The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

Boomstick777 · 6 Sep 2015 at 12:53

Kaapstad said:
450W you would have a job running an overclocked 5960X on that.

Lol, you mean just the CPU?

Yeah I hadn't really though about it, just thought would give to them then remembered they are using 450W !

Got the 980 Ti on MM now. I'll pick them up something or give them a hand me down when we get a die shrink

, won't need to swap out PSU then.

setter · 6 Sep 2015 at 12:58

Is X99 that much more power hungry? I'll be firing together a 5820k based build this week to replace the setup in sig. I've got a 1000w sf platinum psu and might end up going sli 980ti at some point.

uscool · 6 Sep 2015 at 12:58

Joe! said:
Well I wasn't suggesting you should buy the 1200W - Just he didn't review the lower wattage models but it should give you an idea of what to expect with a SF power supply.

yeah i know

i watched the review he said it was one of the louder ones

Joe! · 6 Sep 2015 at 12:59

setter said:
Is X99 that much more power hungry? I'll be firing together a 5820k based build this week to replace the setup in sig. I've got a 1000w sf platinum psu and might end up going sli 980ti at some point.

X99 is very power hungry. You can get away with a Gold/Platinum 1kW with SLI 980Tis and a 5820k.

Dirk Diggler · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:11

Joe! said:
What SuperFlower was it? One with 100% Jap capacitors? I've yet to hear of whine with an SF.

Most high end PSUs have an eco mode (where the fans don't spin until over X% load/they hit X degrees), if that's what you mean? OC3D.net did a review of the 1200W Leadex a while back, it's here:

Skip to 13:30 or so when he starts talking about the fan.

No way. The G1 Gaming recommends 600W I think... But I personally wouldn't do 600W if any sort of overclocking is involved.

The 1200w SF I use is the one in the video you posted there. I've had 980 G1 Gaming SLI run from it, under water and completely silent. Having swapped my 980Ti G1 Gaming for the MSI there is no coil whine.

It's definitely an issue with the G1 Gaming 980Ti's.

whyscotty · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:13

My [email protected] - 1.275v uses 175w (HW Monitor)

Joe! · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:17

String said:
It's definitely an issue with the G1 Gaming 980Ti's.

Is the 6G 6+8 pin or 2x8pin?

Edit: Never mind. I'd assume it's not pin related as the HOF/Kingpin require 22 pins.

setter · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:17

whyscotty said:
My [email protected] - 1.275v uses 175w (HW Monitor)

No idea yet on what mine will pull, still not built yet. But the spec in sig is 190w at idle. 450w in game. If I can get 4.4 or thereabouts out of the chip ill be happy enough.

Dirk Diggler · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:17

Joe! said:
Is the 6G 6+8 pin or 2x8pin?

2*8 pin, as was the Gigabyte G1.

whyscotty · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:18

setter said:
No idea yet on what mine will pull, still not built yet.
But the spec in sig is 190w at idle. 450w in game. If I can get 4.4 or thereabouts out of the chip ill be happy enough.

Does the board your getting have the OC socket?

uscool · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:25

String said:
The 1200w SF I use is the one in the video you posted there. I've had 980 G1 Gaming SLI run from it, under water and completely silent. Having swapped my 980Ti G1 Gaming for the MSI there is no coil whine.

It's definitely an issue with the G1 Gaming 980Ti's.

guess be good to know people who run the G1 Gaming 980ti and no coil whine what PSU they running

setter · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:31

whyscotty said:
Does the board your getting have the OC socket?

Doesn't mate, its the first revision of the mpower. S model. OC socket one is the mpower A, usb 3.1 on it too iirc.

whyscotty · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:32

setter said:
Doesn't mate, its the first revision of the mpower. S model. OC socket one is the mpower A, usb 3.1 on it too iirc.

That's a pity as that will limit your uncore OC.

setter · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:36

Tbh I haven't bothered with uncore on the spec in sig, just a few benchmarks with cpu at 4.7 and a 4.5 uncore. For daily use its left at stock on manually lowered voltage, fir some reason the formula board on every bios I've used likes to whack 1.27v for stock 4000mhz uncore.

whyscotty · 6 Sep 2015 at 13:56

setter said:
Tbh I haven't bothered with uncore on the spec in sig, just a few benchmarks with cpu at 4.7 and a 4.5 uncore. For daily use its left at stock on manually lowered voltage, fir some reason the formula board on every bios I've used likes to whack 1.27v for stock 4000mhz uncore.

That's nothing - my Asrock set it at 1.4v (auto)

Aretak · 6 Sep 2015 at 15:03

Joe! said:
What SuperFlower was it? One with 100% Jap capacitors? I've yet to hear of whine with an SF.

I have an EVGA Supernova G2 750W that's Super Flower OEM and I went through four 970s and three 980s that all had coil whine to varying degrees. In between those I used things such as a 270, two different 280Xs, a 290X and a GTX 570, none of which exhibited any whatsoever. I certainly believe that Maxwell cards are more prone to it based on my experience, regardless of how good the PSU is. Got lucky with my Palit 980 Ti though, thankfully.

Dervious · 6 Sep 2015 at 15:17

whyscotty said:
I just did

My HD7950 does whine slightly under load. I think it is the card because the noise is coming from the coils on the card. I realise that in some cases, the PSU may be causing the GPU chokes to whine, but I don't think that's case with my PSU.

It would be interesting to know how many cases of coil whine are caused by the GPU as opposed to the PSU or MB. I'm guessing that the GPU is the culprit in the majority of cases.

uscool · 6 Sep 2015 at 15:41

Aretak said:
I have an EVGA Supernova G2 750W that's Super Flower OEM and I went through four 970s and three 980s that all had coil whine to varying degrees. In between those I used things such as a 270, two different 280Xs, a 290X and a GTX 570, none of which exhibited any whatsoever. I certainly believe that Maxwell cards are more prone to it based on my experience, regardless of how good the PSU is. Got lucky with my Palit 980 Ti though, thankfully.

was the coil whine coming from the cards or the PSU ? , mines coming from the PSU,

Things change I've changed · 6 Sep 2015 at 16:47

lowrider007 said:

I've been missed out on the Roll of Honer

Joe! · 6 Sep 2015 at 16:50

The image is 404'd for me (it was when you posted it too)

Try uploading it to http://imgur.com