XBnPC - Has nVidia Nerf'd Maxwell 9xx Series Since Pascal? Geforce Driver Performance Comparison!!

XBnPC - Has nVidia Nerf'd Maxwell 9xx Series Since Pascal? Geforce Driver Performance Comparison!!

Rumor of nVidia nerf'ing previous generation cards upon releasing their new architectures have been circulating for years. I wanted to see for myself, if there was any validity to this claim. So, has nVidia neutered performance of the Maxwell based 9xx Series of GPU's since launching their shiny new Pascal based 10xx Series? Watch and find out..

Test System:

Intel Core i7 6700k @4.7Ghz
16Gb DDR4 Ram @3200Mhz
Samsung Evo 500Gb SSD
Windows 10 64-bit

Test GPU:

Zotac Extreme Amp! Edition 980 Ti
@ 1425Mhz Core & 8000Mhz Mem

*Results are Taken as an Average Score of Three Runs*
*3dmark results are of "Graphics Score" only*

Geforce Driver Versions:
WHQL Ver. 368.22
WHQL Ver. 368.39
WHQL Ver. 368.69

Have any proof of these rumors being true in the past? Post below and thanks for tuning in!!

*Update* Re-Upload w/fixed audio 7/14/16