NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD

Ayahuasca · 21 Sep 2014 at 10:55

horrorwood said:
Yes see here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26933699&postcount=223

Its really easy to hit the power limit.

That EVGA card only allows +37mv and clocks changing between 1430 and 1410 is hardly throttling. The hour I played on BF4 with my MSI the GPU clock stayed at 1506 MHz consistently. I'm going to see if 1600mhz is game stable as its bench stable. Will report back if it throttles.

Nehcrux · 21 Sep 2014 at 10:56

So my MSI 970 arrived yesterday, but when i'm gaming it makes this strange high pitch buzzing/screeching noise. Is this the dreaded coil whine?

Is it reason enough to RMA it?

RavenXXX2 · 21 Sep 2014 at 10:58

If it bothers you then return it.

Ayahuasca · 21 Sep 2014 at 11:01

I'd return it if mine had coil whine.

elrasho · 21 Sep 2014 at 11:05

Ayahuasca said:
Just played an hour of BF4 at 1500/2000 everything maxed 1080p, no artifacts, no stutters or hitches. Lowest FPS I saw was 91, really impressed.

What's the rest of your specs?

psychas · 21 Sep 2014 at 11:19

witch 970 has biggest voltage control ?

Hamster · 21 Sep 2014 at 11:33

RavenXXX2 said:
User review below, big overclock and silent fans, the giga is good.

Check his OC out, 1674 core at 64c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYNA78wYt4o&list=LLqCGD_GJ387_iYWT4gaG0uA&index=2

Thanks

I think my mind is made up now!

Pelinox · 21 Sep 2014 at 11:35

psychas said:
witch 970 has biggest voltage control ?

Pretty sure it's the ASUS Strix, followed by the Gigabyte G1

Ayahuasca · 21 Sep 2014 at 11:40

Most of them with the higher stock boost clocks allow +87mv, the two Pelinox has linked, the MSI, and I imagine a couple of the others do as well.

Someone has found voltage tables up to 1.312v which is promising if an unlocked bios appears. I'd imagine you'll see 1800mhz+ clocks at that voltage under water.

IRLeetly · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:02

Very interested in one of these, will have to see what the red team offer. If not, temptation will bring me back to the green team

Tong3000 · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:20

Can someone who has OC'd to 1500 with an MSI model give me their exact Afterburner settings? I'm supposed to get the boost value to 1500 MHz right? Do I change the power limit? Not used to OC'ing Nvidia cards.

Ayahuasca · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:23

Don't look at the boost value on the 1st tab of GPU-Z as that's wrong, I'd put the power limit at 110% and leave the voltage stock for now. Run a full screen game and check the 2nd tab on GPU-Z (Sensors) and see what it boosts too. That way you can tell how much you need to add on the slider in afterburner.

Tong3000 · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:35

Ayahuasca said:
Don't look at the boost value on the 1st tab of GPU-Z as that's wrong, I'd put the power limit at 110% and leave the voltage stock for now. Run a full screen game and check the 2nd tab on GPU-Z (Sensors) and see what it boosts too. That way you can tell how much you need to add on the slider in afterburner.

Thanks. Is +235 about right? I don't quite understand the memory clock though. How do I find the correct reading for that? People are saying they have theirs at 8000 MHz but GPU-Z is reporting 1753 MHz at stock. Do I have to multiply that by something to get the correct value?

WalderX · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:39

Hi guys, just playing with my new Gigabyte Windforce 970 and 4790K which arrived yesterday

Just got 11271 on Firestrike with stock volts and a mild 100mhz overclock on core and mem.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4109837

What is quite incredible though is the fact it didn't go over 58 degrees....!
The best I got out of my 290 was 10500 and temp was in the 90's

I feel I have only just scratched the surface...

STUNNING

Grassy · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:40

Can't wait until theres more 970's in stock, waiting to upgrade from an ancient 6870

WalderX · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:45

Tong3000 said:
Thanks. Is +235 about right? I don't quite understand the memory clock though. How do I find the correct reading for that? People are saying they have theirs at 8000 MHz but GPU-Z is reporting 1753 MHz at stock. Do I have to multiply that by something to get the correct value?

Yeah multiply by 4 as the GPU mem runs at Quad Data Rate (QDR)

Ayahuasca · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:46

Tong3000 said:
Thanks. Is +235 about right? I don't quite understand the memory clock though. How do I find the correct reading for that? People are saying they have theirs at 8000 MHz but GPU-Z is reporting 1753 MHz at stock. Do I have to multiply that by something to get the correct value?

+235 will be making it boost close to 1600mhz.

Memory clock you times by 4, so you need 2000mhz for 8000mhz effective.

Tong3000 · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:52

Ayahuasca said:
+235 will be making it boost close to 1600mhz.

Memory clock you times by 4, so you need 2000mhz for 8000mhz effective.

Oh yeah, oops. I have core +160, memory +500. Does that seem right?

JediFragger · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:53

A pair of MSI 970s are calling me....

horrorwood · 21 Sep 2014 at 12:53

Ayahuasca said:
That EVGA card only allows +37mv and clocks changing between 1430 and 1410 is hardly throttling. The hour I played on BF4 with my MSI the GPU clock stayed at 1506 MHz consistently. I'm going to see if 1600mhz is game stable as its bench stable. Will report back if it throttles.

Run furmark it reports constantly 109.5%