The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

Skynet5 · 5 Jul 2015 at 22:05

Driver cleaner sale pitch wears thin. Never done it. Never had to.

Its like buying crap you don't need.

Skynet5 · 5 Jul 2015 at 22:17

setter said:
I'm sure a custom fan profile will drop those a fair bit. Shouldn't see much if any rise in noise either.

Setter, what oc did you settle on? I've gone +100. I've not tried inbetween but +150 would crash pcars.

I'm now boosting 1430/40 with no problems. Shame I'd like to hit 1500 in game like I can when I bench.

Razor Time · 5 Jul 2015 at 22:28

arknor said:
I came from an amd card no issues in fact my os was installed in 2012
Modern os handle upgrades fine.

used to be the same os install when I was running an amd chipset even rebuilt the whole pc apart from the ssd and hdd which stayed the same.

never had an issue with windows, pc on usually 24/7 no blue screens or memory dump reboots

The person I was posting towards does have an issue and I have seen this same error before hence why I posted. May be he has already done a fresh OS install.

Either way a fresh install is never a bad thing to do and always ensures your getting the best performance out of your £550 + purchase. Personally I would never do as you have done and leave a refresh of an OS so long or change chipsets on my main rig without a refresh. A fresh OS install doesn't take long these days and a pc is never worst off for doing so, so why avoid it?

Anarch · 5 Jul 2015 at 22:38

This is the first proper review of Asus Strix card I've managed to find - it's from a polish website, so I've chucked it into google translate.

https://translate.google.com/transl...ix_gtx_980_ti_directcu_iii&edit-text=&act=url

razorpakk · 5 Jul 2015 at 22:42

Getting the impression that temps are more important than I thought. By that I mean that every person with an AIO cooler is getting great overclocks (1500+), regardless of the ASIC quality.

Anarch said:
This is the first proper review of Asus Strix card I've managed to find - it's from a polish website, so I've chucked it into google translate.

https://translate.google.com/transl...ix_gtx_980_ti_directcu_iii&edit-text=&act=url

Seems like a quieter G1. Another nice card, which should cost no more than the G1 though.

Captain · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:12

savagesam117 said:
Why thank you

Reading to many things about it going wrong, and i can't figure out how to do it. I'm just going to leave it!

I done it yesterday to mine, no problems, straight forward, takes 2 minutes.

savagesam117 · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:14

How!? I follow that thing, not a clue how to select the folder through cmd, type the directory nothing comes up.

Open nvflash, with the bios in the same folder, can't figure out how to open it, push one button and it does something and closes

What am i doing wrong?

Although, it is boosting to 1480ish at the moment but hitting the power limit on the very odd occasion.

setter · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:16

lnoton said:
Setter, what oc did you settle on? I've gone +100. I've not tried inbetween but +150 would crash pcars.

I'm now boosting 1430/40 with no problems. Shame I'd like to hit 1500 in game like I can when I bench.

For daily use I just run stock tbh. Tried 170/200 on firestrike, whilst it completes the tests my score actually dropped. Must've been throttling either due to power limit ir temp. Need to test some more. 170 boosted to 1499mhz.

Captain · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:24

savagesam117 said:
How!? I follow that thing, not a clue how to select the folder through cmd, type the directory nothing comes up.

Open nvflash, with the bios in the same folder, can't figure out how to open it, push one button and it does something and closes

What am i doing wrong?

Although, it is boosting to 1480ish at the moment but hitting the power limit on the very odd occasion.

Right click on the nvidia flash folder while holding shift, click open with command, and then type what it says from the guide

Make sure to disable your graphics card in device manager before you flash your bios

Skynet5 · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:32

setter said:
For daily use I just run stock tbh. Tried 170/200 on firestrike, whilst it completes the tests my score actually dropped. Must've been throttling either due to power limit ir temp. Need to test some more. 170 boosted to 1499mhz.

Was gonna leave it at stock but pcars is soon demanding....

Thinking 4k at crimbo...with another MSI gaming.

Skynet5 · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:33

setter said:
For daily use I just run stock tbh. Tried 170/200 on firestrike, whilst it completes the tests my score actually dropped. Must've been throttling either due to power limit ir temp. Need to test some more. 170 boosted to 1499mhz.

Yeah I saw my score drop..at 160.. So backed off to 150.

Out if interest what is you basic?

eyetrip · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:38

Have gone back to stock bios on mine. Still manage to get 1500 core. Only difference is it sometimes drops,down to 1475 I think due to hitting power limit.

Scores a bit lower in benches, but I doubt I will see much, if any, difference in games.

Skynet5 · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:40

eyetrip said:
Have gone back to stock bios on mine. Still manage to get 1500 core. Only difference is it sometimes drops,down to 1475 I think due to hitting power limit.

Scores a bit lower in benches, but I doubt I will see much, if any, difference in games.

But you have two...!

What res you running.

savagesam117 · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:58

Clov!s said:
Right click on the nvidia flash folder while holding shift, click open with command, and then type what it says from the guide

Make sure to disable your graphics card in device manager before you flash your bios

I can't do it, it says not found this and that. I give up!

machinebummer · 6 Jul 2015 at 00:03

Razor Time said:
The person I was posting towards does have an issue and I have seen this same error before hence why I posted. May be he has already done a fresh OS install.

Either way a fresh install is never a bad thing to do and always ensures your getting the best performance out of your £550 + purchase. Personally I would never do as you have done and leave a refresh of an OS so long or change chipsets on my main rig without a refresh. A fresh OS install doesn't take long these days and a pc is never worst off for doing so, so why avoid it?

Thanks for the help guys, I did use DDU but did not do a clean OS, I use tons of music VSTs and programs that are a pain to reinstall which is why I usually save OS reinstalls as a last resort.

I was on 353.30 someone noted the 353.38 ones were the newest so Ive updated to them hopefully they will help.

I'm worried about my cpu now, I'm pretty sure it hit around 94c during Battlefield

I think the heat rising from the backplate is going straight into the cpu cooler.

setter · 6 Jul 2015 at 00:06

lnoton said:
Yeah I saw my score drop..at 160.. So backed off to 150.

Out if interest what is you basic?

Stock boost is 1328mhz.

Captain · 6 Jul 2015 at 00:12

savagesam117 said:
I can't do it, it says not found this and that. I give up!

I'll do you a quick video tomorrow showing you how if you haven't managed it

savagesam117 · 6 Jul 2015 at 00:19

Clov!s said:
I'll do you a quick video tomorrow showing you how if you haven't managed it

If you wouldn't mind, that would be great

DBT85 · 6 Jul 2015 at 07:24

Back on the stock BIOS after fiddling with an unlocked one last night. It managed to hit 1480 I think.

Managed to squeeze an extra 150 out in Firestrike Ultra though!

I'll be trying more in earnest as and when I get it under water.

Skynet5 · 6 Jul 2015 at 07:54

setter said:
Stock boost is 1328mhz.

Sorry I meant asic.