NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD

almighty15 · 9 Oct 2014 at 07:27

Yep...... And I can't find my SLI bridge...

PurE GaminG · 9 Oct 2014 at 07:34

almighty15 said:
Yep...... And I can't find my SLI bridge...

no local shops or friend you could borrow off lol i mean to keep

Simon Belmont · 9 Oct 2014 at 07:43

Gibbo said:
If yes to the following then yes.

1. Exhaust all heat out the case.
2. Wanting the nice green glowing GeForce led.
3. Running 2-3 in SLI, this is best cooling solution, especially for 3-way
4. NVIDIA branding, cooler, backplate etc.

Otherwise any other 970 will do.

a couple of questions before I make up my mind.

Will the cooler have GTX 970 logo on it like the 980? (meaning it wont be blank on the titan cooler)

Do you guys make these 970 titan coolers yourselves? Which reference 970 did you use to make these?

almighty15 · 9 Oct 2014 at 07:55

PurE GaminG said:
no local shops or friend you could borrow off lol i mean to keep

There's a few I can try on my lunch break.

PurE GaminG · 9 Oct 2014 at 08:40

almighty15 said:
There's a few I can try on my lunch break.

you could always use 4 way sli bridge, if you have one

uncle_rufus · 9 Oct 2014 at 08:45

Bought the MSI this morning

I couldn't resist any longer

Here's hoping it shows up today (ETA) and is delivered in time for some weekend fun!

PurE GaminG · 9 Oct 2014 at 09:11

i know the feeling m8, fingers crossed they get here for weekend.

JamesM · 9 Oct 2014 at 09:18

Gibbo said:
Had a zotac extreme and Asus strix today on 970, neither could do beyond 1400MHz core.
The zotac did manage 8800MHz memory stable though!

Then my Inno3D 970 OC does 1580MHz on core which is on a 760 PCB with 2x 6-pin connectors.

Of course perfect GPU, perfect ram and uprated power would be the perfect card but you need all three to score big, so buying the uprated cards improve your chances, but if the silicon is junk then nothing else matters.

Yes my 970 G1 was a hero as it smashed over 1600MHz core and does 8200 ram.

But for core clocks the silicon is the biggest factor and that is a fact!

You got any links to benchmarks to compared to buddy for your G1?

Scramz · 9 Oct 2014 at 10:10

almighty15 said:
Does anyone elses card boost lower when running DSR at 4k?

At 1080p and 1440p my 970 hits 1500Mhz boost, if I turn on DSR for 4k it can be as low as 1250Mhz boost??

Anyone elses card do the same?

Mine was boosting to my OC of 1600Mhz on all DSR res's. I will double check tonight for you.

How are you finding the DSR? For games like Dayz I leave it on 4K as it looks better with no noticeable performance hit.

Games that I have noticed it, I have moved to 1440p.

Legojon · 9 Oct 2014 at 10:42

I know its already been mentioned throughout the thread, but has anyone managed to get around the SLI voltage problem yet? I'm getting the same thing 1.250 on the top card and 1.168 on the bottom card (even if I swap them round). Limits my max o/c to 1440 core

I've tried increasing the voltage in afterburner, but that only takes it to hover around 1.193.

mikemod · 9 Oct 2014 at 10:43

I notice the MSI 970 is now showing out of stock.

Did the preorders get fulfilled or is it time to order another card?

JamesM · 9 Oct 2014 at 10:44

Will probably have to wait for an afterburner or BIOS fix

Scoiexx · 9 Oct 2014 at 10:48

mikemod said:
I notice the MSI 970 is now showing out of stock.

Did the preorders get fulfilled or is it time to order another card?

I wonder this too!

Geeman1979 · 9 Oct 2014 at 10:56

Scoiexx said:
I wonder this too!

They've just got them in.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=27026192#post27026192

Mal X · 9 Oct 2014 at 11:06

almighty15 said:
Yep...... And I can't find my SLI bridge...

no SLI bridge with Asus Strix either

Geeman1979 · 9 Oct 2014 at 11:08

Because they normally come with motherboards and not the cards.

elrasho · 9 Oct 2014 at 11:13

SLI bridges come with the motherboards because each motherboard has PCI-E slots at different spaces from each other. I know it's a pain, I think graphics card companies should include a generic length one that fits most styles of motherboards.

adbee · 9 Oct 2014 at 11:37

Just got a couple of 970s in SLI.

Really feeling annoyed at the minute, all of my new games don't seem to be supporting SLI properly and I am getting generally average performance. I mean why on earth have nvidia put there logo at the start of Shadow of Mordor and then don't put out SLI support.

Just fired up the new sleeping dogs definitive edition, cranked all of the settings up thinking it would be a breeze. 24 fps!!!! I mean wtf. Second card not being used at all.

Alien Isolation is cool, but who needs SLI for this.

ubersonic · 9 Oct 2014 at 11:42

elrasho said:
SLI bridges come with the motherboards because each motherboard has PCI-E slots at different spaces from each other. I know it's a pain, I think graphics card companies should include a generic length one that fits most styles of motherboards.

The funny thing is my £270 ASUS RoG board came with a flexible SLI bridge that works for 2 or 3 slot spacing, why a £270 board can include a 99p accessory that will work on basically any MB but a GPU costing the same can't is a tad silly.

It's easy to say that it's always been that way, but it isn't really a valid excuse any more.

ubersonic · 9 Oct 2014 at 11:45

adbee said:
Really feeling annoyed at the minute, all of my new games don't seem to be supporting SLI properly and I am getting generally average performance. I mean why on earth have nvidia put there logo at the start of Shadow of Mordor and then don't put out SLI support.

You think that's bad, in order to play Defense Grid 2 I have to disable SLI or it causes graphical anomalies, but to disable SLI I have to close Battle.net client as that uses the GPU for some reason, so I lose my conversations lol.

On the plus side SLI GTX970's destroys WoW

(well at the moment, but I reckon it will in WoD too).