NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD

xraycat87 · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:15

Ayahuasca said:
Well try running a proper full screen bench or gaming for half an hour. You need to click the sensors tab in GPU-Z and see what your card is actually boosting to. If your card can do 1700mhz+ game stable without even full voltage applied and auto fan you've got a golden sample chip.

Core clock right?

I'll run heaven 4.0 now

JediFragger · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:30

Well I installed my pair earlier and I'm really impressed! Ran Heaven for 30mins to test stability/temps and the top card gets to a max of 68c and the bottom one 62c :cool:

This is in a Fractal Define R4 too which is very well insulated, you can't imagine the awesome silence to boot!!

Very very happy, a seriously powerful and silent system :cool:

xraycat87 · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:32

JediFragger said:
Well I installed my pair earlier and I'm really impressed! Ran Heaven for 30mins to test stability/temps and the top card gets to a max of 68c and the bottom one 62c

This is in a Fractal Define R4 too which is very well insulated, you can't imagine the awesome silence to boot!!

Very very happy, a seriously powerful and silent system

what volt. core and memory settings you set

Gibbo · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:35

JediFragger said:
Well I installed my pair earlier and I'm really impressed! Ran Heaven for 30mins to test stability/temps and the top card gets to a max of 68c and the bottom one 62c

This is in a Fractal Define R4 too which is very well insulated, you can't imagine the awesome silence to boot!!

Very very happy, a seriously powerful and silent system

Just set the fans to 100% mate! should still be super quiet but will be over 10c cooler, glad you like them.

JediFragger · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:37

Gibbo said:
Just set the fans to 100% mate! should still be super quiet but will be over 10c cooler, glad you like them.

Cheers man, I appreciate it!! I'll do my part now over the next couple of days

I might give the top card a custom fan profile to keep the temps sync'd

JediFragger · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:39

xraycat87 said:
what volt. core and memory settings you set

Stock at the mo, will have a good play tomorrow

If I get a fairly decent overclock of 1475-1500 on the core I'll be happy. In fact, I'll have a little go now. Brb

Gibbo · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:41

JediFragger said:
Stock at the mo, will have a good play tomorrow

If I get a fairly decent overclock of 1475-1500 on the core I'll be happy. In fact, I'll have a little go now. Brb

Set fans to 100%, stock voltage and see what they can do.

Use 344.11 driver and afterburner 4.00 final version.

Release · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:43

Just bought an MSI 970, website says 10+ still in stock so my card should be dispatched tomorrow or I'm taking a pitchfork to HQ.

Locky · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:45

ive had mine near 1600mhz, and 8000+ on the mem.

I have settled with 1500mhz core @ stock volts for 24/7 use.

Gibbo · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:46

Locky said:
ive had mine near 1600mhz, and 8000+ on the mem.

I have settled with 1500mhz core @ stock volts for 24/7 use.

Which did you buy in the end mate?

Terrier_Jimlad · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:48

Anyone got a good OC guide/tutorial (using MSI afterburner) for the 970?

Locky · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:49

Gibbo said:
Which did you buy in the end mate?

The MSI mate purely down to the 3 years warranty over the 2 years. I have noticed the ram on the back of the card gets hot. So I bet that galax back plate will make a bit of a difference.

enigma27 · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:49

Gibbo any update or ETA on the Reference OCUK 970?

holding out as I am going to be doing SLI on an Air 240 and I understand reference blowers will suit the best.

Locky · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:50

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Anyone got a good OC guide/tutorial (using MSI afterburner) for the 970?

Yeah move the slider to the right until it won't bench no more

JediFragger · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:51

Gibbo said:
Set fans to 100%, stock voltage and see what they can do.
Use 344.11 driver and afterburner 4.00 final version.

Yup, was already using that software

Just did it and crashed out at 1560 core

Think I'm asking a bit much with SLi and an insulated case like mine

I'll keep fiddling.....

Locky · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:51

enigma27 said:
Gibbo any update or ETA on the Reference OCUK 970?

holding out as I am going to be doing SLI on an Air 240 and I understand reference blowers will suit the best.

I wouldn't be hung up on ref, these run VERY cool, my cards run at about 45c in battlefield 4. Make your own fan profile and they will fun even cooler - even at 60% fan they are still silent.

Ayahuasca · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:52

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Anyone got a good OC guide/tutorial (using MSI afterburner) for the 970?

What do you need to know?

It's pretty simple, if you're going for max OC, max the voltage, max the fan and go up in small increments +20mhz until firestrike crashes then back it down till it's stable. When it's stable you can try lowering the voltage by 5mv and see if it's stable at the same clock, sometimes you don't need all the extra voltage to keep it stable.

JediFragger said:
Just did it and crashed out at 1560 core Think I'm asking a bit much with SLi and an insulated case like mine

I'll keep fiddling.....

Was that with +87mv and was 1560 the proper boost clock? You need to check in the sensors tab in GPU-Z to see what it's really boosting to.

JediFragger · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:52

Locky said:
Yeah move the slider to the right until it won't bench no more

Terrier_Jimlad · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:52

If i leave the voltage/power_limit alone and put +100 on the core, and leave the mem alone for time being, driver fails as soon as 3D mark runs

Locky · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:54

A single 970 @ 1500mhz is on par with a 780TI at 1200mhz. Just silly good.