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Nvidia GTX 980 Owners Thread
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Soldato
1613 core
8000 memory
Heaven
Firestike
1613 core
8036 memory
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5854908?
That's with the bios power limits removed. With the limits removed the card auto boosts to 1459 with everything at stock.
Had it running at 1630 core but still needs some tweaking. 3dmark Firestrike is a strange one, still working on that.
I know you're doing it for the fun of it, but you've put in a lot of effort and voided your warranty just to gain 40pts on my card that I took out the box, set 150/250 in Afterburner all on stock volts and power target.
It just doesn't seem worth it?
Soldato
Not voided my warranty at all. I can simply flash back the original bios and no harm done.
If I destroy the card but shoving too many volts through (which I won't as I haven't really touched the volts and Maxwell is pretty much voltage locked anyway) then i'd happily accept my stupidity
If I destroy the card but shoving too many volts through (which I won't as I haven't really touched the volts and Maxwell is pretty much voltage locked anyway) then i'd happily accept my stupidity
Soldato
Not voided my warranty at all. I can simply flash back the original bios and no harm done.
If I destroy the card but shoving too many volts through (which I won't as I haven't really touched the volts and Maxwell is pretty much voltage locked anyway) then i'd happily accept my stupidity
Fair play, mate. I'm not criticising by the way. Just making a passing comment.
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has anybody tried another bios on a 980 HOF? I'd like to remove the voltage limit really.
Soldato
No worries, wasn't having a go either so please don't think I was
Unless your really stupid with the volts and let the card roast then your not really doing anything extreme to the card.
Soldato
Out of interest those who had the fan issue with the SOC, does the new bios from KFA2/Galax spin the fans down to 0 when the card isn't being used?
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the fans go down to 30% and are silent at that with the new Bios
Associate
No, 30%.
Soldato
Okies thanks, was going to see if I could have them spin to nothing but it doesn't appear to work. No biggy as the card is quiet anyway
Associate
apparently it is because they can't find processors that will do the same clocks as the V1 due to demand so the v2 chips are binned lower
Soldato
Sounds like it's throttling. Do you have high temps or high power %?
Is the voltage dropping at the save time as the clock?
Sounds like it's throttling. Do you have high temps or high power %?
Is the voltage dropping at the save time as the clock?
No voltage dropping that I can see, temps are about 73/74C
I'll keep an eye on it
Thanks
Soldato
No voltage dropping that I can see, temps are about 73/74C
I'll keep an eye on it
Thermal throttle at 70c by the sounds of it.
Associate
Mine does a similar thing but with a Volt drop too.
Yep volt drops from 1.250 to 1.222 and core from 1533 to 1522 at about 72C
Looks like a custom bios is the only way to bypass that?
Soldato
Raise temp target in afterburner.
Temp limit is at 91C / 122% Power Limit