970's having performance issues using 4GB Vram - Nvidia investigating

smilertoo · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:25

Poor performance on modern cards is purely down to developer laziness, trying to dump their console games onto PC with as little optimisation as possible. Google for some PC demos from Fairlight etc. and you see what skilled programmers can make a PC do.

humbug · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:29

james.miller said:
sorry but that wasnt the discussion. we're talking about the card being useless for 1080p - it isnt.

That depends on the game, you can't predict what Buffer requirements all games now and of the future will have.

Some of them are getting very buffer hungry, even at 1080P

Gibbo · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:32

Flakey said:
Quick question, for anyone that knows the answer.

In terms of warranty, after the first year who covers Asus cards? (year 2 and 3)
I've narrowed down my future 980 choice to either: KFA2 SOC, MSI gaming or Asus strix.
(AMD is not an option due to the heat it dumps out sadly).

I've heard a lot of nice things about the Strix but their lack of responsiveness for warranty bugs me. (Touch would you never need to use it though!).

Thanks in advance.

If you buy from OcUK the Asus 3yr is dealt with by OcUK.

james.miller · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:32

Let me know when you come across such a game

Divine Pain · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:46

ah, thank you survey man

Simon Belmont · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:52

Gibbo said:
It's a good card but my money would be on a reference card and you'd have some change too. Other great cards are the Asus Strix and KFA also!

This.

Reference card all the way. Blows heat out the back instead of custom card that blow heat in case.

cyberheater · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:53

Long time lurker here.

I just wanted to say I've been reading this thread from the very beginning and what overclockers is offering relative to GTX 970 returns is the very definition of customer care. Just awesome to see.

Bailey · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:55

Simon Belmont said:
This.

Reference card all the way. Blows heat out the back instead of custom card that blow heat in case.

Agreed

jwilliamson47 · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:01

I'd always choose reference cards for SLI

TheRealDeal · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:08

jwilliamson47 said:
I'd always choose reference cards for SLI

I think it depends on the reference cooler. My mate just switched to 290x pcs+ crossfire from 7970cf and his temps are better but the main difference is his Pc is much quieter in comparison. In my Haf x I would be pretty confident of removing enough heat with custom coolers if I utilised all of its fans and benefiting from a quieter pc over reference.

Loque · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:08

Gibbo said:
If you buy from OcUK the Asus 3yr is dealt with by OcUK.

Yeah this is what ASUS told me when I contacted them yesterday about this vram issue.

jwilliamson47 · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:13

TheRealDeal said:
I think it depends on the reference cooler. My mate just switched to 290x pcs+ crossfire from 7970cf and his temps are better but the main difference is his Pc is much quieter in comparison. In my Haf x I would be pretty confident of removing enough heat with custom coolers if I utilised all of its fans and benefiting from a quieter pc over reference.

Yeah, the reference 290x cooler is pretty bad. I love the look of the pcs+ 290x. looks like a beast!

TheRealDeal · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:17

jwilliamson47 said:
Yeah, the reference 290x cooler is pretty bad. I love the look of the pcs+ 290x. looks like a beast!

I have the same cooler on my 290 pcs+ and what I find funny is for all the stick the 290/x gets for being hot and loud its by far the coolest running card I have ever owned. 32 idle and around 65 load depending on my room temp. It never gets close to 70 and does so while being pretty quiet as well. It's also cheap as chips compared to some other brands or at least it was. My mate picked up his 8gb pcs+ cards for 320 a piece which I think is very reasonable for what is among the best 4k cards on the market.

humbug · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:21

TheRealDeal said:
I have the same cooler on my 290 pcs+ and what I find funny is for all the stick the 290/x gets for being hot and loud its by far the coolest running card I have ever owned. 32 idle and around 65 load depending on my room temp. It never gets close to 70 and does so while being pretty quiet as well.

+1. i also have that card. it's very cool and quiet.

jwilliamson47 · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:23

humbug said:
+1. i also have that card. it's very cool and quiet.

Great! If I send back my 970s, ill probably crossfire 2 290x of the Powercolour.

SuperG · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:35

jwilliamson47 said:
I'd always choose reference cards for SLI

And as for single card use?

TheRealDeal · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:38

SuperG said:
And as for single card use?

Custom for single card use in most circumstances is better. If it wasn't then what use is a Custom cooler. The only time a reference might be better is in really small cases where it's useful to dump the heat out of the case. If you have good air flow then custom coolers should run cooler and quieter every day of the week.

jwilliamson47 · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:39

SuperG said:
And as for single card use?

For single card, I'd choose the best all round aftermarket one. To be fair, if you have a good case/cooling, then aftermarket cards in SLI will be no issues.

SuperG · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:41

TheRealDeal said:
Custom for single card use in most circumstances is better. If it wasn't then what use is a Custom cooler. The only time a reference might be better is in really small cases where it's useful to dump the heat out of the case. If you have good air flow then custom coolers should run cooler and quieter every day of the week.

jwilliamson47 said:
For single card, I'd choose the best all round aftermarket one. To be fair, if you have a good case/cooling, then aftermarket cards in SLI will be no issues.

So two thumbs up for one single Asus Strix 970 then?

dessimpson · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:42

I think I'm going to go for 2x 8Gb 290x's. Would my PSU be ok? It's an EVGA SuperNova G1 1000W