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Nvidia GTX 980 Owners Thread
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Can anyone confirm that the EVGA FTW does in fact have 2 DVI connections?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-266-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812
The SC version only has one however the photo of this one shows 2 but in the description it says 1 DVI.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-266-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812
The SC version only has one however the photo of this one shows 2 but in the description it says 1 DVI.
I would say 30 degrees more than bottom card is excessive. Try swapping them around and see what you get
Hi guys im new on here just bought a 980 and im delighted with it!But my graphics card came without a Galax box it was just in an antistatic bag and wrapped bubble wrap in a cardboard box is that normal??It was the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM (98NQH6DHXXXX)
Yes, it's normal. That's what OEM is.
Sorry that was maybe me, I put a little o instead of a 0 so that it would read as 3 degrees celcius. So yeah, I assume 3 is ok ?
only 3 degrees hotter is excellent!
Doesn't sound right to me, although if you paid much less than full retail and comes with at least a years warranty then that could be ok. Not many reputable sites have oem graphics cards.
Well I paid 419 pounds on overclockers.I seen on the first page of this thread that ratters I think got the same cards but came in galax box??Like there was no papers or anything in the box but the card and a pack of jellies.....The card is actually gone off the the website now just checked so cant even give a link.
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You're lucky to end up with a couple of cards that close, not that it really matters. Just set them both at the same overclock.
Lads if i was to buy one of these in the next week or two, What should i go for? I do not want reference and i must avoid coilwhine. And i can discount the STRIX and AIRBOSS because they both have a bios limit on voltage worse than reference (1.2v).
I wanted dual bios too so i could potentially flash and push it a bit. Is there anything apart from the G1?
I wanted dual bios too so i could potentially flash and push it a bit. Is there anything apart from the G1?
980 hof looks nice. though really, as anyone will tell you, the whole thing is a silicon lottery. on a price/perf ratio the custom cards are not worth it, but you do get a guaranteed minimum overclock.
Received my 2 inno3D GTX 980's (reference heatsink) this morning and I am extremely pleased with them.
I upgraded from 2x EVGA 780 Ti's (more of a side grade). Didn't really want to upgrade as the GPU's were more than fast enough but the lack of VRAM was a serious problem.
Even running at 1080p, Watch Dogs on ultra with TXAA 4X permanently maxed out my 3gb of VRAM causing massive stutters and frame rate drops down to single digits. Now it runs nice and smoothly, and even though it's 1080p, it's using around 3.5gb to 3.7gb of VRAM.
Shadow of Mordor on ultra at 1080p also runs a little smoother, even though it said 6gb of VRAM is required for the high res texture pack, it seems to only use 3.8gb of VRAM with the odd spike to 4gb and doesn't stutter at all. It did a little on the 780 Ti but I expected that with only 3gb.
Overall it was a pricey upgrade due to the fact 780 Ti's are selling quite cheaply compared to their original price. But for me it was worth it as games are starting to demand redicolous amounts of VRAM.
Also replaced the stock paste with Liquid Pro, inno3D did a extremely good job with the paste though. Did knock a few degrees of at load.
I upgraded from 2x EVGA 780 Ti's (more of a side grade). Didn't really want to upgrade as the GPU's were more than fast enough but the lack of VRAM was a serious problem.
Even running at 1080p, Watch Dogs on ultra with TXAA 4X permanently maxed out my 3gb of VRAM causing massive stutters and frame rate drops down to single digits. Now it runs nice and smoothly, and even though it's 1080p, it's using around 3.5gb to 3.7gb of VRAM.
Shadow of Mordor on ultra at 1080p also runs a little smoother, even though it said 6gb of VRAM is required for the high res texture pack, it seems to only use 3.8gb of VRAM with the odd spike to 4gb and doesn't stutter at all. It did a little on the 780 Ti but I expected that with only 3gb.
Overall it was a pricey upgrade due to the fact 780 Ti's are selling quite cheaply compared to their original price. But for me it was worth it as games are starting to demand redicolous amounts of VRAM.
Also replaced the stock paste with Liquid Pro, inno3D did a extremely good job with the paste though. Did knock a few degrees of at load.
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