I purchased a GTX970 from Amazon that arrived last week. About five days later I received an email directly from Amazon with my game code. There was nothing that came with the card itself.
Heya. I'm thinking about finally replacing my 7950 during black friday/cyber monday stuff. Looking at the Asus 980, from Amazon. I notice that on newegg it comes with a game code for like Farcry 4 and a few other titles. I don't see such an offer on Amazon.
Does the game code come with the video card, regardless of seller? Or is it just select vendors?
what difference would it make if the game was released or not? game bundles have contained unreleased games before.
Meanwhile, I have mine set to 70% power for older games (lower temps w/ no loss in performance), 100% for newer, and am annoyed that I can not undervolt the card.Joined the GTX 970 club today. Already have a 140 MHz OC on clock and 500 MHz on memory.
why would you need to undervolt? the card will automatically lower the voltage to only what it really needs depending on the load. heck I usually voltage drop before the clocks ever do.Meanwhile, I have mine set to 70% power for older games (lower temps w/ no loss in performance), 100% for newer, and am annoyed that I can not undervolt the card.
So that it won't go up to the maximum, so won't have to run the fans quite as fast. Is each chip separately binned for voltage at every speed, and using its own minimum operating voltage, rather than a set curve for every one of the same model?why would you need to undervolt? the card will automatically lower the voltage to only what it really needs depending on the load. heck I usually voltage drop before the clocks ever do.
So that it won't go up to the maximum, so won't have to run the fans quite as fast. Is each chip separately binned for voltage at every speed, and using its own minimum operating voltage, rather than a set curve for every one of the same model?
The voltage setting is obviously maximum, but I consistently see both voltage and speed go up and down quite a lot, regardless of power limit, even with GPU usage staying in the 95-100% range (indicating to me that it's doing so by need of the load, more often than by reaching power limit, which, given that I try to have IQ settings only as high as I can keep smooth gameplay with, is just what I'd prefer).
why would you need to undervolt? the card will automatically lower the voltage to only what it really needs depending on the load. heck I usually voltage drop before the clocks ever do.
I have been loving my EVGA SSC 970 so far. So much so, I decided I wanted another one...lol. SLI here I come.
I've been disappointed by that, too. Ninety reviews of the MSI Gaming (none of which picked up on the fan-omg-stahp issue), eighty-eight reviews of the EVGA ACXes (I think one of them picked up on the Heatpipe to Nowhere), but no blower goers.I debated getting the blower model since I have a small case but decided against it in the end, there just isn't enough info on the blower models out there.
I've been disappointed by that, too. Ninety reviews of the MSI Gaming (none of which picked up on the fan-omg-stahp issue), eighty-eight reviews of the EVGA ACXes (I think one of them picked up on the Heatpipe to Nowhere), but no blower goers.
I felt better after I ate a bar of chocolate.
I've read that you can kill coil whine by very slightly over volting. Anyone try this?
Just grabbed an Asus STRIX 970 (back in stock on Newegg). Someone talk me out of buying a second, quick! The only I didn't already grab one is because someone said that Dragon Age wouldn't run properly at 5760x1200 with 2x980, which means 2x970 won't cut it either, and that's what I'll be playing for the next couple of weeks. If the price falls after that I might grab another just to play around with.
I notice that you also have a Grandia GD08 case. I realize that you put the Strix in your other case, but does your Strix fit in your HTPC case? I have the same case and I was thinking the 0dB fan feature would be perfect for an HTPC/living room gaming setup. I'm just afraid that the width of the card (5.5") is more than the case can handle (5.25" on the Silverstone website).
Bought from Newegg, shipped via UPS that used USPS surepost, final drop made by Fedex
Seal on the box was cut.