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Nvidia GTX 980 Owners Thread
- Thread starter smogsy
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Finally decided on your new cards then Smogsywhy gigabyte cards thought you hated them
i do, however ocuk crashed out of me 4 times when trying to order... tried gigabyte via pp and it worked admittedly it did take ocuk 4 hours to get my order though.... paypal issues for most people this morning
Very nice as well Neil.
i do. but ocuk crashed out on me mutiple times when ordering so picked a random card & used pp
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**Reserved for awesomeness**
EVGA GTX 980 SC Reference.
EVGA GTX 980 SC Reference.
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Looking forward to seeing what real users can do with their cards
I hope to get 3 x EVGA Classified if they are available while I am away next month, if not I will just grab three of whatever and hope for the best!
Real users? You mean your every day folk or benching maniacs? I'm sure the former outweighs the latter
Real users? You mean your every day folk or benching maniacs?
Hah, anyone that isn't running a review site or retail outlet.
No matter how random the silicone is that they use, you can't beat seeing some user results.
Will be good to see what these do on water also.
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Absolutely, I tend to take retail/outlet reviews with a pinch of salt. will be good to read what people can rag out of these!
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So tempted to pick up 3 of these and send back my 295x2 and 290X. Would cost me an extra £300 or so though.
Does 178 TDP mean that it uses 178W? If so it'd be easy to get 3 of these in SLI without PSU issues.
I do have to wonder though, if the TDP is so low and the 970 is using a short PCB do Nvidia have another full length card up their sleeves with a higher TDP? This generations 780/Titan if you will.
Talking of SLI, do these still require SLI bridges or do they have an Nvidia form of XDMA?
EDIT:
I am a little worried how the stock cooler would perform with 3 cards next to each other.
Does 178 TDP mean that it uses 178W? If so it'd be easy to get 3 of these in SLI without PSU issues.
I do have to wonder though, if the TDP is so low and the 970 is using a short PCB do Nvidia have another full length card up their sleeves with a higher TDP? This generations 780/Titan if you will.
Talking of SLI, do these still require SLI bridges or do they have an Nvidia form of XDMA?
EDIT:
I am a little worried how the stock cooler would perform with 3 cards next to each other.
Bridge still required
When I had my 3 Titans on air, the stayed below 80 with the fan set to 80%
Hope this helps.
The fans on the EVGA 980's is very quiet compared to the original Titan
Going to play some games on 980 while you all losers wait for your Saturday deliver
Bah well i think ill download the bench's ready and get my windows disk ready for a nice clean build
Bridge still required
When I had my 3 Titans on air, the stayed below 80 with the fan set to 80%
Hope this helps.
The fans on the EVGA 980's is very quiet compared to the original Titan
Will the reference designs be much of a muchness apart from silicon lottery ?
Nice to hear its nice and quiet
Just need to stop my rad sounding like a helicopter to appreicate it on my cpu
Got my two EVGA 980 SCs
Been having a few issues since installation but I'm sure Nvidia will be on it quickly enough.
Been having a few issues since installation but I'm sure Nvidia will be on it quickly enough.
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Got my two EVGA 980 SCs
Been having a few issues since installation but I'm sure Nvidia will be on it quickly enough.
Sweet
What issues?
Games seem to be "losing focus" randomly. Locking up for a bit, minimising to desktop and in the case of Rocksmith going into slowmo.
When we tested yesterday we were noticing some stutters in SLI, this could just be an extension of that. Might disable SLI tmrw and see if the issues continue.
When we tested yesterday we were noticing some stutters in SLI, this could just be an extension of that. Might disable SLI tmrw and see if the issues continue.
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How much of a staff discount did you get if you don't mind me asking ?
Yeah I didDid you install new Nvidia driver? They got it released just today
Sorry, company secret