NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD

Josu · 24 Sep 2014 at 10:56

Jestahr said:
Tbh I don't think you should buy a 144mhz under the premise you need to hit 144fps.

The beauty of the high refresh is you will not need vsync to avoid screen tearing on demanding games that run over 60 but under 144 and you will have a noticeable improvement in fluidity of motion. Anything over 80 fps becomes very hard to distinguish from higher fps and is marginal at best.

This coming from someone who is super sensitive to fps!

I don't think many rigs run demanding games maxed out at 140fps so don't worry about it.

i am not sure about this tearings ,because i dont see this)))
Need another one 3D monitor with nice picture)

kablooey · 24 Sep 2014 at 11:06

I like my MSI 970 so much I just had to get another.

bbbearrr · 24 Sep 2014 at 11:20

just throwing in my two cents.

I went for the Galax standard 970 and im really pleased, but I was coming from a 5850.

Fan noise is negligible but I play mostly with headphones so I don't really hear it.

WalderX · 24 Sep 2014 at 11:32

To all 970 owners:

Could you guys please run a 3D benchmark at stock settings (press reset in AB if you are using it)
Then let us know what your GPU voltage and boost clock is reading in GPU-Z or Afterburner?
Also let us know your ASIC quality please.

Just curious as under load mine reads 1.225v constant, 1367 boost and ASIC quality is 63.8%
Mine will only allow 1.250v max and wondering if this is to do with my low ASIC quality. Still seems to clock well though.

Will be interesting to see the results of others.
I could create a new thread for 970 overclocking results/help if people think it will be worthwhile and helpful?

varkanoid · 24 Sep 2014 at 11:39

WalderX said:
Will be interesting to see the results of others.
I could create a new thread for 970 overclocking results/help if people think it will be worthwhile and helpful?

That might be a good idea.

Frenzy · 24 Sep 2014 at 11:49

I'll say one thing about fan noise on the MSI 970. At 100% it is definitely noticeable, I don't get why people are saying it's "silent" it is clearly not.

Ayahuasca · 24 Sep 2014 at 11:54

I don't think anyone has said it's silent at 100%, you can hear it but compared to other coolers I've had with the fans at 100% it's much quieter.

Josu · 24 Sep 2014 at 11:55

How to overclock MSI cards? I never done it before ^^

ubersonic · 24 Sep 2014 at 11:56

Frenzy said:
I'll say one thing about fan noise on the MSI 970. At 100% it is definitely noticeable, I don't get why people are saying it's "silent" it is clearly not.

Different people have different threasholds for acceptible noise, noisey, quiet, etc.

Bbbearrr above said the Galax blower noise was negligible whereas myself and Fogo had differing opinions of it

Personally I found the noise so annoying at idle that if I wasn't on LGA2011 I would have pulled the card after I finished game/benchmark tests and ran on the iGPU for the rest of the night's film/forum/chat usage.

WalderX · 24 Sep 2014 at 11:59

Josu said:
How to overclock MSI cards? I never done it before ^^

varkanoid said:
That might be a good idea.

I shall start a new thread for 970 overclocking then :cool:

Divine Pain · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:01

wickfut said:
is anyone else having trouble getting shadow play to work?

I can get it running to record desktop but the little icon doesn't display once I turn a game on.

Try making sure you're running the game in full screen and not borderless.

Josu · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:01

WalderX said:
I shall start a new thread for 970 overclocking then

it will be nice and very helpfully for all nooby users like me))

thefogo · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:05

ubersonic said:
Different people have different threasholds for acceptible noise, noisey, quiet, etc.

Bbbearrr above said the Galax blower noise was negligible whereas myself and Fogo had differing opinions of it

Personally I found the noise so annoying at idle that if I wasn't on LGA2011 I would have pulled the card after I finished game/benchmark tests and ran on the iGPU for the rest of the night's film/forum/chat usage.

Yeah I pulled them out and put my 780 back in lol

enigma27 · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:41

Dumb question but will dual monitor work with SLI?

Frenzy · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:46

Yes dual monitor will work with sli.

Captain · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:47

Yeah

almighty15 · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:48

Any heard anything on custom BIOS's yet?

I know the software is available now to edit them, there's just nothing that can flash the modded BIOS back onto the card.

Wizzfizz · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:51

Anyone running MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Editions in SLI? What sort of temps/noise are you getting?

Freddy1765 · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:53

Nooo my Gigabyte 970 has been delayed to around the 6th of October..
Don't know if I should go for the MSI instead as it's in stock? I know they both overclock and cool really well, just love the looks of the Gigabyte one

Any thoughts?

Kelt · 24 Sep 2014 at 12:57

Freddy1765 said:
Nooo my Gigabyte 970 has been delayed to around the 6th of October..
Don't know if I should go for the MSI instead as it's in stock? I know they both overclock and cool really well, just love the looks of the Gigabyte one
Any thoughts?

Apart from lacking a backplate, I much prefer the MSI looks. I'm just a sucker for heatpipes and think Gigabyte missed a trick in not displaying them like the MSI.

Oh and OCUK have just put the MSI on sale with TWO!!!

Mahoosive drop in price!!!