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NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD
- Thread starter Ayahuasca
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Soldato
Yeah, you're right, I forgot about that.
4 would've meant losing my soundcard anyway. Imagine going back to onboard sound! I imagine it would be like going from an IPS to a TN monitor (but for audio, obviously), from what I hear that is.
Not sure if it's worth the hassle going from what will effectively be 3 x 290X cards to 3 x 970 cards other than for power reasons.
4 970s for the same price would've been nice (until it came to upgrade time next year!)
3 980s would be nice, but then you are talking a lot more money and generally I try to go for the 1 below top model as the price doesn't usually justify the performance difference.
Seems like I may have my answer about whether to change or not then. Thanks for reminding me of the 3-way limit on the 970s!
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Mine is 72.7%. I've managed 1530 for bench but doesn't seem stable. 1503-1515mhz seems 24/7 stable. I haven't messed with power limit or volts yet tho to see if it helps but not heard much joy from others using it. Will try more.
I'll be overclocking a 4790k and a 970 on a 450w. You'll be more than ok.
Sometimes it can take a while to test if your OC is truly stable. Different/new games can sometimes catch you out and it can depend on how long you stay on a game for. I doubt there's many that are 1600mhz game stable in every title or for hours of continuous play. I thought mine was game stable just under 1600mhz but then different games would make it crash sometimes not until an hour or so into playing. I think this is down to unstable voltage though and not temperature, the 970's need a custom bios to maintain a constant overvoltage it seems.
82% ASIC most i went to on core was 1655 but there was no extra benefit from 1600 or 1625 , the gain beyond 1600 for me is minimal with only a few fps gained.
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Just got my 2x MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G cards today (both with mousepads), and they are some sweet cards. I OC'ed to 1114@1201MHz right out of the box to compare them to my 3x Gainward GTX 970 1051@1201Mhz.
Still there is quite a performance penalty going from 2x MSI GTX 780Ti Gaming OC SLI 1020MHz core to these cards. 1000point 3Dmark Firestrike loss. 12FPS loss in Vally 1.0. 14FPS loss in Heaven 4.0. Also my older Palit GTX 780 Super Jetstream & Inno3D GTX 780 IChill Herculez X3 Ultra DHS in SLi edge out these two cards. 7FPS better in Vally 1.0 & Heaven 4.0
However the redeeming factor for the cards is that they are very quiet and they don't run hot - and they got that 4GB Vram which should come in handy soon.
Might just be going to pick up those GTX 970Ti & GTX 980Ti when they come out for my PC's instead.
Still there is quite a performance penalty going from 2x MSI GTX 780Ti Gaming OC SLI 1020MHz core to these cards. 1000point 3Dmark Firestrike loss. 12FPS loss in Vally 1.0. 14FPS loss in Heaven 4.0. Also my older Palit GTX 780 Super Jetstream & Inno3D GTX 780 IChill Herculez X3 Ultra DHS in SLi edge out these two cards. 7FPS better in Vally 1.0 & Heaven 4.0
However the redeeming factor for the cards is that they are very quiet and they don't run hot - and they got that 4GB Vram which should come in handy soon.
Might just be going to pick up those GTX 970Ti & GTX 980Ti when they come out for my PC's instead.
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(( i dont have anyone
Soldato
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
Update: For just about everything its better in every way than the 290 I had in there, but when pushed really hard (folding@home) the coil whine can be heard in the next room, with the case on!
Never heard anything like it.
Max temps 46°C
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Hi guys
So my 2 x MSI 970 gaming GPU's are in but im not sure how to overclock them... been with AMD for the last 7/8 years
Can someone please point me somewhere i can have a read on the do's and dont's!?
Thanks. Loving the cards... SLI works in D3 RoS... woot!!
So my 2 x MSI 970 gaming GPU's are in but im not sure how to overclock them... been with AMD for the last 7/8 years
Can someone please point me somewhere i can have a read on the do's and dont's!?Thanks. Loving the cards... SLI works in D3 RoS... woot!!
Soldato
Update: For just about everything its better in every way than the 290 I had in there, but when pushed really hard (folding@home) the coil whine can be heard in the next room, with the case on!
Never heard anything like it.
Max temps 46°C
Currently running x13 on my 970.
5000-5300k/hash at 300W total system power
X11 sees 6000+ k/hash
Faster than my 290s
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Download afterburner, stick 100 on the core and 450 on the memory to start with, 20mv and 110 power, run a bench or furmark to see how stable
Ok thanks! I'm on drivers 344.16 and DL new MSI AB
+100 core, +450 mem and power is at 110 but Core Volt (mV) is not showing but ive unlocked voltage control... ?!