The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

varkanoid · 19 Jun 2015 at 13:56

RS123 said:
Hi guys,

Just put my 2x980 Ti's in my rig and ran a few benches/checked up on it in CPU-Z. Is it supposed to be reporting only having 4095MB of memory?

Update CPU-Z to latest ?

razorpakk · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:01

GoblinKingUK said:
Hey guys,

Got a quick question.. was waiting for the EVGA Hybrids as i'm gonna be going SLI but from what i'm reading would I get better overall performance with the G1? will the G1 overclock better than the EVGA hybrid?
I was looking forward to the idea of watercooled GPUs to help with heat (currently have Windforce 780s, at full load gaming top car can hit 86 - 88 degrees) but ill put up with the heat and noise for performance any day.

Cheers for your help,

With temperatures likely to rise, for SLI I would only consider the Hybrids. I think G1s in SLI will get too hot and perform less compared to the EVGAs.

For the single card I'm personally going with the G1 (selling 970s), just because water cooling seems pointless for a single card.

agnes · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:24

Still in love with mine. Just thought I'd state that

shiver · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:27

Kind of wish I had more time over the last week to fully test my Hybrid out and tinker.

It's still at stock clocks but that's solid boost to 1300 and sitting under 50c

kaku · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:38

agnes said:
Still in love with mine. Just thought I'd state that

Same, aside from the heart-stopping moment when there's "No display input" flashing on the screen after fitting the water block and filling the loop...

turned out I didn't plug in the DVI cable :rolleyes:

Gonna have a tinker with increasing power limit tonight.

1kiwi · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:39

On H20 here and running the MSI Reference at stock. At the settings I'm comfortable at it really doesn't need an aggresive overclock and I'm more comfortable with <50c load temps during summer. Once battlefront comes along I'll ramp it up!

In saying that I was able to easily get 1450/2100 with some overvolting

That gave me a >20k score in firestrike.

RS123 · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:41

The reference/non-SC cards are supposed to be 1075 Mhz boost clock, but the Overclocker's cards I installed today (Manli brand) are boosting to 1175Mhz as stock/with no changes from me. Is this normal?

Divine Pain · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:43

yes that is gpu boost 2.0 kicking in

1kiwi · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:46

Yeh my MSI Ref natually boosts up to 1190 which is plenty.

RS123 · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:47

Thanks

GoblinKingUK · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:17

razorpakk said:
With temperatures likely to rise, for SLI I would only consider the Hybrids. I think G1s in SLI will get too hot and perform less compared to the EVGAs.

For the single card I'm personally going with the G1 (selling 970s), just because water cooling seems pointless for a single card.

yep, thats what I was thinking.. ill stick with a pair of Hybrids then

Haven't ordered anything yet so I guess I got a bit of a wait on my hands

badbiddy · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:28

Gigabyte G1 or EVGA Reference?

I like the look of the reference cooler and the lit up GEFORCE more than the windforce design, but is the G1 the superior design?

ihatelag · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:30

Gibbo said:
Yes EVGA bridge are lovely.

Just buying ROG bridges now, but they cost twice the amount, big ROG tax going down I think.

Is the EVGA one which provides additional features and the ROG one is just aesthetics only?

Absorbentsolid · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:35

Just ordered my EVGA hydro copper can't wait till it arrives!

1kiwi · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:41

Silly question guys but how are people getting access to firestrike ultra/extreme?

Divine Pain · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:50

can get it through steam.

I think the basic firestrike test is free but you have to pay to unlock ultra and extreme if i remember correctly?

N19h7m4r3 · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:59

ihatelag said:
Is the EVGA one which provides additional features and the ROG one is just aesthetics only?

They claim lower latency, but I doubt it. I own one and it looks cool, but I only got it to replace that nasty brown ASUS ribbon cable.

I would prefer the NVIDIA one though.

dceightfive · 19 Jun 2015 at 16:40

Absorbentsolid said:
Just ordered my EVGA hydro copper can't wait till it arrives!

Just ordered 2x EVGA Hydro copper's, a slight upgrade to my single EVGA 670 FTW

Absorbentsolid · 19 Jun 2015 at 17:37

dceightfive said:
Just ordered 2x EVGA Hydro copper's, a slight upgrade to my single EVGA 670 FTW

Nice man i'm upgrading from a single 780!

Brumboy · 19 Jun 2015 at 17:44

Wow gaming with this card at 4k with the latest games is such a fun experience. I find myself just wondering about in games looking at the scenery and graphics in awe lol

I didn't realise how crisp, detailed and sharp the visuals would be at 4k. I definitely don't regret spending all this money haha

I have some friends coming over tomorrow to check it out, they think that PS4 graphics are amazing and impressive and I just keep telling them to try out 4k gaming on my machine and see if they can notice any difference.

I've been playing:

GTA 5
Witcher 3
Advanced Warfare
Shadow of Mordor (although I'm not overly impressed with the graphics, I keep reading about this high texture pack, how can I get it?)
Mortal Kombat X
Dying Light

All running on maximum settings (which one or two turned off like MSAA) but I use FXAA instead, smooth gameplay in every game and very playable. No problems at all.

Are there any other impressive visual games? I was thinking about Elite Dangerous, any other sci fi games?