| JEMC said: I let it go in your previous post, but you're doing it again: don't try to cheat comparing reference vs overclocked cards! Sure, a Titan X overclocked to 1.2GHz can be 60% faster than a reference 980. But a reference 980 is clocked at 1.1GHz and can be "easily" overclocked to almost 1.4GHz, with the boost exceeding 1.5GHz, reducing that advantage to what, 35-40%? That's the performance jump Nvidia delivered going from the 780 to the 980, with two different architectures but the same process node and going from a 560mm2 chip to a smaller 400mm2 one. With a new architecture and a new process node, Nvidia can deliver that performance jump with a 300mm2 chip. |
Although Nvidia would like to market that improvement very much! 
I don't know if it's totally fair to use an extremely mutilated GK110 part since the 780 Ti/Titan Black was much much closer to the GTX 980 ...
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