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The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

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Could not resist posting

bargains to be had out there if you look hard enough ...

got this for £315 :)

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Welcome and on TROH.:)

The Roll of Honour.

Make Gigabyte Xtreme, harney, Link, Date 29/06/2016
Make Asus Strix, Tommy_Here, Link, Date 28/06/2016
Make EVGA Hybrid, Bazzards, Link, Date 09/04/2016
Make EVGA Classified, TheF34RChannel, Link, Date 26/03/2016
Make MSI Gaming, David230, Link, Date 11/03/2016
Make Gigabyte G1, David230, Link, Date 11/03/2016
Make Gigabyte G1, Kirby Wurm, Link, Date 10/03/2016
Make Gigabyte G1, Dan_P, Link, Date 03/03/2016
Make EVGA FTW ACX, andy_2_cool, Link, Date 02/03/2016
Make Gigabyte Xtreme, ElliorR, Link, Date 01/03/2016
Make EVGA SC ACX, snappyfish, Link, Date 27/02/2016
Make EVGA Classified, infernox, Link, Date 27/02/2016
Make Gainward Phoenix, peahead, Link, Date 25/02/2016
Make Gigabyte Xtreme, dakaiez, Link, Date 25/02/2016
Make EVGA Hydro Copper, sellw88, Link, Date 23/02/2016
Make EVGA Classified, Guest2, Link, Date 23/02/2016
Make Gigabyte Xtreme WaterForce, stulid, Link, Date 19/02/2016
Make EVGA Hydro Copper, bigdave2k9, Link, Date 16/02/2016
Make Gigabyte Xtreme, *Rich*, Link, Date 15/02/2016
Make KFA2 HOF, Jasseh, Link, Date 14/02/2016
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, r7slayer, Link, Date 13/02/2016
Make Gigabyte Xtreme, robfosters, Link, 12/02/2016
Make Inno3D Hybrid, PurplePuppet, Link, Date 09/02/2016
Make EVGA Hydro Copper, Absorbentsolid, Link, Date 09/02/2016
Make Inno3D Hybrid, Bolloksitsmeee, Link, Date 26/01/2016
Make Zotac AMP Edition, Cromulent, Link, Date 24/01/2016
Make EVGA Classified, BaDBoY_uK, Link, Date 17/01/2016
Make Gigabyte G1, danoliver1, Link, Date 10/01/2016
Make EVGA Classified, Randall8686, Link, Date 10/01/2016
Make EVGA SC ACX, archerz, Link, Date 10/01/2016
Make Gigabyte Xtreme, LHM, Link, Date 10/01/2016
Make Inno3D Hybrid, hux, Link, Date 09/01/2016
Make EVGA FTW ACX, redstar1, Link, Date 08/01/2016
Make MSI Sea Hawk, WhiteHawk77, Link, Date 08/01/2016
Make EVGA Classified, bigdave2k9, Link, Date 05/01/2016
Make Inno3D X3, Bubo, Link, Date 03/01/2016
Make EVGA Hydro Copper, dwebb, Link, Date 03/01/2016
Make EVGA SC ACX, roddypoddy, Link, Date 02/01/2016
Make Asus Matrix Platinum, Dicehunter, Link, Date 02/01/2016
Make EVGA Classified, Spikey, Link, Date 29/12/2015
Make EVGA Hydro Copper, sunlitsix, Link, Date 28/12/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, dnic77, Link, Date 28/12/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Parabellum, Link, Date 14/12/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, sativa1874, Link, Date 11/12/2015
Make MSI Sea Hawk, Darren777, Link, Date 11/12/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, Sebastalona, Link, Date 04/12/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, Uther, Link, Date 03/12/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, BattFink, Link, Date 02/12/2015
Make MSI Sea Hawk, mrh2019, Link, Date 01/12/2015
Make Reference, xGBHxPegasus, Link, Date 01/12/2015
Make EVGA FTW ACX, Amraam, Link, Date 30/11/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, RJC, Link, Date 30/11/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, robin66, Link, Date 30/11/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, sharpygsxr, Link, Date 30/11/2015
Make Gigabyte Xtreme, thenoseknows, Link, Date 30/11/2015
Make Inno3D Hybrid, Lord_ZED, Link, Date 28/11/2015
Make EVGA Classified, Purgatory, Link, Date 28/11/2015
Make Asus Poseidon, mingey, Link, Date 27/11/2015
Make Palit Super Jetstream, MrZippo, Link, Date 27/11/2015
Make EVGA FTW ACX, Tom|Nbk, Link, Date 27/11/2015
Make MSI Gaming, slake7, Link, Date 27/11/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, spulse, Link, Date 26/11/2015
Make KFA2 HOF WC, PsychoDuck, Link, Date 25/11/2015
Make EVGA Classified, dark-knight, Link, Date 24/11/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, Boomstick777, Link, Date 17/11/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, hyperseven, Link, Date 12/11/2015
Make EVGA SC Ref, DaveRom, Link, Date 11/11/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, scooby555t, Link, Date 10/11/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Petelock, Link, Date 08/11/2015
Make MSI Lightning, trawetSluaP, Link, Date 07/11/2015
Make EVGA Kingpin, Kaapstad, Link, Date 06/11/2015
Make MSI Gaming, jason-uk, Link, Date 05/11/2015
Make Reference, Sega Mega Dave, Link, Date 30/10/2015
Make Asus Poseidon, OLDPHART, Link, Date 21/10/2015
Make MSI Gaming, razorpakk, Link, Date 20/10/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, altrewin, Link, Date 19/10/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, jc0, Link, Date 17/10/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, delpy8, Link, Date 16/10/2015
Make MSI Gaming, AWPC, Link, Date 14/10/2015
Make Reference, C35799Gamble, Link, Date 13/10/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, whyscotty, Link, Date 13/10/2015
Make EVGA FTW ACX, delpy8, Link, Date 13/10/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, Uncle Petey, Link, Date 13/10/2015
Make KFA2 HOF, loco, Link, Date 12/10/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, razorpakk, Link, Date 09/10/2015
Make EVGA SC Ref, bimbleuk, Link, Date 09/10/2015
Make EVGA SC Ref, tyler_jrb, Link, Date 09/10/2015
Make MSI Gaming, seanyc5, Link, Date 08/10/2015
Make Asus Strix, drex69, Link, Date 07/10/2015
Make Asus Strix, Joe!, Link, Date 05/10/2015
Make KFA2 HOF, Intra-Agnostic, Link, Date 02/10/2015
Make KFA2 HOF, ratters, Link, Date 01/10/2015
Make Palit Super Jetstream, Watlinguk, Link, Date 30/09/2015
Make EVGA Classified, Dicehunter, Link, Date 30/09/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, ashjones86, Link, Date 30/09/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, [Death], Link, Date 27/09/2015
Make Inno3D Hybrid, Porl, Link, Date 25/09/2015
Make MSI Gaming, evilmatt, Link, Date 24/09/2015
Make Inno3D Hybrid, Hiijinx, Link, Date 09/09/2015
Make OcUK Tech Labs, offmyed, Link, Date 08/09/2015
Make Inno3D Hybrid, Boomstick777, Link, Date 07/09/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, uscool, Link, Date 06/09/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Awahwah, Link, Date 06/09/2015
Make EVGA SC Ref, Bozzler, Link, Date 05/09/2015
Make Palit Super Jetstream, lowrider007, Link, Date 04/09/2015
Make MSI Gaming, JABenedicic, Link, Date 03/09/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, PakJai, Link, Date 03/09/2015
Make EVGA Classified, supermoose1111, Link, Date 03/09/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, IceWolf, Link, Date 03/09/2015
Make MSI Gaming, anticonscience, Link, Date 02/09/2015
Make Palit Super Jetstream, artus, Link, Date 01/09/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, Muzza1875, Link, Date 29/08/2015
Make Reference, Mysterae_, Link, Date 29/08/2015
Make Asus Strix, andybird123, Link, Date 29/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, andybird123, Link, Date 29/08/2015
Make Palit Super Jetstream, ryryryan, Link, Date 28/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, traveyb, Link, Date 28/08/2015
Make EVGA Classified, Alisdair, Link, Date 27/08/2015
Make KFA2 HOF, Gudu55, Link, Date 27/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, davewhite04, Link, Date 27/08/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, Ravenger, Link, Date 21/08/2015
Make Palit Super Jetstream, Aretak, Link, Date 20/08/2015
Make KFA2 HOF, McNappa, Link, Date 19/08/2015
Make EVGA ACX, Saftlad, Link, Date 19/08/2015
Make KFA2 HOF, SeanDrake, Link, Date 18/08/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, ntemples1, Link, Date 17/08/2015
Make Palit Super Jetstream, DustyMiller, Link, Date 16/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, duey33, Link, Date 15/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, felton1592, Link, Date 15/08/2015
Make KFA2 HOF, kablooey, Link, Date 14/08/2015
Make Reference, barmyllama, Link, Date 13/08/2015
Make EVGA Classified, zia, Link, Date 12/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Ali_Carns, Link, Date 12/08/2015
Make Reference, jrodga2k5, Link, Date 11/08/2015
Make Reference, Boomstick777, Link, Date 09/08/2015
Make Palit Super Jetstream, iB CoMpL3XiTy, Link, Date 07/08/2015
Make Asus Strix, Gerard, Link, Date 07/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, altus, Link, Date 05/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, PrinceNelson, Link, Date 05/08/2015
Make Inno3D X3, dan76, Link, Date 04/08/2015
Make EVGA Classified, Tommy_Here, Link, Date 04/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Arcane, Link, Date 02/08/2015
Make EVGA Classified, VEGACORTEZ, Link, Date 02/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, evsknight, Link, Date 01/08/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, Navin, Link, Date 01/08/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Arkie, Link, Date 31/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Superpatsy, Link, Date 31/07/2015
Make Inno3D Hybrid, Minarva, Link, Date 30/07/2015
Make Inno3D X4, rolypolyman, Link, Date 29/07/2015
Make Inno3D Hybrid, ghutchison14078, Link, Date 29/07/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, marcus2704, Link, Date 29/07/2015
Make Inno3D Hybrid, GoblinKingUK, Link, Date 29/07/2015
Make EVGA Kingpin, Brutus, Link, Date 28/07/2015
Make KFA2 HOF, Adzassin, Link, Date 27/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, FMTopfan, Link, Date 24/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, majnu, Link, Date 23/07/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, Frenzy, Link, Date 23/07/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, CEUOTC, Link, Date 22/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, OvEr_KiLL, Link, Date 20/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, anewhope, Link, Date 19/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, KLM, Link, Date 17/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Devious, Link, Date 17/07/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, Temp.sgk, Link, Date 16/07/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, beasty54, Link, Date 16/07/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, Yulaw, Link, Date 16/07/2015
Make Asus Strix, PurE GaminG, Link, Date 15/07/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, String, Link, Date 14/07/2015
Make Palit Super Jetstream, Spit, Link, Date 14/07/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, McShave, Link, Date 13/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Boomstick777, Link, Date 12/07/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, beasty54, Link, Date 11/07/2015
Make EVGA Classified, kael13, Link, Date 11/07/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, currob, Link, Date 10/07/2015
Make Zotac AMP Extreme, Metalface Mark, Link, Date 10/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Mallers, Link, Date 09/07/2015
Make MSI V1, samcat, Link, Date 09/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Jeps, Link, Date 08/07/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, F1aw1ess, Link, Date 07/07/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, sunn, Link, Date 06/07/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, DVR, Link, Date 06/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Firefox35, Link, Date 05/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, 40Four, Link, Date 03/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Ghosteh, Link, Date 03/07/2015
Make MSI Gaming, arknor, Link, Date 02/07/2015
Make Reference, amigafan2003, Link, Date 02/07/2015
Make Reference, savagesam117, Link, Date 01/07/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Combat Fighter, Link, Date 01/07/2015
Make OcUK Tech Labs, NoobCannon, Link, Date 01/07/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, Joe_Easy, Link, Date 01/07/2015
Make Inno3D Herculez, IceWind, Link, Date 01/07/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Ashley Jordan, Link, Date 01/07/2015
Make Reference, colinmcr, Link, Date 30/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Doco, Link, Date 30/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, digitalx, Link, Date 30/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Robzere31, Link, Date 30/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Five.Stars, Link, Date 29/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Fire_fly, Link, Date 29/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Radeon123, Link, Date 29/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, setter, Link, Date 29/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, plazyma, Link, Date 29/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, rossiboy001, Link, Date 29/06/2015
Make Reference, toodoo9011, Link, Date 29/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, rootz, Link, Date 29/06/2015
Make EVGA Hydro Copper, dceightfive, Link, Date 29/06/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, SaintJimmy, Link, Date 28/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Spokwiththeears, Link, Date 28/06/2015
Make Reference, goochinbuda, Link, Date 28/06/2015
Make Inno3D X3, Newu_boy, Link, Date 28/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Wyrdo, Link, Date 28/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, gt11, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, DBT85, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Rivod, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Milky1, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, fornowagain, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, Angerer, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, alexp999, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, ubersonic, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, lnoton, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, Type_R, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make Reference, Wrxengland, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, agt, Link, Date 27/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, Scramz, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make Inno3D X3, Cavallino, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, LauraLC, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make Reference, Winnter, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make Reference, Clov!s, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, titaniumx3, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, PowerPie5000, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, thefogo, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, mufc802, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, GeneralD, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, Rossi~, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, tyler_jrb, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, picnic, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, DeanT77, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, Brutos, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make Zotac AMP Edition, Buck890, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, se_vietboi, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make Reference, Cottee, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, ZeroG, Link, Date 26/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, clone, Link, Date 25/06/2015
Make MSI Gaming, GiB, Link, Date 25/06/2015
Make Inno3D X3, rootz, Link, Date 25/06/2015
Make Inno3D X3, Khorvos, Link, Date 25/06/2015
Make Reference, amigafan2003, Link, Date 25/06/2015
Make Inno3D X3, theor14, Link, Date 25/06/2015
Make Inno3D X3, rickyjb, Link, Date 25/06/2015
Make Reference, floatindolphin, Link, Date 24/06/2015
Make Reference, eviljester91, Link, Date 23/06/2015
Make Reference, KillBoY_UK, Link, Date 23/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Kered_Dub, Link, Date 23/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Wrinkly, Link, Date 22/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, ronnie136, Link, Date 22/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, WHAT21A, Link, Date 22/06/2015
Make EVGA SC Ref, Divine Pain, Link, Date 22/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, AhadielGames, Link, Date 22/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Shivji, Link, Date 20/06/2015
Make Reference, M1keMK, Link, Date 18/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, ihatelag, Link, Date 18/06/2015
Make Reference, Diuz, Link, Date 18/06/2015
Make Reference, C3PO, Link, Date 18/06/2015
Make Reference, psychas, Link, Date 18/06/2015
Make Reference, MasterOC, Link, Date 18/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, Malesu, Link, Date 17/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, Mayh3M, Link, Date 17/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, IT Troll, Link, Date 17/06/2015
Make EVGA SC Ref, jetpaczx, Link, Date 17/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, youdsy, Link, Date 17/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, HidYn, Link, Date 17/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, Matthew89, Link, Date 17/06/2015
Make Gigabyte G1, delpy8, Link, Date 17/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, Axekickjack, Link, Date 17/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, ArnieRambo, Link, Date 16/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, agnes, Link, Date 16/06/2015
Make EVGA Hydro Copper, Giggz, Link, Date 16/06/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, Muska, Link, Date 16/06/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, is149, Link, Date 16/06/2015
Make Reference, The Mad One, Link, Date 15/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, Valenni, Link, Date 15/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, OldBoy75, Link, Date 15/06/2015
Make EVGA Hybrid, shiver, Link, Date 14/06/2015
Make Reference, ICEx21, Link, Date 14/06/2015
Make Reference, varkanoid, Link, Date 13/06/2015
Make EVGA SC ACX, JunglistE, Link, Date 13/06/2015
Make Reference, Gripen90, Link, Date 12/06/2015
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Make Reference, crazy8s, Link, Date 10/06/2015
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Make Reference, Phixsator, Link, Date 01/06/2015
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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.​
 
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My only problem is I'd have to add another £100+ to the price of the card to watercool it.

This is my dilemma too. I'd also likely want to upgrade to a 40 lane CPU too, so SLI is going to end up costing likely more than holding off for a 1080ti down the line and upgrading to a single card then - perhaps even wait until the 1180ti or whatever it ends up being marketed as.
 
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My only problem is I'd have to add another £100+ to the price of the card to watercool it.

I'm Air cooling mine. Top Card hits 70 - 75 depending on gaming or benching. I don't think that is too bad...?

I'm with you, my thoughts are to skip Pascal altogether and could not resist the prices of the Ti at the moment. Not run into any scaling or bottleneck problems either (yet) - both cards max out at 100% util during a bench.

I'm happy with SLi at the moment and I know that it should allow me to skip Pascal and when the next shiny 1180Ti turns up, i'll jump all over it.

Just need to pick up a superwide monitor now :) That may have to go on hold as our first Child is due within the next month and I've heard they are costly buggers...
 
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Whats Zotacs policy with cooler removal?

looking at ordering a zotac AMP omega,nice price,custom PCB and compatibile with my Thermosphere block

Anyone clarify this for me? Pretty sure I'm gonna get a new card for the weekend and want to keep warranty after blocking it
 
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I've had my MSI Gaming Edition 980ti for just over a year now and its been performing flawlessly but I recently decided to try and overclock it to see if i could get a bit more performance. At stock the card boosts up to 1380mhz and then throttles back slightly and fluctuates between 1340/1380mhz at 82 degrees with the default fan profile and I didn't want to increase the fan speed as i value quietness pretty highly. I was pretty dissapointed to find that the card is already at its thermal limit on the stock fan profile so there was no headroom to overclock it any more. :( Its already boosting itself way above the advertised factory overclock speeds so that was that, or so i thought!

On a whim i decided to change the TIM so i bought some thermal grizzly kryonaut and changed it over the weekend. I wasn't expecting much to be honest but it was worth a try....

Well it turns out this stuff is magic! The temp dropped massively so i started to overclock, pushing the core up and up and up and holy crap when will it stop! Eventually, with as much voltage as afterburner would allow the core started to show signs that it had hit the limits of its capabilities. I dropped the overclock back and settled in with the core now boosting up to 1550mhz!

But what of the noise Jeps? You must have set a seriously aggressive fan profile to achieve such lofty clock speeds? Well no, i didnt touch the fan settings at all. Still running the stock fan profile and the temps do not go above 75 degrees! Its actually running quieter then it was at stock! :eek:

Unbelievable :D
 
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I've had my MSI Gaming Edition 980ti for just over a year now...

That's crazy! I have a MSI Gaming 6G 980Ti too, and I've tried to overclock it but it's not even stable at +90MHz so I lost interest. For the sake of £11 I may try this stuff :)

Did you have to break any warranty seals in order to apply it?
 
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I've had my MSI Gaming Edition 980ti for just over a year now and its been performing flawlessly but I recently decided to try and overclock it to see if i could get a bit more performance. At stock the card boosts up to 1380mhz and then throttles back slightly and fluctuates between 1340/1380mhz at 82 degrees with the default fan profile and I didn't want to increase the fan speed as i value quietness pretty highly. I was pretty dissapointed to find that the card is already at its thermal limit on the stock fan profile so there was no headroom to overclock it any more. :( Its already boosting itself way above the advertised factory overclock speeds so that was that, or so i thought!

On a whim i decided to change the TIM so i bought some thermal grizzly kryonaut and changed it over the weekend. I wasn't expecting much to be honest but it was worth a try....

Well it turns out this stuff is magic! The temp dropped massively so i started to overclock, pushing the core up and up and up and holy crap when will it stop! Eventually, with as much voltage as afterburner would allow the core started to show signs that it had hit the limits of its capabilities. I dropped the overclock back and settled in with the core now boosting up to 1550mhz!

But what of the noise Jeps? You must have set a seriously aggressive fan profile to achieve such lofty clock speeds? Well no, i didnt touch the fan settings at all. Still running the stock fan profile and the temps do not go above 75 degrees! Its actually running quieter then it was at stock! :eek:

Unbelievable :D

That's awesome work!! I've got the same model and haven't bothered to overclock it yet as it suits my needs just fine....until now ;) The work you've done here will make me rethink my lack of overclocking my 6G so thanks :D
 
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That's crazy! I have a MSI Gaming 6G 980Ti too, and I've tried to overclock it but it's not even stable at +90MHz so I lost interest. For the sake of £11 I may try this stuff :)

Did you have to break any warranty seals in order to apply it?

Yeah there was a sticker over one of the screws on the back that i had to punch through with a Philips head in order to remove the screw. The heatsink itself is only held on by the four screws around the core so it was a pretty simple job.
 
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Yeah there was a sticker over one of the screws on the back that i had to punch through with a Philips head in order to remove the screw. The heatsink itself is only held on by the four screws around the core so it was a pretty simple job.

Cool, thanks :) Dunno if I'm so keen to break that sticker for the sake of a few FPS, although the geek in me really wants them.
 
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Second hand?

Yes £350 with the -10% voucher on fleabay which was a free surprise from them....

this is the 9th xtreme card purchased new/ 2nd which have been used for client custom builds
all the xtreme's I’ve had thus far have been great over clockers this is doing ok with stock bios 1543 8200 mem ...so may try custom bios this weekend.so to help with pref caps

The last xtreme i had on a custom bios hit 1588 core ..on average over 1500mhz with stock bios is not bad tbh
 
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I really want to go SLI but finding another hydro copper is proving to be impossible.

Shame that I can't use a normal card with a block on but the ports won't line up with the Hydro ones.
 
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