Nvidia GTX 980 Owners Thread

OG Don Mecca · 5 Oct 2014 at 16:55

Owner msi 980 ref

and not regretting it in the slightest swithched from 280x toxic

WgizmO · 5 Oct 2014 at 18:06

Check this out guys

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http://kingpincooling.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2886

dreigns · 5 Oct 2014 at 19:27

WgizmO said:
Check this out guys :

http://kingpincooling.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2886

lol your never catch me doing that best i'll ever do is swap a stockcooler for a waterblock

Besty · 5 Oct 2014 at 19:43

whyscotty said:
The hack works for me

I will try it later...

Besty · 5 Oct 2014 at 23:26

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Definitely not working of me. No idea why (there's not much to mess up running an exe).
Annoying as it seems the only way around it is to spend about £1000 on Haswell-E.

From the other thread the only real difference between our systems is the BIOS version of the R IV E, but I can't imagine that would make any difference. The tweak was out when I got the board and my current BIOS was the newest (or close to) at that time. Also it worked in PCI-e 3.0 with my 290s.

Been doing some reading pre-req is that your CPU is at least stepping C2. If its a C1 stepping the hack won't work. Have a little look on CPU-Z.

I will check mine in the morning now.

GoogalyMoogaly · 5 Oct 2014 at 23:39

Besty said:
Been doing some reading pre-req is that your CPU is at least stepping C2. If its a C1 stepping the hack won't work. Have a little look on CPU-Z.

I will check mine in the morning now.

Yeah, I saw this and checked, thinking as mine was bought quite early that it would be C1, but CPU-z reports C2.

Geeman1979 · 5 Oct 2014 at 23:41

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Yeah, I saw this and checked, thinking as mine was bought quite early that it would be C1, but CPU-z reports C2.

It's a C2 then. Have you updated to the latest bios for your motherboard?

GoogalyMoogaly · 5 Oct 2014 at 23:42

Geeman1979 said:
It's a C2 then. Have you updated to the latest bios for your motherboard?

No, I'm still pre-that-change-they-did-for-win8 (where they changed the format of the BIOS). 1202 or something like that, no newer than 1404.
Can't see how that'd make a difference though. Interested to know what Besty's on.

Geeman1979 · 5 Oct 2014 at 23:56

GoogalyMoogaly said:
No, I'm still pre-that-change-they-did-for-win8 (where they changed the format of the BIOS). 1202 or something like that, no newer than 1404.
Can't see how that'd make a difference though. Interested to know what Besty's on.

Well the only way to find out is to update. I'm running 4901 and it's a decent Bios. The only difference between your system and Whyscottys is, he's on a later bios than you and having no problems running the hack with is 980's.

GoogalyMoogaly · 6 Oct 2014 at 00:05

Geeman1979 said:
Well the only way to find out is to update. I'm running 4901 and it's a decent Bios. The only difference between your system and Whyscottys is, he's on a later bios than you and having no problems running the hack with is 980's.

But then I lose my OC settings

Geeman1979 · 6 Oct 2014 at 00:09

GoogalyMoogaly said:
But then I lose my OC settings

That ain't a problem, a number of us on here run the same board as you and could get you back to where you need to be.

WesleyBurns · 6 Oct 2014 at 08:18

Gibbo, is the stock date for the EVGA GTX 980 Referance SC looking solid for the 10/10?

In the market for another one

GoogalyMoogaly · 6 Oct 2014 at 13:01

Geeman1979 said:
That ain't a problem, a number of us on here run the same board as you and could get you back to where you need to be.

I guess.
I'd be interested to know why BIOS Besty has though, unless he's already said?

Geeman1979 · 6 Oct 2014 at 13:06

No doubt Whyscotty will chime in on what Bios version he's running.

Besty · 6 Oct 2014 at 13:16

GoogalyMoogaly said:
No, I'm still pre-that-change-they-did-for-win8 (where they changed the format of the BIOS). 1202 or something like that, no newer than 1404.
Can't see how that'd make a difference though. Interested to know what Besty's on.

I am C1 stepping. Latest BIOS and apart from the Quad SLI problem I am having its rock solid. losing settings is a pain but take photos with phone.

tipes · 6 Oct 2014 at 13:26

Do I have a problem?

Hi Guys,

Some advice please. Have my EVGA 980 SC which I fitted a an EK waterblock and backplate to at the weekend. All seems to be working ok, except that the card is not downclocking at idle according to GPUz - it is sitting at boost clock on the core 1392Mhz, and memory at 1752 Mhz.

Trouble is I don't remember if it was doing this or not with the standard air cooled blower - I think it did downclock then, but not sure? Has anyone else had or got this problem? Or have I perhaps inadvertently damaged something while fitting the waterblock and backplate?

Any help/advice appreciated guys.

Mark

WesleyBurns · 6 Oct 2014 at 13:31

Any software running in the background? I know running at 144Hz for example won't let the gpu down clock fully.

Try a clean driver install too.

GoogalyMoogaly · 6 Oct 2014 at 13:45

Geeman1979 said:
No doubt Whyscotty will chime in on what Bios version he's running.

I think he said in the other thread (Besty's Quad-SLI one) that he's on 39xx.

Besty said:
I am C1 stepping. Latest BIOS and apart from the Quad SLI problem I am having its rock solid. losing settings is a pain but take photos with phone.

Ah, soi the C1 will be stopping you.
I've got screenshots that you take from within the BIOS, but not sure how much the newer BIOSes change.
I really should update, but I tend not to unless I'm having issues, which I guess I am now.
Sorta want Haswell-E though...

weewyum · 6 Oct 2014 at 13:49

Swapped my reference for the Twin Frozr version. What a stonking card it is! 1541/2052 and I haven't even touched the voltage yet.

Dead silent as well. Super happy. Very much looking forward to seeing what 20nm offers.

Was a bit dissapointed at the lack of haribo though this time

tipes · 6 Oct 2014 at 14:26

WesleyBurns said:
Any software running in the background? I know running at 144Hz for example won't let the gpu down clock fully.

Try a clean driver install too.

Thanks for your help,

Something strange happening - ran DDU to clean up, and then tried custom install, and the driver install hung. Just uninstalled again via NVidia, re booted, and re installed using default install, says it failed on the game controller, but not worried about that. Card is now downclocking ok. Think the driver somehow got corrupted. Will see how it goes.

Cheers

Mark