Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review Thread

Things change I've changed · 2 Jun 2015 at 12:58

I've calmed down a lot now, glad I got over the upgrade fever unscathed, going to see what AMD brings and also wait until the Hybrids are actually in stock, maybe the prices may change a little by then depending on AMD.

VincentHanna · 2 Jun 2015 at 12:58

TallPaul_S said:
Going SLI would be the only reason stopping me from going with an AIO cooler - unless I could go rad-fan-rad-fan with 2 rads sandwitched between 2 or 3 fans Just looks messey with 2 single 120mm radiators. They should do an "SLI upgrade" kit with a 240mm rad plumbed into 2x cards.

Not sure what case you have but this is Titan X SLI retrofitted using EVGA 980 AIO coolers.

Case is a Corsair 750d

One exhausts out the rear and the other out of the base. Neither gets above 48°C on stock clocks and even with more voltage and 1400 core they only get to about 50°C

TallPaul_S · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:03

Ch3m1c4L said:
They could stick on some QDC fittings, and additional holes in the cooler. Have it cost a little bit more and call it the SLI edition.

Then when you add a second card you QDC some tubes, add some others and have a nice little dual pump dual rad loop.

Problems would be tube lengths, and case support of dual rads isn't as good.

But, you could also just do it properly

True, but the costs soon add up when doing a proper WC loop, even for a single card. I'll stick with air for the moment, maybe if I pick up another in 6-12 months and go SLI I might put them under water.

bakes0310 · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:09

Gonna wait for pascall ti cards next year. Titan blacks doing a good job at the moment.

TallPaul_S · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:09

VincentHanna said:
Not sure what case you have but this is Titan X SLI retrofitted using EVGA 980 AIO coolers.

Case is a Corsair 750d

One exhausts out the rear and the other out of the base. Neither gets above 48°C on stock clocks and even with more voltage and 1400 core they only get to about 50°C

Yeah see that just looks messy hell IMO. Bet it performs brilliantly though.

I have an Evolv mATX with a H110i GT in the roof, so would need one 120mm at the rear and another at the front, replacing the 200mm fan in the front for 2 120mm fans.

If both rads could fit in the front (end tank space?) they would be pretty much hidden by the coverplate though. Hmm...
It's not certain I'll go SLI but pretty likely, as I intent to go 4k gsync IPS in the next 6 months.

VincentHanna · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:26

TallPaul_S said:
Yeah see that just looks messy hell IMO. Bet it performs brilliantly though.

I have an Evolv mATX with a H110i GT in the roof, so would need one 120mm at the rear and another at the front, replacing the 200mm fan in the front for 2 120mm fans.

If both rads could fit in the front (end tank space?) they would be pretty much hidden by the coverplate though. Hmm...
It's not certain I'll go SLI but pretty likely, as I intent to go 4k gsync IPS in the next 6 months.

See, I wouldn't run Titan X's that close in SLI and the 980Ti is the same card (for all intents and purposes)

I ran them like this for a while:

And the top card was throttling at 83°C at the stock fan profile. That's why I went for AIO cooling.

Mayh3M · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:27

Just sold my Titan X, losing £100 overall.

The Hybrid is seriously compelling but I've opted for 2x ACXs instead for a couple of reasons.

1. The colour scheme on the hybrid is hideous.
2. AIO's use around 50 watts more per card and I think I'd be cutting it too close with a 850W PSU.
3. I have no intentions of overclocking since I only play at 60Hz 3440x1440 where stock SLI 980 Tis will be more than sufficient for pretty much any game.

I have a real soft spot for the EVGA ACX 2.0 models, they really are sleek, elegant and efficient. Really don't like the look of reference coolers. Hopefully temps will be okay in my H440 case so long as I stick to conservative clocks and VSync/Frame limiter. Worst comes to worst I'll just open the front panel when I game.

Thoughts?

Ayahuasca · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:33

So you got around £740-780 for your Titan X Mayh3m?

se_vietboi · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:34

Mayh3M said:
Just sold my Titan X, losing £100 overall.

The Hybrid is seriously compelling but I've opted for 2x ACXs instead for a couple of reasons.

1. The colour scheme on the hybrid is hideous.
2. AIO's use around 50 watts more per card and I think I'd be cutting it too close with a 850W PSU.
3. I have no intentions of overclocking since I only play at 60Hz 3440x1440 where stock SLI 980 Tis will be more than sufficient for pretty much any game.

I have a real soft spot for the EVGA ACX 2.0 models, they really are sleek, elegant and efficient. Really don't like the look of reference coolers. Hopefully temps will be okay in my H440 case so long as I stick to conservative clocks and VSync/Frame limiter. Worst comes to worst I'll just open the front panel when I game.

Thoughts?

I'm using the same case with aftermarket fans and for SLI would go reference for sure.

LambChop · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:37

Mayh3M said:
Just sold my Titan X, losing £100 overall.

The Hybrid is seriously compelling but I've opted for 2x ACXs instead for a couple of reasons.

1. The colour scheme on the hybrid is hideous.
2. AIO's use around 50 watts more per card and I think I'd be cutting it too close with a 850W PSU.
3. I have no intentions of overclocking since I only play at 60Hz 3440x1440 where stock SLI 980 Tis will be more than sufficient for pretty much any game.

I have a real soft spot for the EVGA ACX 2.0 models, they really are sleek, elegant and efficient. Really don't like the look of reference coolers. Hopefully temps will be okay in my H440 case so long as I stick to conservative clocks and VSync/Frame limiter. Worst comes to worst I'll just open the front panel when I game.

Thoughts?

Thoughts ?

1. Do you play games or stare at your graphics cards ?
2. Depends on how old your psu is, remember it drops a fair bit of efficiency year on year.
3. At least you know you will still have that OC headroom if you ever need it.

The ACX's would be a good choice.

Muska · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:38

I think I'm the only person who must not mind the colour of the Hybrid!

SeeNoWeevil · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:38

agnes said:
I game at 1080p on my 50" plasma 80% of the time. So you're probably thinking me getting a 980ti is overkill...

Your plasma will be retaining almost the full 1080p in motion, more than a 1440p LCD at the same refresh.

Ayahuasca · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:39

Muska said:
I think I'm the only person who must not mind the colour of the Hybrid!

The gold isn't great and the styling is not as aesthetically pleasing as some of the other models but once I'd flashed a custom bios and I was running 1500mhz+ clocks for gaming whilst being cool and quiet I think I'd soon forget about how the card looked

LambChop · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:39

Muska said:
I think I'm the only person who must not mind the colour of the Hybrid!

I'm with you.

It could be coated in **** for all I care. When I game I look at my monitor.

Geeman1979 · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:40

Muska said:
I think I'm the only person who must not mind the colour of the Hybrid!

The colour doesn't interest me one bit. It's performance I'm interested in.

RyanF · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:41

Muska said:
I think I'm the only person who must not mind the colour of the Hybrid!

I don't hate it but I'm not its biggest fan, not that it bothers me anyway as I'm going to be pulling the cooler off of my reference EVGA to mount the GPU block soon enough

Geeman1979 · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:42

LambChop said:
I'm with you.

It could be coated in **** for all I care. When I game I look at my monitor.

Don't exaggerate! partial to the smell of warm ****? :eek:

snips86x · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:42

VincentHanna said:
See, I wouldn't run Titan X's that close in SLI and the 980Ti is the same card (for all intents and purposes)

I ran them like this for a while:

And the top card was throttling at 83°C at the stock fan profile. That's why I went for AIO cooling.

No reason why you can't. I've got 2xGTX Titans just like this in my Evolv, top is 80c and the bottom is 10c lower. I game with headphones and have a 1:1 fan profile, no complaints at all!

VincentHanna · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:52

snips86x said:
No reason why you can't. I've got 2xGTX Titans just like this in my Evolv, top is 80c and the bottom is 10c lower. I game with headphones and have a 1:1 fan profile, no complaints at all!

I don't game with headphones, I use my home cinema for 5.1 audio but with the stock cooler you could hear it.

1:1 would be so loud!

snips86x · 2 Jun 2015 at 13:54

VincentHanna said:
I don't game with headphones, I use my home cinema for 5.1 audio but with the stock cooler you could hear it.

1:1 would be so loud!

Yeah, I can see that being an issue!

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