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The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

I have a Asus Z87-PRO mobo and a Antec 1200 case.

Yeah I have read a bit about x16 bandwidth making a difference. Will check how many PCI lanes but I am not sure how much difference it makes?

I would also look at overclocking my CPU.

True I use headphones to :)
 
Gerard said:
There hasnt been any reference cards listed for a good while now with the exception of the evga reference card. Seems it's end of life now.
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Is this to do with nvidia? have they stopped production of the reference design, so they arent available for AIB partners? if so, would that suggest the 9-series will be retied soon? and if so, would the 10-series see a price drop?
 
String said:
You will only get x8 bandwidth on that architecture. I would like to see what difference it makes, but i don't think I can force x8 on my system.
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I have seen some benchmarks with x8 + x8 and x16 + x16 PCIe and the difference seems to be quite minimal with PCIe 3.0. Maybe 1-2 fps but nothing major.

Plus I read a bit about my MB and it does have x2 PCIe x16 slots or do they then revert to x8 in SLI?

Edit: yep its x8+x8 if you put two cards in. Seems a bit odd really to have a MB with x2 PCIe x16 slots yet when you want to use both they can only use x8. Anyway like I said seems to be minimal performance difference so hopefully that wont effect SLI to much.
 
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valerislysander said:
I have seen some benchmarks with x8 + x8 and x16 + x16 PCIe and the difference seems to be quite minimal with PCIe 3.0. Maybe 1-2 fps but nothing major.

Plus I read a bit about my MB and it does have x2 PCIe x16 slots or do they then revert to x8 in SLI?

Edit: yep its x8+x8 if you put two cards in. Seems a bit odd really to have a MB with x2 PCIe x16 slots yet when you want to use both they can only use x8. Anyway like I said seems to be minimal performance difference so hopefully that wont effect SLI to much.
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I'm going to start a new thread and see if we can get to the bottom of this. I'm really interested in the numbers too.
 
Roguey000 said:
Is this to do with nvidia? have they stopped production of the reference design, so they arent available for AIB partners? if so, would that suggest the 9-series will be retied soon? and if so, would the 10-series see a price drop?
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I'd be surprised if the 980 ti core is still being manufactured, stores will just sell what they have left with the odd discount here and there and they'll be the end of it. Not much chance of the 10 series getting discounted anytime soon.
 
Gerard said:
I'd be surprised if the 980 ti core is still being manufactured, stores will just sell what they have left with the odd discount here and there and they'll be the end of it. Not much chance of the 10 series getting discounted anytime soon.
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Yep with the 1080 selling at £600+ against short stock no reduction for a while yet till there is stock aplenty.
 
Well now the pound is screwed at least our 980tis will be worth a bit more, as all those 1080s will another £50 added to their price

No one's getting mine for £200!!
 
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mrkambo said:
is this of any use? I run 980Ti's SLI with a 4790K im quite happy to do some testing for you if needs be?

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I skimmed this yesterday and it seems to go against early testing in the thread I created, but then I realised this video only tests single GPU.

SLI is where the difference is, and it appears to be pretty big in some cases where scaling is good.
 
doodah said:
Assume the Zotac or Gainward are the better of the £359.99 price range?
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Hi

I own the Gainward 980ti and its really good card the cooler is excellent on these its a really solid card:)..

Mine overclocks to 1500/8000 on stock volts and temps dont go above 76c.

Oc uk handle the 2 year warranty.

I am tempted to get another for SLI:D
 
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