The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

varkanoid · 10 Jul 2015 at 23:05

There's a secret forum where, have I been missing something. Is it a Local forum for Local People with preferential treatment, Hurrrmmmm where do I sign up ?

PrinceNelson · 10 Jul 2015 at 23:41

There's a secret forum for people with loads of posts?

Dirk Diggler · 11 Jul 2015 at 04:44

The Members Market is hardly a secret.

Dirk Diggler · 11 Jul 2015 at 05:36

Neil79 said:
Would be great to see a 980 SLI versus a single 980 ti! As for the 980 G1 you have for sale, I'd rather wait for a 980 EVGA for the transferable warranty

Tweaktown did some 1440p comparisons.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/71...80-ti-reference-video-card-review/index7.html

Skynet5 · 11 Jul 2015 at 06:33

elmarko said:
Having issues with my SLI 980ti in a couple of games, it's the blue squares/lockup crash for Witcher 3 & Atilla.

It passes benchmarks fine, leaving them for quite a long time - Firestrike, Heaven/Valley which makes me think it may be either software or potentially clock instability related (but they have been a number of benchmarks easily).

So far I've done a driversweep, disabled the audiodriver/no GFexperience or junk & downclocked slightly (from 1450 to 1400) - this I'm testing now to see if it helps, but I'm unsure if this may be a game specific issue, a hardware problem or maybe a driver issue.

Power for the two cards was in the 80's, heat in the low 70's.

Test individually mate.

Your suspicion of clock is probably right.

My ti bench's fine at 1500....put pcars on and boom. Its only happy at 1440 MHz.

whyscotty · 11 Jul 2015 at 07:36

String said:
The Members Market is hardly a secret.

The first rule of the MM is: You do not talk about the MM.

Jewlario · 11 Jul 2015 at 09:44

Razor, you say you had the fans at 70% on your Amp Extreme for benching, how loud were they at that speed? Gaming/benching at under 60c sounds like a dream, especially at these clocks. Can't wait to get home to my card.

razorpakk · 11 Jul 2015 at 09:48

You could definitely hear it. Not something I would keep for gaming (where the fans never exceed 40%). Even benching with the stock curve, I've never seen the card past 70 degrees (with 25 in the room, so in a few months it'll probably stay around 60).

Jewlario · 11 Jul 2015 at 10:42

That is just awesome. Do you play any of the arma games? Even dayz standalone? Just to get an idea of multiplayer performance. And does the card handle project cars just fine without crashes? Sorry for the bombardment of questions, the only review online is the guru3d one so I have nothing to indicate what kind of performance I will see till I get home in almost a month.

razorpakk · 11 Jul 2015 at 12:00

To be honest I've only been playing GTA Online and The Witcher 3 in the last month.
GTA online being quite taxing with MSAAx4 @ 1440p.
The Witcher 3 is also known for being ruthless towards overclock. Everything smooth, quiet and cool (still 1500/8000, 111% power (never reaches even 101 though) 0+ mV on the core, don't see why any other game would be different.

So yeah, give it a few more days and more people will realize this is just as good (if not better) as the 6G and G1.

The problem with the manufacturers arriving late - Asus, KFA HoF, Classified - is that people who buy high end cards, usually can't wait to spend their money. Msi and Gigabyte took most of the custom 980ti's market.
I also try to buy as soon as possible, so that the investment can "last longer", until the next gen arrives.

varkanoid · 11 Jul 2015 at 12:03

whyscotty said:
The first rule of the MM is: You do not talk about the MM.

What goes on in the MM stays in the MM.

N19h7m4r3 · 11 Jul 2015 at 12:09

Has anyone ever noticed that if you have a G-Sync monitor it caps the FPS even in Firestrike? Might not seem like it makes much difference but disabling it meant I finally got over 143f FPS in Graphics Test 1.

First time I payed attention to the fps during the test and noticed it behaved like a game where it won't go over 143/144.

whyscotty · 11 Jul 2015 at 12:11

N19h7m4r3 said:
Has anyone ever noticed that if you have a G-Sync monitor it caps the FPS even in Firestrike?

kael13 · 11 Jul 2015 at 12:41

Classified arrived!

Picture for TROH:

It uhm.. It's a bit of a tight fit.

AStaley · 11 Jul 2015 at 12:42

N19h7m4r3 said:
Has anyone ever noticed that if you have a G-Sync monitor it caps the FPS even in Firestrike? Might not seem like it makes much difference but disabling it meant I finally got over 143f FPS in Graphics Test 1.

First time I payed attention to the fps during the test and noticed it behaved like a game where it won't go over 143/144.

For benchmarking you need to disable GSync for that reason.

Joe! · 11 Jul 2015 at 13:04

kael13 said:
Classified arrived!

Love that card, I think the metal looks beautiful.

PrinceNelson · 11 Jul 2015 at 13:32

kael13 said:
Classified arrived!

Picture for TROH:

It uhm.. It's a bit of a tight fit.

Let us know it's ASIC please.

kael13 · 11 Jul 2015 at 14:42

ASIC is 69.1%... Interesting, but my does it play Witcher 3 nicely at 3440x1440.

Things change I've changed · 11 Jul 2015 at 14:43

Is there a TI card out now that everyone universally agrees is the quietest outside of the Hybrids?

/\ That EVGA Classified looks very nice.

Dirk Diggler · 11 Jul 2015 at 15:00

N19h7m4r3 said:
Has anyone ever noticed that if you have a G-Sync monitor it caps the FPS even in Firestrike? Might not seem like it makes much difference but disabling it meant I finally got over 143f FPS in Graphics Test 1.

First time I payed attention to the fps during the test and noticed it behaved like a game where it won't go over 143/144.

Gsync reverts to Vsync when it reaches the max Hz of the monitor. This is why you should set a frame cap 1fps less than your current set refresh rate.

I.E. If you have the monitor set at 120Hz, then set a frame cap of 119fps in the game. This way, Gsync is always working.