The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

Naff8000 · 29 Jun 2017 at 21:21

Fanatic said:
Could try reinstalling drivers ticking the clean install box. At 1440P 144Hz my 980Ti idles at 135MHz. Though I'm sure in the past it has idled at the wrong speed and reinstalling driver fixed it. Also if you are running 2 screens then your idle clocks will be higher.

I clean installed the drivers and it made no difference. I'm using two monitors and they're both dvi so the 2nd monitor is converted to dvi from display port. The conversion might increase power consumption and the 2nd monitor is at 1080p but can only run @60hz.
If there's just some way of controlling these idle speeds or preventing the jump to 800mhz by adding in a 300mhz step for example.

Fanatic · 29 Jun 2017 at 21:42

2nd monitor will be what's increasing idle clocks then. I have my TV connected to my PC, as soon as I extend desktop to it idle clocks go to 915MHz. Dunno if there is a way to reduce idle clocks with 2 monitors on.

Naff8000 · 29 Jun 2017 at 21:54

Yeah that'll be it. It's just crazy it's more than quadrupling the clock speed for 24hz extra. There has to be a way of controlling this, surely people have faced this before.

Fanatic · 29 Jun 2017 at 22:03

Nvidia Inspector has a Multi Display Power Saver option. Tho I just tried it and it made my screen go pink...

Casdawer · 12 Jul 2017 at 13:26

So with the whole price craze at the moment, I managed to secure an MSI 980ti Armor 2X for £280 which looking at the prices new, isn't a bad deal!

Sold my GTX 970 Strix to my younger brother to be used in his new PC (he plays at 1080p so fine for him) so it's not cost me too much at all.

What are the temps like for a 980ti? My PC has airflow only but I've never had issues with the 970.

jbh110tdi · 12 Jul 2017 at 14:48

Casdawer said:
What are the temps like for a 980ti? My PC has airflow only but I've never had issues with the 970.

Ive got the Msi gaming 980ti came from the gaming 970 and being honest idle wise in my case they are the same. around 28c ( custom fan curve ) and while gaming I find it a few c lower than the 970. this might just be my experiance due to my fan curve but im happy with it.

Atari · 12 Jul 2017 at 17:17

Casdawer said:
So with the whole price craze at the moment, I managed to secure an MSI 980ti Armor 2X for £280 which looking at the prices new, isn't a bad deal!

Sold my GTX 970 Strix to my younger brother to be used in his new PC (he plays at 1080p so fine for him) so it's not cost me too much at all.

What are the temps like for a 980ti? My PC has airflow only but I've never had issues with the 970.

I've got a Zotac 980Ti Amp! Edition which runs at around 30 degrees when idling, and about 64 degrees under full load. I could probably get those temps lower with a more aggressive fan curve, but it does the trick for now. My case airflow is poor so it's doing well to maintain those temps!

Casdawer · 13 Jul 2017 at 15:14

So got it this morning and all installed and idle is around 50c and max temp is 75c (ish).

Had to remove the NVIDIA drivers after first installing the card as I had issues with low FPS but after removing the drivers and re-installing, I'm seeing much better FPS.

Gaming at 1080p so the 980ti is a tad overkill at the moment but looking to get a 1400p monitor soon!

jbh110tdi · 13 Jul 2017 at 19:45

Casdawer said:
So got it this morning and all installed and idle is around 50c and max temp is 75c (ish).

Had to remove the NVIDIA drivers after first installing the card as I had issues with low FPS but after removing the drivers and re-installing, I'm seeing much better FPS.

Gaming at 1080p so the 980ti is a tad overkill at the moment but looking to get a 1400p monitor soon!

you running standard fan curve? mines is sitting at 28 at the moment and even running valley my max is 72c and that was it overclocked.

Im also at 1080p 144hz but looking for a new monitor soon.

Casdawer · 13 Jul 2017 at 22:25

Yes, standard curve at the moment but ambient temp is relatively high where I live and my airflow isn't the greatest in the world!

Not sure if it's bad optimization but not seeing the FPS I expected. Have a 4670 (non-K) so would that cause any kind of bottleneck?

Kirby Wurm · 13 Jul 2017 at 23:10

jbh110tdi said:
you running standard fan curve? mines is sitting at 28 at the moment and even running valley my max is 72c and that was it overclocked.

Im also at 1080p 144hz but looking for a new monitor soon.

Pretty much the same temps here with an OC Gigabyte G1. I do have a Coolermaster HAF 932 however, the airflow afforded by the 23cm fans is ridiculous!

jbh110tdi · 14 Jul 2017 at 00:27

Casdawer said:
Yes, standard curve at the moment but ambient temp is relatively high where I live and my airflow isn't the greatest in the world!

Not sure if it's bad optimization but not seeing the FPS I expected. Have a 4670 (non-K) so would that cause any kind of bottleneck?

what games you tried and what sort of fps are you getting? Have you tried running valley?

StrongSad · 14 Jul 2017 at 10:51

Atari said:
I've got a Zotac d 980Ti Amp! Edition which runs at around 30 degrees when idling, and about 64 degrees under full load. I could probably get those temps lower with a more aggressive fan curve, but it does the trick for now. My case airflow is poor so it's doing well to maintain those temps!

Mine are exactly the same as these. no custome fan curve but only goes to 55% when at load. I have great case airflow and clean my PC once a month.

Casdawer · 14 Jul 2017 at 19:04

Valley Scores:

High + 8xAA
FPS:
91.8
Score:
3841
Min FPS:
16.5
Max FPS:
155.6

Extreme HD (Ultra + 8xAA)
FPS:
87.9
Score:
3676
Min FPS:
32.8
Max FPS:
158.5

jbh110tdi · 14 Jul 2017 at 19:52

heres mine this is not overclocked cpu is at 4.6 though.

Tommy_Here · 4 Sep 2019 at 13:25

I'm sorry to revive a dead thread however I'll be picking up an evga SC acx 2.0 backplate Ti this evening for £50. Sold as faulty but I'm confident I'll get it to work... exciting

this will be my 6th different version I've had of this card. Love the 980 Ti I do

koooowweeee · 5 Sep 2019 at 07:27

Tommy_Here said:
I'm sorry to revive a dead thread however I'll be picking up an evga SC acx 2.0 backplate Ti this evening for £50. Sold as faulty but I'm confident I'll get it to work... exciting this will be my 6th different version I've had of this card. Love the 980 Ti I do

Still a good card. No issues on my son's pc @1080p but it's struggling a little on my 1440p so I'm starting to save up for something newer

tyler_jrb · 5 Sep 2019 at 17:22

Tommy_Here said:
I'm sorry to revive a dead thread however I'll be picking up an evga SC acx 2.0 backplate Ti this evening for £50. Sold as faulty but I'm confident I'll get it to work... exciting this will be my 6th different version I've had of this card. Love the 980 Ti I do

Be interested to see how you get on

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Managed to get a really cheap EVGA 1080 recently which I’m in the process of repairing for a spare card.

Only issue I’ve found with EVGA cards in the past is if something decides to short there aren't any fuses on the board so they tend to just keep going until the component and pad in question is a pile of ash.

arc@css · 5 Sep 2019 at 17:35

Tommy_Here said:
Love the 980 Ti I do

Same here, though I've only used the one.

Like the 1080Ti, I think Nvidia outdid themselves with these GPUs. I suppose a bit like with the 8800GTX.

koooowweeee · 5 Sep 2019 at 19:43

arc@css said:
Same here, though I've only used the one. Like the 1080Ti, I think Nvidia outdid themselves with these GPUs. I suppose a bit like with the 8800GTX.

I think it's more down to drip feeding. They could do better but cows need to be milked.

When I'm busy at work I price new jobs higher. Why wouldn't you if your busy?