MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G Review

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The arrival of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti a few months back marked an interesting new plot twist in the video card wars—greatly reduced power consumption. In the AMD versus Nvidia arms race, greater performance and wattage usually go hand in hand. But with Nvidia’s GTX 980, we’ve a card pulling up to 165W (without overclocking), compared to 250W for its 780 Ti, and 290W for AMD’s Radeon R9 290X. This difference has a profound effect on cooling and fan acoustics.

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