The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

elmarko · 14 Jul 2015 at 19:11

String said:
Cheers, I've set a custom profile topping out at 75% and it's doing the trick.

I didn't realise these cards ran so hot.

Mine is the power limit on both cards which is the issue, the rest seems to have lots of headroom - volts & heat is pretty low on mine (for the clocks).

oldestgregg · 14 Jul 2015 at 19:24

Mines power limit on my TX as well.

Jonahun · 14 Jul 2015 at 19:35

There is any ETA for the Classified or the HoF? I have the AMP Extreme faulty going back... Since i left AMD i have no luck with the 980Ti series

Dirk Diggler · 14 Jul 2015 at 19:58

TROH please.

marcus2704 · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:10

I have received my Palit 980TI today

Could my existing entry on TROH for the G1 be removed and replaced with the Palit?

razorpakk · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:10

Jonahun said:
There is any ETA for the Classified or the HoF? I have the AMP Extreme faulty going back... Since i left AMD i have no luck with the 980Ti series

Three weeks for the HoF...
What was wrong with your Extreme?

Joe! · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:21

The Palit SJS looks stunning.

Very nice purchases guys!

se_vietboi · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:22

String said:
TROH please.

I see what you did there

Dirk Diggler · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:29

se_vietboi said:
I see what you did there

Jonahun · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:33

razorpakk said:
Three weeks for the HoF...
What was wrong with your Extreme?

I have plugged in on Friday, turned on the system, worked ok, but no sound from the STX, I have tried to fix it, finally reinstalled the Win, no change, very quiet, amp(!)lifier gone... ok, let's use the built in Audio, works fine.

I have tried few settings in Bios and I saw pixels are turning on/off randomly, like sparks, after a day the screen started to filcker some times not also in BIOS goes/comes, flickers, lines on the screen. I have tried 3 PCI-E slots, no change.

I have plugged my brother's Radeon 7870, no issues in any slots...

I have an Asrock Z97 OC Formula, Seasonic G650 what is related to this issue.

The system on Idle requires 80-90W, so i have 500W more for the card in idle...

razorpakk · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:53

To avoid disappointments I would go with the MSI Gaming, (almost) nobody ever complained about it, and the performance it's probably the same.

Even between 6+8 vs 8+8, every custom cooled card basically gets to that 1450/1500 range, no need to wait for exotic Classified or HoF for 99% of users!

mattyc1977 · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:24

Just incase anyone is interested, i installed a prolimatech mk-26 cooler on my gtx980ti MSI gaming tonight to see what would happen to the temperatures and noise. WOW is all i have to say, although, its bloody massive!

Can i also be added to TROH post now please!

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=28312580#post28312580

Dirk Diggler · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:26

This silent fan mode, it has the card idling at 50C. Is that good for the lifespan of the chip?

savagesam117 · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:29

I'm so impressed with this card, I think it may actually last more than 4 months and i'll probably get another!!

And that Geforce GTX logo on the side just makes me smile when i look at it

evolad · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:39

Im a bit new to overclocking and that but i understand the basics.. i have a stable OC of about 1449 on my TI... but ive tried to increase the voltage to +50Mv to get past where i am with no improvement?? Im using EVGA Precision and turned overvoltage on and increased to +50Mv.. should i just take the Mv it as high as it will let me using the software?

oldestgregg · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:43

evolad said:
Im a bit new to overclocking and that but i understand the basics.. i have a stable OC of about 1449 on my TI... but ive tried to increase the voltage to +50Mv to get past where i am with no improvement?? Im using EVGA Precision and turned overvoltage on and increased to +50Mv.. should i just take the Mv it as high as it will let me using the software?

Im using afterburner but I usually up the clocks then up the voltage until it stops bumping the clocks with it. Thats when you want to stop

evolad · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:49

oldestgregg said:
Im using afterburner but I usually up the clocks then up the voltage until it stops bumping the clocks with it. Thats when you want to stop

Will have another play tomorrow.. Im at +130 on the GPU clock which is stable but i went in at +160 with a 50Mv increase and got a crash.. take it +50Mv wont get me much of an improvement

elmarko · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:51

razorpakk said:
To avoid disappointments I would go with the MSI Gaming, (almost) nobody ever complained about it, and the performance it's probably the same.

Even between 6+8 vs 8+8, every custom cooled card basically gets to that 1450/1500 range, no need to wait for exotic Classified or HoF for 99% of users!

Even reference get in that range in many cases.

My two both hit 1450/1475 with stock coolers, it's a very consistent card for overclocking unless you are very unlucky with a poor chip.

elmarko · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:53

evolad said:
Im a bit new to overclocking and that but i understand the basics.. i have a stable OC of about 1449 on my TI... but ive tried to increase the voltage to +50Mv to get past where i am with no improvement?? Im using EVGA Precision and turned overvoltage on and increased to +50Mv.. should i just take the Mv it as high as it will let me using the software?

Download GPUZ, it will show you the reason for the limits.

It may be power, voltage, utilisation, heat or SLI. In most cases it will be volts or power with the stock bios.

As my limit is based on power as opposed to voltage - increasing the volts actually decreases my performance (it hits the power limits sooner & throttles more often).

For an extended benchmark with on cool-down breaks my power/heat limit is around 1450 - I can clock to 1550 but my power hits a brick wall once the utilisation goes up to max & downclocks loads. As soon as I get my two under water this weekend I'll most likely flash the bios of both of them to see what I can get with a custom power setup & a few extra volts within the safe limits.

I'm fairly confident I'll be able to get to a nice 1550+ due to how they are performing at the moment on such low volts - but I'll have to wait & see.

evolad · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:57

elmarko said:
Download GPUZ, it will show you the reason for the limits.

It may be power, voltage, utilisation, heat or SLI. In most cases it will be volts or power with the stock bios.

As my limit is based on power as opposed to voltage - increasing the volts actually decreases my performance (it hits the power limits sooner & throttles more often).

For an extended benchmark with on cool-down breaks my power/heat limit is around 1450 - I can clock to 1550 but my power hits a brick wall once the utilisation goes up to max & downclocks loads.

Cheers.. i`ll look into it some more.