Well, it depends. Most 980ti's will do 1400mhz+ so then you will keep the gap between the two cards the same.
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Well, it depends. Most 980ti's will do 1400mhz+ so then you will keep the gap between the two cards the same.
because nvidia is stopping the deal.ocuk get rebates deals with them.gibbo sais this earlier.
people keep saying only 40-50 more for a 1070 but the palit one has had many issues so have some of the other cheaper 1070s.
so realistically and they might go back up but i guarentee you people will still sell them at £300 until they gone or a little cheaper.
but gibbo is the salesman.so i will let him do that.
Its explained in the OP!
Was supposed to be yesterday at midnight, but am not working a Sunday so it can wait until tomorrow.
So if you want one grab one, don't be moaning tomorrow when prices go up as being more than enough warning.
Its explained in the OP!
Was supposed to be yesterday at midnight, but am not working a Sunday so it can wait until tomorrow.
So if you want one grab one, don't be moaning tomorrow when prices go up as being more than enough warning.
can you do some deals on rog plasma ddr4 memory and the nzt hue+
thanks
Hi Purgatory - firstly I apologise for questioning you!
HE IS RIGHT!
I ordered the Gigabyte 980ti Xtreme Gaming OC last night but have noticed that the model number is slightly different to that of the original card and also the clock speeds are considerably lower!!
The model number of the card being sold is GV-N98TXTREME C-6GD with the following clock speeds -
Boost:1114 MHz/ Base:1026 MHz in OC Mode
http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5726#sp
The model number of the card THAT IS IN ALL THE REVIEWS and has the SAME NAME is GV-N98TXTREME-6GD and has the following clock speeds
Boost:1342 MHz/ Base: 1241 MHz in OC Mode
http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5710#sp
Bit of a difference there wouldn't you say???
Or will Overclockers GUARANTEE this card will run at the above clock speeds on the original model?
I've sent in a webnote asking for my order to be cancelled.
I'd go so far as to say this breaks the trade description act and not sure if this card ever REALLY sold for £619.99 did it?? Perhaps the original GV-N98TXTREME-6GD model did but not this one.
I think you should contact everyone who has purchased this card to let them know they could have made a mistake by basing their purchase on a review of a completely different card - very naughty scam by the hardware industry IMO.
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Damn those prices were tempting enough for me to go sli. Too late though as I only just seen the offers. You need better PR OCUK so offers like these don't go un-noticed.
No problem mate no need to apologize ( I was just trying to make people aware of this practice ), this is exactly what I was trying to say and give people a heads up before they buy and not understand what they purchased. If you look around still for the original models released at first with the high prices, you will find they still go for the higher prices and that explains why some retailers seem expensive when you compare for example an EVGA Classified from one place to another, what seems like the same product is not, as you have found out with the Gigabyte 980ti Xtreme Gaming.
Very important to check the model code and check the full specs to make sure it is what you thought as you now have realized they sell the same model NAME in many model Numbers with different specs, but these always seem to come at the end of the life cycle for that product which clearly shows they bin the cards, sadly what this does is confuse the customers not aware of this practice and makes it look like a bargain when in reality it is not in some cases and is not what they thought they purchased. Also this has a horrible side effect on the second hand market for the true cards, because you later get people saying well they sell for this new now and what they don't realize is they are not the same card and don't really sell for that, because if you searched for the card by model number you will see the real cards are still expensive for a reason as they are truly the high end parts that enthusiasts want and will pay for, but the general customer doesn't realize this.
At least some companies mark the boxes to state this like EVGA does with the "REF" marking to the box to clearly highlight that these cards failed their true clocks but work at reference. I say marked clearly but confusing as hell too, other companies don't even do that and the boxes are exactly the same with no sign the card is different unless you look at the model number and the specs.
I also agree some retailers are clearly breaking the trade description act, by stating they sold for X before where X was the price of the real model not this model now sold, they are not the same product and clearly done to mislead customers too.
So all saying high end cards drop massively in price are wrong, there is a reason why some seem to sell cheap and others seem to be strangely still very expensive from other retailers that don't sell the lower versions under the same names. Always check the model code/number and specs fully, I almost fell for it too when I was trying to source a second EVGA Classified and I have the true high end version and only found what seemed like the cheaper £450 model and the model I have was always sold for over £550-£600 new and sadly if I shop about for that model they are priced even higher than they originally retailed for now as they know they are in high demand but short in supply for people wanting to SLI the exact same cards.
BUT these models sold now do still offer good value for the people that wanted the original card at a cheaper price, but they are cheaper for a reason not the reason you expected as they are EOL, the reason is really they didn't meet the higher standards the original models had.
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I only noticed as I was thinking about what you said - a real shame as the original 980ti Xtreme Gaming OC beats some of the newer 1070s even when both are overclocked!
And yes the real overclocked models are still going for over £400 and some cases £500.
And yes the real overclocked models are still going for over £400 and some cases £500.
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Similar story for me, been very tempted by the GV-N98TXTREME C-6GD and was hovering over the buy button for most of yesterday, but i found that when you viewed the store page on a mobile device it actually states the OC Edition - Core Clock: Base 1216MHz / Boost 1317MHz (Standard Base: 1000MHz Boost:1075MHz)
OC Edition Clocks are actually the Gaming Mode clocks of the GV-N98TXTREME-6GD, looks like someone got there facts mixed up when they put the listing on at OC leading to sales which otherwise might not have been. Wonder if they will get many returns when people realise the difference in clock speeds
My guess is the GV-N98TXTREME C-6G are chips which failed to make the grade for the GV-N98TXTREME-6GD, making overclocking on these cards difficult and not as high as otherwise would be with its faster brother.
Would be good if Gigabyte or OCuk could state if the cards are differently binned or are just clocked lower to allow people to clock the cards themselves.
Hi there
I have looked into this and removed the mention of OC modes in our description, also removed the original extreme price the system was picking up.
Gigabyte say this is classic version of the extreme, I asked as to what that means and in short the chips on these cards are not binned or tested in any way. In short the end-user does the clocking and they were originally sold for around $50 less than the regular Extreme.
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Gibbo, thank-you for the swift update.
Its the same story with the PNY GeForce GTX 980Ti XLR8 OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card as well.
Reviews and a competitor web-site reveal the following clocks -
GPU 1165MHz, Boost 1266MHz
However the clocks on the OCUK product page list -
Core Clock: 1000MHz
Boost Clock: 1075MHz
Gibbo please can you clarify for me if your reply about the chips not binned or tested applies to all of the 980ti that were included in the promotion?
Reviews and a competitor web-site reveal the following clocks -
GPU 1165MHz, Boost 1266MHz
However the clocks on the OCUK product page list -
Core Clock: 1000MHz
Boost Clock: 1075MHz
Gibbo please can you clarify for me if your reply about the chips not binned or tested applies to all of the 980ti that were included in the promotion?
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I would just slap the card in and see what it boosts too to be honest.
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The higher clocks will be from the the OC Mode or whatever its called, Pny only seem to do 1 sku for this card...
http://www.pny.eu/consumer/explore-...ards/487-geforce-gtx-980-ti-xlr8-oc-6gb-gddr5
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Agreed, from my experience it never seems to affect the headroom/overclock of a card
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I have the GV-N98TXTREME C-6GD and it boosts to 1215mhz in game mode and 1241mhz in OC mode.
I would'nt send it back because it's not boosting to 1317mhz out the box, it almost certainly will do with a little nudge of a slider. It performs so well, it runs Battlefront at Ultra 1440p 60fps using just 900mhz.
I would'nt send it back because it's not boosting to 1317mhz out the box, it almost certainly will do with a little nudge of a slider. It performs so well, it runs Battlefront at Ultra 1440p 60fps using just 900mhz.
I take it that these cards don't have an OC mode though going on why Gibbo has removed the OC mode from the product descriptions...
If it wasn't a problem then Gigabyte would have kept the original product code and specification wouldn't you say?
There must be a reason they have done that and we can only guess that it's because these cards couldn't run those speeds stable enough to pass QC.
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Thats assuming the chips in the Classic were tested at all, I will see if this classic is stable at the GV-N98TXTREME-6GD advertised speeds, of course they will be, as it is such a tiny jump.
But I see you want guarantees of that and thats why you want to return it, fair enough.