I'm looking to upgrade my GPU this holiday season and I can't decide between the R9 Fury X or the 980 ti. I know the Fury X is technically more powerful but the drivers blow. I probably wouldn't upgrade for a while after this so I want something to last a few years, and looking forward to DirectX 12 it seems like the AMD card is the way to go. I saw this article and it seemed pretty interesting that the Fury X is closing the performance gap between the two with the new drives. Just looking for some helpful input!
If you have any interest in VR, you will need at minimum a GTX980, and that may not be adequate.
I personally am saving for the GTX1080ti (Q3 / Q4 2016), next architecture and will be a good step up on what we got now (gtx980ti). When that card comes out I'm building a whole new machine with 2 of the best (non titan) for the best HTC Vive experience I can have (oculus rift requires too much cpu load especially with the controllers).
I'm not too interested in VR at the moment. Just mostly gaming at 5760x1080 on ultra setting. I currently have a r9 290 and it works well for most games at that resolution.
well, the red team have HBM2 coming and a few other tricks, but I dont think they are going to out perform Nvidias pascal HBM2 cards, even the stock ones (i sounds like an nvidia fan boy, but i've had a lot of trouble with nvidia, but also with ati). To pick from the only 2 bad choices, nvidia 1080ti. For expansion wise, that will set you for a good while (if the time is right).
I last upgraded from gtx570 / (cant remember the other pc's ati card lol), but ati was better (for the time). But I need / want the VR best experience, from the programming sense and the gaming / entertainment sense (works 1st).
I was looking to do something a little sooner and both the fury X and 980 ti seem pretty awesome and the prices are right where I can get one. So as of now would you do the 980 ti?
980ti hands down.. prices... not sure... where are you in the world? If your UK (me), then check overclockers.co.uk / scan.co.uk/ amazon.co.uk (amazon will win) and if you know smaller shops whom have support from the powers that be then you will get it cheaper than them.
980ti often out performs the latest titan (piss take from nvidia to titan owners)
True but NVIDIA multi monitor support is lacking in comparison to AMD
I have a 390 and get around 40 FPS at the same resolution as @Motorcycle_Max at high not ultra settings plan on a second to get it up to 60fps at ultra.
A Fury would be a better choice for multi monitor.
I've never had an issue using Nvidia in multi screen, it works different to ATI takes a bit of getting used to (i came from an ATI multi screen background). But one you get the settings right, there wont be much in it.
PS. ATI put more in their software than Nvidia do for multi screen use, but I find i dont use 99% of it as I only run 3 screens for some games then back to normal desktop use after that. Nvidia just don't care about that shit, I am guessing for the same reason.
Yeah I haven't had any problems with multi monitor with AMD. And a big selling point is looking forward. Because if AMD keeps improving their drivers and with DirectX 12 coming in the future. I'm just in a pickle. Ohh and I'm in the US.
In the end, if your like me and always going for top end at the time when it comes to upgrade or get a new card(s), then you wont go far wrong with either nvidias finest or ATI. But Nvidia are leading at the moment with VR, which could be a very big thing (touch wood).
nVidia's multi-monitor support is piss, and has been for years. Really too bad because the GTX 980 Ti is a great card. It's hard to really pit the 980 Ti against the Fury X at resolutions above 2560x1440 because they start to even out with each other.
Outlying games with extra support one way or the other make the two appear to trade blows, but some synthetics put them neck and neck. For the benefits toward multi-monitor stability I cast a vote to the Fury X, for performance in some * cough * tailored games, the GTX 980 Ti is where it's at.
Fury X has better monitor support. It outperforms the 980ti for the most part. Its a good 4k gaming card. Id get the fury x honestly. 980ti isnt a bad choice either though
980Ti Msi owner-- card overclocks well, stays fairly cool with high fan speed, can push most modern games @ 4k easily. Has a nice thick backplate and a white glowing logo.
If you have a r9 290 now, you should consider buying another one, maybe even a used one, run crossfire until the next GPU generation comes out and upgrade to one of those.
I'm not the biggest fan of having a crossfire setup, so I'm looking to to do the best gaming single GPU for under $800. And if anyone finds any deals could you post some links?
I have a Fury X and I love it. It performs great, even at 4K though I don't have a 980 Ti to compare it to. Though I would recommend the regular Fury over the Fury X and the 980 Ti simply because it offers such a great value for the money