GTX 970/980 owners thread

[RaistlinZ]

I will never understand when people do that crap. I guess we will stay tuned in for the rest of that story...

Y'all must have missed this...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2401629

 

[rtsurfer]

Just picked up a 980 for $480. Should be here in a couple days. Ready to bench against my 290x Lightning

Please create a bench-off thread.

I want to see the results.

 

[toyota]

Y'all must have missed this...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2401629

yep. and what kind of garbage search does that site have? nothing proper comes up when looking for gtx 980 or gtx 970.

 

[lavaheadache]

I will never understand when people do that crap. I guess we will stay tuned in for the rest of that story...

What's with the hostility toward me?

 

[toyota]

What's with the hostility toward me?

no real hostility. you know darn well though when you post something like that there will be people wanting to know where/how you got it for that price. why not just make it clear in the first place?

 

[lavaheadache]

well, sorry to have troubled you with a little suspense. I bought it used from a member on [H] that ran into a little financial trouble. The card is/was 3 days old from Newegg. It's a Zotac and comes with the receipt and full retail package.

Better?

Please try to be a little less jumpy with me and the rest of the community for that matter. I'm just a regular Schmo that shares the same hobby with you.

 

[Rhezuss]

I will never understand when people do that crap. I guess we will stay tuned in for the rest of that story...

What crap are you talking about?
My crap?
His crap?

EDIT: Ok read the above posts. It's ok though cause in Canada we like paying more for the same stuff so i'm happy with my 440CAD, including tax and shipping, GTX 970...

 

[stahlhart]

no real hostility. you know darn well though when you post something like that there will be people wanting to know where/how you got it for that price. why not just make it clear in the first place?

Your use of the word "crap" directed at lavaheadache was absolutely hostile, and your attempt to walk it back now is laughable.

Lose your bad attitude and stop intimidating other participants in this forum, or your going to get more time off.

-- stahlhart

 

[toyota]

Your use of the word "crap" directed at lavaheadache was absolutely hostile, and your attempt to walk it back now is laughable.

Lose your bad attitude and stop intimidating other participants in this forum, or your going to get more time off.

-- stahlhart

I am the one that said it so I am the one that knows how I intended it. it was not hostile at all and I was not even replying directly to him. that's even why I jokingly said we will have to wait for the rest of the story. I dont have any beef with lava so please dont try to read my mind. he already replied to me and I already told him I was not meaning to be hostile so that should have been the end of it.

I'm not going to waste my time or anyone else's arguing with you about it. You've been warned.
-- stahlhart

 

[tviceman]

He probably got it from this deal: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1835610

EDIT: Nevermind the thread updated after I posted. :/

 

[toyota]

EDIT: ok I guess you see his explanation now...

 

[RaistlinZ]

Got them up and running. :awe:

 

[Rhezuss]

Got them up and running. :awe:

Amazing case! That's the one i'm looking to buy! How do you like it?

 

[dmoney1980]

Amazing case! That's the one i'm looking to buy! How do you like it?

I had that case earlier this year with my previous x79 setup. I loved it - easy access to mobo, including a removable mobo tray!, also makes cabling a bit easier to manage. That said, not much space between the psu and front hot swap bays, but nothing you can't manage. I actually removed the swap bays from the inside in order to fit a longer psu.

I also wish they made with 3 front intake fans instead of two, or possibly 1 or 2 intake fans on the left side panel, in order to improve airflow in multi-GPU setups.

But even with all those complaints, I still think its a great case. You can pack a lot in there and it's easy to store and move.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Amazing case! That's the one i'm looking to buy! How do you like it?

I really enjoy it. I wanted something that could house my H110 in push/pull and still have room to work in. As you can see, I haven't put much effort into cable management yet, but I know I can make it look a lot cleaner inside. ^_^

 

[Rhezuss]

It's already clean looking as it is, grats on the case! Really like the look of it and it might be my next buy. I really like my CM690 II but your's is looking really sweet and is portable.

Thanks for the pic! :thumbsup:

 

[XBoxLPU]

From what I read the Gigabyte, MSI and EVGA are your best bets. Gigabyte has a freaking nice, quiet and effective fan, MSI and EVGA are top too.



Dunno about coil whine though...

From what I can gather though at least for 970s is that PCB is non reference so if you are doing water cooling, your options become limited

 

[CakeMonster]

What would be the best benchmark to estimate the performance of the upcoming Dragon Age Inquistion? I read that its built on the BF4 engine? Would I be stupid to suggest a card for an upgrade for someone with DAI in mind by looking at which cards do well in BF4?

(970 is probably the best perf/price right now no matter the game but I'm just curious)

 

[Anubis]

well if its running the Frostbite engine then yes BF4 would be prob the closest thing to compare it to as its the same engine

 

[Rhezuss]

Well damn it all...

Looks like the EVGA FTW ACX 2.0 cooler is not the same as the SSC and down ACX 2.0 cooler...

I got the louder of the bunch lol...but looks like EVGA is offering the step up option for the FTW version.

 

[Face2Face]

Well damn it all...

Looks like the EVGA FTW ACX 2.0 cooler is not the same as the SSC and down ACX 2.0 cooler...

I got the louder of the bunch lol...but looks like EVGA is offering the step up option for the FTW version.

Louder at load or at idle?

They both will be getting the zero idle fan update in October.

FTW

SC and SSC

 

[Rhezuss]

I've roamed the EVGA forums for some time and now some minimal number of 970 SSC ACX 2.0 owners complain about the noise and whine while the others state they are pretty stocked about their new cards. Who to trust? Forums will always be forums and that's why I like AT, most of the time we get serious and constructive opinions.

Anyways i'm not that scared and i'm pretty tolerent when it comes to hardware. My current 7950 have some coil whine when FPS goes over 60 so it's nothing that I can't live with.

Plus the new BIOS from EVGA will reduce the noise significantly.

Looking at hardware forums is like looking for an answer about symptomes we have: you'll always think you got something seriously wrong going on lol

 

[RaistlinZ]

I notice I'm getting way less volts on GPU 1 than on GPU 2, causing GPU 1 to sometimes downclock much more, and more often than GPU 2.

GPU 1

GPU 2

Is there a way to fix this?

 

[Grooveriding]

There is a likelihood custom BIOS on 970/980 & upcoming Maxwell cards may not be possible. :|

ftp://download.nvidia.com/open-gpu-doc/Falcon-Security/1/Falcon-Security.html

Custom BIOS is usually available right from the get go, but there is still no nvflash available that is able to write to the BIOS on the new gm204 cards.

 

[96Firebird]

I think I might step-up to the FTW edition, but have to play with mine a little more before I decide. I'm glad they gave us the option though...