GTX 970/980 owners thread

[KaRLiToS]

https://www.facebook.com/TEAMEVGA?fref=nf

 

[skipsneeky2]

They are not the same heatsink, but it looks like the fans are the same. The G1 heatsink has 4 heatpipes that spread out from the GPU, while the WF3 model has 2 heatpipes. Also, the G1 comes with a backplate.

Wow so a big obvious difference that makes waiting pretty much worth it.Hopefully no issues with stock when i buy.:biggrin:

If a killer deal pops up on either the Evga ACX cooled cards or the regular Gigabyte which one if either would even make the better choice?Been more partial to Evga but i know nothing of the ACX cooling.Has there been ever a non black friday sale worthy of making either of those even a good choice over the G1?

Thanks for posting with the help.

 

[Kritikill]

Looking to add a second 980 to my rig (i7 2600K and Asus P8Z68-V/ProGen3). Should I upgrade my CPU and MB as I don't know if my current set up will get the best use out of Dual SLI's.

**Note: I have a G-Sync monitor and have read that some people are having issues using the G-Sync feature with SLI'd GPUs. So sticking with a single may be best until they sort out the issues.**

I am currently looking at the following CPU/C.Set combo's. Just not sure how much the performance will increase between the 3.
1150/Z97
2011/Z99
2011-V3/Z99

Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.

 

[poohbear]

I have the gtx g1 gaming 970, sweet card but a little louder than my gtx 670 windforce when fan hits 60%. Also, is the factory overclock confirmed 100% stable? I get BSOD sometimes and wondering if its the overclock? Never got this on my windforce gtx 670.

 

[steve wilson]

I have the gtx g1 gaming 970, sweet card but a little louder than my gtx 670 windforce when fan hits 60%. Also, is the factory overclock confirmed 100% stable? I get BSOD sometimes and wondering if its the overclock? Never got this on my windforce gtx 670.

It is possible it is the OC. I would do a clean install of the Nvidia drivers. Uninstall the drivers and then use CC cleaner to make sure it gets rid of all the files. Download the latest drivers and install.

 

[Pneumothorax]

I have the gtx g1 gaming 970, sweet card but a little louder than my gtx 670 windforce when fan hits 60%. Also, is the factory overclock confirmed 100% stable? I get BSOD sometimes and wondering if its the overclock? Never got this on my windforce gtx 670.

My first G1 980 was like that, recurring crashes in ie and in games. Went away after I exchanged the card for another one. Disappointing QC on gigabyte's part. I ultimately returned it too as it wasn't enough of an upgrade from my 780ti to keep it...

 

[Nebor]

Looking to add a second 980 to my rig (i7 2600K and Asus P8Z68-V/ProGen3). Should I upgrade my CPU and MB as I don't know if my current set up will get the best use out of Dual SLI's.

**Note: I have a G-Sync monitor and have read that some people are having issues using the G-Sync feature with SLI'd GPUs. So sticking with a single may be best until they sort out the issues.**

I am currently looking at the following CPU/C.Set combo's. Just not sure how much the performance will increase between the 3.
1150/Z97
2011/Z99
2011-V3/Z99

Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.

I'm in a similar boat. I've still got an i7-2600k on the 1155 socket. I have a GTX 780 ti. I'd like to get a 980, but I'm wondering if at this point I should be looking at replacing my processor\motherboard\memory. Then I look at benchmarks and it seems that the newest i7s aren't really that much faster than the years old ones.

 

[kasakka]

About sums it up

Does anyone know if the non G1 that is cheaper have the same cooler as the G1?I wouldn't cheap out on purposely for a non G1 but i wouldn't know if when the time comes to buy if there would be stock and if not would i be missing much of anything with the non G1 over the G1 outside of the overclock?

I would maybe wait a good while for stock to return but the suspense would just about kill me into making a second possible alternative choice lol.

Over here the price difference was a lot more than that so for two cards I got the Windforce 3X OC models. Mine overclock pretty much the same as the G1 cards. The fan shroud is apparently metal on the G1 (plus the heatsink differences mentioned) but overall I don't know if the differences in G1 are anything that truly matters. The WF3X runs cool, overclocks well and after a simple BIOS mod is also silent at idle.

My cards were a bit warped (more than just drooping from heatsink weight) straight from the factory, both in the same way. As they work fine and the company selling them said it was ok I'm not going to worry about it.

 

[Kritikill]

I'm in a similar boat. I've still got an i7-2600k on the 1155 socket. I have a GTX 780 ti. I'd like to get a 980, but I'm wondering if at this point I should be looking at replacing my processor\motherboard\memory. Then I look at benchmarks and it seems that the newest i7s aren't really that much faster than the years old ones.

I am not too worried about the CPU speed, more so the PCI-E lanes on the Mobo. My system is running the 980 fine on a single 27" 144Hz monitor, when I add another monitor(19" 60Hz) is when I see a drop in FPS.

Still concerned about the G-Sync monitor and SLI'd GPUs. If I would get more out of a 980 with a new Mobo/CPU I may just stick with one 980.

 

[Nebor]

I am not too worried about the CPU speed, more so the PCI-E lanes on the Mobo. My system is running the 980 fine on a single 27" 144Hz monitor, when I add another monitor(19" 60Hz) is when I see a drop in FPS.

Still concerned about the G-Sync monitor and SLI'd GPUs. If I would get more out of a 980 with a new Mobo/CPU I may just stick with one 980.

Isn't PCI-E the same as it's been for years?

 

[Kritikill]

Isn't PCI-E the same as it's been for years?

My MOBO says PCI-E 2.0, but the manual says 2.0/3.0....so I am unclear.

 

[PenguinJim]

OK don't rub bacon on your 970's heatpipes, it just smells like rotting meat when I game now.

 

[TahoeDust]

Looking to add a second 980 to my rig (i7 2600K and Asus P8Z68-V/ProGen3). Should I upgrade my CPU and MB as I don't know if my current set up will get the best use out of Dual SLI's.

**Note: I have a G-Sync monitor and have read that some people are having issues using the G-Sync feature with SLI'd GPUs. So sticking with a single may be best until they sort out the issues.**

I am currently looking at the following CPU/C.Set combo's. Just not sure how much the performance will increase between the 3.
1150/Z97
2011/Z99
2011-V3/Z99

Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.

I have a very similar setup. I have a 2700k with a Asus P8Z68 Deluxe and am running two 970s. You will not have any problems with the PCI-E lanes in your current setup. You will end up running the cards at PCI-E 2.0 8x. Compared to a new CPU/Motherboard combo where you could run them at PCI-E 3.0 8x you may see around a 2%-4% difference. This is pretty insightful... http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GTX_980_PCI-Express_Scaling/21.html

 

[Kritikill]

I have a very similar setup. I have a 2700k with a Asus P8Z68 Deluxe and am running two 970s. You will not have any problems with the PCI-E lanes in your current setup. You will end up running the cards at PCI-E 2.0 8x. Compared to a new CPU/Motherboard combo where you could run them at PCI-E 3.0 8x you may see around a 2%-4% difference. This is pretty insightful... http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GTX_980_PCI-Express_Scaling/21.html

Thanks for the link, it has shed some light on which direction I would like to go.

 

[kasakka]

**Note: I have a G-Sync monitor and have read that some people are having issues using the G-Sync feature with SLI'd GPUs. So sticking with a single may be best until they sort out the issues.**

I haven't had any problems with G-Sync on 2x 770 or 2x 970. Might be game-specific.

 

[psolord]

Anyone got the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 OC ( ZT-90101-10P ) ?

 

[guskline]

Just replaced my 2 EVGA GTX 670 FTWs in SLI with a single Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gamer. My rig is a 3770k OC'd to 4.5Ghz.

VERY impressed.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Anyone got the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 OC ( ZT-90101-10P ) ?

http://www.overclock.net/t/1514089/zotac-970/30 This whole thread here is dedicated to the Zotac 970 with close to 67 pages Overall the reviews and experiences are positive enough.

It looks good enough for moderate overclocking,it stays cool and its small size makes it great for htpc.I don't push overclocks to much so i could make due with this over the biggest beasts My Zotac 770 has been flawless as well as a Zotac gtx650 so i could trust the brand officially.

 

[psolord]

Awesome. Thanks.

 

[Pneumothorax]

Well, I finally took the 'final plunge' with the 970/980. I game at 1600P so DAI was bringing my 780Ti to it's knees. I initially got a G1 980 which regularly crashed so I exchanged it for another one. After seeing that it still really wasn't much an improvement over my overclocked 780Ti at 1150, I then returned it. Now I have 2 MSI 970 Gaming coming over. For only $50 more than G1 980, I'll be getting much better fps at 1600P on DAI.

 

[aigomorla]

Well, I finally took the 'final plunge' with the 970/980. I game at 1600P so DAI was bringing my 780Ti to it's knees. I initially got a G1 980 which regularly crashed so I exchanged it for another one. .

its not the card its the drivers...

Lately Nvidia makes me want to pull my hair out in there driver development team.

:hmm:

 

[cmdrdredd]

its not the card its the drivers...

Lately Nvidia makes me want to pull my hair out in there driver development team.

:hmm:

Well, I think it's probably the card. I have had a card crash numerous times until I replaced it and it was all good afterwards. Also there are many people who run 970/980 cards with no problems related to the driver myself included. It could be anything though, but I've found hardware to be the first source of problems for me.

 

[Pneumothorax]

Well, I think it's probably the card. I have had a card crash numerous times until I replaced it and it was all good afterwards. Also there are many people who run 970/980 cards with no problems related to the driver myself included. It could be anything though, but I've found hardware to be the first source of problems for me.

Yup, the 2nd 980 G1 was flawless, never crashed, just wasn't enough of a performance boost for the price. I thought about going 780TI SLI, but since 780TI on the used market goes for almost the same price as a brand new 970, I decided just to sell my 780TI reference and go with 970X2. I'm under the impression that Nvidia has basically stalled further Kepler driver development which will greatly hinder the 780ti in the future. The 3gb VRAM also is going to be a major liability going forward as DAI on ultra @ 1600P already uses around 2.8gb of VRAM.

 

[skipsneeky2]

I have been seeing quite a few of these"nvidia gives no f***s about kepler" anymore comments.Is there even any truth to these comments or performance so damn good on Maxwell that it just looks this way?

I never seen these claims with fermi to kepler or G80 to G92/G200 at all.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I have been seeing quite a few of these"nvidia gives no f***s about kepler" anymore comments.Is there even any truth to these comments or performance so damn good on Maxwell that it just looks this way?

I never seen these claims with fermi to kepler or G80 to G92/G200 at all.

I don't really know where this comes from. However if you look at the release notes there is rarely anything kepler related in new drivers. I'm sure there is some trickle down performance improvements and the like though.