The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

se_vietboi · 30 Jun 2015 at 03:40

So who's kind enough to provide a run down on how to tweak the bios so that the card ignores temp and thus stops throttling?

thewanted · 30 Jun 2015 at 06:15

Noise test of the MSI 980 Ti Gaming 6G:

haszek · 30 Jun 2015 at 06:20

lnoton said:
Can you explain. So potentially adding +87 could be bad and cause a crash? What's the limiter you refer to?

I'm on an MSI gaming.

Speed + voltage each of them cost power. For example On stock you might get 1400 with power limit 110%, but when you add voltage you run out of juice, so it won't work. I would first try to check oc on stock volts with max power limit until you fail benchmark then add some volts to check if it changes anything.

varkanoid · 30 Jun 2015 at 08:31

se_vietboi said:
So who's kind enough to provide a run down on how to tweak the bios so that the card ignores temp and thus stops throttling?

it takes a bit of getting your head round but this is the guide most people point you to.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1522651/disable-boost-and-bake-in-max-game-stable-clocks-for-maxwell

Just look at the voltage steps if you dont want to disable boost. Also note the temp target on the common tab.

andybird123 · 30 Jun 2015 at 08:33

se_vietboi said:
So who's kind enough to provide a run down on how to tweak the bios so that the card ignores temp and thus stops throttling?

It wont be temp it'll be power
I've downloaded the bios and it has a 275W limit as standard and 300W when you raise it all the way, yet its supposed to be rated at 375W with 2x8-pin plus the pcie slot

se_vietboi · 30 Jun 2015 at 08:40

varkanoid said:
it takes a bit of getting your head round but this is the guide most people point you to.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1522651/disable-boost-and-bake-in-max-game-stable-clocks-for-maxwell

Just look at the voltage steps if you dont want to disable boost. Also note the temp target on the common tab.

Cheers for that. Hilbert has set the power limit to 120% in Afterburner:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_980_ti_gaming_oc_review,35.html

I wonder how he's doing that since mine can't go any higher than 109%.

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andybird123 · 30 Jun 2015 at 09:11

se_vietboi said:
Cheers for that. Hilbert has set the power limit to 120% in Afterburner:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_980_ti_gaming_oc_review,35.html

I wonder how he's doing that since mine can't go any higher than 109%.

When you edit the maximum power it adjusts the % for you as well, so if you keep the 275W default and then adjust the maximum to say 350W it would then let you set 130% in AB

If you look in AB, at the bottom of the monitoring options there are four "limit" options which are 0 or 1, when one of them flags a 1 it shows you which limit you are hitting

Jonahun · 30 Jun 2015 at 09:50

Here is my precious and some basic OC.

RyanF · 30 Jun 2015 at 10:09

Anyone got a basic GPU overclocking guide? CPU was easy enough but have no idea when it comes to GPU

Gibbo · 30 Jun 2015 at 10:22

RyanF said:
Anyone got a basic GPU overclocking guide? CPU was easy enough but have no idea when it comes to GPU

Simples:

MSI After burner or Precision X you need.

Voltage: +87mv
Fan speed: 100%
Power target: Maximum
Temp target: Maximum (95c)
Core: +100, then go up in 10MHz increments
RAM: +300, then go up in 100MHz increments.

With the above most 980Ti should hit 1450-1550MHz core, 7600-8400MHz memory with temperatures between 55c-75c depending on cooler and ambient temperatures.

The above is for benching purposes ONLY!

For Gaming I'd recommend:

Voltage: +0mv or +25mv
Fan Speed: 50-70% depending on card.
Power Target: Maximum
Temp Target: 85c
Core: +100
RAM: +300

Good for at least a good 10-20% bump in performance in FPS.

1kiwi · 30 Jun 2015 at 10:59

I'm on custom water and those are the gaming settings I'm running. The 980Ti is a powerful card and I don't see any point pumping more heat into my loop that required.

razorpakk · 30 Jun 2015 at 11:00

GPU overclocking is way easier than cpu, just a few things to tweak (unless you start modifying the bios).

Until yesterday I thought that bumping up the voltage to +87 was always a good thing, for my card I've got most benefits @+20 (stable 1480Mhz). Higher voltage hits the power limit.

Vanilla · 30 Jun 2015 at 11:37

Jonahun said:
Here is my precious and some basic OC.

Excuse my graphics card ignorance but what's the second card for?

Does it have a use?

se_vietboi · 30 Jun 2015 at 11:42

Vanilla said:
Excuse my graphics card ignorance but what's the second card for?

Does it have a use?

It's a sound card.

RyanF · 30 Jun 2015 at 11:49

Gibbo said:
Simples:

MSI After burner or Precision X you need.

Voltage: +87mv
Fan speed: 100%
Power target: Maximum
Temp target: Maximum (95c)
Core: +100, then go up in 10MHz increments
RAM: +300, then go up in 100MHz increments.

With the above most 980Ti should hit 1450-1550MHz core, 7600-8400MHz memory with temperatures between 55c-75c depending on cooler and ambient temperatures.

The above is for benching purposes ONLY!

For Gaming I'd recommend:

Voltage: +0mv or +25mv
Fan Speed: 50-70% depending on card.
Power Target: Maximum
Temp Target: 85c
Core: +100
RAM: +300

Good for at least a good 10-20% bump in performance in FPS.

Ace, cheers for that Gibbo

andybird123 · 30 Jun 2015 at 12:08

Yeah, as has already been said, avoid just jumping straight to +87 as you'll just hit the power limit sooner, best off finding your maximum stable clocks on stock volts and then bump it up 10-20 at a time, same with memory, find your max core OC first before playing with VRAM speeds as again these 980ti's hit the power limits quite quickly and core OC seems to give better results in games than memory OC

if your benching for benching's sake then 3dmark etc. seems to like memory OC more than core

overclocking while running heaven in the background (windowed) will let you get quick feed back on clocks being stable as you can adjust them on the fly and see instant results, but don't be surprised if heaven stable results are not stable in something more GPU intensive like 3dmark or actual games

Mightyashy · 30 Jun 2015 at 12:08

got the G1 installed yesterday and when playing games there is a strange audible noise. no idea what coil whine is so dont know if its that, any ideas? its pretty annoying to be honest

Ayahuasca · 30 Jun 2015 at 12:09

What PSU are you using?

Mightyashy · 30 Jun 2015 at 12:13

Ayahuasca said:
What PSU are you using?

1200w corsair one mate. I previously had 2 780ti's in SLI and it seemed quieter