Yes or No?

Akagi · 29 May 2015 at 16:37

tommybhoy said:
How much did you get in the PX?

I paid £170 + My Asus HD7970GHz DCU2 w' 1 year remaining warranty

For an Asus ROG 780TI Matrix Platinum w' 2 years remaining warranty

I could have kept the 7970 and bought a 280X DCU2 for crossfire for £120.

So I paid £50 more to have the TI Matrix vs 7970/280X crossfire. But it meant I didn't have to buy a new PSU.

ginjaninja · 29 May 2015 at 18:16

Geeman1979 said:
Say that you own a 980TI

Nope too rich for me...but i just meant there would likely be no qualitative difference surely for the same class of gpu...maybe a few more min fps on an already good min fps...a few more max fps on an already a good max fps...The longevity of card wont be significantly different..unlike say 16nm next year.

JamesM · 29 May 2015 at 18:44

eyetrip said:
Actually, you would be able to clear something up for me then.

When you remove the cooler, does this card still have heatsinks on the VRM's?

It's just that I have universal EK blocks.

Yes and on the VRMs too.

I'm also using a universal block, the Thermosphere.

I've removed the memory heatsink (which is basically a bit of flat aluminum which covers all the memory chips) and have a 120mm fan blowing over the memory and VRM.

eyetrip · 29 May 2015 at 20:13

JamesM said:
Yes and on the VRMs too.

I'm also using a universal block, the Thermosphere.

I've removed the memory heatsink (which is basically a bit of flat aluminum which covers all the memory chips) and have a 120mm fan blowing over the memory and VRM.

Same on the thermosphere.

Why did you remove the sink from the ram?

sprite1275 · 29 May 2015 at 20:18

Resist the itch and Wait

JamesM · 29 May 2015 at 20:21

eyetrip said:
Same on the thermosphere.

Why did you remove the sink from the ram?

Cause I wanted to remove the back plate to use a multimeter on the voltage points. You can't access them from the front or through the back plate

and the memory heatsink part is only held in with screws connected directly to the back plate.

I've ordered one of these
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-031-AL&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=399

Which i'll attach two 120mm fans too and have blowing air directly onto the ram chips and the VRM

eyetrip · 29 May 2015 at 20:31

Would that work? Won't the bits that stick out the side for connecting tubes to get in way of fans?

TNA · 29 May 2015 at 20:50

LoadsaMoney · 29 May 2015 at 20:55

Id wait unitl Fiji hits, then id go Nvidia, AMDs done, got no support.

JamesM · 29 May 2015 at 20:56

eyetrip said:
Would that work? Won't the bits that stick out the side for connecting tubes to get in way of fans?

Will mount it in the PCI slot below it so it should slot in nicely

eyetrip · 29 May 2015 at 20:59

JamesM said:
Will mount it in the PCI slot below it so it should slot in nicely

Ah right, mounted under blowing up. I looked these at one point, but a no go with three cards.

But I might soon be on two cards.... Maybe.

savagesam117 · 29 May 2015 at 21:24

Buy it, use it for a couple of weeks in hope of new cards and return within 14 days?

ukxenon · 29 May 2015 at 21:29

Hang on and wait a little longer

khemist · 29 May 2015 at 21:34

Gerard said:
Do gigabyte not have a uk based rma centre? Shouldn't take anywhere near 28 days.

They do but it took the whole month for them to send me a replacement Titan.

TNA · 29 May 2015 at 21:36

khemist said:
They do but it took the whole month for them to send me a replacement Titan.

Had a similar experience with them in the past, UK support, but no different than international support in the end. lol

BG1980 · 29 May 2015 at 21:39

I would go for it. I changed from 290x crossfire to titan x due to AMD's terrible driver support and can't see me going back a very long time. Just to add I am very happy with my new cards performance in new games.

LoadsaMoney · 29 May 2015 at 21:49

Price drops coming in the next few days on 970/80s according to Gibbo.

Simon Belmont · 29 May 2015 at 21:55

LoadsaMoney said:
Price drops coming in the next few days on 970/80s according to Gibbo.

980 price drop only. 970 is staying where it is.

JamesM · 29 May 2015 at 22:04

BG1980 said:
I would go for it. I changed from 290x crossfire to titan x due to AMD's terrible driver support and can't see me going back a very long time. Just to add I am very happy with my new cards performance in new games.

welcome to the Nvidia club

BRIGGBOY81 · 29 May 2015 at 22:26

Simon Belmont said:
Wait,.

Gibbo himself said 980 price drop is coming. 970 wont drop because It's selling very well.

this +1