GTX 980 / 970 Discussion

[Secret_Window]

Gibbo, 1600 on the 970 core! How so high? Reviews seem to be around the 1450 range?

What software are you using for higher voltages?

Clearly hacks

 

[weyland yutani]

I've been out of the loop on gpus for a while, 970 a nice upgrade from a 7950 and will a 2500K hold it back?

 

[Andy321]

I've been out of the loop on gpus for a while, this a nice upgrade from a 7950 and will a 2500K hold it back?

Will be a very nice upgrade. Overclock your 2500k a little and you will be fine

 

[Varsh]

I've been contemplating the GTX980 from a GTX680, but then if I want CUDA performance perhaps I should wait for the Titan equivalent with at least 8GB. When do you think that would appear? Or would having GTX980's in SLI work with CUDA based software too or just have it as if it's a single card?

 

[TheRealDeal]

I want to hate this card for using the 980 name and not having a big jump in performance but i actually think it's rather impressive being on 28nm. It's the efficiency more than anything. 20nm and below look really promising for Nvidia judging by this card.

 

[Rusty0611]

I want to hate this card for using the 980 name and not having a big jump in performance but i actually think it's rather impressive being on 28nm. It's the efficiency more than anything. 20nm and below look really promising for Nvidia judging by this card.

It's the clock speeds they're getting to which impress me. 1500-1600 is ridiculous even when you consider they're coming at 1200-1250 out the box.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It's the clock speeds they're getting to which impress me. 1500-1600 is ridiculous even when you consider they're coming at 1200-1250 out the box.

That is impressive.

 

[Ayahuasca]

It's the clock speeds they're getting to which impress me. 1500-1600 is ridiculous even when you consider they're coming at 1200-1250 out the box.

Would you of bought a 970 if you hadn't got the 290 Rusty?

 

[ubersonic]

It's the clock speeds they're getting to which impress me. 1500-1600 is ridiculous even when you consider they're coming at 1200-1250 out the box.

Reminds me of the original i7's, 2.6GHz out of the box and most clocking over 4GHz.

 

[Legend]

I'm currently running an Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 4096MB GDDR5 with an i5 2500k (Sandy Bridge) LGA1155 3.3GHz... would it be worth me upgrading to a 970 with (or without) a CPU upgrade as well, or just stick with what I've got?

 

[Gregster]

And on air with conservative volts don't forget

 

[TheRealDeal]

It's the clock speeds they're getting to which impress me. 1500-1600 is ridiculous even when you consider they're coming at 1200-1250 out the box.

Agreed i meant to add that in as well. Those kind of clock speeds are usually reserved for LN.

 

[Jay85]

Its all good looking at benchmarks when we see more points but whats the real world figures? Fps? Stability? Is it just a few fps better than previous gen in games or are we talking 20+ fps with this new 980 card.

 

[arc@css]

Imagine what they will be like under water.

 

[Rusty0611]

Would you of bought a 970 if you hadn't got the 290 Rusty?

To say I regret my 290 purchase would be an understatement though I do have to remember that even at stupid clocks there isn't THAT much difference between the 970 / 290. Perhaps if I had been on the magic beans and found Mantle overwhelmingly amazing I might have a different opinion.

It's not that my 290 is a bad card (the opposite in fact - it's actually a stonkingly good 290) it's just that it has the heat thing which is an issue for me. It's good banter while on TS with Greg and that but day to day it becomes a bit close in my man cave ha ha...

 

[elmuzzy66.]

I have got a 670 2gb and these are looking interesting. Will wait until Christmas to upgrade as im hoping there's a 8gig version on its way but I got a feeling that's going be reserved to whatever replaces the titan.

 

[drex69]

Does the MSI 970 Gaming card, come with a backplate ?

I don't think it does, which is a bit of a shame.

 

[Nelly]

Does the MSI 970 Gaming card, come with a backplate ?

I don't think it does, which is a bit of a shame.

From the reviews I've seen nope, the Gigabyte, Asus, Galax do though it seems.

I'm trying to figure out if their is actually a reference PCB for the 970's, and which custom cooler versions have custom PCB's.

 

[Balb0wa]

is the 1600 on the core the boost speed?

 

[mysticsniper]

All, so will a 850psu be ok for 2x970?