 4th monitor. Reducing the complexity, noise, and inherent problems of SLI was one of the drivers for upgrading this card along with the forthcoming support for the DK2 to decrease latency.
The card does not disappoint, it is a large card, but not huge, pretty much the same same size as my old 670's (a hair wider and longer). I have a full size case so this does not matter. The amount of memory is great, I went from having 2GB (Since SLI only uses one card's memory) to having 4GB, latency, tearing, and stuttering are all gone. Card speed is amazing, I have tried to tax it but nothing I play (E:D and sim racing titles) do not really push it. I wanted a card that could last for a couple years and it should as it is as good or better than a 780TI which is a couple hundred more expensive.
One of the main reasons why I wanted to purchase the Gigabyte over a stock 980 was the outputs, 6!!! So while it can only use four of those, it switches automatically for those that are plugged in. Since I have surround with the DK2 this enables me to be flexible for what type of connector I want to use instead of having to get a bunch of adapters or upgrade my monitors to support my card.
Great card, quiet, cool, powerful, great bang for the buck. The 970 is cheaper, but if you want raw power I think the 980 is worth it (I only buy a graphics card every couple years). If I need to in the future I might look at upgrading to a SLI with the 980 but I have yet to find a reason for that yet. Also as you tax a video card it will automatically scale back to cool off, the windforce with its 600W of cooling ability ensures that no matter what I throw at this card, it will be one cool fast beasty!
| Max Screen Resolution | 4096 x 2160 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | Nvidia GeForce |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 4 GB |
