GTX 970 With 980 PCB

dannywaugh1 · 23 Mar 2015 at 21:18

Hi all,
What are the benefits if any of a gtx970 on 980 PCB?

Quick and easy

J.D · 23 Mar 2015 at 21:33

Possibly the full 4Gb.

Honestly can't think of anything else.

DanielSon · 23 Mar 2015 at 21:36

the 970 has parts fused off on the silicon level, a 980 pcb ain't gonna suddenly enable the rops/L2 cache or memory bandwidth! only difference might be the power delivery phases, but even then I cant see the point

dannywaugh1 · 23 Mar 2015 at 21:37

J.D said:
Possibly the full 4Gb.

Honestly can't think of anything else.

Only asking due to some cards in the description saying they are on a 980 PCB, I cant think myself what benefits it would have.

dannywaugh1 · 23 Mar 2015 at 21:39

DanielSon said:
the 970 has parts fused off on the silicon level, a 980 pcb ain't gonna suddenly enable the rops/L2 cache or memory bandwidth! only difference might be the power delivery phases, but even then I cant see the point

I knew is would do anything on that part. It made me think why? Now you have said it sounds about right, power delivery.

J.D · 23 Mar 2015 at 21:44

dannywaugh1 said:
Only asking due to some cards in the description saying they are on a 980 PCB, I cant think myself what benefits it would have.

It's still a 970 so just ignore what PCB it's on. If it wasn't cut down like the rest then it would practically be a 980 and completely sold out at those prices.

Diddums · 23 Mar 2015 at 21:46

Manufacturing: "Crap guys, these 970s are selling too fast, we're running out of PCBs!"

Sales: "So stick 'em on 980 PCBs and make it a selling point, people will fall for it!"

And voila, the 970 with 980 PCB was born.

Actually, I have no idea, but that's my best guess.

dannywaugh1 · 23 Mar 2015 at 21:53

Diddums said:
Manufacturing: "Crap guys, these 970s are selling too fast, we're running out of PCBs!"

Sales: "So stick 'em on 980 PCBs and make it a selling point, people will fall for it!"

And voila, the 970 with 980 PCB was born.

Actually, I have no idea, but that's my best guess.

Kinda makes sense really,

varkanoid · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:41

I think the OCUK one is on a ref 980 PCB so they could incorporate better components, vrm, phasing wotstits etc.

Plus you can then probably fit full cover blocks too.

OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

pgi947 · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:23

Generally speaking x70 part on x80 pcb is done for better/higher power delivery.

opethdisciple · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:28

pgi947 said:
Generally speaking x70 part on x80 pcb is done for better/higher power delivery.

Which should equal better oc.

pgi947 · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:38

Should but not always. Though I do remember my 670 on 680 pcb that would bench 1360mhz

Divine Pain · 24 Mar 2015 at 08:36

Main reason is so that you could fit a full size waterblock on it as someone mentioned above.

ubersonic · 24 Mar 2015 at 08:45

dannywaugh1 said:
What are the benefits if any of a gtx970 on 980 PCB?

Possibility of better stock cooler if it's a blower (bigger PCB = bigger/better cooler).

Possibility of better overclock (components spaced better, etc).

Can use GTX980 water blocks instead of GTX970 water blocks.

Gibbo · 24 Mar 2015 at 09:39

Hi there

The advantages of 980 PCB are:

Better and cleaner power phase
Zero cost down, ONLY NVIDIA approved components used
Helps reduce coilwhine, particular as OcUK uses different containers and also the fact 980 reference cards rarely suffer any coilwhine.
More waterblock availability
Features same 980 cooler and backplate
Extremely quiet
Best cooling solution for small enclosures and multi-GPU setups

The positives are so many that the small premium is well worth it, ask anyone with an OcUK 970, the quality is above and beyond in my opinion any other 970 on the market.

ShivP · 24 Mar 2015 at 11:10

Never really gave this any thought tbh, very interesting...

Kelt · 24 Mar 2015 at 14:25

Gibbo said:
The positives are so many that the small premium is well worth it, ask anyone with an OcUK 970, the quality is above and beyond in my opinion any other 970 on the market.

I can vouch for this. I recommended one (OCUK 970) to my brother, and the quality of the card is tremendous. No plastic shrouds here!

Clocked really well, with excellent quiet cooling.

Oh, and zero whine.

dannywaugh1 · 28 Mar 2015 at 07:43

Gibbo said:
Hi there

The advantages of 980 PCB are:

Better and cleaner power phase

Zero cost down, ONLY NVIDIA approved components used

Helps reduce coilwhine, particular as OcUK uses different containers and also the fact 980 reference cards rarely suffer any coilwhine.

More waterblock availability

Features same 980 cooler and backplate

Extremely quiet

Best cooling solution for small enclosures and multi-GPU setups

The positives are so many that the small premium is well worth it, ask anyone with an OcUK 970, the quality is above and beyond in my opinion any other 970 on the market.

Thanks Gibbo.
So looks like I'm going to get the 970 for my next build. Now to sort the rest of the spec out. Only gaming at 1080p, more so for the next 3 years too. The 970 should be good for that length of time to keep games maxed out.

Any thoughts guys? May sound a little odd but I built my current q6600 machine 7 years ago!

MasterOC · 28 Mar 2015 at 08:52

dannywaugh1 said:
Thanks Gibbo.
So looks like I'm going to get the 970 for my next build. Now to sort the rest of the spec out. Only gaming at 1080p, more so for the next 3 years too. The 970 should be good for that length of time to keep games maxed out.

Any thoughts guys? May sound a little odd but I built my current q6600 machine 7 years ago!

I suspect a 970 will not carry max settings for 3 years . it might be good for that length of time with AA removed and/or settings slightly tweaked mind.

dannywaugh1 · 28 Mar 2015 at 13:57

Seems more so 1-2years then the third year setting may need to be reduce as you have pointed out.
3years times I aim to replace the computer and monitor anyway.

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