** GIBBO TAKES A 980 G1 FOR A RIDE AND OcUK HAS EXCLUSIVE ON 980 G1 **

[Gibbo]

Hi there


Well first of all OcUK has won exclusive on the first batch of 980 G1 and even better that stock is now here, nowhere else in the UK has this truly stonking card.

I've now tested several of the 980's from different partners and this Gigabyte G1 absolutely destroys the others for features and overclocking performance.

In short I managed an easy 1600MHz core and 8000MHz memory with just +87mv with fans set to 100% the card was struggling to exceed 45c under-load, this cooler is by far the most powerful and with fans at 50% it is pretty much silent and temperatures were holding around 55c. The G1 cooler has me mighty impressed!!!

The ASIC quality of the card I tested was 77% !

Then the G1 has one other very cool feature, FLEX TECHNOLOGY, one card can run upto six monitors which also makes the G1 cards perfect for professionals!!!

For those who don't wish to overclock this card was also the fastest out of the box card as well with a stock boost speed of 1400MHz+


Some benchmarks of this card at 1600/8000 with 100% fan in an X99 rig with CPU at 4.60GHz and memory 3000MHz:-

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** @ £499.99 inc VAT

GIGABYTE WINDFORCE 3X 600W cooling system once again break the record and bring the air cooling capacity up to 600W by only using 2 slots heights. The WINDFORCE 3X 600W cooling system is equipped with five 8mm and one 6mm composite cooper heat-pipes , special fin architecture, unique blade fan design, and GIGABYTE “Triangle Cool” technology. This not only provides an effective heat dissipation capacity but also enables higher performance due to a lower temperature.

GIGABYTE Flex display technology can automatically detect any connected monitors and achieve multi-display gaming up to 4 monitors at the same time by using various output groups. Users could enjoy the best gaming experience in ultra HD resolution with extended flexibility in arranging monitor configurations and making future system upgrade extremely easy.

With GPU Gauntlet™ Sorting, the Gigabyte SOC graphics card guarantees the higher overclocking capability in terms of excellent power switching. Ultra Durable VGA board provides dramatic cooling effect on lowering both GPU and memory temperature by doubling the copper inner layer of PCB. Ultra Durable VGA board reduces voltage ripples in normal and transient state, thus effectively lowers noises and ensures higher overclocking capability. Ultra Durable VGA board allows more bandwidth for electron passage and reduces circuit impedance. The less circuit impedance, the more stable flow of current and can effectively improve power efficiency.


Features:-
- WINDFORCE 3X 600W cooling system
- Flex Display Technology(patent-pending)
- Powered by NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU
- Integrated with industry's best 4GB GDDR5 memory 256-bit memory interface
- Features Dual-link DVI-I / DVI-D / HDMI / DisplayPort*3
- BASE: 1228 MHz / BOOST: 1329 MHz
- System power supply requirement: 600W(with two 8-pin external power connectors)
- Voxel Global Illumination Technology (VXGI)
- NVIDIA® Super Resolution technology
- NVIDIA® GameWorks technology
- NVIDIA® GameStream technology
- NVIDIA® TXAA Technology
- NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0
- NVIDIA PhysX® Technology
- NVIDIA FXAA Technology
- NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync
- NVIDIA Surround
- Support for four concurrent displays including: Two dual-link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2
- Microsoft DirectX 12
- NVIDIA® 3D Vision® Ready
- NVIDIA SLI® Ready Technology
- NVIDIA CUDA® technology
- PCI Express 3.0 support
- OpenGL 4.4 support
- OpenCL support
- NVIDIA SHIELD Ready
- NVIDIA G-Sync Ready


Specification:-
- GeForce GTX 980
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980 (GM204)
- Core Base Clock: 1228MHz
- Core Boost Clock: 1329MHz
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 4096MB GDDR5
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
- Memory Bus: 256-bit
- CUDA Cores: 2048
- DirectX 12: Yes
- DVI Port: 1x Dual-Link DVI, 1x DVI, 3x DisplayPort & 1x HDMI
- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Dimensions: L=312mm, W=129mm, H=43mm
- Power: 2x 8-Pin
- 600W PSU Required
- 220W TDP
- Warranty: 3yr


Only £499.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW














A truly stunning card and by far the most powerful and possibly quietest cooling solution I've come across yet and the Flex Technology is a feature no competitor has.

 

[Gibbo]

HI there

We also have the 970 G1 in stock too.



Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £319.99 inc VAT

The new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980/970 is powered by the next generation NVIDIA Maxwell Architecture, giving you incredible performance, unmatched power efficiency, and cutting-edge features.

Maxwell is the most advanced GPU architecture ever made, designed to be the engine of next generation gaming. Inspired by light, it was designed to solve some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing. For the first time, gaming GPU's can dynamically render indirect light using the new VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination technology). Scenes are significantly more lifelike as light interacts more realistically in the game environment.

The GTX 980 is the worlds fastest GPU and the GTX 970 offers the most advanced performance in its class. Each delivers 2x the performance of previous-generation card, bringing new gaming experiences to virtual reality, and ultra resolution 4k displays.

Enable the detail of 4k monitors, on a 1080P display. DSR produces smoother images by rendering a game at a high resolution, then downscaling it to the native resolution of the display using advanced filtering.

GeForce GTX 980 and 970 cards support tear-free, super-fast NVIDIA G-Sync monitor display technology including 4k. Together, these technologies provide the most immersive and competitive gaming experiences possible.


Features:-
- WINDFORCE 3X cooling system
- Flex Display Technology(patent-pending)
- Powered by NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU
- Integrated with industry's best 4GB GDDR5 memory 256-bit memory interface
- Features Dual-link DVI-I / DVI-D / HDMI / DisplayPort*3
- BASE: 1178 MHz / BOOST: 1329 MHz
- System power supply requirement: 550W (with one 6-pin and one 8-pin external power connectors)
- Voxel Global Illumination Technology (VXGI)
- NVIDIA® Super Resolution technology
- NVIDIA® GameWorks technology
- NVIDIA® GameStream technology
- NVIDIA® TXAA Technology
- NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0
- NVIDIA PhysX® Technology
- NVIDIA FXAA Technology
- NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync
- NVIDIA Surround
- Support for four concurrent displays including: Two dual-link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2
- Microsoft DirectX 12
- NVIDIA® 3D Vision® Ready
- NVIDIA SLI® Ready Technology
- NVIDIA CUDA® technology
- PCI Express 3.0 support
- OpenGL 4.4 support
- OpenCL support
- NVIDIA SHIELD Ready
- NVIDIA G-Sync Ready
- Flex Connectivity (Upto 6 Monitors)


Specification:-
- GeForce GTX 970
- GPU: GeForce GTX 970 (GM204)
- Core Base Clock: 1178MHz
- Core Boost Clock: 1329MHz
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 4096MB GDDR5
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
- Memory Bus: 256-bit
- CUDA Cores: 1664
- DirectX 12: Yes
- DVI Port: 2x Dual-Link DVI, 3x DisplayPort & 1x HDMI
- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Power: 1x 8-Pin & 1x 6-Pin
- 450W PSU Required
- 150W TDP
- Warranty: 3yr


Only £319.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[triss]

Gigabyte do seem to be on a winner with the new cooler , be interesting to see how high golden ones go

 

[Gibbo]

Gigabyte do seem to be on a winner with the new cooler , be interesting to see how high golden ones go

Yeah I just grabbed one from stock, this is what it did, some will be worse and some better.

A Golden one will probably manage 1700MHz core and a poor one around 1500MHz.

 

[Geeman1979]

Great results with the 980, a bit pricey though.

 

[MasterOC]

Mighty impressive! Tempted to switch my order...oh the impatience .Will you be benching the airboss when stock drops?

 

[Gibbo]

Great results with the 980, a bit pricey though.

It has the best cooler of them all and more features than any other 980, unfortunately such things don't come free.

 

[Gibbo]

Mighty impressive! Tempted to switch my order...oh the impatience .Will you be benching the airboss when stock drops?

Yes as we have exclusive on those too.

We've owned this 9xx series launch, what competitors.

 

[Geeman1979]

It has the best cooler of them all and more features than any other 980, unfortunately such things don't come free.

'Such things don't come free' No ****

Still doesn't warrant a 70 quid premium over something like this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-042-IN&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812

 

[LambChop]

Yes as we have exclusive on those too.

We've owned this 9xx series launch, what competitors.

You do seem to get stock first and a lot of it, and you also get exclusives. This is great for business but we suffer as a consumer as with this exclusivity there's a huge price premium on the product.

 

[Gibbo]

'Such things don't come free' No ****

Still doesn't warrant a premium of 70 quid over something like this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-042-IN&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812

I'd pay it as will many others, better power design (2x 8pin), more powerful cooling solution with customisable LED and Flex technology.

 

[Besty]

Nice card, BIOS dump plz

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there


I have being playing some more seems with a little less core voltage and slower fan speed I can overclock higher, now upto 1629MHz and 8100Mhz, see updated Heaven 4.0 results:-

 

[Geeman1979]

I'd pay it as will many others, better power design (2x 8pin), more powerful cooling solution with customisable LED and Flex technology.

No doubt they will.

It will be interesting to see how the Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 "Herculez X3 Ultra" performs when you get them in.

 

[Simon Belmont]

The price went up £20 on the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 was thinking of getting one, but now think I'll hold off.

 

[Gibbo]

The price went up £20 on the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 was thinking of getting one, but now think I'll hold off.

As soon as Gigabyte can ship us a lot more, it will come back under £300.

 

[Wizzfizz]

wow, slapping a £20 premium on that card is steep, considering they are selling well.

 

[MasterOC]

Hi there


I have being playing some more seems with a little less core voltage and slower fan speed I can overclock higher, now upto 1629MHz and 8100Mhz, see updated Heaven 4.0 results:-

I take it that's due to boost doing its balancing act with the voltage ?

 

[Gibbo]

I take it that's due to boost doing its balancing act with the voltage ?

Can only assume so, these cards are so new still finding stuff out about them, with an unlocked BIOS we feel there is so much more potential in these yet.

 

[Twirlywoos]

Pretty numbers do sell cards and you always manage to get a good one. Silicone lottery has never paid of for me but I imagine if I had access to an infinite supply of cards i'd manage to find a great overclocker.