980 ti*, it stomps all over the 980.
The 1080s die is like half the size of the 980 ti, 314 mm2 vs 601mm2, for reference the 980 was 398mm2 & 780 ti was 561mm2.
So sure new process let’s you fit more stuff in the same area, but it’s almost half the size and is still faster at everything, and in some cases quite a lot faster.
I think we’ll see some cases where it is 2x 980ti performance, but it might only be for some part of VR rendering (or something else) and won’t/might not translate to twice the fps.
Some other reviews are reporting that the frame time variance/smoothness of the 1080 is particularly good.
Also the GP100 die is 610mm2, looks like there might be a bigger performance difference between the 1080 & 1080 ti than there was with the 980 & 980 ti?
I think it’s nice that the guy in that review covered some non-AAA games, but those games might also be the least efficient at submitting work for the GPU to do, so I’m not sure if it’s really the best way to compare performance of cards.
In the end as a consumer most of the stuff above doesn’t really matter, what I’m most worried about is the price.
The 980 already seemed like the odd one out from a price/performance perspective (vs 970 & 980ti), the 1080 is more expensive, and there might be an even bigger difference between the highest end cards this generation…
Wonder how much that 1080 ti will cost?
Guess we have to see how much $$$ the AIB 1080s are (and if custom PCBs/cooling/power etc will give better OC headroom).
Also keen to hear what AMD has been up to later this month =]