My MSI 970 has never been over 64c (At the very hottest) when gaming on stock fan curve.
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NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD
- Thread starter Ayahuasca
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My MSI 970 has never been over 64c (At the very hottest) when gaming on stock fan curve.
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Yup they are great !
After 1hour Unigine Heaven 4.0 loop max temps were 72°c for top card 54% fan speed, 65°c bottom card 44% fan speed. They are barely audible at these speeds
Idle is 31°c for both cards and fans are turned off (they turn off below 60°c).
Cards are running 1114@1201MHz core untill further.
Soldato
Easily one of the best cards i've ever had.
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just ordered an MSI 970 too while there is still a load left.
Will collect it after i finish work, so if the OC staff could put me an extra good one to one side i'd be grateful
Will collect it after i finish work, so if the OC staff could put me an extra good one to one side i'd be grateful
Soldato
Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 came today, not as good as my msi 970.
Poor asic! struggles to get to 1500 on the core.
Poor asic! struggles to get to 1500 on the core.
Few questions:
1. My AB 4.0.0.4604 doesn't have option for displaying in OSD. Is there a specific version that has this? I'd like to see actual in-game.
2. Is boost shown accurately in GPU-z sensors, or do you read it somewhere else?
3. Do you leave your OC settings 24/7, or only when gaming?
4. Read that @gibbo said that temps reach 80s with stock fan curve. How do I setup a better fan curve?
1: I believe you have to check the box for Rivatuner statistics server when you're installing AB
2: It's shown accurately, what GPU-Z says the core speed is doing is what it's boosting too.
3: regular OC 24/7, balls to the wall OC just when benching.
4: In afterburner settings, enable the custom fan curve by checking the box in the fan tab and set what you want (the default AB curve is 10% faster than stock).
Pfft! I was gaming all night at +200 core/2000MHz RAM and my max temp was 41c on GPU2!
vsync on?
Soldato
Rub it in with your water cooling skills.
You pushed them further yet?
I can edit the BIOS but no way of flashing yet
I need an EK MSI block!! Hurry up damn you EK
Asus Strix 970 arrived today at 10am.
Wow it looks great, the quality of it is fantastic, the cooler cover is textured metal, it doesn't flex at all, because i thought it was cheap plastic from the photos, the metal back plate looks stunning, the card is very heavy, straight and true.
this is a far better quality of build than the 7990 and the 7970, AMD have a lot of work to do because this looks way better than their stuff
this card reminds me of the Be-Quiet PSU, 100% quality ................ well done Gigabyte because this is a 10/10, i'll fit it tonight
Wow it looks great, the quality of it is fantastic, the cooler cover is textured metal, it doesn't flex at all, because i thought it was cheap plastic from the photos, the metal back plate looks stunning, the card is very heavy, straight and true.
this is a far better quality of build than the 7990 and the 7970, AMD have a lot of work to do because this looks way better than their stuff
this card reminds me of the Be-Quiet PSU, 100% quality ................ well done Gigabyte because this is a 10/10, i'll fit it tonight
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Very happy with how my MSI has been doing, perfectly stable at 1500 boost clock, and maxed out at 62C looping Heaven 4.0.
What volts you use for the 1500 boost with that temp?
My asic is only 63% :/
If I can get 1500 boost clock for 24/7 use i will be perfectly happy.
Soldato
The only thing stopping me from getting the MSI one is the lack of a back plate. What would you guys choose from the Asus one and the Gigabyte one?
Soldato
Interesting how the power limit is different for both the Gigabyte, MSI and ASUS cards.
Gigabyte
100% = 250
112% = 280
MSI
100% = 200
110% = 220
ASUS
100% = 163
120% = 196
Not sure why the ASUS is so different?
Gigabyte
100% = 250
112% = 280
MSI
100% = 200
110% = 220
ASUS
100% = 163
120% = 196
Not sure why the ASUS is so different?
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Soldato
I honestly wouldn't let it put you off. Most of the back plates do nothing and are just a looks thing.
Between the ASUS and Gigabyte it's difficult. Most Gigabytes I have seen have a low ASIC but the RMA service with Gigabyte is much better.
Infact adding to this most gigabytes don't appear to clock as high as other cards?
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