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Nvidia GTX 980 Owners Thread

Can anyone give me some advice on a 980? I'm torn between the EVGA FTW and the G1 Gaming. I won't be putting either under water. I have a 650W SuperFlower PSU and was also wondering if that may run into some issues.
 
EVGA SC
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EVGA G1

Don't bother with the FTW, the SC is a very good overclocker, yes I know it's a silicon lottery. The G1 has fantastic cooling and great overclocking, but doesn't have the 3-5 year warranty nor step up programme
 
PrinceNelson said:
Can anyone give me some advice on a 980? I'm torn between the EVGA FTW and the G1 Gaming. I won't be putting either under water. I have a 650W SuperFlower PSU and was also wondering if that may run into some issues.
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A few had some issues with their FTW cards, cant remember what now though. I'd get the G1 - Great card, cool temps & OC's well.

You're PSU should be fine.
 
PrinceNelson said:
Can anyone give me some advice on a 980? I'm torn between the EVGA FTW and the G1 Gaming. I won't be putting either under water. I have a 650W SuperFlower PSU and was also wondering if that may run into some issues.
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650w PSU will be fine with a single 980 yes, you will get no issues with that.

The FTW edition is not worth the extra over a SC edition. Just get the SC and match the clock speeds and more!
 
Got a eVga GTX 980 FTW.

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what's the cheapest, quietest 980? I sort of want to go for the asus, but that's only 'cus I have an asus mobo, and looking for quietness as the rest of my itx is a whisper.

I have a silverstone 450w sff psu (which says on their site can take a 980). Currently umm'ing and arr'ing about a 970 or just take a plunge with the 980.

Also, will be running on an Acer XB270HA 27" G-Sync with 3d most of the time (1080p but using dsr hopefully).
 
So I have had my 980 under water now since Saturday. All been good temp wise etc. But today out of the blue I seem to be getting a buzzing noise coming from the card and the temps have risen by 5-6 degrees. slightly confused by this. Should mention this is only when the card is under load
 
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There is no extra heat. The fans on the 980 kick in around 62 degrees. At Idle 29 degrees.
I have the HAF X case, and 200mm fan blows onto card.
The 580 is for phsyx.
No System slow down, I have benchmarked with 580 in and out.

I be getting another 980 in a few months time.
 
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What about system speed up with it in ? a 580 for phsyx is pointless when you have a 980.I
I take it you have selected the 580 for phsyx in control panel and tested it with a phsyx benchmark
and seen that the 580/980 combo does phsyx faster than the just the 980 ?
 
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