NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD

[thefogo]

Using the standard fan profile the temps reaches 60's while gaming, using the Afterburner default custom curve they reached 50's (wasn't noticeably louder), I didn't try benching at auto fan speeds because my case airflow is designed for blower GPU's or watercooled ones.

That sounds pretty decent.

 

[Kipz]

I did find some rumours around the DCU II blocks fitting, but the Asus cards seem to have the lowest stock clocks of anything going according to Scan

The thing that I think is that the Asus card is actually under clocked for its potential so that it can take advantage of the silent/passive cooler it has. So in theory it is only 30% quieter than other cards because it runs slower hence no fans needed for cooling. If you're on water then that means nothing and with Asus build quality I'd be very surprised if they don't match or beat any of the other cards.

There have been issues with some of the cards build quality where parts are off on an angle and even if they had a block for them that they wouldn't fit.

I've ordered mine anyway so once it comes I'll be posting me results.

 

[MK999]

The thing that I think is that the Asus card is actually under clocked for its potential so that it can take advantage of the silent/passive cooler it has. So in theory it is only 30% quieter than other cards because it runs slower hence no fans needed for cooling. If you're on water then that means nothing and with Asus build quality I'd be very surprised if they don't match or beat any of the other cards.

Ah I see, I didn't know that about the coolers, I tend to catch up every now and then when there's hardware updates than keep up with everything, don't get a lot of time for it any more due to work!

I think I'll look into the DCU II cards a bit more and see if I can find some evidence of them fitting

Thanks

Edit:

Found this: http://www.abload.de/gallery.php?key=yRtuT68A

Although there's obviously no evidence of whether or not it was modded to fit, since there's no pictures of dremelling and some extensive pics of barcode labels and front/back fitment, I'm going to assume it bolted straight up!

Looks like it may also be the 670 backplate?

 

[ramdrive]

Quick update on my Asus GTX 970 Strix.

The card is working well, I have had a play and found a good stable overclock for the card, I have been playing BF4 & Crysis 3 with no issues.

Here are the benchmarks, do note my CPU is not overclocked so I am sure we will see better results from other Asus users soon.

 

[Bradmax57]

Ordered my MSI 970 on launch but was away all of last week so only got to install it last night and im very impressed, its just totally bizzare seeing the fans not spinning

So far ive had a little tinker with afterburner, seems ok at 1500mhz core not tried any more, am I right in thinking there is no voltage adjustment on these?

 

[P0tenc]

Ordered my MSI 970 on launch but was away all of last week so only got to install it last night and im very impressed, its just totally bizzare seeing the fans not spinning

So far ive had a little tinker with afterburner, seems ok at 1500mhz core not tried any more, am I right in thinking there is no voltage adjustment on these?

You can add some but you need to update to the newest afterburner.

 

[Bradmax57]

You can add some but you need to update to the newest afterburner.

i'm using 4.0.0 was looking for a newer beta but couldn't seem to find one?

*edit* slaps myself in the face realising I hadn't unlocked voltage controls in settings

 

[AssaTM]

Can EK hurry up and release some new blocks for these cards please so I can buy them thank you :'( haha

 

[deFiniLoGy]

Can EK hurry up and release some new blocks for these cards please so I can buy them thank you :'( haha

But the 970 runs so cool that they hardly need anything more than those non-reference coolers tho

I myself went from a full loop with 7970 lightning Xfire to a CPU only loop with 970 G1 Gaming SLI just because they run bloody cool anyway

 

[RanxZy]

But the 970 runs so cool that they hardly need anything more than those non-reference coolers tho

I myself went from a full loop with 7970 lightning Xfire to a CPU only loop with 970 G1 Gaming SLI just because they run bloody cool anyway

Yeah its great to have the performance boost over the first generation Kepler/ Tahiti cards, but the fact that they're so much cooler running makes it even sweeter. As long as you avoid those plastic reference blowers from the 680 you're golden.

 

[MK999]

I myself went from a full loop with 7970 lightning Xfire to a CPU only loop with 970 G1 Gaming SLI just because they run bloody cool anyway

But tubes looks cool, so, more tubes!

And I am no longer an intruder on the thread! Just ordered my 2x Asus 970 and 670 blocks from EK... can finally get rid of the bright blue MSI LED's that look out of place in my rig! Will report back if I have any issues fitting the blocks.

 

[Mal X]

with the GTX 970 SLI you can reduce the cooling quite a lot, i might refit the Corsair fans....all you need now is a cold draft, rather than a Venum Viper Tornado .....lol

 

[Gripen90]

Yay I got 5 GTX 970 ! love 'em all 3x Gainward GTX 970 4GB & 2x MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G. Amazing cards.

Those Gainward cards with their own radial blower fan OC excellent and can keep the heat at bay even when stacked together.

 

[uncle_rufus]

Would you guys say a 970 is a worthwhile upgrade form a 670? It feels like it may be the right time to upgrade

 

[Mal X]

Yay I got 5 GTX 970 ! love 'em all 3x Gainward GTX 970 4GB & 2x MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G. Amazing cards.

Those Gainward cards with their own radial blower fan OC excellent and can keep the heat at bay even when stacked together.

5 cards

 

[MK999]

with the GTX 970 SLI you can reduce the cooling quite a lot, i might refit the Corsair fans....all you need now is a cold draft, rather than a Venum Viper Tornado .....lol

I use speedfan and a 3 way pwm splitter to control rad fans - although I need to set it all up again since a reinstall a while back, think I'm actually using a bios option for it atm! Keeps things quiet and ramps the fans up when you need it.

 

[P0tenc]

Would you guys say a 970 is a worthwhile upgrade form a 670? It feels like it may be the right time to upgrade

O yes, you should see a very nice speed increase. About 80% faster. Not to mention other factors such as 4GB video ram, DX12 and on some models 0db fan curve etc.

 

[PrinceNelson]

Is pretty much everyone avoiding the EVGA's then? So many MSI owners!

 

[sherpa25]

Hi, those with MSI970, anyone experience sagging (even slight) when mounted on the PCI-E?

@Clovic, what was the issue with your MSI heating up?

 

[Nextil]

Does adding voltage actually do anything at all? It doesn't seem give me any additional clock leeway.