The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

Boomstick777 · 9 Sep 2015 at 12:48

snips86x said:
That's a tidy score

Mariusz said:
Great score Boom. Card looks great to, AIO hybrid coolers definitely look the way to go with controlling temperature whilst reducing noise levels.

Cheers guys, really like this card. Had a long play on Witcher 3, max temp was around 55C. Other games like Planetary Annihilation Titans, BF4, it sits at around 45C / 48C. The cooler does a really good job.

andybird123 · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:23

IceWolf said:
Do you really mean 2000MHz on the memory? Surely it is + several hundred MHz or 7000-8000mhz total

2000 = 8000

snips86x · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:34

Boomstick777 said:
Cheers guys, really like this card. Had a long play on Witcher 3, max temp was around 55C. Other games like Planetary Annihilation Titans, BF4, it sits at around 45C / 48C. The cooler does a really good job.

I've got the MSI 6G and it's stunning. At the moment I'm running with v-sync and will be sure to get a g-sync monitor at some point but with moving house, I can't really afford it. Really impressed though.

Deal silent and nothing but pure power eating every single game I run! Batman Arkham Knight, Borderlands 2, Dying Light, BF3 & BF4!

Joe! · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:48

IceWolf said:
Do you really mean 2000MHz on the memory? Surely it is + several hundred MHz or 7000-8000mhz total

As Andy said, when I say 2000MHz (what GPU-Z reads) it's equivalent to 8000MHz, or 4000MHz in Afterburner for some reason.

KillBoY_UK · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:50

I've brought a couple of EVGA 980ti hybrid coolers for my Ref cards, what sort of clocks and temps should I expect. A with a quick look does 1450mhz core and around 45c load temp sound about right ?

Hiijinx · 9 Sep 2015 at 16:53

It came, it finally came!

TROH please.

shamus21 · 9 Sep 2015 at 20:15

No Haribo again! Gibbo will have to get down the sweet shop. Nice one Hiijinx don`t forget to post your clocks

AWPC · 9 Sep 2015 at 22:11

Inno3d GTX 980 Ti x3 Ultra failed a few hours ago just went off whilst playing Mad Max with no warning as well :eek:

luckily all my other components are fine. Took me over 4 hours to diagnose as had to replace everything as I could not believe the GPU would fail after 6 weeks light use

Now the wait for an RMA number from OCUK tomorrow it still smells of smoke so hopefully will not take long to replace!

tyler_jrb · 9 Sep 2015 at 23:34

AWPC said:
Inno3d GTX 980 Ti x3 Ultra failed a few hours ago just went off whilst playing Mad Max with no warning as well luckily all my other components are fine. Took me over 4 hours to diagnose as had to replace everything as I could not believe the GPU would fail after 6 weeks light use

Now the wait for an RMA number from OCUK tomorrow it still smells of smoke so hopefully will not take long to replace!

Wow that is unlucky

. On a side not OCUK are really good with RMA and will probably send you a new card straight away once they receive it.

AWPC · 9 Sep 2015 at 23:59

tyler_jrb said:
Wow that is unlucky . On a side not OCUK are really good with RMA and will probably send you a new card straight away once they receive it.

Hope so it must just be a rogue card but it worked fine for the last 6 weeks in hotter ambient air temps than now & Mad Max is not even a demanding game

razorpakk · 10 Sep 2015 at 02:27

Anyone tried to fit a G10 on the HoF?

Kaapstad · 10 Sep 2015 at 08:07

Hiijinx said:
It came, it finally came!
TROH please.

Welcome and on TROH.

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To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your 980 Ti.

Joe! · 10 Sep 2015 at 09:55

I think the TROH should specify whether the person got Haribos or not.

IceWolf · 10 Sep 2015 at 10:34

Having fun finding the limits of my card so far. Core seems to boost well: stable at 1401MHz at 110% power, 75% temp and fan target (I set a custom fan curve with 1:1 temperature and fan speed %)

As before, my memory sucks and wouldn't go above +250 MHz = 7.5GHz total (am jealous of all the people with 8GHz memory but since half a GHz gave me such a small boost I guess that only helps at regulations above 1080p).

Funnily enough I am now limited by fan noise. My PC is lovely and quiet up to fan speed of 60% but is noticeable at 70%. If I leave the fan speed at 65% the temperatures slowly climb whilst running benchmarks so I have to stick to the fan curve.

So whilst I could clock the card higher I am tempted to leave it at stock since I can already run Witcher 3 with a locked 60fps and all details on max, in game AA enabled.

What do you guys think?

andybird123 · 10 Sep 2015 at 10:41

Benching and gaming are two different things, if a game is locked at 60fps and that is your monitors refresh rate then it doesn't really matter what your clocks are just get the fan speed down to what you are happy with

For benching stick the fans on 100% and see what that puppy can do, but be warned it will get addictive and you will start eyeing up water cooling

IceWolf · 10 Sep 2015 at 10:57

Yeah, you are right. Honestly, I doubt I could hear the 75% fans over the game's background noise anyway.

Haven't got many up to date benchmarks but could try 100% fan with 110% power and try overvolting and seeing how firestrike, valley and heaven do.

Also, my ASIC is 71.9, so not sure if it is worth trying to get a super high score on air...

Dirk Diggler · 10 Sep 2015 at 11:15

andybird123 said:
Benching and gaming are two different things, if a game is locked at 60fps and that is your monitors refresh rate then it doesn't really matter what your clocks are just get the fan speed down to what you are happy with

For benching stick the fans on 100% and see what that puppy can do, but be warned it will get addictive and you will start eyeing up water cooling

Or buckets of ice! :eek:

Just as well you can't get a block for MSI 6G

Kelt · 10 Sep 2015 at 11:22

Joe! said:
I think the TROH should specify whether the person got Haribos or not.

Last two items I bought from OCUK, no Haribo.

PayneUK · 10 Sep 2015 at 11:33

Kelt said:
Last two items I bought from OCUK, no Haribo.

Had three in a row so far with none, starting to feel I have a black mark against my name!

About to put in an order at lunchtime, maybe they've just been saving them up for me, and this time I'll get more haribo then I know what to do with!

shanomacadaemia · 10 Sep 2015 at 12:13

I have the Palit 980 Ti Super Jetstream and was wondering if there are any cooling alternatives available? I was hoping to downsize to ITX but apparently this card is simply too monstrous for practically any ITX case (barring something massive like the Core X1).

Some outlets claim it sticks to the Nvidia reference 980 ti PCB design, others say it's custom.

Any advice?