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Nvidia GTX 980 Owners Thread

coupe69 said:
They'll work together just fine, but bear in mind that they'll only clock to the lowest clocking card unless you use Afterburner etc. A...
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No they don't, since 2009 nVidia's Forceware driveres have supported different clock speeds between different manufactured cards. There is no downclocking - for the last 6 years the cards will operate at their independet clock speeds. I have run mixed cards with different clock speeds for years and no issues.
Tomorrow I'll be running Asus GTX 980 Strix and Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming.
 
I will be joining the 980 gang by the end of the week. I have always been team red, is there anything specific I should be doing at all upon setup?

I am getting the Galax 980 SOC :D
 
Should I sell my GTX 780 for about £140-160 and buy a GTX 980 as I can't justify £550-600 for a 980 Ti, Which is the best version of regular 980's?

They come with Metal Gear Solid: Phantom pain, I will most likely buy this game anyway.

980's are around 350 400 new.
 
What res you play at? Personally i am waiting till pascal comes to upgrade my 780 which every game i play is fine at 1080p.
 
Ah ok, Mine is 120hz and performance is fine although i have overclocked the card a bit 100mhz on core and 250mhz on memory.
 
I'm thinking it's worth it as it would be like a £165 upgrade with a game that I want, I like to play on high FPS with the maximum settings that I can get.
 
I gave in and bought the 980 on the weekend deal, MGS is £46 just now so I figured £300 ish isnt bad for this card. Not had the green team for years.
 
Neil79 said:
Was it worth it? I'm thinking of doing the same thing
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Well worth it.
I put the FTW in late last night. No time to play realy but both cards @1417 whereas I card was @1534. GPU load on both 99% FPS at the same settings did drop below 55. It kept at 57 58 59. This in the Whitcher 3. Will have a proper play over the week end.:D
 
Strudders said:
Ok

I have had enough

I need to stop my card down volting below 1 volt. If that means a bios flash, so be it.

So any advice would be helpful

Also

If I Kboost my card to 1500 MHz, should I ensure I remove it after each game session? if not (I forget) what is the long term damage?
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You'll want to keep the card undervolting while not using the 3D profile.

Kboost should only effect 3D clocks, I could never get it working properly with my card but it's probably been updated since I last had a play.

It won't cause any damage if you leave it switched on.

I've edited my bios to disable boost, the 3D clock is a static 1531.5 with set voltage.

If you can tell me what you need I might be able to help.
 
i need to replace the thermal tape on my stock 980,it doesnt look like its been put on right and only noticed when fitting a cpu water block on it,so choices are either replace the thermal tape or use some heatsinks on the vrm's.

any ideas what thickness tape i need please to replace the stock stuff?
 
fastboy said:
i need to replace the thermal tape on my stock 980,it doesnt look like its been put on right and only noticed when fitting a cpu water block on it,so choices are either replace the thermal tape or use some heatsinks on the vrm's.

any ideas what thickness tape i need please to replace the stock stuff?
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Pretty sure they use a mix of 0.5mm and 1mm pads depending on which component is covered.
 
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