Review: PNY GeForce GTX 980 OC2 Pure Performance

by Tarinder Sandhu on 16 February 2015, 15:35

Tags: PNY, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Conclusion

PNY's card is as fast and handsome as they come, so if aesthetics and speed matter, the GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is a fine choice.

It's heartening to see a conservative company such as PNY push the enthusiast boat out with the release of the GTX 980 OC2 Pure Performance graphics card. Beautifully presented and well-overclocked on both the core and memory, benchmark performance is suitably sharp.

Extravagant single-GPU performance usually comes with a significant cost, and this time around it's no different. Providing scant change from £500 PNY's pricing is consistent with other manufacturers' top-tier graphics cards but significantly more expensive than, say, the Palit Super Jetstream with which the review card shares a common base.

Buying cutting-edge hardware is often as much about looks as it is performance. PNY's is as fast and handsome as they come, so if aesthetics and speed matter, the GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is a fine choice for that ultimate build you've been speccing up.

The Good
 
The Bad
Excellent performance
Looks great
Core and memory overclocked
Remains quiet under load
Three-year warranty
Overclocks well
 
Mini display outputs
Not silent when idle
Expensive



PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2

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£500 to play buggy console ports.
Page 4: Alien Isolation…..with Bioshock Infinate Graph @ 1080….editing error me things :-S
Why no 290 or 290x comparisons on the charts?
Really? No 290 on that comparison? I guess the 280 series was the best contender for this card? Something smells fishy.
george1976
Really? No 290 on that comparison? I guess the 280 series was the best contender for this card? Something smells fishy.

Indeed. Where's the 290/x cards Hexus?