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inno3D GTX 970 OC Overheating Fix
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Caporegime
Well one would guess that a manufacturing defect that can only be rectified by voiding one's warranty, would be deemed a fault and returnable as such.
We'll find out soon enough.
http://i.imgur.com/UPDSxAV.jpg
You can see the cut-outs for the DVI ports on the left side of the above picture. It looks like the black end pieces have just been put on opposite ends; is it possible to just undo the screws at each end and swap the end pieces around?
Poor QC, but it at least looks like a simple fix.
You can see the cut-outs for the DVI ports on the left side of the above picture. It looks like the black end pieces have just been put on opposite ends; is it possible to just undo the screws at each end and swap the end pieces around?
Poor QC, but it at least looks like a simple fix.
Soldato
Mine look like this:
It's a DVD case, and a counterfeit one from 2002 as well lol.
If you have a keen eye, other things to spot in that pic:
- A Pentium II with passive heatsink.
- A soft toy Dinosaur my G/F made.
- The SLI bridge I forgot to install.
- An oil filter for an 89-02 Lexus LS400.
And a bonus point for naming the case
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Associate
Mine look like this:
Your top card looks as though its about to snap
. Not sure about the 2nd.
Oops I'm late to the party. With regard to why I didn't just return it, I refer to the original post where I raised the possibility of being a massive pillock. I guess it's all but certain now.
@MasterOC; this is only my second or third Inno3D card, as I tend to change maker every generation just to get a feel for the field and to try the different specialist coolers manufacturers use (Herculez, DirectCUII, Windforce, TwinFrozr, etc.) So I cannot really comment on reliability other than I still have a inno3D GeForce 4 MX 440 in a box somewhere which ran well but I got rid of my last AGP system a fair while ago.
@ubersonic; Your 970 had the cut out in the right place as I can see in your pic and your thermal paste is more spread. What is with the DVD case in your PC? Like the setup though, how many generations of hardware has that case seen? With such a thick and large rad up top, does the 120 down below contribute much? Just wondering because of the additional piping and technicalities of getting it set up.
@Mr crowley; can you post pics too? I'm curious what you mean by 'diagonal'.
@stooeh, can we have a closer look at your top card? Bottom one looks ok, but top one looks odd but that may be the camera angle.
Thanks for the kind comment pgi947 and thanks for looking into it Gibbo.
@MasterOC; this is only my second or third Inno3D card, as I tend to change maker every generation just to get a feel for the field and to try the different specialist coolers manufacturers use (Herculez, DirectCUII, Windforce, TwinFrozr, etc.) So I cannot really comment on reliability other than I still have a inno3D GeForce 4 MX 440 in a box somewhere which ran well but I got rid of my last AGP system a fair while ago.
@ubersonic; Your 970 had the cut out in the right place as I can see in your pic and your thermal paste is more spread. What is with the DVD case in your PC? Like the setup though, how many generations of hardware has that case seen?
With such a thick and large rad up top, does the 120 down below contribute much? Just wondering because of the additional piping and technicalities of getting it set up.@Mr crowley; can you post pics too? I'm curious what you mean by 'diagonal'.
@stooeh, can we have a closer look at your top card? Bottom one looks ok, but top one looks odd but that may be the camera angle.
Thanks for the kind comment pgi947 and thanks for looking into it Gibbo.
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Oops I'm late to the party. With regard to why I didn't just return it, I refer to the original post where I raised the possibility of being a massive pillock. I guess it's all but certain now.
@MasterOC; this is only my second or third Inno3D card, as I tend to change maker every generation just to get a feel for the field and to try the different specialist coolers manufacturers use (Herculez, DirectCUII, Windforce, TwinFrozr, etc.) So I cannot really comment on reliability other than I still have a inno3D GeForce 4 MX 440 in a box somewhere which ran well but I got rid of my last AGP system a fair while ago.
@ubersonic; Your 970 had the cut out in the right place as I can see in your pic and your thermal paste is more spread. What is with the DVD case in your PC? Like the setup though, how many generations of hardware has that case seen? With such a thick and large rad up top, does the 120 down below contribute much? Just wondering because of the additional piping and technicalities of getting it set up.
@Mr crowley; can you post pics too? I'm curious what you mean by 'diagonal'.
@stooeh, can we have a closer look at your top card? Bottom one looks ok, but top one looks odd but that may be the camera angle.
Thanks for the kind comment pgi947 and thanks for looking into it Gibbo.
edit: Sorry for double post.
@MasterOC; this is only my second or third Inno3D card, as I tend to change maker every generation just to get a feel for the field and to try the different specialist coolers manufacturers use (Herculez, DirectCUII, Windforce, TwinFrozr, etc.) So I cannot really comment on reliability other than I still have a inno3D GeForce 4 MX 440 in a box somewhere which ran well but I got rid of my last AGP system a fair while ago.
@ubersonic; Your 970 had the cut out in the right place as I can see in your pic and your thermal paste is more spread. What is with the DVD case in your PC? Like the setup though, how many generations of hardware has that case seen?
With such a thick and large rad up top, does the 120 down below contribute much? Just wondering because of the additional piping and technicalities of getting it set up.@Mr crowley; can you post pics too? I'm curious what you mean by 'diagonal'.
@stooeh, can we have a closer look at your top card? Bottom one looks ok, but top one looks odd but that may be the camera angle.
Thanks for the kind comment pgi947 and thanks for looking into it Gibbo.
edit: Sorry for double post.
Your 970 had the cut out in the right place as I can see in your pic and your thermal paste is more spread. What is with the DVD case in your PC? Like the setup though, how many generations of hardware has that case seen?
To answer your questions in order, the DVD is a pirate copy of Waynes World from circa 2002, it's there because at some point in time I changed reservoirs or something and the existing hose was a CM too short to reconnect, so rather than repelace it I stuck the DVD under the pumps to raise them (you can't see them both but theres two D5's there with a serial pump top).
Many generations, and I wasn't even the case's first owner lol.
As for the rads, the front one isn't actually a 120, it's a Thermochill PA160.1 with a 120mm shroud on it, it's basically a rad that was designed to use one 120mm fan, perform as well as a 240mm rad and fit in the front of most cases of the time without major modification. The top is a Thermochill PA120.3 which is basically a 360mm rad but longer as it has spaces between the fans, it alone could probably cool the whole loop with decent fans, and the 160 could cool both the GPU's by itself, however by combining them I can run the fans at 600RPM and sit in complete silence (apart from when my cat snores).
Caporegime
As it turns out, the alan key I use for my desk fits perfectly in the fixings for the plastic shroud, so I was able to remove it without taking off the whole heatsink.
My plastic was trimmed higher, and even though it was touching the DVI socket, it wasn't in any way pushing the heatsink away from the gpu core. Looks like the OP was a fluke.
My plastic was trimmed higher, and even though it was touching the DVI socket, it wasn't in any way pushing the heatsink away from the gpu core. Looks like the OP was a fluke.
Ordered one of these just yesterday, based on the 5-star user reviews and the fact that it's a lot more compact than many other GTX970 cards.
I was going to order the MSI Gaming card but was put off by the size & weight of it - there a quite a few articles out there warning of GPU card sag.
Having just rebuilt my rig I didn't want to risk damaging it - just hope this card's not going to overheat the first time I stress it......
I was going to order the MSI Gaming card but was put off by the size & weight of it - there a quite a few articles out there warning of GPU card sag.
Having just rebuilt my rig I didn't want to risk damaging it - just hope this card's not going to overheat the first time I stress it......
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What a bad oversight.
Also, even your "after" temps don't seem that wonderful. 74 degrees seems high for a 970 with a custom cooler doesn't it? 74 degrees with 74% fan speed?!
My MSI 980 hasn't gone over 62 degrees whilst overclocked and continual benching yet
Also, even your "after" temps don't seem that wonderful. 74 degrees seems high for a 970 with a custom cooler doesn't it? 74 degrees with 74% fan speed?!
My MSI 980 hasn't gone over 62 degrees whilst overclocked and continual benching yet
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I have this card and it does not have this issue. The board still has a little bend in pcb around the same place but it has a pre-cut section out of the shroud so it is not touching the DVI heads. Maybe some had this issue and they found most and changed the shroud?
For temps I get
Full load - 60% fan @ 80oc (default profile)
Full load - 70% fan @ 78oc (fixed)
Full load - 100% fan @ 70oc (fixed)
The card does go to 1315/1752 sometimes but its very very rare, usualy stays at 1250-1290
I will not put the fans above 70% they get very loud ( over my other fans and start to leak into my headphones )
I will probably need to buy custom cooler to get it clocked.
For temps I get
Full load - 60% fan @ 80oc (default profile)
Full load - 70% fan @ 78oc (fixed)
Full load - 100% fan @ 70oc (fixed)
The card does go to 1315/1752 sometimes but its very very rare, usualy stays at 1250-1290
I will not put the fans above 70% they get very loud ( over my other fans and start to leak into my headphones )
I will probably need to buy custom cooler to get it clocked.
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Not entirely impressed
Fitted the card this evening, and re-installed the 344.48 drivers.
Stress tested for 10 mins - temps rocketed to 77 deg, with a matching fan speed of 77%
(Using the default fan profile in MSI Afterburner)
It's also pretty noise at full whack as well - clearly the cooler is not that efficient.
If I decide to return/exchange it, how long a 'grace' period do I have ?
I know it's not technically faulty, but I'm not sure I could live with the loud fan noise when gaming...
Fitted the card this evening, and re-installed the 344.48 drivers.
Stress tested for 10 mins - temps rocketed to 77 deg, with a matching fan speed of 77%
(Using the default fan profile in MSI Afterburner)
It's also pretty noise at full whack as well - clearly the cooler is not that efficient.
If I decide to return/exchange it, how long a 'grace' period do I have ?
I know it's not technically faulty, but I'm not sure I could live with the loud fan noise when gaming...
This cooler sounds awful to be honest. These cards are not hard to keep cool.
The Twin Frozr V on my 980 is excellent. Passive at idle and even at low load (played lego marvel super heroes with vsync on and it only used about 15% of its power and the fans never came on once). Under load it rarely goes above 60 degrees and the fans are inaudible.
The Twin Frozr V on my 980 is excellent. Passive at idle and even at low load (played lego marvel super heroes with vsync on and it only used about 15% of its power and the fans never came on once
). Under load it rarely goes above 60 degrees and the fans are inaudible.