The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

abaddon · 3 Jun 2015 at 10:51

http://i.imgur.com/j8nlEeW.jpg?1

Got it yesterday...Unfortunately stock cooler is much louder than I expected it to be

N19h7m4r3 · 3 Jun 2015 at 10:57

RichardH754 said:
I bet your sat on UPS tracking pressing F5!

You have NO IDEA! I ordered UPS Express, and I "need" them so badly haha.

abaddon said:
http://imgur.com/j8nlEeW

Got it yesterday...Unfortunately stock cooler is much louder than I expected it to be

Really? What was your last card you're comparing it too?

Sites are claiming it has the exact same vapour chamber cooling as the Titan X, so I would expect it to sound the same.

clone · 3 Jun 2015 at 10:59

RyanF said:
Does the whole "Acetal" and "Nickel" thing actually make a difference, beyond looks?

Nothing but looks

abaddon · 3 Jun 2015 at 11:14

N19h7m4r3 said:
Really? What was your last card you're comparing it too?

Sites are claiming it has the exact same vapour chamber cooling as the Titan X, so I would expect it to sound the same.

GTX 770 Windforce.

I need to play with a fan profile, maybe it will help.

RichardH754 · 3 Jun 2015 at 11:32

abaddon said:
http://imgur.com/j8nlEeW

Got it yesterday...Unfortunately stock cooler is much louder than I expected it to be

Mine are always loud anyway with my fan profile and HAf X case, its loud.
They are actually cooler than the 980s playing gta 5.

razor 116 · 3 Jun 2015 at 11:34

Any ETA on when OCUK will get more stock of the EK-FC Titan X Acetal + Nickel blocks, Everywhere seems to be sold out of these.

N19h7m4r3 · 3 Jun 2015 at 11:44

abaddon said:
GTX 770 Windforce.

I need to play with a fan profile, maybe it will help.

RichardH754 said:
Mine are always loud anyway with my fan profile and HAf X case, its loud.
They are actually cooler than the 980s playing gta 5.

As long as they're the same or quieter than my reference GTX 580 I'll be happy.

Angst · 3 Jun 2015 at 11:47

Moved my PC under the desk to sort the fannoise issue out. Got a nice easy 200mhz oc straight off the bat as well.

N19h7m4r3 · 3 Jun 2015 at 11:49

Angst said:
Moved my PC under the desk to sort the fannoise issue out. Got a nice easy 200mhz oc straight off the bat as well.

Sadly I can't do that. I have my RAID enclosures, and other externals down there.
Nothing is louder, than a Thunderbolt external raid enclosure with a 80mm fan

It's the reason I went for the NZXT H440 chassis, to reduce noise as much as possible on the desk.

Voisier · 3 Jun 2015 at 11:50

cursor is hovering over the buy now button. Been thinking about remapping my car for the past 2 months but I think that will have to wait now.....

Any dates been said as to when it will be shipped?

Techen · 3 Jun 2015 at 12:21

So... Todays the day for EVGA cards or at least the one I ordered, has anyone got a update on these?

Razor Time · 3 Jun 2015 at 12:38

Anyone bought the MSI 980 TI gaming? Would love some feedback on this card due to the dual 8 pin and non reference pcb in terms of overclocking?

Ayahuasca · 3 Jun 2015 at 12:41

The dual 8 pin thing means nothing, you'll need to flash a custom bios to allow the card to draw more than what the stock bios allows and even then 8 & 6 pin is more than enough.

Geeman1979 · 3 Jun 2015 at 12:43

Bring on the Classifieds, wanna see how they perform.

RyanF · 3 Jun 2015 at 12:44

Techen said:
So... Todays the day for EVGA cards or at least the one I ordered, has anyone got a update on these?

I ordered the reference EVGA card, non-SC and yet to hear anything. Have been told by CS that I'm first in the dispatch queue so I'm sitting here at work watching my emails for any form of update, eagerly hoping I get one letting me know it'll be with me tomorrow

Razor Time · 3 Jun 2015 at 12:47

Ayahuasca said:
The dual 8 pin thing means nothing, you'll need to flash a custom bios to allow the card to draw more than what the stock bios allows and even then 8 & 6 pin is more than enough.

So no real benefit in going with one of these over a reference card? I was hoping they might of used binned chips and the extra power connectors would let me push the clocks more.

Geeman1979 said:
Bring on the Classifieds, wanna see how they perform.

If they were out today I would have gone for one. A months wait is a long time when you have an itch.

Out of interest does anyone know or could guess how much of an extra overclock you could get with the Classifieds? If its only a few percent then no loss but if its a fair chunk I might wait it out.

Volv · 3 Jun 2015 at 12:47

I received mine today. I am building a new PC and other parts will be delivered tomorrow though. Asus boxes are quite nice.

Btw: Hi everyone! That's my first post here.

Ayahuasca · 3 Jun 2015 at 12:52

Razor Time said:
So no real benefit in going with one of these over a reference card? I was hoping they might of used binned chips and the extra power connectors would let me push the clocks more.

The only cards that will be binned from what I can see so far are the classified and kingpin models from EVGA.

The extra power connectors will do nothing unless you can somehow manage to draw anywhere close to 375w (300w from 2x8 pin and 75w from the slot) from the card while keeping it stable.

Razor Time · 3 Jun 2015 at 12:58

Ayahuasca said:
The only cards that will be binned from what I can see so far are the classified and kingpin models from EVGA.

The extra power connectors will do nothing unless you can somehow manage to draw anywhere close to 375w (300w from 2x8 pin and 75w from the slot) from the card while keeping it stable.

Ah well if the chips arent binned then that kind changes things.

I would love a binned chip as it will be going under water and I fancy pushing the clocks.

llamadal · 3 Jun 2015 at 13:02

RyanF said:
I ordered the reference EVGA card, non-SC and yet to hear anything. Have been told by CS that I'm first in the dispatch queue so I'm sitting here at work watching my emails for any form of update, eagerly hoping I get one letting me know it'll be with me tomorrow

I'm 4th so I'm hoping they turn up today and get shipped in time so I can install it tomorrow.