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Because the min and max may have only happened for a spilt second but the vast majority of the time the framerate may have been at a higher amount than yours.
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Nvidia GTX 980 Owners Thread
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Because the min and max may have only happened for a spilt second but the vast majority of the time the framerate may have been at a higher amount than yours.
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Been playing a bit of BF4 with my 980 and quite surprised with how well it runs it coming from 2x 7970's.
Only running stock clocks the performance is pretty much the same using one 980. Well impressed.
Going to watercool mine as I like the silence, plus it might give it some more OC headroom. The heatsink on my G1 does a good job but you can't beat a waterblock.
Great bios so far...
No vdroop yet!
1556/3802
EDIT : No vdroop/throttling in Dragon Age INQ either!! Finally, nice work Bluntwrapped
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Great bios so far...
No vdroop yet!
1556/3802
EDIT : No vdroop/throttling in Dragon Age INQ either!! Finally, nice work Bluntwrapped
Great Neil
Looks like it's working well for you. If 1556 is your max stable core clock I can change it for you so you'll not need to use AB. Give it a couple of hours gaming to make sure you're stable first.So after a lot of thinking I went for a 980 and will return the 970..
(These were both the MSI gaming cards btw - which FYI are quieter than my case fans even on 100% fan speed).
Runs at a very similar temp to my 970 actually, probably a degree warmer or so?
980 has 77% ASIC compared to the 69% my 970 had.
Note - Information below is based on heaven and firestrike, this likely won't hold true for all games (probably -30 for super duper stable in everything based on previous 970 experience).
Been using +185 for the core, +420 for the memory.
Which in real terms so far is boosting to 1539 stable with 3920 (7840 I guess) for memory.
On the memory:
Ok the Hynix memory doesn't clock to stupid highs of 4100+ that the samsung memory did (shame the MSI cards don't come with it anymore). - Likely can get a bit more out of the memory I think though..
On the core:
So far had it unstable-ish at 1549 on the core but that I believe can be fixed with more POWAH (had a the occasional grey/blue secondary monitor screens..).
You may be thinking the core doesn't sound promising but my previous 970 hit a wall at 1540 ish.. no matter how much voltage/power you threw at it there was corruption on anything that really stressed the card.
Overall, quite happy with the 980 (highest heaven result is 1928 in my testing so far). MSI's cooler is probably not so robust compared to over AIB's but I have an interesting case which warrants the coolers use.
I just need to learn more about boost bins and how they work before I can settle on something solid I believe.
(These were both the MSI gaming cards btw - which FYI are quieter than my case fans even on 100% fan speed).
Runs at a very similar temp to my 970 actually, probably a degree warmer or so?
980 has 77% ASIC compared to the 69% my 970 had.
Note - Information below is based on heaven and firestrike, this likely won't hold true for all games (probably -30 for super duper stable in everything based on previous 970 experience).
Been using +185 for the core, +420 for the memory.
Which in real terms so far is boosting to 1539 stable with 3920 (7840 I guess) for memory.
On the memory:
Ok the Hynix memory doesn't clock to stupid highs of 4100+ that the samsung memory did (shame the MSI cards don't come with it anymore). - Likely can get a bit more out of the memory I think though..
On the core:
So far had it unstable-ish at 1549 on the core but that I believe can be fixed with more POWAH (had a the occasional grey/blue secondary monitor screens..).
You may be thinking the core doesn't sound promising but my previous 970 hit a wall at 1540 ish.. no matter how much voltage/power you threw at it there was corruption on anything that really stressed the card.
Overall, quite happy with the 980 (highest heaven result is 1928 in my testing so far). MSI's cooler is probably not so robust compared to over AIB's but I have an interesting case which warrants the coolers use.
I just need to learn more about boost bins and how they work before I can settle on something solid I believe.
Soldato
More tweaking
1626 core
2004 memory
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That's a bloody good score!! I can't get mine over 2000. I think my best is 1987.
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More tweaking
1626 core
2004 memory
Goes to show these custom bios do give you a bit extra.
Will do mine when it's under water.
Goes to show these custom bios do give you a bit extra.
Will do mine when it's under water.
It's weird with mine, mine likes less volts for higher clocks
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Probably doesn't like the added heat from the voltage increase.
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Goes to show these custom bios do give you a bit extra.
Will do mine when it's under water.
36 load
around 25 idle haha
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36 load
around 25 idle haha
James,
What block did you stick on it? Considering sticking mine under Water. My card drops volts as the GPU hit 60*.
Anyone?
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Not that I've done it, but yes.
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I don't believe it is possible? Classy you can or the KPE but nothing else.
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How high do the fans spin up to on your 980 SOC when benching? just curious
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-556-EK&groupid=962&catid=1520&subcat=2329
The memory and VRM are cooled with the stock heatsinks, I just have a 120mm fan blowing over them.
I ran mine at 100% to keep the temps down.
Saying that I think my power limit in afterburner was at the default when I was benching in Tomb Raider, and I was hitting 1620/2000 or so.
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Saying that I think my power limit in afterburner was at the default when I was benching in Tomb Raider, and I was hitting 1620/2000 or so.
Break out the soldering iron.