Which gtx 980 ti?

[Peter Steele]

Hey so I am in the ordering process for my PC and am somehow only just now noticing the many variant versions of the Evga GeForce gtx 980 ti out there, the hydro, the hybrid, the superclocked etc, does anyone have any insight into which if any would be the better for editing? Are they all essentially the same card but the overclocked is simply pre-overclocked and the hybrid simply comes with cooling? Thanks for any insights

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

My advice is to stick to the "vanilla" reference design cards. Most of the other ones have "special sauce" that really only matters when it comes to gaming…if at all...

 

[Peter Steele]

Thanks Jarek. So even like the Asus strix or the msi lightening which seem to be testing at higher clock speeds?

Also if I do the reference board should I do anything extra for cooling?

 

[Brian Anderson]

I went with the Hydro Copper from EVGA but you need custom cooling for that... the hybrid is better if you don't want a custom water cooling system

 

[Peter Steele]

I thought about doing the custom kit but I'm wondering if the performance difference between than and say the hybrid would be worth the extra cost / voiding the warranty

 

[JP Castel]

I went with the GTX 980 TI Superclocked. It is true that the SC performance won't be felt on the Mac side so much. But damn it is nice when I fire up Far Cry 4 in windows 10.... !! This GPU paired with the 3.46 GHz processor screams through premiere transcodes etc. I also can watch RED EPIC-Mx footage in full 5k no problem in RedCine-X in OSX! It still blows my mind.

**EIDT - Also running a EVO 850 PRO 1TB from the Caldigital FASTA-6GU3 Pro Card! Run fast even with both USB 3s and SATA 6Gs at load!