The GTX 980 and 970 are the Big Billy Goats Gruff to their smaller budget cousin, the GTX 750 Ti. When the first Maxwell GPU arrived this spring, it was clear that Nvidia had something potent on its hands. Maxwell showed enormous promise, leaping over Kepler's compute performance in multiple benchmarks. Swift price cuts from AMD took the wind out of the 750 Ti's launch position, but it was clear that this new core was a warning shot. As of now, Nvidia is firing both barrels.