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Review Zotac's GTX 980 Extreme
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You never watched the vid then.
The card in question comes with these features:
The FireStorm Gamer Mode OC'ing software wouldn't work, once Zotac get it working, this card will be a beast.
It oc'd fine by the way running stock oc's but just came under the ref oc'd 980, once it's working, it will surpass the ref one very well.
One to keep an eye on if your looking for a good 980.
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Best card I tested, got me no.1 on Heaven 4.0 benchmark here, a stunning card!
I was right then.
Did you get a working FireStorm Gamer Mode Gibbo?
Yes worked on mine. Had read outs but I was also limited with 1.20v
I achieved 1570/8800 overclock on one and 1580/8600 on my other.
Memory overclocking is superb, at stock memory voltage both my cards did 8400MHz and with memory voltage as the Zotac extreme seems the only 980 via firestorm gamer to adjust memory voltage I could hit 8600-8800MHz on both cards.
I've asked Zotac to give support to 1.26v and they sent me revised software last week, I will test it when I get chance but doubt it will work as such limitations are normally bios set and not software, but will give it a try.
Screenshots please
Look at heaven thread, screenshot was submitted over a week ago, no.1 spot finally taking crown from 780ti
You never watched the vid then.
I did, I was commenting on the driver crashes he showed when overclocked.
Look at heaven thread, screenshot was submitted over a week ago, no.1 spot finally taking crown from 780ti
Well not much of an accomplishment really, as you work in the place that you sell the products, so cherry pick as you will whatever parts, including open an benched test rig (lets not forget)
That said, it's like comparing a 780 to a 780ti, just wait for the 980ti and all will be forgotten
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I had Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC but sold it when I heard the 1.5 GHz core boost of 980s so now I will buy a GTX 980 card but I want OCed from the factory with potential to rach said 1.5 GHz of core boost.
Now this card seemed as a good fit, great even considering it has a TI chip with a marketing name of OC+ to circumvent nvidia's specs. like max overvolt value of 1.256mV for core and same thing for memory (dont know the exact value). This is just lika Asus' GTX 780TI matrix's second chip, Kingpin's EVBot and although now its just software. So this card had great potential but this specific reviewer had me double thinking and guessing myself. As he claims he somehow has inside knowledge of some sort that the VRM and PWM of these custom Zotac cards (both omega and extreme) are weak, so weak that it can only achieve 1.212mV core for overvolting which is much less than the nvidia spec and consequently much lower than the referance card's limits. Now he says OC+ is just a gimmick and useless and new firestorm although it shows 1.26 as new max never really achieve those values.
I don't know jack about all these, TDPs, overvolts and stuff but I will not say no to an easy OCing with just pushing some sliders and figuring out a sweetspot but this card may be flawed in design?? and it may not be easy to OC this card at least for now. Maybe they will fix the kinks in the software and even push a BIOS update but is it worth to buy this card? Also it will be in stock soon in my country with only alternative being gigabyte g1 gaming whivh I hate bc of its cheap look fans.
Now this card seemed as a good fit, great even considering it has a TI chip with a marketing name of OC+ to circumvent nvidia's specs. like max overvolt value of 1.256mV for core and same thing for memory (dont know the exact value). This is just lika Asus' GTX 780TI matrix's second chip, Kingpin's EVBot and although now its just software. So this card had great potential but this specific reviewer had me double thinking and guessing myself. As he claims he somehow has inside knowledge of some sort that the VRM and PWM of these custom Zotac cards (both omega and extreme) are weak, so weak that it can only achieve 1.212mV core for overvolting which is much less than the nvidia spec and consequently much lower than the referance card's limits. Now he says OC+ is just a gimmick and useless and new firestorm although it shows 1.26 as new max never really achieve those values.
I don't know jack about all these, TDPs, overvolts and stuff but I will not say no to an easy OCing with just pushing some sliders and figuring out a sweetspot but this card may be flawed in design?? and it may not be easy to OC this card at least for now. Maybe they will fix the kinks in the software and even push a BIOS update but is it worth to buy this card? Also it will be in stock soon in my country with only alternative being gigabyte g1 gaming whivh I hate bc of its cheap look fans.
Well not much of an accomplishment really, as you work in the place that you sell the products, so cherry pick as you will whatever parts, including open an benched test rig (lets not forget)
On air, no water and CPU only at 4.625GHz, if I was doing it competively I'd be aiming for world champion again, yes I've held the title for 3D Mark many years ago before I even worked in a computer shop. So I could actually accomplish more at home as I'd simply put a 980 under water and hard modify the PCB to take more volts or just buy a Strix and use the pro OC software and put 1.60v up its rear under chilled water and get the core into the 1700-1800MHz region, any higher needs LN2 for sure.
What the advantage on open air rig, can no one else do that or something?
Wait for 980Ti? Need to test now, in all likely hood that won't show up until early 2015, Xmas if were lucky.
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Can you tell how did you achieve these results? Tdp, mem volt, core volt, target temp... wise. Also I dont know where is heaven bench thread can you link?Yes worked on mine. Had read outs but I was also limited with 1.20v
I achieved 1570/8800 overclock on one and 1580/8600 on my other.
Memory overclocking is superb, at stock memory voltage both my cards did 8400MHz and with memory voltage as the Zotac extreme seems the only 980 via firestorm gamer to adjust memory voltage I could hit 8600-8800MHz on both cards.
I've asked Zotac to give support to 1.26v and they sent me revised software last week, I will test it when I get chance but doubt it will work as such limitations are normally bios set and not software, but will give it a try.
You seem to think it's all about benching? It's not. It's about real time usage, it's why people are told not to stress their rigs with silly programs (as 8pack would say)? Come on at the end of the working day, you run at all stock on an AMD cpu
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You seem to think it's all about benching thoight..?
Of course it's benching!
If everyone only runs at stock why are 970/980 the best selling VGA cards from NVIDIA for years? They are benching and overclocking them.
Nearly all our customers run overclocked systems, especially processor and graphics. That's our market and were the experts.
I run an FX-9590 it's a 5GHz CPU and it won't clock any further.
Every other CPU I've owned since my 486 SX25 have being overclocked without fail, this is a exception.
Because the 970 was well priced into the market. On top of that it's clocked really well (saving more £). It's all about releasing to the marking at the right price point, as you know. It's why the 980 isn't spoken about much, not a market mover as to speak. But give it until the 980ti is here and the prices are slashed, then we'll have a winner (980) .
Why do you choose to run an AMD CPU?
.Why do you choose to run an AMD CPU?
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Because the 970 was well priced into the market. On top of that it's clocked really well (saving more £). It's all about releasing to the marking at the right price point, as you know. It's why the 980 isn't spoken about much, not a market mover as to speak. But give it until the 980ti is here and the prices are slashed, then we'll have a winner (980)
Why do you choose to run an AMD CPU?
We were talking about benching and not market prices, everyone knows that NVIDIA pulled a blinder on the pricing this time round.
AMD gave it me, I've got a 48 thread Xeon in my draw though so time to ask Asus for one of those lovely work station boards and see how far I can clock one of these mighty Xeons as only 2.00GHz at stock, but 48 threads, incredible.