The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

Gerard · 2 Aug 2015 at 19:23

Looking through reviews of the palit Jetstream, looks to be a great cooler yet little talk about it?

dan76 · 2 Aug 2015 at 19:36

elmuzzy66. said:
At the end of the day they are all pretty much the same minus the cooling solution but that white pcb has always caught my interest.

I've just got this cheeky chappy instead:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-054-IN&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1402

I went for saving a few pennies ahead of the imminent and inevitable Skylake upgrade!

elmuzzy66. · 2 Aug 2015 at 19:43

dan76 said:
I've just got this cheeky chappy instead:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-054-IN&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1402

I went for saving a few pennies ahead of the imminent and inevitable Skylake upgrade!

Its a hof or the cheapest reference card for me.

dan76 · 2 Aug 2015 at 19:51

elmuzzy66. said:
Its a hof or the cheapest reference card for me.

That one's cheaper than most reference cards, and the reviews rate it good for being quiet too

Unless I've made a catastrophic error!!

Joe! · 2 Aug 2015 at 19:55

Gerard said:
Looking through reviews of the palit Jetstream, looks to be a great cooler yet little talk about it?

That's the "problem" with Palit. Their coolers are good yet they are a fairly unpopular brand.

I made a mistake with my 980 from them, I didn't realise it was a 2.5 slot card and after a bit of inevitable sagging it meant the card couldn't operate in my case as it blocked off my SATA3 ports.

The backplate was kinda thin, but of course, we're on about the 980Ti now and it could have been made thicker. - The card was both quiet and cool, though.

rolypolyman · 2 Aug 2015 at 20:28

Kelt said:
Heh, it does look like something out of a Transformer film!

What's it like, performance and sound wise?

How about some piccies, would like to see those funky lights in operation!

Here you go mate, some piccies, excuse my mess of a case. I've decided I'm not going to overclock it as the performance is plenty for me, maybe if I need more I will. Cant hear it above my case fans, idles 26C and 57C max 4K Far Cry 4, will do me.

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rolypolyman · 2 Aug 2015 at 20:49

dan76 said:
That one's cheaper than most reference cards, and the reviews rate it good for being quiet too Unless I've made a catastrophic error!!

You havn't mate, I have the slightly more expensive version, only a tenner difference at the time, the Air Boss Ultra X4 and it is so quiet, doing Far Cry 4 @ 3840X2160 and it never got over 45% fan or 57C, cant hear it over my case fans, loving it so far.

romper76 · 2 Aug 2015 at 20:52

so many choices and sweet cards! got £600 notes burning a hole in my pocket for a gtx 980ti i just cant make up my mind which one to splash it on.....

razorpakk · 2 Aug 2015 at 20:52

Looks nice, not as tacky as people make it out to be.

dan76 · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:05

rolypolyman said:
You havn't mate, I have the slightly more expensive version, only a tenner difference at the time, the Air Boss Ultra X4 and it is so quiet, doing Far Cry 4 @ 3840X2160 and it never got over 45% fan or 57C, cant hear it over my case fans, loving it so far.

Oh lovely

You know, I suffered with my 290 for over a year before putting an Extreme III on it - I don't think any GPU is going to ever seem loud after that!

rolypolyman · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:06

razorpakk said:
Looks nice, not as tacky as people make it out to be.

Yeh, I was a bit wary about the looks and took a gamble and to be honest it was way better than I expected, its very well made, the shroud is solid metal and very strong. the red lights are nice and goes well with my Gigabyte red/black theme. But the cooling and quietness are great and a huge bonus.

Skynet5 · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:06

What settings do witcher 3 players use with their 980 ti?

Just bought the game from an online key seller for less than half the current prices :-)

razorpakk · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:18

@1440p you can set everything but Hairworks to max settings and get stable 60fps.
At least that is my experience with the clocks @1480/8000.

Skynet5 · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:26

razorpakk said:
@1440p you can set everything but Hairworks to max settings and get stable 60fps.
At least that is my experience with the clocks @1480/8000.

I'm only on a 1080p monitor. I've just turned down foliage and something else, can't remember. I've also upped the res with DSR to 1.5x and left in game AA on.

I've put vsync on to get it locked to 60fps. Not sure if there are massive variances on fps in game, but played for an hour and not really seen it dip below 60 yet.

Skynet5 · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:29

my clocks are 1432/7700. think thats my max. crappy card.

eyetrip · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:31

lnoton said:
What settings do witcher 3 players use with their 980 ti?

Just bought the game from an online key seller for less than half the current prices

At 4k with pretty much everything maxed I can generally keep above 40 fps

Not played much though. Really just had a test.

Skynet5 · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:32

eyetrip said:
At 4k with pretty much everything maxed I can generally keep above 40 fps

Not played much though. Really just had a test.

IS that proper 4k or 4k dsr? I take it thats with SLI too? what is the scaling like? with the msi 6g already $50 less that what I paid I'm buying another sooner than I thought. When it hits 500 i buy again.

oldestgregg · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:33

razorpakk said:
@1440p you can set everything but Hairworks to max settings and get stable 60fps.
At least that is my experience with the clocks @1480/8000.

Yeah this really. As we all know hairworks can take 15 fps off easy but I'm running a TX @1400p and it will hold 60 without it on. TBH though even with it on its still not far off.

What I've noticed is that with my 4770k @4.4ghz I'm getting 60-80% usage in busy town sections

Skynet5 · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:38

oldestgregg said:
Yeah this really. As we all know hairworks can take 15 fps off easy but I'm running a TX @1400p and it will hold 60 without it on. TBH though even with it on its still not far off.

What I've noticed is that with my 4770k @4.4ghz I'm getting 60-80% usage in busy town sections

60-80% CPU usage?

I've only played a hour. I'm off to get some herbs before fighting a dragon or something.

Do you guys play with vsync? I find it not particularly smooth otherwise...as I range from 70-90fps etc. I'm on a 120hz.

eyetrip · 2 Aug 2015 at 21:47

lnoton said:
IS that proper 4k or 4k dsr? I take it thats with SLI too? what is the scaling like? with the msi 6g already $50 less that what I paid I'm buying another sooner than I thought. When it hits 500 i buy again.

Proper 4k. Or uhd if you like.

No idea about scaling. Not tried with on card.