I am about to buy either sli asus 980 strix or sli evga sc2.0 and plan to watercoool them.As i read asus strix has a voltage limit and can be cracked with a voltage tool and better pcb .On the other hand evga comes without voltage limit and custom bios .I know its a silicon lottery but which one will be good for benching underwater?
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which 980?
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Pretty good call to be honest, yes if you want absolute maximum OC potential the Gigabyte G1 or Galaxy HOF card will beat it, but for out of the box performance, overall quietness the Galaxy 980 SOC is a real hard one to beat, stunning card.
Pretty good call to be honest, yes if you want absolute maximum OC potential the Gigabyte G1 or Galaxy HOF card will beat it, but for out of the box performance, overall quietness the Galaxy 980 SOC is a real hard one to beat, stunning card.
yes but neither hof or g1 are in stock in my country only msi 4g ,evga sc 2.0acx or asus 980 strix
and also Gibbo what do you say about voltage limit on the asus strix .I know there is a voltage tool for asus strix but will it help me to get better results underwater?
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yes but neither hof or g1 are in stock in my country only msi 4g ,evga sc 2.0acx or asus 980 strix
Voltage limit, your on water, so you don't need to worry. Volts only needed on these cards for the pro's with LN2.
I know its a silicon lottery but as you know asus has max 1.21v where others can reach 1.275v+.Is that 1.21v enough to reach 1600+ clocks ?I saw you said maxwell dont like more volts but lets say 1.3v is safe for watercooling?Voltage limit, your on water, so you don't need to worry. Volts only needed on these cards for the pro's with LN2.
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if you can hit 1600+ on 1.21v you probably have the best card on the planet 
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no-one is getting 1.275+ unless they have a modded bios - though i'm not sure whether even a modded bios work on strix. 1600+ even at 1.275v would be a pretty good result imo, i think the vast majority of cards won't do that. with maxed voltage slider mine starts to error in OCCT around 1520 (1.243v), i don't think that it would be stable at 1600 even with 1.275. mine isn't a fantastic card but it's not the worst, it will merrily bench at 1550 but i wouldn't use that 24/7 and i don't think it would be stable tbh.
in fact 24/7 i run it at stock, i get under-volting problems with diablo 3 if i overclock too much, even though it's stable at max boost. though obv for d3 it is massive overkill.
.no-one is getting 1.275+ unless they have a modded bios - though i'm not sure whether even a modded bios work on strix. 1600+ even at 1.275v would be a pretty good result imo, i think the vast majority of cards won't do that. with maxed voltage slider mine starts to error in OCCT around 1520 (1.243v), i don't think that it would be stable at 1600 even with 1.275. mine isn't a fantastic card but it's not the worst, it will merrily bench at 1550 but i wouldn't use that 24/7 and i don't think it would be stable tbh.
in fact 24/7 i run it at stock, i get under-volting problems with diablo 3 if i overclock too much, even though it's stable at max boost. though obv for d3 it is massive overkill.
For 1.3v to help you need to keep the card below 30c loaded, doubtful that will happen.
On water for benching if you chill the water 1600 core should be possible unless you get unlucky with silicon. Talking benching!
For gaming just settle for 1500/7600, insanely quick.
1600/8000 would be like 1-2fps, not going to change a game from unplayable to playable.