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The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.
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If you do, make your life easier and get a Kraken G10 and a H55. Fits the 6G like a glove, the backplate stays on, as well as the already installed plate covering the memory/heatsinks on all the vrms under the fan.
GTX 780 Ti is a hotter less efficient card!
Yep that seems to be the combo to get how long does it take to remove the existing HSF?
I presume same old torx screws as GTX 780 Ti range.
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Silly easy to take the Twin Frozr cooler off, just remove four small screws surrounding the GPU core, all the other backplate screws stay in. Not Torx but just smaller screws, so could do with a precision set. Just keep an eye on the fan header being attached when seperating the HSF from the pcb. The only thing you need to change is either remove the foam on the NZXT plate included, or just flip it over like I done so it's flush against the 6G backplate.
Depends on the card for the power limit, i think the gigabyte g1 goes to 120 or above, for some reason asis locked this at 110,
Didn't say there was, just its more awkward than i remember having not bothered overclocking my gpu in a good few years
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Thought I had fubared my 980ti when coolant covered 1/2 the pcb while pc was on. 8 days in a tub of silica gel and its alive and passing benchmarks
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Yeah, I noticed that too. G1 Gaming is 8+8 pin and goes up to 130%, Asus is 8+8 pin and goes up to 110%. You can get the Strix to think it has all PCI-e pins connected whilst only having 8 connected too...
I tried the card without the right hand 2-pin connected (was trying different PSU connectors to see if it alleviated coil whine) and it booted fine, ran a couple of games without issue too, so I'm wondering if Asus made it so it works fine as a 6+8 pin and added the extra two pins in case you decide to mod the BIOS yourself?
Thanks for the headsup I will wait until I get my new 75CFM fans tomorrow before ordering Kraken G10 + H55 just incase it makes any noticeable difference!
Yeah, I noticed that too. G1 Gaming is 8+8 pin and goes up to 130%, Asus is 8+8 pin and goes up to 110%. You can get the Strix to think it has all PCI-e pins connected whilst only having 8 connected too...
I tried the card without the right hand 2-pin connected (was trying different PSU connectors to see if it alleviated coil whine) and it booted fine, ran a couple of games without issue too, so I'm wondering if Asus made it so it works fine as a 6+8 pin and added the extra two pins in case you decide to mod the BIOS yourself?
I wouldn't risk modding the bios with their nazi like returns service. I was considering redoing the thermal paste as generally its a crap application but even thats a no no with them i think.
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Oh ew, thanks for the warning. I was thinking about doing that too since there were no warranty void if removed stickers on the screws or anything, so I thought it was fair game. I guess not though.
According to this post they MAY be ok with it,
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18643771
But generally asus seem to deny rma's for anything possible.
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Yeah, I noticed that too. G1 Gaming is 8+8 pin and goes up to 130%, Asus is 8+8 pin and goes up to 110%. You can get the Strix to think it has all PCI-e pins connected whilst only having 8 connected too...
I tried the card without the right hand 2-pin connected (was trying different PSU connectors to see if it alleviated coil whine) and it booted fine, ran a couple of games without issue too, so I'm wondering if Asus made it so it works fine as a 6+8 pin and added the extra two pins in case you decide to mod the BIOS yourself?
Percentage doesnt mean anything, the strix has a higher base wattage anyway which is why it will only let you add 10%
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I've done this with my SLI setup, I just turned the Kraken Backplates over and they fit perfectly. It is a very easy job because the vrm plate stays on. I'm getting idle of high 20's and max load of 54. I swapped the stock fans for gentle typhoons and run them off an Aquaero LT5. Well worth the effort.
Thanks for the info I will try & see!
So I presume as the GPU temp is kept so low the VRM's see little to no heat then?
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as I understand it the vrms are still getting cooled by the combination of the vrm plate and the supplied Kraken fan, you're really just replacing one fan (the stock HSF one) for another.
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Due to the drastic reduction in core temps the whole PCB and backplate run cooler. This must effectively result in lower vrm temps but I have no temp gun or anything to check. The backplate is much cooler to the touch than before though.
G10 + H55 it is the 2 fans made about 3-4C difference but again Mad Max @ 4K is getting too hot.
Arkham Knight is about 6C lower ingame with my ghetto mod 120mm high CFM fan but as others have told me its just not possible to have air & 4K without a lot of heat so water cooling it is!
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I would say not. I would only buy it if you intend to keep it that long. People will pay you what the going price is when selling second hand, regardless of warranty.