980 pro vs firecuda

[Ash_]

At a £42 price difference, i just can’t find myself able to recommend the Samsung on a build, over a firecuda, unless money is no object.

Does anyone know any time, when the Samsung is going to legit be worth that markup? (It’s roughly 50% more and that difference can often be price between a budget case and a solid case).

 

[SpyderTracks]

At a £42 price difference, i just can’t find myself able to recommend the Samsung on a build, over a firecuda, unless money is no object.

Does anyone know any time, when the Samsung is going to legit be worth that markup? (It’s roughly 50% more and that difference can often be price between a budget case and a solid case).

It’s substantially quicker,
Remember AMD and Intel, Nvidia and Microsoft are all working on DirectStorage which will make drive speeds much more important:

Introducing NVIDIA RTX IO: GPU-Accelerated Storage Technology For The Next Generation of Games

Load instantaneously, experience vast worlds with endless views and rich detail, and further improve gameplay by leveraging the power of GeForce RTX 30 Series graphics cards and NVIDIA RTX IO.

www.nvidia.com

Microsoft to Bring DirectStorage API to Windows in 2021: Speeding Up Gaming With NVMe SSDs

DirectStorage promises to boost performance of games and storage

www.google.co.uk

 

[Ash_]

It’s substantially quicker,
Remember AMD and Intel, Nvidia and Microsoft are all working on DirectStorage which will make drive speeds much more important:

Introducing NVIDIA RTX IO: GPU-Accelerated Storage Technology For The Next Generation of Games

Load instantaneously, experience vast worlds with endless views and rich detail, and further improve gameplay by leveraging the power of GeForce RTX 30 Series graphics cards and NVIDIA RTX IO.

www.nvidia.com

Microsoft to Bring DirectStorage API to Windows in 2021: Speeding Up Gaming With NVMe SSDs

DirectStorage promises to boost performance of games and storage

www.google.co.uk

But most only use the gen 4 for their OS, the speed difference between the cuda and 980 is not that dramatic, as they are both extremely fast. And even a 500 read sata ssd will load windows extremely fast.

The price difference between a 980 and cuda, i have always found better, to spec a cuda with a second m.2, than a 980 with a HDD for the games.

 

[jamiephillips909]

Ive read that the samsung rma process is also alot smoother which is a small point to make but leans me more towards samsung ( when your pcs warrenty runs out )

 

[Ash_]

Ive read that the samsung rma process is also alot smoother which is a small point to make but leans me more towards samsung ( when your pcs warrenty runs out )

Don’t quote me but... i think the warranty of the cuda, is meant to be better. Although the service by samsung may be better

 

[jamiephillips909]

Don’t quote me but... i think the warranty of the cuda, is meant to be better. Although the service by samsung may be better

They both are 5 year warrentys dont get me wrong there both excellent companys just lean more towards samsung I guess its more up to a individual's budget

 

[SpyderTracks]

But most only use the gen 4 for their OS, the speed difference between the cuda and 980 is not that dramatic, as they are both extremely fast. And even a 500 read sata ssd will load windows extremely fast.

The price difference between a 980 and cuda, i have always found better, to spec a cuda with a second m.2, than a 980 with a HDD for the games.

If the budget is there I would always spec a Samsung over a firecuda for when directstorage comes into effect

It’s about 60% faster so it is significant.