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The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

Hey, i got a question you probably don't get that often.
What's the best 980 ti to buy. By best i mean best value for performance and overclocking potential and future proof?

So far it looks like it's the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID.
Am i right or is there anything better for the money ?

Looking for 4k gaming in the future possibly with SLI.
 
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Yeah if you want SLI hybrid is my only recommendation (besides full water block).
The EVGA one is a bit overpriced (50£ more than the Inno3D) but you get their great warranty.

If SLI wasn't involved or if you want a different approach, you should get the MSI Gaming (540£ right now): you can keep it as it is right now and
add G10+H55 (65£ in total) when you go sli and have possibly better performance than the EVGA Hybrid at the same cost, plus you also have the stock cooler if you need it.
I feel like MSI could have advertised this solution more if they hadn't partnered with Corsair for the Sea Hawk.
 
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The best single 980Ti would have to be something like the G1 Gaming when it comes to value, the Lightning/Kingpin are probably up there (in terms of performance) too but I haven't seen anyone with them yet, so I can't say for sure... And I'm going to take 8Pack's review with a pinch of salt. The three G1 Gamings I have had have all overclocked extremely well (1560MHz, 1560MHz and 1570MHz) - However...

If you plan on going SLI then you will want either two hybrid cards, in which case EVGA are the way forward, or two reference cards, in which case the brand doesn't really matter for performance, but you should take their RMA service into consideration.

Hybrid cards are reference PCBs so don't expect 1500MHz+ on them, but at the same time, 1400MHz is still 325MHz over what a reference card is supposed to do so it's still a huge boost, and the difference between 1400MHz and 1500MHz just is not worth being annoyed over to be honest.

Razor also has a good point about adding a G10/H55 combination to the MSI 6G, it fits well on that card - It requires abit of DIY though!
 
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I recommended the MSI exactly because the G10 is a perfect fit (don't even need to remove the backplate and the VRM is already taken care of) :D

Actually I just ordered one. G1 is going away (I change my mind all the times).
 
Planning to AIO it at all? - I'm interested in having a hybrid card since I don't see myself delving into watercooling any time in the near future.

I was thinking about getting rid of my Strix and getting an EVGA Hybrid after seeing all of the customer support praise EVGA get, but at the same time I can't help but think I'd rather save the £150 and put it towards as Pascal Titan XYZ or whatever it will be called. :eek:
 
Msi 540£
G10 20£
H55 45£

With that setup you save 20£ over the EVGA and you keep the AIO if you sell the card and if something happens to the H55 you still have the air cooler.
Plus you have the custom PCB.
I think that's the best solution for AIO if you don't want to risk the Inno3D.

I just bought the card now, I'll see how much I can get for the G1 before buying the AIO.
But is also nice knowing I can have an upgrade when the hitch comes back (basically in 48h or so...) for just 65£. My cpu would be happy as well.
If I had got an 80%+ Kingpin from the start I would've saved money.
Don't know about the free game though, I don't want to deal with Uplay!
EDIT: added the game to my G1 sale lol.
 
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finally sorted the no downclock issue. Turns out "prefer maximum performance" was the issue. needed switching to adaptive and then rebooting. Now running perfectly and downclocking without an issue. worst part was I swapped to adaptive many times but without rebooting it had no effect...
 
razorpakk said:
Yeah if you want SLI hybrid is my only recommendation (besides full water block).
The EVGA one is a bit overpriced (50£ more than the Inno3D) but you get their great warranty.

If SLI wasn't involved or if you want a different approach, you should get the MSI Gaming (540£ right now): you can keep it as it is right now and
add G10+H55 (65£ in total) when you go sli and have possibly better performance than the EVGA Hybrid at the same cost, plus you also have the stock cooler if you need it.
I feel like MSI could have advertised this solution more if they hadn't partnered with Corsair for the Sea Hawk.
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Thnx, this makes a lot of sense, im not doing SLI any time soon, but i want to build a PC that will last for few years and have to have upgradability. 980 ti in SLI will probably be as good as any video card that comes after 2 years.
 
Skyforger said:
Thnx, this makes a lot of sense, im not doing SLI any time soon, but i want to build a PC that will last for few years and have to have upgradability. 980 ti in SLI will probably be as good as any video card that comes after 2 years.
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I'd just get an MSI Gaming 6G/G1 Gaming now and worry about the heat from SLI later tbh - If you aren't planning to SLI for 2 years or more, there's no point worrying about it now.

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Out of curiosity, anyone here who has changed thermal paste on the gpu? Results?
I feel like is something that should be present on every review.
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Stulid did a 980 one here with Thermal Grizzly - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18677735
 
Never? That would mess up the rest of the line-up.
Plus there is no competition for the card.

To be honest for price/performance is still excellent at 500£.
 
Honestly the top end cards often dropped to £400 after 6 months, but by then Pascal will be just around the corner. There is never a right time to buy a GPU: get a new one when you can no longer play at your desired frame rate at your desired details at your monitor's native resolution.

Or if your brother's old card dies and you need to sell him your 780Ti on the cheap like I did ;)

As other people have said, when Pascal arrives it will be either low-mid range parts at first or the silly expensive Titan, they are unlikely to launch the Ti first. So whatever it is will be priced according to it's performance relative to the current cards.
 
Looking to order a 980ti in the next few days then in a month or two add a waterblock to it. I was going to get the EVGA GeForce GTX 980Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+. Just checking to see if there is any reason to get a different model/manufacturer?
 
Are you definitely going to be putting it under water? And are you comfortable with overclocking yourself? If so, I'd probably save some money and get one of the many reference ones.
 
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