Nvidia GTX 980 Owners Thread

Supernaut91 · 7 Oct 2014 at 13:02

Besty said:
Some 980 chips just don't over-clock well. Generally these chips seem to hate voltage although they tend to tolerate it more when in SLI.

Stock volts is the way to go on air unless you are benching.

Early days mind in terms of drivers. Games that are currently crashing with certain clocks may not crash in the future. I don't really understand how you think the chip would hate extra voltage? :confused:

I agree though, stock volts for the most part.

WesleyBurns · 7 Oct 2014 at 13:44

WesleyBurns said:
Are you running water? I cannot get mine to go past a +90MHz and be artifact even with any Overvolt, and it starts getting REALLY bad after +130MHz.

Besty said:
Some 980 chips just don't over-clock well. Generally these chips seem to hate voltage although they tend to tolerate it more when in SLI.

Stock volts is the way to go on air unless you are benching.

This was NZXT G10 Water cooled with temps at 50 Degrees under full load. So it must be not are chips are equal and they do better under different requirements. Like the Gigabyte GTX 980 G1, apparently they just draw more power even at stock oc according to Linus youtube video.

Ayahuasca · 7 Oct 2014 at 13:51

Need custom bios to see whether the chips respond well to extra voltage, the increase it allows you on stock bios isn't enough to tell to be honest. The 980's that the top overclockers have been overclocking seem to respond well, 2200mhz :eek:

Spudley · 7 Oct 2014 at 17:34

Still waiting on a Asus Strix 980, Alien Isolations out & I'm struggling along on a creaky old gtx 570.......Any news on when they are shipping?

Besty · 7 Oct 2014 at 18:15

Supernaut91 said:
Early days mind in terms of drivers. Games that are currently crashing with certain clocks may not crash in the future. I don't really understand how you think the chip would hate extra voltage?

I agree though, stock volts for the most part.

In terms of how, I own 5 cards and the behaviour is as per my findings and others, less volts the better and in most cases reducing voltages is increasing the overclock. In most cases on air and water the stock bios is already feeding the chip the correct voltage dynamically and is only restricted by the power limit.

So based on the evidence so far no, the 980 does not seem to scale well. It overclocks well enough without it but I can't see 1.5v yielding the same results as the 780ti.

FlailingNinja · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:16

Spudley said:
Still waiting on a Asus Strix 980, Alien Isolations out & I'm struggling along on a creaky old gtx 570.......Any news on when they are shipping?

This.

I have one on pre-order and the ETA is Friday, so what's the likelihood of a Saturday delivery? I've looked on my orders and can't see a way to specify this.

stulid · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:20

Saturday delivery is unlikely unless you specified specifically and paid extra for it.

FlailingNinja · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:24

stulid said:
Saturday delivery is unlikely unless you specified specifically and paid extra for it.

What would be the best way to upgrade? I assume the web form thingy? Don't want to cancel then re order in case i'm bumped down the list and miss it all together and the monies has been taken so would likely see another £500 off the card as the debit probably happens much quicker than a credit.

stulid · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:25

Phone them or use the customer service section, have your order number to hand etc.

FlailingNinja · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:32

Cheers

I'll wait till Thursday/Friday to see if the ETA holds then give them a ring.

Gibbo · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:33

Got a zotac 980 and 970 extreme my desk, had a play with the 980 and even though the core is average with 1550MHz overclock the memory is bonkers!

8400MHz out the box and the Zotac has memory voltage control, had it upto 8800MHz! :eek:

Gibbo · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:34

FlailingNinja said:
This.

I have one on pre-order and the ETA is Friday, so what's the likelihood of a Saturday delivery? I've looked on my orders and can't see a way to specify this.

Strix 980's and 970's should be here Thursday/Friday. LOTS OF THEM TOO!

FlailingNinja · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:37

Cheers for the update, Fingers crossed for Thursday though...

WesleyBurns · 7 Oct 2014 at 20:04

And the reference EVGA 980 SC?

Silent_Scone · 7 Oct 2014 at 20:15

Gibbo said:
Got a zotac 980 and 970 extreme my desk, had a play with the 980 and even though the core is average with 1550MHz overclock the memory is bonkers!

8400MHz out the box and the Zotac has memory voltage control, had it upto 8800MHz!

That's pretty impressive on the memory!

Gibbo · 7 Oct 2014 at 20:49

WesleyBurns said:
And the reference EVGA 980 SC?

EVGA shipping very little at moment.

WesleyBurns · 7 Oct 2014 at 20:55

So not likely to arrive 10/10? Need a second for SLI.

cadmunkey · 7 Oct 2014 at 21:24

Gibbo said:
Strix 980's and 970's should be here Thursday/Friday. LOTS OF THEM TOO!

Gibbo, if I pre-ordered 2 x 980 Strix's now, would I be on the list for this first batch or is the waiting list huge?

Spudley · 7 Oct 2014 at 21:29

Gibbo said:
Strix 980's and 970's should be here Thursday/Friday. LOTS OF THEM TOO!

Thursday afternoon phone call it is then

Gibbo · 7 Oct 2014 at 21:36

cadmunkey said:
Gibbo, if I pre-ordered 2 x 980 Strix's now, would I be on the list for this first batch or is the waiting list huge?

Yes easy, we're getting 200+ and about 100 pre-sold so far.

Same for 970 version too.

Hoping dollar rate improves though!