The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

KillBoY_UK · 23 Jun 2015 at 13:24

They are here

ValiantUK91 · 23 Jun 2015 at 13:51

Picked up my 980Ti earlier

varkanoid · 23 Jun 2015 at 14:35

spikerules said:
Would you recommend going 980Ti OC on water over SLI 980's then?

To be honest yes as its not that far off. I am really surprised how the TI is handling games so far at UHD. AC Rogue max everything, Dying Light too no probs motion blur only thing off. It just seems smoother probably due to the 6gb VRAM. I need to fire up Far Cry 4 again and have a quick play as I completed it recently and that would be my best benchmark.

spikerules · 23 Jun 2015 at 15:16

varkanoid said:
To be honest yes as its not that far off. I am really surprised how the TI is handling games so far at UHD. AC Rogue max everything, Dying Light too no probs motion blur only thing off. It just seems smoother probably due to the 6gb VRAM. I need to fire up Far Cry 4 again and have a quick play as I completed it recently and that would be my best benchmark.

Thanks for the information! I think I will go for the 980 Ti Hydro as part of my watercooling build

Kaapstad · 23 Jun 2015 at 16:20

Kered_Dub said:
My twins arrived

Now I just need to decide on the ASUS ROG Swift or the Samsung S34E790C 34"

HELP!!!

KillBoY_UK said:
They are here

eviljester91 said:
Picked up my 980Ti earlier

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agnes · 23 Jun 2015 at 16:22

Question, why so many SLI's? I used to SLI but these days, there really is very little benefit for smooth playback no?

RanxZy · 23 Jun 2015 at 16:31

agnes said:
Question, why so many SLI's? I used to SLI but these days, there really is very little benefit for smooth playback no?

That's what I find questionable. A 980Ti or Titan X does so well at 1440p yet many people double up at this resolution. I wonder if you could have less headache and possibly less software issues that SLI brings with just one card at 1440p. I guess only the owners can give feedback on this and I can see why some would want to make full use of the +60fps you can use on the 144Hz monitors.

MasterOC · 23 Jun 2015 at 16:33

agnes said:
Question, why so many SLI's? I used to SLI but these days, there really is very little benefit for smooth playback no?

A lot of benefit for maxing absolutely everything with excellent framerates . There's a lot out there that I find even a single 980ti won't be able to max and keep consistnantly high frames rates

Kered_Dub · 23 Jun 2015 at 16:50

MasterOC said:
A lot of benefit for maxing absolutely everything with excellent framerates . There's a lot out there that I find even a single 980ti won't be able to max and keep consistnantly high frames rates

Well said.

Kered_Dub · 23 Jun 2015 at 16:56

I am a SLI advocate and have been for years but not for more than 2 cards.

Nvidia ought to apologise for advertising it as a viable technology option for 3 and 4 cards as the scaling is so poor (almost non-existent in some cases) vs the cost of such a solution. I'm sure if they devoted the resources it could be vastly improved but they seem to pay no attention when it comes to 3 and 4 card SLI performance in real world scenarios.

kael13 · 23 Jun 2015 at 16:58

MasterOC said:
A lot of benefit for maxing absolutely everything with excellent framerates . There's a lot out there that I find even a single 980ti won't be able to max and keep consistnantly high frames rates

Yeah but what about driver support, flickering and micro-stutter? I heard that half the time SLI doesn't work as it should.

oldestgregg · 23 Jun 2015 at 17:06

Ive had 580/680/780 sli and found it to be much better than the crossfire 5850/7970s I also owned. It can be less than perfect at times but the only reason I prefer single card is I like to play games day 1 and its the waiting for sli profiles I couldnt deal with.

spikerules · 23 Jun 2015 at 17:34

RanxZy said:
That's what I find questionable. A 980Ti or Titan X does so well at 1440p yet many people double up at this resolution. I wonder if you could have less headache and possibly less software issues that SLI brings with just one card at 1440p. I guess only the owners can give feedback on this and I can see why some would want to make full use of the +60fps you can use on the 144Hz monitors.

I'll be able to tell you soon as I'm going from 980 SLI to 980 Ti Hydro, so I will tell you if there is any benefit at all or if it's a backwards step. If it's a backward step I'm going to have to double up on cards again...

RanxZy · 23 Jun 2015 at 17:44

spikerules said:
I'll be able to tell you soon as I'm going from 980 SLI to 980 Ti Hydro, so I will tell you if there is any benefit at all or if it's a backwards step. If it's a backward step I'm going to have to double up on cards again...

It's likely your fps will not peak as high compared to SLI 980s but it shouldn't be too far off with a decent OC. I guess you'll see soon. If you do double up then it'll destroy the 980s.

MasterOC · 23 Jun 2015 at 18:07

kael13 said:
Yeah but what about driver support, flickering and micro-stutter? I heard that half the time SLI doesn't work as it should.

Have yet to experiance microstutter on SLI 970s , 980s and now 980tis . Gameplay wise I couldn't tell if it's being powered by a single or dual card ( obviously I know but it isn't from looking at it ) driver support is excellent however I will concede that the driver supplying the profile for witcher 3 was poor , but that was rectified with the last driver for me . No flickering . For all purposes you would never know without looking in the machine... In recent months profiles have been ready the day befor the release of a tittle . SLI has been a great investment for me personally

Raiden85 · 23 Jun 2015 at 18:27

MasterOC said:
Have yet to experiance microstutter on SLI 970s , 980s and now 980tis . Gameplay wise I couldn't tell if it's being powered by a single or dual card ( obviously I know but it isn't from looking at it ) driver support is excellent however I will concede that the driver supplying the profile for witcher 3 was poor , but that was rectified with the last driver for me . No flickering . For all purposes you would never know without looking in the machine... In recent months profiles have been ready the day befor the release of a tittle . SLI has been a great investment for me personally

Same here, I used SLI (only use 2 cards) for the first time with the GTX 780 Ti, then the 980, and will when my 980 Ti G1's arrive hopefully this week.

I have yet to experience any issues whatsoever when both cards are in use, I have not experienced micro stuttering at all, SLI scaling when the driver supports it has also been great.

I have never regretted running two card SLI from the moment I tried it for the first time. Even though my native res is only 1080p I like to use DSR while maxing all game settings out and that pushes even two 980's to their limits, so going back to one card for me is impossible.

spikerules · 23 Jun 2015 at 19:18

RanxZy said:
It's likely your fps will not peak as high compared to SLI 980s but it shouldn't be too far off with a decent OC. I guess you'll see soon. If you do double up then it'll destroy the 980s.

Hmmm... at least I will have no SLI issues! Do you think it will be a massive difference?

RanxZy · 23 Jun 2015 at 19:51

spikerules said:
Hmmm... at least I will have no SLI issues! Do you think it will be a massive difference?

Like I say the maximum and average fps will probably be higher with dual 980s but your minimums shouldn't be much worse. You may find it smoother without the problems SLI can potentially cause.

ValiantUK91 · 23 Jun 2015 at 21:05

Im hitting temps of 84c atm with my 980ti is this safe? ive never had a card get this hot before highest has been low 70s so im not sure

setter · 23 Jun 2015 at 21:08

eviljester91 said:
Im hitting temps of 84c atm with my 980ti is this safe? ive never had a card get this hot before highest has been low 70s so im not sure

If its an NVIDIA reference design card then this is pretty much the norm. You could try a more aggressive fan profile. But of course the trade of is more fan noise.