The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

Cavallino · 27 Jun 2015 at 09:55

Folks, whats better for overclocking etc, the evga or msi afterburner program?

JediFragger · 27 Jun 2015 at 09:58

Very similar nowaday Cav, but I've chosen Afterburner (find it slightly easier to use)

setter · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:02

JediFragger said:
Very similar nowaday Cav, but I've chosen Afterburner (find it slightly easier to use)

Nice oc on the G1. Mind if I ask what sort of score your getting on firestrike standard. Pretty similar system to mine.

tyler_jrb · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:10

maka12 said:
No i havnt touched the fan profile. Its just set at normal straight out the box.

Set a custom profile in afterburner, settings and second tab. Curve it from 0%=55c to 100%=80 or 85c it will be far cooler.

JediFragger · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:14

setter said:
Nice oc on the G1. Mind if I ask what sort of score your getting on firestrike standard. Pretty similar system to mine.

Thanks

Maxes out around 1535core but for a day2day then 1500 is fine for me

setter · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:17

JediFragger said:
Thanks

Maxes out around 1535core but for a day2day then 1500 is fine for me

Pretty impressive, if I can get 1500 or so out of the msi GE ill be a happy bunny.

khemist · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:33

I've been running mine at just under 1400 core in game, not tried higher, just waiting for my block to come to really see the max it can do with extra voltage.

setter · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:35

Tbh guys, I rarely run any gpu overclocks for gaming. Last time was when I got a really good clocking wf 670. 780's were only ever clocked for benching. Might be different this time round.

ZeroG · 27 Jun 2015 at 11:25

I've only done a small overclock on my evga 980 ti SC so far http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/7521394? as I'm not sure how far I can push it. I've not done overclocking in a long time. I used evga precisionX 16 for this but I've just noticed the card seems to have reverted back to default speeds.

Spokwiththeears · 27 Jun 2015 at 11:44

ZeroG said:
I've only done a small overclock on my evga 980 ti SC so far http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/7521394? as I'm not sure how far I can push it. I've not done overclocking in a long time. I used evga precisionX 16 for this but I've just noticed the card seems to have reverted back to default speeds.

I'd just leave the voltages at stock for now, then whack up the core speed and memory speed. Run firestrike to test stability, although it's no guarantee it's 100% stable so if you find you're crashing in games drop the speed down slightly.

Here's my MSI Afterburner settings, I'd like to get to 1500mhz but the voltage control doesn't seem to do anything, and it crashes when i set it to+165mhz
http://imgur.com/4RrHvJd

gives about 1471-1481mhz core boost in games

ZeroG · 27 Jun 2015 at 11:48

Is MSI Afterburner better to use?

Spokwiththeears · 27 Jun 2015 at 11:53

ZeroG said:
Is MSI Afterburner better to use?

I think they're both the same, I'm no expect though, I'm just an amateur.

se_vietboi · 27 Jun 2015 at 12:01

H440 owners: what are your idle and load temps?

N19h7m4r3 · 27 Jun 2015 at 12:12

se_vietboi said:
H440 owners: what are your idle and load temps?

Idle temps for SLI reference cooler cards are 45, 52 degrees today with fans at 24%. Today is abnormally hot in Ireland as well.

Load at 1290Mhz is always a constant 84 degrees for both cards.

kael13 · 27 Jun 2015 at 12:21

Review of the MSI gaming is up on OC3D.

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/msi_gtx980ti_gaming_6g_review/1

Skynet5 · 27 Jun 2015 at 12:32

Bit of a pain swapping from my old cards to the new 980 ti. Couldnt just install the card and go.

nvidia stuff didnt start (couldnt manually start the nvidia control panel etc), and it just had windows basic driver in device manager.

downloaded the driver again and failed to install the driver.

Had to uninstall all nvidia stuff, restart, then uninstall the windows basic driver. then the nvidia installer said it couldnt find compatible hardware.

finally, I rebooted again.

Then installed again, this time the driver installed and everything is working.

IS that normal?

leewom · 27 Jun 2015 at 12:38

Picked my EVGA 980ti OC ACX up from my dad yesterday evening and grinned from ear to ear at the no less than 60fps Shadow of Mordor everything maxed at 2560x1080!!!

Just got the itch to buy GTA 5 and The Witcher to see them running on it. But my backlog is huge.

Also my dad ordered it for me and says he didnt get the Batman code through... does this come through as a seperate email? I know its currently a broken mess but would like to be ready for when it is ready to play ; )

N19h7m4r3 · 27 Jun 2015 at 12:38

lnoton said:
Bit of a pain swapping from my old cards to the new 980 ti. Couldnt just install the card and go.

nvidia stuff didnt start (couldnt manually start the nvidia control panel etc), and it just had windows basic driver in device manager.

downloaded the driver again and failed to install the driver.

Had to uninstall all nvidia stuff, restart, then uninstall the windows basic driver. then the nvidia installer said it couldnt find compatible hardware.

finally, I rebooted again.

Then installed again, this time the driver installed and everything is working.

IS that normal?

I always use DDU- Display Driver Uninstaller to remove everything in safemode. It also turns off Window's ability to install it's own driver.
Then you can install a new NV driver without issues.

khemist · 27 Jun 2015 at 12:41

Sorted!

leewom · 27 Jun 2015 at 12:41

Inoton - i had no issue swapping from 780 to 980ti. I JUST MADE SURE i had the first 980ti supporting drivers in when I took the 780 out.

I was actually surprised at how simple plug and play it was.

Only issue I need to work out is why borderlands the presequel keeps minimising unless I run it in windowed mode.

Otherwise i'mcurrently stood in a shopping centre eagerly awaiting my wifes clothe shopping to end so I can get home and PLAY!!!!