The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

Joulka · 14 Jun 2015 at 12:04

agnes said:
Aye, we all know what ETA stands for, so take it with a pinch of salt, as I have done the entire time. What I don't stand for is false promise. Being 1st, confirmation from multiple peers (EVGA rep, OcUK CS, Gibbo....) that stock WILL be in, and has indeed come in.

If someone were to ask me about the situation over a cup of tea, I'd be much more relax about it and brush it off and giggle.

But hey, I'm behind a keyboard and on the vendors forum. So yes, I will pipe up haha.

I know as well as everyone we will all likely have our orders filled in before the end of the month. But if OcUK would have just been honest and informative. Then I wouldn't be complaining like a 7 year old school girl who isn't going to Disney Land due to being grounded.

Exactly, I don't see a problem with you being displeased, everyone would be when faced with a lie.

It's always a pleasure to speak with people willing to accept their imperfections and admit to being slightly over reactive, the end of this post caused me to chuckle, you weren't quite at that level, I would even go as far as to say you could've fooled me as being 14.

Of course I am joking! I do hope when everyone has received their card they do end up as happy customers when all is said and done.

se_vietboi · 14 Jun 2015 at 12:07

andybird123 said:
it wasn't so much the volume as the whiny-ness of the Gigabyte and it does seem to have the smallest fans of any of the aftermarket cards, I was edging towards the MSI Gaming because of price and free game anyway, I actually cancelled my MSI preorder to get the G1 from elsewhere so if anything I'll just be switching back to my original plan

I ordered the EVGA ACX gaming 12 mins after launch. Afterwards, the MSI gaming appeared so I cancelled to order that instead. Then the G1 popped up with guaranteed delivery next week so I switched to that. Now I've also cancelled it due to the sound putting me off

My last Windforce was a 560Ti and it did not sound horrid like that. I'm just gonna wait for Fury X before making a choice now lol.

varkanoid · 14 Jun 2015 at 13:42

ICEx21 said:
It doesn't help when the store has already taken the money and then proceed to tell the client he's first in the queue while at the same time other people are getting the stock before him.

I can understand frustration being told one thing and not getting it

Thats why I got mine from somewhere else £71 cheaper than OCUK. Beginning to go off OCUK quite quickly what with the Acer monitor fiasco I suffered and the bad way they are handling 980ti "queing"

varkanoid · 14 Jun 2015 at 14:49

Just done a round of benchmarks for my OC'ing.

Highest stable I can get on stock volts is
GPU 1389Mhz (+225)
Mem 7200Mhz (+100 so far)

Max temp 86c on ref cooler. Not pushed the memory more yet.
Pretty good results until I looked at my 970 SLI benchmark scores and this thing equals all of them give or take a few points or slightly beats it! Also my Firestrike 4k score is 200 points off the nearest Titan X score!
Just think what custom cooled ones could do ! Pretty amazing cards.

Monkeyspaz5000 · 14 Jun 2015 at 15:12

I'm at +275 core & +250 memory.

Seems fine in Heaven and Firestrike extreme.

Can pushing things too far give you lower results?

I had +200 on the memory which actually gave me a slightly higher score on Firestrike compared with the +250.

I'm running it again just to confirm. Heaven however have higher results with the +250 on the memory.

I'm semi new to this overclocking malarkey!

Kaapstad · 14 Jun 2015 at 15:23

ICEx21 said:
Add me to the list please, this came a few days ago.

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shiver · 14 Jun 2015 at 15:27

Arrived yesterday. Had to change my H100i around a bit to fit it on the rear exhaust fan slot.

It's been running cool and quiet and a massive upgrade from my GTX 770 4GB

Kaapstad · 14 Jun 2015 at 15:31

shiver said:
Arrived yesterday. Had to change my H100i around a bit to fit it on the rear exhaust fan slot.

It's been running cool and quiet and a massive upgrade from my GTX 770 4GB

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dsima27 · 14 Jun 2015 at 15:31

Jelly.

Muska · 14 Jun 2015 at 15:33

shiver said:
Arrived yesterday. Had to change my H100i around a bit to fit it on the rear exhaust fan slot.

It's been running cool and quiet and a massive upgrade from my GTX 770 4GB

First owner I've seen apart from the YouTube review, congrats!

Was that bought from here?

jommy999 · 14 Jun 2015 at 15:34

shiver said:
Arrived yesterday. Had to change my H100i around a bit to fit it on the rear exhaust fan slot.

It's been running cool and quiet and a massive upgrade from my GTX 770 4GB

you stole my card :eek:

btw i would love to hear what is max overclocked you can push.

Thank you in advance.

shiver · 14 Jun 2015 at 15:36

Muska said:
First owner I've seen apart from the YouTube review, congrats!

Was that bought from here?

Another place, I think I must've got lucky. I picked Saturday deliver because of work and at the time of order (Tuesday) the stock was due on the Friday.

That stock came in on the Thursday in the end and my order was picked

varkanoid · 14 Jun 2015 at 15:54

Monkeyspaz5000 said:
I'm at +275 core & +250 memory.

Seems fine in Heaven and Firestrike extreme.

Can pushing things too far give you lower results?

I had +200 on the memory which actually gave me a slightly higher score on Firestrike compared with the +250.

I'm running it again just to confirm. Heaven however have higher results with the +250 on the memory.

I'm semi new to this overclocking malarkey!

Raising the memory for me so far has given very little gain benchmark wise. Not tried any games yet.

Monkeyspaz5000 · 14 Jun 2015 at 16:05

varkanoid said:
Raising the memory for me so far has given very little gain benchmark wise. Not tried any games yet.

I've setting on +275 core +200 memory for now.

That'll do nicely.

eyetrip · 14 Jun 2015 at 16:08

Ok, i thought dragon age was best for heating up the gpu, but turns out advanced warfare maxed gets the cards pretty toasty.

Saw 57c as opposed to the 51 on dragon age!

Mayh3M · 14 Jun 2015 at 16:11

eyetrip said:
Are you going to dump the act and move to hydro copper? Sounds expensive!

I'll only be buying the blocks.

agnes · 14 Jun 2015 at 16:47

eyetrip said:
Ok, i thought dragon age was best for heating up the gpu, but turns out advanced warfare maxed gets the cards pretty toasty.

Saw 57c as opposed to the 51 on dragon age!

Probably because the way the GPU is being used. Have you got Vsync on in both? I imagine not in CoD and it's over rendering and just cooking it's self. Where as Dragon Age is likely on vsync?

Monkeyspaz5000 · 14 Jun 2015 at 16:51

Is anyone running the NZXT G10?

I'm thinking about it simply due to the noise of the reference fan when it gets up to speed!!

Skynet5 · 14 Jun 2015 at 16:54

OldBoy75 said:
I'm also glad that i didnt order my EVGA ACX from here after reading this thread and seeing what some of you have gone through.

My EVGA 980 ti ACX arrives tomorrow after ordering on the 1st of june and was shipped out on the 12th from the other place. £50 cheaper. i nearly ordered it form this site..

Hey its my first post after nearly 10 years of lurking!

welcome lurker.

OCuk seems a little pricy compared to other well known establishments...I think the large forum presence gives loyalty and they can charge more and know stock will still shift as there is a close community.

Me I just buy where is cheapest...unless I want it quick, then i can drive down to the OCuk shop.

varkanoid · 14 Jun 2015 at 17:12

Monkeyspaz5000 said:
Is anyone running the NZXT G10?

I'm thinking about it simply due to the noise of the reference fan when it gets up to speed!!

That was my plan as I have two G10's spare then get the Corsair HG10 N980 in August but I shot myself in the foot really as Zotac dont allow you to remove the cooler.