NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD

JediFragger · 29 Sep 2014 at 17:17

I have 82% and 59% on my MSI's

BriT · 29 Sep 2014 at 17:19

One golden card and one not so good lol

Captain · 29 Sep 2014 at 17:19

Yeah it sucks.

Here's card 1.

Card 2.

JamesM · 29 Sep 2014 at 17:36

So nice to be with Nvidia again.

Everything just 'works'

Scramz · 29 Sep 2014 at 19:15

MOOGLEYS said:
My reference 780 is %61 and happily runs at 1250Mhz.

My 970 ASIC is 81.6% and runs to 1600Mhz on stock volts.

I have had low ASIC before of other cards and they was rubbish clockers so i believe there is some truth to it.

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Sep 2014 at 19:22

What are the best 970s for 3 or 4 way SLI?
Do any 970s have the Titan style cooler?

MOOGLEYS · 29 Sep 2014 at 19:26

Scramz said:
My 970 ASIC is 81.6% and runs to 1600Mhz on stock volts.

I have had low ASIC before of other cards and they was rubbish clockers so i believe there is some truth to it.

1250 is quite good for a 780 they don't clock like the 970/980 cards.

ASIC is just a measure of how much voltage a chip needs to achieve it's stated clocks.

Say it's 1v this would be %100 anything more and the % score decreases. As the chips are produced the stated V for %100 can vary throughout the run and is generally more batch specific than chip.

In short a higher ASIC can mean you have a better chip requiring less voltage but it does not always mean it will clock better.

That's what I make of it anyway....

Biffa · 29 Sep 2014 at 19:36

Biffa said:
Just ordered the Zotac 970 and EK FC670, should be here Friday.

All setup, tell you what though its a tight squeeze around the caps but a bit of a wiggle and a little bit of pressure while putting in the screws and its up and running, well the desktop at least

Will do some tests see if its working ok.

Idle temps: 27°C

FrankJH · 29 Sep 2014 at 19:46

Just out of interest, is it the motherboard directly or the GPU that causes no video signal for ~10 seconds on initial boot up

Once the light changes on my monitor to picking a signal up the pc boots in around 15s to windows password but wondering how I can reduce that initial video synchronisation / detection with a 970 / MSI X99 board

Devious · 29 Sep 2014 at 19:53

MSI card 1 is 74.7%
MSI card 2 is 74.9%

Ive got to say with one card my rig was ultra cool and quiet but after adding the second its turned into an oven when playing Crysis 3 cauaing my cpu loop to get very warm which has never happened before.

I'm now thinking of a new case that has good airflow through the cards.

thefogo · 29 Sep 2014 at 19:59

GoogalyMoogaly said:
What are the best 970s for 3 or 4 way SLI?
Do any 970s have the Titan style cooler?

Not yet, though there may be in a week or two.

Bradmax57 · 29 Sep 2014 at 20:12

my MSI is 72.4% seems 1500 on the core is the most I can manage which isn't too bad I guess but being in the 1600mhz club would have been nice

deuse · 29 Sep 2014 at 20:16

Some advice please. I've got a GTX 580 and a 600w power supply. Would I need to upgrade it to run a 970?

Oh and I'm running a i5 on a mini itx board.

thefogo · 29 Sep 2014 at 20:17

deuse said:
Some advice please. I've got a GTX 580 and a 600w power supply. Would I need to upgrade it to run a 970?

Oh and I'm running a i5 on a mini itx board.

If it runs a 580 then a 970 should be no problem.

Bradmax57 · 29 Sep 2014 at 20:18

600w should be ok providing its a decent brand? i'm running a 680w with an i7 with mine

ramdrive · 29 Sep 2014 at 20:23

CptMorgans said:
I have been wondering about my idle temps too, especially after so many reviews are quoting around 28-30c idle.

At present ambient room 20c, mobo 25c, cpu 28c & gpu idle 36-38c (Corsair 450 with H100i)

With the fan in auto it does not even come on till around 55c I believe. Max temp I have seen has been 68c with fan at 50%.

I have not even tried OC'ing it yet simply because it's tearing through anything I throw at it lol.

I think I am going to add another Noctua and flow some air directly over the card exhausting through one of the blanking plates.

deuse · 29 Sep 2014 at 20:30

thefogo said:
If it runs a 580 then a 970 should be no problem.

Thanks

Bradmax57 said:
600w should be ok providing its a decent brand? i'm running a 680w with an i7 with mine

It's a Silverstone Strider Plus modular 600W about 2 years old. Maybe I do need to upgrade?

Bradmax57 · 29 Sep 2014 at 20:49

i'd say that would be ok

AthlonXP1800 · 29 Sep 2014 at 21:08

deuse said:
Thanks

It's a Silverstone Strider Plus modular 600W about 2 years old. Maybe I do need to upgrade?

Model SST-ST60F-P?

If that is it then your PSU have 42A +12V rail.

I managed to find GTX 970 and 980 power requirement from MSI.

GeForce GTX 980 - 30A and a 500W PSU minimum
GeForce GTX 970 - 28A and a 500W PSU minimum

https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/printer/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards

28A so you will be fine.

Just noticed GTX 580 on the list stunned to see it used 40A, GTX 970 used less than 40A.

deuse · 29 Sep 2014 at 21:25

AthlonXP1800 said:
Model SST-ST60F-P?

If that is it then your PSU have 42A +12V rail.

I managed to find GTX 970 and 980 power requirement from MSI.

https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/printer/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards

28A so you will be fine.

Just noticed GTX 580 on the list stunned to see it used 40A, GTX 970 used less than 40A.

Yes it is the ST604F

(•Dual +12V With Continuous 48A Combined Output) You a mind reader in your spare time?

Thanks all. Now to pick one.