Nvidia have posted a video showing some of the RT render capabilities available with the new GTX 980 and 970 GPUs.

Gerry

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System: Win 10 Pro (21H2), Asus X99-E WS, CPU i7-5930K -3,5 GHz, 32 GB DDR4 2666-16 RAM, NVidia GTX 1080 Ti GPU - 11 GB VRAM(Driver Studio-536.99), Samsung 850 Pro 512 GB SSD, 6 TB HD storage.

Thanks for posting that, Gerry. I'm contemplating the GTX 980 for a new build.

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Thanks for posting the video.

When I went to the Nvidia page on product launch day, it was a brand new page and it had only a still image from the video.  It's nice to see the video.

Yes, the 980 has captured my attention.  But if I upgrade my GPU as anticipated, I'll probably have to concede to real-life considerations and get the 970.

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BTW... Mythbusters did an EXCELLENT episode where the "busted" several moon-landing conspiracy-theory myths.  Non-parallel shadows, sharp boot imprints, waving flag, and the bouncing walk.  A wonderful episode.  The moon landing was real.  Duh!

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iClone 7... Character Creator... Substance Designer/Painter... Blender... Audacity...
Desktop (homebuilt) - Windows 10, Ryzen 9 3900x CPU, GTX 1080 GPU (8GB), 32GB RAM, Asus X570 Pro motherboard, 2TB SSD, terabytes of disk space, dual  monitors.
Laptop - Windows 10, MSI GS63VR STEALTH-252, 16GB RAM, GTX 1060 (6GB), 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD

Viking, the children may have to work to get through college, BUT the 980 deserves serious consideration. You are already running a 4770, so there is no immediate need to upgrade the CPU. In my case, I have to do a new build; CPU is too old... But I don't mind...

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Not sure if you misread.  That would be understandable.  "CPU" and "GPU" look so much alike, but sometimes I get tired of typing "graphics card."

I've rolled up all the pocket change I collected over the last couple of years.  That will easily pay for the iClone upgrade (with or without the Indigo plug-in).  A new graphics card is very tempting.

It would also be fun to upgrade my 250GB SSD or a 500GB model, but a modest amount of housekeeping will easily free up some space on my C: drive again.

Have fun with your new build. 

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iClone 7... Character Creator... Substance Designer/Painter... Blender... Audacity...
Desktop (homebuilt) - Windows 10, Ryzen 9 3900x CPU, GTX 1080 GPU (8GB), 32GB RAM, Asus X570 Pro motherboard, 2TB SSD, terabytes of disk space, dual  monitors.
Laptop - Windows 10, MSI GS63VR STEALTH-252, 16GB RAM, GTX 1060 (6GB), 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD

Viking, I understood... What I meant was that if your CPU is fairly new (you mentioned a 4770, but I see that your signature says 3770), the first thing to upgrade would be the GPU, and you would see a benefit.

In my case, both are older so I want to build new. Another reason is that I want to have a system that is not cluttered with all manner of 3D programs like my current one. So it will be devoted to iClone and Vegas. Conversion and "modeling" I would do on my current system.

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@Animagic,

Very well, then.  We find ourselves in perfect agreement.  I have no plans to upgrade my 3770k CPU anytime soon.

However... about the graphics card...

I may find myself with some free time in a couple of weeks.  In that case, I might finally give in and finally do some hands-on Blender work.  Until now I've simply watched tutorials, marveled at the results, and let my son be the Blender dude in the house.

If I start running the Blender "Cycles" renderer, and become as addicted to is as I have always feared iI would, then I'll be upgrading the graphics card for sure.

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iClone 7... Character Creator... Substance Designer/Painter... Blender... Audacity...
Desktop (homebuilt) - Windows 10, Ryzen 9 3900x CPU, GTX 1080 GPU (8GB), 32GB RAM, Asus X570 Pro motherboard, 2TB SSD, terabytes of disk space, dual  monitors.
Laptop - Windows 10, MSI GS63VR STEALTH-252, 16GB RAM, GTX 1060 (6GB), 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD