The sticker says "remove before gaming" so I guess it's okay to leave it on if your just gonna be running benchmarks and using Windows for the time being
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NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD
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The sticker says "remove before gaming" so I guess it's okay to leave it on if your just gonna be running benchmarks and using Windows for the time being
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SLI bridge? Not a silly q... yeah, i checked with my mobo, 7cm jobbie. God only know why Nvidia cant box with their GPU's some like AMD do 
Really.. whats wrong with the stickers... or should not ask and save the suspense?
Really.. whats wrong with the stickers... or should not ask and save the suspense?
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Anyone? Ordered it now and its been shipped but would be nice to hear some feedback before I open it.
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It's loud with the stock cooler. But if you're putting a block on it you'll be okay.
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Yea it'll be water cooled so it won't be noisey for long.
Will be interested to see how overclocking responds to cooler temps.
Will be interested to see how overclocking responds to cooler temps.
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Probably not much, the cards run so cool anyway. The maximum TDP will probably stop you until there are modified BIOS that allow higher %.
Something I noticed is that when using the on-board encoder to stream, TDP rose by 3%. That is only on H.264 encoding and the video engine at 7%. So I imagine when H.265 is made available, the video engine will be running much higher than 7%, so TDP increase will be higher than 3%. In conclusion, using the onboard encoder to stream (or record to disk) might reduce your max overclock.
Something I noticed is that when using the on-board encoder to stream, TDP rose by 3%. That is only on H.264 encoding and the video engine at 7%. So I imagine when H.265 is made available, the video engine will be running much higher than 7%, so TDP increase will be higher than 3%. In conclusion, using the onboard encoder to stream (or record to disk) might reduce your max overclock.
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So whats the consensus which card seems to be the best OC / lowest noise. Strix / MSi gaming / Gigabyte G1 ?
got an MSI 970,Out of the box the boost clock was 1328mhz
Overclock so far
Boost clock 1503mhz(seen it hit 1516mhz in games however) ram 8000mhz
110% power limit +15mv +175 core +500 ram
Firestrike http://www.3dmark.com/fs/2853830 on 4670k at 4.3ghz
In valley and Firestrike the boost clock slightly drops(around 20mhz) when the power draw reaches 110/111%,it however only lasts for a few seconds of any given run.
Overclock so far
Boost clock 1503mhz(seen it hit 1516mhz in games however) ram 8000mhz
110% power limit +15mv +175 core +500 ram
Firestrike http://www.3dmark.com/fs/2853830 on 4670k at 4.3ghz
In valley and Firestrike the boost clock slightly drops(around 20mhz) when the power draw reaches 110/111%,it however only lasts for a few seconds of any given run.
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Pretty much
ASUS RMA is pretty naff which is why most go for the MSI or Gigabyte.
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Gigabyte seems the best but doesn't turn off the fans at idle like the others.
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. God only know why Nvidia cant box with their GPU's some like AMD do
The reason is because not all motherboards have the same distance between PCIEe slots so nvidia dropped the sli bridge. Thats also why they come with motherboards instead.
I got one with my Z97 Gaming 7 MB.
Looks like MSI have released a new vBIOS to fix the fan not spinning down problem (effects 1 of the 2 fans on the GPU)
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=183618.msg1318473#msg1318473
Update is for vBIOS: NV316MH.125 (updates to: NV316MH.126)
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=183618.msg1318473#msg1318473
Update is for vBIOS: NV316MH.125 (updates to: NV316MH.126)
Person at the bottom of that page says it didn't do anything.
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Did a bold overclock with my MSI 970 and run heaven again.
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I have a good clocker so I will try and fine tune the final overclock then start pushing volts to see how far this thing can go.
Be interested to see how far you can go most i managed was 1652 in heaven with core at 1625 i could boost core more , but i found it wasent worth it as i was only gaining a few fps in doing so
I will push it more tonight, I was away the weekend so only had a few hours last night to play with it.
All in all, the card is very fast and silent.
What is your ASIC?
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Would anyone be interested in seeing a thread of my 970 compared to my 1250Mhz R290?
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Yes.
Just received mine and ran Heaven.
290 - 1335 (1000 core and 1350 memory)
970 - 1361 stock
Thats with a 4690k at 4.7GHz
Stock mine boosts to 1328
Just received mine and ran Heaven.
290 - 1335 (1000 core and 1350 memory)
970 - 1361 stock
Thats with a 4690k at 4.7GHz
Stock mine boosts to 1328