NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD

easyrider · 6 Oct 2014 at 14:55

Am I stuck at 60FPS with my monitor?

JamesM · 6 Oct 2014 at 14:58

If you have vsync on then yes.

Turn it off in the control panel

Danidasanic · 6 Oct 2014 at 15:47

elrasho said:
You have an awesome card there, you won the silicone lottery! I think maybe my 620 watt PSU is holding me back but I'll try again tonight as I'm sure I can get more than +170 on the core, just need to lower the memory speed from 500 first.

if ur psu is restarting when u have full load gpu, then yes

easyrider · 6 Oct 2014 at 15:50

JamesM said:
If you have vsync on then yes.

Turn it off in the control panel

Or get a 120hz monitor? Won't I suffer from tearing?

Its been a while since I hada proper GFX card

Kelt · 6 Oct 2014 at 15:56

easyrider said:
Or get a 120hz monitor? Won't I suffer from tearing?

Its been a while since I hada proper GFX card

Yep, you'll get tearing.

elrasho · 6 Oct 2014 at 15:59

Danidasanic said:
if ur psu is restarting when u have full load gpu, then yes

How would a PSU restart? I think your mean PC. No it doesn't restart, the benchmark or game simply crashes sometimes with a Windows error saying the graphics drivers have crashed

Ayahuasca · 6 Oct 2014 at 16:00

There's no way your PSU is holding you back unless it's faulty. Even overclocked one of the reviews showed under 400w system load I think it was. To get rid of tearing completely you need to use sync, so vsync or gsync. One has its drawbacks the other is expensive.

setter · 6 Oct 2014 at 16:01

DX driver crash can be a sign of pushing the core oc too much.

Ayahuasca · 6 Oct 2014 at 16:03

Aye it's usually core that makes the driver restart with a DX error, you can usually tell when it's memory as you'll get a solid colour screen crash, usually black or grey and need a hard reset.

MasterOC · 6 Oct 2014 at 16:15

Hey guys , I was purchasing a 980 airboss but stock moved back and I was to impatient to wait an added week lol

, anywho I purchased 2 Galax 970 ex oc versions to stick in sli , anybody have experience with these cards and has more info or can direct me to more info ? They'll be here tomoz with the new board , can this one fan out the two not running until under load be over ridden by afterburner? How's peoples temps with sli on these cards

Kipz · 6 Oct 2014 at 16:15

Any news on Bios flashes yet? I'm underwater and itching to push this card for more stability at high clocks.

JamesM · 6 Oct 2014 at 16:18

Not currently

Nvflash works apparently BUT writing an edited bios to the cards doesn't work.

You need to flash it with a stock bios from another card which can be a bit iffy as components may be different etc

Admiral Huddy · 6 Oct 2014 at 16:22

Kaapstad said:
How about a Heaven 4 bench score, see if you can beat Gibbo's 2058 score.

I saw that. I think there's zero chance

enigma27 · 6 Oct 2014 at 17:13

ok just put my PC together with 2x MSI in SLI...

So far max temp on the top card has hit 79 degrees... running them in a micro atx mobo so distance between the cards is quite tight....

This is suing the default fan profile

topgun06 · 6 Oct 2014 at 17:23

Thinking of getting this card as an upgrade for my 580 GTX.

I've been looking at both the

EVGA 970 GTX Super Clocked ACX 2.0
MSI GTX 970 Gaming Twin Frozr

They're pretty much the same price so is there actually much difference between brands?

Danidasanic · 6 Oct 2014 at 18:00

elrasho said:
How would a PSU restart? I think your mean PC. No it doesn't restart, the benchmark or game simply crashes sometimes with a Windows error saying the graphics drivers have crashed

yes it can restart (causing pc to restart too) . if the drivers are crashing then u need to change ur oc settings

Stas823 · 6 Oct 2014 at 18:16

Just got my 2nd MSI 970. Asic quality readout 79% (whatever that means). Not sure how far i can overclock them to keep them comfortable :L

xchaotic · 6 Oct 2014 at 19:57

Can anyone recommend a brand that is the least likely to get a noisy coil?
I also generally need one that is as quiet as possible in general.
I only game at 1080p so I am mostly getting for low power usage and
I intend to run quite a few games at 144fps, vsync on, so I would expect the coil to be audible on a card that has that problem?

Stas823 · 6 Oct 2014 at 20:05

i dont think its about the actual coil but about the FPS, lots of stuff that is 200fps+ will coil whine although mine is just about some electrical buzz through the headset rather than the card.

thefogo · 6 Oct 2014 at 20:05

xchaotic said:
Can anyone recommend a brand that is the least likely to get a noisy coil?
I also generally need one that is as quiet as possible in general.
I only game at 1080p so I am mostly getting for low power usage and
I intend to run quite a few games at 144fps, vsync on, so I would expect the coil to be audible on a card that has that problem?

The MSI seems to be the one to go for.
The ASUS and Gigabyte are good too but cost more. And the Gigabyte lacks the passive cooling at idle.