The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

davisdavid · 1 Jun 2015 at 20:03

Does anyone have experience of the MSI coolers over EVGA? I've only had MSI Twin Frozr before and not any EVGA ones. I've got two EVGA 980TI's on order but then the MSI Gaming ones popped up shortly after and I probably have preference to those over EVGA at the moment.

ToastedChip · 1 Jun 2015 at 20:14

~Mike~ said:
Will be very interested what you think of it Angst, Will be a very nice upgrade from your xfire 280x.

Uhm... Im running a 4770K @ 4.5 with 2x280X crossfire :\ Not been impressed with these last 2 AMD cards, but when they do work theyre good... SO

Would it be worth the upgrade from 2x280x cf to a 980ti :confused:

sprite1275 · 1 Jun 2015 at 20:16

ToastedChip said:
Uhm... Im running a 4770K @ 4.5 with 2x280X crossfire :\ Not been impressed with these last 2 AMD cards, but when they do work theyre good... SO

Would it be worth the upgrade from 2x280x cf to a 980ti

Wouldn't of thought so but you'd get the hassle free single card.

Gripen90 · 1 Jun 2015 at 20:17

davisdavid said:
Does anyone have experience of the MSI coolers over EVGA? I've only had MSI Twin Frozr before and not any EVGA ones. I've got two EVGA 980TI's on order but then the MSI Gaming ones popped up shortly after and I probably have preference to those over EVGA at the moment.

The TwinFrozr V's are much better than ACX 2.0 in my honest opinion. I had both on GTX 970's.

Gregster · 1 Jun 2015 at 20:20

I have used the twin frozr cooler on a few cards (680/290X/970) and very pleased with the performance of it. Very quiet and very good at keeping temps down.

Muska · 1 Jun 2015 at 20:21

They're the same price, so would you guys go with the EVGA Classified or the EVGA Hybrid?? I'm a little torn at the minute after already changing my Superclocked order to the Classified. Will be in a Corsair Air540 if it makes any odds.

davisdavid · 1 Jun 2015 at 20:23

Gripen90 said:
The TwinFrozr V's are much better than ACX 2.0 in my honest opinion. I had both on GTX 970's.

Gregster said:
I have used the twin frozr cooler on a few cards (680/290X/970) and very pleased with the performance of it. Very quiet and very good at keeping temps down.

Think I'll email OCUK and see if I can swap them over then, plus they are £25 cheaper each than the EVGA with a better base clock out the box

~Mike~ · 1 Jun 2015 at 21:34

Angst said:
Aye, by my reckoning it should be 20%ish faster depending on the game and a nice lack of crossfire and amd issues.

Yeah at least you wont have the xfire issues.

setter · 1 Jun 2015 at 21:39

davisdavid said:
Does anyone have experience of the MSI coolers over EVGA? I've only had MSI Twin Frozr before and not any EVGA ones. I've got two EVGA 980TI's on order but then the MSI Gaming ones popped up shortly after and I probably have preference to those over EVGA at the moment.

I quite like the twin frozr cooler, very comparable in lack of noise to the gigabyte windforce solution. Hopefully the aftermarket cooled models appear soon. May end up going for one after all.

Phixsator · 1 Jun 2015 at 21:50

Heres my 980ti in its box and installed.

http://imgur.com/a/PYfBn

ArnieRambo · 1 Jun 2015 at 22:06

Just ordered myself a EVGA GeForce GTX 980Ti SC ACX 2.0....upgrading from a EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX

Kaapstad · 1 Jun 2015 at 22:07

Tommy_Here said:
Didn't want to wait so traveled to my retailer to pick one of these up, benchmarks coming soon, very impressed

Phixsator said:
Heres my 980ti in its box and installed.

http://imgur.com/a/PYfBn

TROH updated.

The Roll of Honour.

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To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your 980 Ti.

agnes · 1 Jun 2015 at 22:20

ArnieRambo said:
Just ordered myself a EVGA GeForce GTX 980Ti SC ACX 2.0....upgrading from a EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX

Pretty much my upgrade, going from a 780 to a 980ti. Hopefully I'll see some boost in performance. Such as GTA, Witcher 3 and even Dragon Age Inquisition being pushed that little further to ultra but still keep my 60fps.

ChrisD. · 1 Jun 2015 at 22:41

Anyone else stupid enough to have upgraded from 980's?

I don't do 4k, but I'm playing ultra wide at 3440x1440 and my 980's hit VRAM limit in GTAV so I fancied a little bit more headroom.

se_vietboi · 1 Jun 2015 at 22:47

davisdavid said:
Think I'll email OCUK and see if I can swap them over then, plus they are £25 cheaper each than the EVGA with a better base clock out the box

I too switched to MSI from EVGA after ordering this afternoon. It seems better in every way - warranty aside.

agnes · 1 Jun 2015 at 22:53

Trying to find games I've put aside simply as my PC won't run them at full ultra... So sad haha.

PrinceNelson · 1 Jun 2015 at 22:59

Do you guys reckons a decent 650w PSU will be fine for a single 980ti? Also, would an i5 4690k bottleneck this card?

se_vietboi · 1 Jun 2015 at 23:05

PrinceNelson said:
Do you guys reckons a decent 650w PSU will be fine for a single 980ti? Also, would an i5 4690k bottleneck this card?

Yes and no.

Diuz · 2 Jun 2015 at 00:19

Just ordered 2x OcUK Reference GTX 980Ti.

Upgrading from 2x Gainsward GTX 580 so am looking forward to the bump-up & glad i waited.

These cared will be watercooled as part of my PC build update -

I7 2600k - Water Cooled Loop - 12th April 2015

Once the video is ready ill post it.

D,

Kaapstad · 2 Jun 2015 at 00:24