The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

se_vietboi · 2 Jul 2015 at 13:40

Devrij said:
Has anyone with a Zotac Amp found that you can overclock so far on stock volts, but then no amount of voltage will get you any further? I get mine boosting to 1428 core on stock volts, but god help me if I can get another 50Mhz out of it no matter what volts I give it.

I was wondering if maybe the voltage isn't being applied by MSI AB. Do I need to do anything special?

Maybe you're hitting the power limit?

Speed · 2 Jul 2015 at 13:40

Devrij said:
Has anyone with a Zotac Amp found that you can overclock so far on stock volts, but then no amount of voltage will get you any further? I get mine boosting to 1428 core on stock volts, but god help me if I can get another 50Mhz out of it no matter what volts I give it.

I was wondering if maybe the voltage isn't being applied by MSI AB. Do I need to do anything special?

I had to remove my overclock as it was causing driver crashes.

Tried EVGA Precision X? I know they are basically the same but I've always had less issues with the EVGA software.

Also what Voltage mode are you using? Overvoltage or KBoost?

se_vietboi said:
Maybe you're hitting the power limit?

Seems unlikely @ stock volts.

savagesam117 · 2 Jul 2015 at 13:41

Heisenberg said:
State of that iPad

Yeah, it's vintage! I'm just too lazy to get it replaced on my insurance. It's only used for clash of Clans and surfing the net

Doco · 2 Jul 2015 at 13:45

Doco said:
It could be the processor - I am on an older i7 and have havd to lower the clock down to 4.6 within the last few days due to instability, I had quick look but I couldnt see what settings were being used on the 1440p run either - could be 1440p with different settings, I'l have a look and see if something was fishy with my results then

Ahh yeh just seen that - quite surprised if theres that much of a gap just based on cpu (and there was me thinking I'd no need to upgrade ha lol)

arknor · 2 Jul 2015 at 13:46

should I be happy with my 980ti idling at 0% fan speed and 47c? or should I set up a custom fan profile so the fan is always on slightly?

Devrij said:
Has anyone with a Zotac Amp found that you can overclock so far on stock volts, but then no amount of voltage will get you any further? I get mine boosting to 1428 core on stock volts, but god help me if I can get another 50Mhz out of it no matter what volts I give it.

I was wondering if maybe the voltage isn't being applied by MSI AB. Do I need to do anything special?

may not be relevant but on my old asus 280x they didn't use the reference vrms (voltage regulator module) and afterburner voltage changes had no effect.
so I had to use asus own crappy gpu tweak program to change the power settings.

might be a case of you gotta use zoltacs own app if they have one and they didn't stick to reference power phase parts

James J · 2 Jul 2015 at 13:54

My 2x EVGA 980 ti superclocks have been dispatched today so should turn up tomorrow or monday, depending on the time slow DPD allocate (due to work!)

I went for the reference designs for SLI as I've got 2 reference design superclocked 780 ti's at the moment and I've not had any thermal issues with them in my cosmos 2 ultra tower case. I didn't want higher CPU and Mobo temps from the ACX cooler design so went with "what I know" from my current setup.

Hopefully I'll get two good cards with 0 issues, just like the two I currently have!

Jonahun · 2 Jul 2015 at 14:20

EVGA Classified tomorrow? Do we know how many will come?

DBT85 · 2 Jul 2015 at 14:36

Devrij said:
Has anyone with a Zotac Amp found that you can overclock so far on stock volts, but then no amount of voltage will get you any further? I get mine boosting to 1428 core on stock volts, but god help me if I can get another 50Mhz out of it no matter what volts I give it.

I was wondering if maybe the voltage isn't being applied by MSI AB. Do I need to do anything special?

Exactly the same.

No extra volts and I can go to 1420/2050 but 1430 freezes it all up even if I drop the ram back to stock. Nothing I do will go beyond that, though I've not tried anything as foolish as just adding a couple of Mhz at a time yet

The voltage is defiantly being applied, because if you add the voltage and you can see in AB that the voltage will go up past the 1.187 (iirc) reading and into the 1.2xx range on the graph.

Can't be coincidence that the same came cards on the same bios are seeing nearly identical results.

Asa · 2 Jul 2015 at 15:17

Got the reference zotac installed now (replacing R9-295x-2 + a 290 trifire).

First thing I did was set the display to 4k60, check the chroma, and smile that I've finally got my TV purring like it should. Then I whacked +170 on the core and +300 on the memory because I dunno, random numbers.

Must say, it's lovely. I can do wild things like press "play" on Mortal Kombat X, and then watch the game actually launch. That's a big step up from where I was. I don't actually want to play Mortal Kombat, but it's still an improvement.

The default fan profile seems pretty... relaxed? The card is quieter than I need it to be, so I'll play around with that and get the temps down later.

Now I have about 100 games in the "wait for 4k60" pile to try and get through. I'm gonna start a new pile of "wait for SLI" as well.

clone · 2 Jul 2015 at 15:31

Just a little update I have registered my EVGA 980ti sc and got the 5 year warranty free and also got my batman code

ZeroG · 2 Jul 2015 at 15:39

clone said:
Just a little update I have registered my EVGA 980ti sc and got the 5 year warranty free and also got my batman code

I was pleasantly surprised with the 5 year warranty. There was an offer to extend it to 10 years for like 50 euros but I don't think I've kept hardware that long.

clone · 2 Jul 2015 at 15:46

Yeh it was good but the funny thing is I emailed EVGA and they said they only give the 980ti a 3 yr warranty and you had to pay extra for the 5yr. lol

SeanDrake · 2 Jul 2015 at 15:50

Ordered a 980TI HOF but the wait till it launches on the 10th is killing me.

razorpakk · 2 Jul 2015 at 15:52

oldestgregg said:
On the other hand,if it aint broke...

See what you mean but IMO its the best/quietest air cooler on the market

No doubt about it, unless the Strix blows it out of the water, common sense might prevail and lead me to it.

marcus2704 · 2 Jul 2015 at 16:39

Just bought a EVGA Reference Superclocked.

Order placed at 4.10PM, despatched to me by 4.30PM

savagesam117 · 2 Jul 2015 at 16:41

marcus2704 said:
Just bought a EVGA Reference Superclocked.

Order placed at 4.10PM, despatched to me by 4.30PM

Arrival time - 10th July

welshrat · 2 Jul 2015 at 16:50

Going to order the MSI 6G next month to replace my 970 4G, what the chance of it going on a weekly special ? Not much I guess as it seems to be selling like hotcakes.

James J · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:03

marcus2704 said:
Just bought a EVGA Reference Superclocked.

Order placed at 4.10PM, despatched to me by 4.30PM

I've ordered the same card and they should turn up tomorrow. I'm off work ill at the moment so I probably won't get chance to play with them until sunday, but atleast I'll be in for the delivery lol.

oldestgregg · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:12

marcus2704 said:
For SLI am I best getting Reference models - or would SLI with the MSI G6 be suitable?

This is more for thinking ahead, I doubt I could stretch to two cards just now.

I had 2 780 gaming editions in a corsair 650 d case and they were fine. The fact the fans are so quiet means its never an issue that they have to work a bit harder. Its true that ref cards are better but the msi cards will be fine. A side panel mounted fan as an exaust out the case will help as well

oldestgregg · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:14

razorpakk said:
No doubt about it, unless the Strix blows it out of the water, common sense might prevail and lead me to it.

It might very well beat it but it wont be as quiet and unless you are super anal about benching...is 50mhz at most really going to make a difference to you?