A 670 vs 970 comparison. Brace yourself, spectacular results

[TechguyMaxC 516]

1080P isn't a terribly demanding resolution, I don't suppose you have a higher resolution screen available?  Would you be willing to try out the DSR feature and see if it works with P3D's full screen windowed mode?

[RockOla 233]

I finished mounting the card late yestarday so had not much time to test out deeper.

 

I enabled DSR in the global parameters and it did not seem to have any effect.

 

I will test it again tonight, and keep you updated.

[spirit_66 2]

 

 

I enabled DSR in the global parameters and it did not seem to have any effect.

I guess you have to chose this in P3D v2.3 at the resolution too.

Spirit

[RockOla 233]

Ok, let's say I was very tired  :rolleyes:

[spirit_66 2]

Ok, let's say I was very tired  :rolleyes:

Understand. No need to rush.

Spirit

[VirginAus737 0]

Wow, really considering going for the upgrade for a 970 and a new i5. From a 570 and a 2500k I would hope otd be a big upgrade. I just want something that can handle FTX AU airports such as Melbourne, day/night, hail/shine, with a bit of traffic in the NGX? Is that too much to ask, probably is haha. Not sure about anyone else here but if I tried that on my current system it has to be optimal conditions to be able to have a smooth approach. Anyone have a similar setup and could share some results?

[vgbaron 3,620]

^{From everything I have read going from a 780 to a 980 will show an improvement but only slight. Not worth the $$ unless you just have a lot of spare cash. It's the "bang for the buck" that's not there in those cases.}

 

^{Going from the 6 series, etc is a much better outlay of funds.}

 

^Vic

[GHarrall 494]

I am curious about the performance difference between de 890 and 780 ( TI ) / Titan.

 

980 is 10% faster than a 780 Ti.

[RoboRay 126]

And I was planning to sit on my 660ti until the spring refresh... I don't think that's going to happen now, not after seeing those results!

[wiler 394]

Going from a 770 to a 980 has not been a big wow factor. I am not seeing much of a frame rate improvement, in fact I am seeing strange up and down spikes which I did not have before. However, I am able to move a few sliders to the right that before would have caused a significant dip in frames. I will test different aircraft and sceneries this weekend but it doesn't seem to be worth the money coming from a 770 and higher card. Also, the card is never higher than 50% load, the 770 was usually at 85%-100%. I think this would mean that my bottle neck is now my cpu which is a 4770k@4.6ghz. Can anyone chime in?

[RockOla 233]

Understand. No need to rush.

Spirit

Ok, I just gave DSR a try

 

And...

 

It's not gonna be very useful as is.

 

- 1st, I cannot force more than 2x DSR

- 2nd, I have to untick and re-tick "black out desktop" to force applying the new resolution (not a very big issue)

- 3rd, AA is much more efficient with 8xSGSAA : less FPS impact, and better visual quality (see below) without scaling the whole UI down (basically 2 times tinier with 2x DSR)

 

[Paul_ 52]

I have just taken delivery of a 970 Jetstream ....

 

One word of warning .. this card had 1 x DVI .... 3 x Mini Displayport .... 1 x Mini HDMI inputs

 

I got around it by purchasing some 'Passive' adaptors and it works fine spanning P3D over three screens and a 4th screen for my moving map 

 

So ..if you do get a card with non standard inputs don't splash out lots of money on 'Active' adaptors ... they're not needed

 

Paul 

[ComSimPilot 623]

That's why I have already sold my Asus GTX660 and budgeting for the GTX970  :rolleyes:

[fakeflyer737 992]

Going from a 770 to a 980 has not been a big wow factor. I am not seeing much of a frame rate improvement, in fact I am seeing strange up and down spikes which I did not have before. However, I am able to move a few sliders to the right that before would have caused a significant dip in frames. I will test different aircraft and sceneries this weekend but it doesn't seem to be worth the money coming from a 770 and higher card. Also, the card is never higher than 50% load, the 770 was usually at 85%-100%. I think this would mean that my bottle neck is now my cpu which is a 4770k@4.6ghz. Can anyone chime in?

what kind of aa are you using

[MarkSC 122]

I had an opportunity today to test an EVGA 780 SC and an EVGA 970 SC in the same system running P3D. As expected, performance was nearly identical measured by FRAPS: 37.35 FPS with the 780 and 37.478 with the 970 in one flight and 59.44 and 59.02 in another flight with reasonably high settings for shadows, AA, and SGSS.