Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V (DirectX 11)
From one of the biggest series in gaming history, the latest iteration of the Grand Theft Auto titles is a stunning collection of graphics and gameplay. The PC version adds new features like an optional first-person mode and increases visual fidelity dramatically, making this one of the best looking and most GPU-demanding games available.
Settings used for GTA V Testing
Settings used for GTA V Testing
Settings used for GTA V Testing
Settings used for GTA V Testing
Our look at the performance of Grand Theft Auto V shows us what everyone has been saying – this game needs some powerful GPU horsepower. Both the GTX Titan X and the GTX 980 Ti are able to muster out 60 FPS on average at 2560×1440 with our rather high image quality settings and the game looks STUNNING. AMD's Radeon R9 295X2 struggles though with a lack of CrossFire clearly seen. The R9 290X is only getting to the 42 FPS mark on average, well behind what this new GPU from NVIDIA can do.
At 4K, both the new GTX 980 Ti and the GTX Titan X get around 34 FPS on average while the R9 295X2 does average closer to 40 FPS. However, the frame variance and stutter caused by the CrossFire implementation makes playing the game nearly impossible. Both the R9 290X and the GTX 980 sit around the 25 FPS mark here. I would say that PC gamers looking to play GTAV at 4K with really high quality settings are going to need to look into SLI of the 980 Ti or Titan X!
| GTX 980 Ti, Average FPS Comparisons, Grand Theft Auto V | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTX Titan X | GTX 980 | R9 295X2 | R9 290X | |
| 2560×1440 | +0% | +22% | +17% | +42% |
| 3840×2160 | -0.5% | +33% | -13% | +36% |
This table presents the above data in a more basic way, focusing only on the average FPS, so keep that in mind. Especially notable is the 13% advantage that the R9 295X2 has over the GTX 980 Ti at 4K – with the frame time variance and stutter issues that just isn't accurate. The other results are though and you can see that the Titan X and 980 Ti are basically dead even in performance. The GTX 980 is 22-33% slower depending on the resolution and AMD's R9 290X falls 36-42% behind the latest GeForce offering.
To bad TSMC didn’t have
To bad TSMC didn’t have better Fabs then just using 28nm that’s been around well over two years. The EVGA GeForce GTX 670 seems to be holding up for the games I play and its 28nm. Nvidia has amazing graphics cards and this can be said for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, honestly if the chance was there, I would have two of these in SLI.
Nonetheless I’ll be keeping a eye open for Volta. Yes I’ll wait that long especially with it taking on the full 3D HBM IC chips all running on 14nm Silicon.
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Still noticing that no review
Still noticing that no review site seems to have the balls to put the 980TI up against Arma 3 Maxed out. or Maxed out at 4K.
My i7-4790k gtx 980 Ti build
My i7-4790k gtx 980 Ti build gets about 38 FPS on the altis benchmark. (everything maxed view distance set to 6500 and objects set to 1600) If you mostly play on small maps like altis or arma 2 maps like takistan it should run alot better. and even that benchmark is kind of a worst case scenario with lost of explosions and smoke effects.
It is a pity that the new GTX
It is a pity that the new GTX 980 TI doesn’t have a backplate as GTX 980 reference.
FCAT??? Why not?
FCAT??? Why not?
Is there any reason to wait
Is there any reason to wait until the non-reference versions come out? Or is it safe to pull the trigger now?