Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)

schennmu said:
Gonna make good use of this right away (really EVGA?)



Poster isn't that bad:



And finally finished putting them in:





Did a quick run in Heaven and the performance is outstanding compared to my single 680. Probably gonna try Watch Dogs now. One question to the SLI pros, is it ok that I installed the cards into slot 1 and 2? EVGA manual says to use the outer slots, but the bridge (and space in the case) didn't really allow that.



Caseking. Tried getting the Gigabyte model from Alternate, but the order status was in constant limbo.
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Got them already? Where did you buy them?
 
Eh, not impressed. I'll stick with my current card.

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TheFLYINGManga_Ka said:
The price and power of the 980 is pretty awesome. I'm guessing the 980ti is coming next year and will be about $700.

I'd love to upgrade but I doubt the 980ti could pull off Witcher 3 at max.

Once a GPU that can do that with ease comes out, then I'll upgrade!

I think that's a fair timeframe for another GPu.
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Running Witcher 2 at max is still pretty difficult! Ubersampling takes an insane amount of performance alone.
 
Quick, someone cancel their Amazon order for the EVGA 970 so mine goes through! Ordered with two in stock but by the time I got through checkout it seems to have gone out of stock.
 
Sorry that I have to ask, but EVGA,MSI or Gigabyte for the GTX980? I'm not sure what the difference is. Coming from a 7970Ghz I wanted to switch teams :).
 
This thread is moving so fast... How do I tell the differences between the MSI, Gigabyte, EVGA, Asus, etc.

I currently have an EVGA 780 6GB, but wouldn't mind selling that and grabbing a 970 now to set myself up for SLI around Xmas time.

My only concern is I have no idea if these different companies offer significantly different products, and whether or not it'd be worth it to wait for some of these out of stock versions to come back in stock... or grab http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487070 while I can.

Answers with haste are appreciated as I'm assuming it'll be out of stock soon!! Thanks :D

TaKeRx said:
Sorry that I have to ask, but EVGA,MSI or Gigabyte for the GTX980? I'm not sure what the difference is. Coming from a 7970Ghz I wanted to switch teams :).
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Looks like I was typing my post the same time as you lol. Hopefully we hear back before they're all gone!
 
Grief.exe said:
Always been quiet with really good temps.
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I have a 770 Gigabyte Windforce.

It's okay but not quiet. The fan profile is way too aggressive (tries to keep the card at 65°C under load -.-). But with a custom fan profile (in MSI Afterburner) it's quiet at 80°C. Still ... you can still hear it in a quiet system with a R4 Case (unlike some MSI Cards etc.).

I would prefer the ASUS Stryx and not care about 4-7% Overclocking out of the Box.

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EDIT: I should add - my System is designed for low noise. The only idle noise comes from my HDD and the Windforce is only noticable under load.
But you can't hear it during normal gaming volumes .... so yeah maybe I am just very sensitive^^
 
After my GPU died, I'm currently rocking pride of AMD, Radeon 4850.

I will upgrade either around the time of Witcher 3 or around the time CK1 comes out from the beta.
 
SolidSnakeUS said:
i5-3750K Stock with Corsair A70
ASRock Z77 Pro Fatality Edition
16GB DDR3-1600 Kingston BluX (I think?)
EVGA GTX 680 Reference and Stock
Corsair C70 Case
HT Omega Striker 7.1 Sound Card
6x BD Burner (Internal)
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That's a pretty modern system. If I were you I would just OC your 3750 and cruise for now. Sounds like you've been bitten by the upgrade bug. :P
 
So a question about the brands that have fans that cut off below certain temperatures. I assume this isn't a big deal(or they wouldn't put them out), but if I absolutely wasn't comfortable with it, will there be a way to keep the fans running at all times?
 
opticalmace said:
That's a pretty modern system. If I were you I would just OC your 3750 and cruise for now. Sounds like you've been bitten by the upgrade bug. :P
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Well... I also do usually sell or give my parts to other people (friends/family) haha. But yeah... maybe. I really do want a new card, but I want one of the Broadwell CPUs even more.
 
Seanspeed said:
So a question about the brands that have fans that cut off below certain temperatures. I assume this isn't a big deal(or they wouldn't put them out), but if I absolutely wasn't comfortable with it, will there be a way to keep the fans running at all times?
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I'd like to know this as well. I don't like this trend at all.
Ideally I want my chip to run as cool as possible.
 
SolidSnakeUS said:
Well... I also do usually sell or give my parts to other people (friends/family) haha. But yeah... maybe. I really do want a new card, but I want one of the Broadwell CPUs even more.
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Ah, gotcha. Well unless you're doing CPU-heavy work I doubt you'd notice a difference with Broadwell. In fact I think even an OC'd 2500k is more than enough CPU for any game ATM.
 
Nitsuj23 said:
My only concern is I have no idea if these different companies offer significantly different products, and whether or not it'd be worth it to wait for some of these out of stock versions to come back in stock... or grab http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487070 while I can.
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If you buy the cards with stock cooler they will be the same between manufacturers. If you buy with custom cooling solutions they will differ, but you'd have to wait for tests to see how.
 
Looks like they start at around £260. Only yesterday I finished building my new X99 system, so I'd be in the market for a 970 if I hadn't already bought a 750Ti a couple of months ago to use on an old LGA775 system... which subsequently died, hence the X99..

It does seem silly to have an X99 system and a 750 Ti SC, but I don't really need anything better at the moment.
 
Bl@de said:
I have a 770 Gigabyte Windforce.

It's okay but not quiet. The fan profile is way too aggressive (tries to keep the card at 65°C under load -.-). But with a custom fan profile (in MSI Afterburner) it's quiet at 80°C. Still ... you can still hear it in a quiet system with a R4 Case (unlike some MSI Cards etc.).

I would prefer the ASUS Stryx and not care about 4-7% Overclocking out of the Box.

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/images/fannoise_load.gif

EDIT: I should add - my System is designed for low noise. The only idle noise comes from my HDD and the Windforce is only noticable under load.
But you can't hear it during normal gaming volumes .... so yeah maybe I am just very sensitive^^
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The Gigabyte 970 is at 31dBA in Idle. Not that bad ;)
 
opticalmace said:
Ah, gotcha. Well unless you're doing CPU-heavy work I doubt you'd notice a difference with Broadwell. In fact I think even an OC'd 2500k is more than enough CPU for any game ATM.
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Also... I for some reason have an obsession with switching cases all the time. Or wanting new ones lol.
 
I have an Alienware X51 that has a tiny PSU and is really small and these power consumption numbers always confuse me.

I have successfully run an EVGA 670FTW in the rig for almost 2 years now (a bit underclocked just to be safe).

These new nVidia cards have advertised TDP below the 670, but all the charts and graphs show them jumping up to 300 watt usage at max.

Any advice? Please don't tell me to upgrade my case/PSU.. I already own 2 other full sized gaming rigs lol.. this is specifically my gaming HTPC in the living room.
 
I must have some incredible restraint

I cancelled an iphone 6 plus order

and I'm also not going to order a 970, over a 670 2gb

I guess only playing dota 2 gives me no reason.

The only reason I've done so much reading over a 970 is because that shitty watch dogs game made me feel like my 670 was done for, when it really wasn't.
 
Smushroomed said:
I must have some incredible restraint

I cancelled an iphone 6 plus order

and I'm also not going to order a 970, over a 670 2gb

I guess only playing dota 2 gives me no reason.

The only reason I've done so much reading over a 970 is because that shitty watch dogs game made me feel like my 670 was done for, when it really wasn't.
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Dryk said:
No card currently on the market is going to save you from shitty Ubisoft ports. Don't try to make a decision based around them it will only end in tears.
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Sage words from this poster regarding Ubisoft games.
 
opticalmace said:
That's a pretty modern system. If I were you I would just OC your 3750 and cruise for now. Sounds like you've been bitten by the upgrade bug. :P
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Agreed. I'm still rocking the i5-3570. Just OC that beast, i'm sitting at 4.3 on air right now. If you have to upgrade the do the GPU, but that CPU is still solid.
 
CyanideFuse said:
My partner just asked me why I hadn't bought the card yet. WTF? My hand is hovering over the buy button.

A load of people are vouching for this one: MSI GTX 970 GAMING Twin Frozr V 4GB

But I have seen this one with higher clock speeds: EVGA GTX 970 SC with ACX 1.0 Cooling 4GB

Still better to go with MSI for the cooler?
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I was in 2 minds with either the EVGA or the MSI card, finally went with the MSI twin Frozr due to the cooling set up of twin frozr and the high boost clock (this was comparing against the stock EVGA GTX 970 not the SC) and availability. Hopefully should be here tomorrow :)
 
I have a ordered an MSI GTX 970. Run a 760 also by MSI and can vouch for the quietness under load. It rules. The new card has the Version 5 Twinfrozor cooler so shud be even better. O/c too is great. Heres hoping they produce a decent Far Cry 4 port i can muller with this card :D
 
Woffls said:
Looks like they start at around £260. Only yesterday I finished building my new X99 system, so I'd be in the market for a 970 if I hadn't already bought a 750Ti a couple of months ago to use on an old LGA775 system... which subsequently died, hence the X99..

It does seem silly to have an X99 system and a 750 Ti SC, but I don't really need anything better at the moment.
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That card is so cute though. I kind of want one just to look at it in the system.
 
CyanideFuse said:
My partner just asked me why I hadn't bought the card yet. WTF? My hand is hovering over the buy button.

A load of people are vouching for this one: MSI GTX 970 GAMING Twin Frozr V 4GB

But I have seen this one with higher clock speeds: EVGA GTX 970 SC with ACX 1.0 Cooling 4GB

Still better to go with MSI for the cooler?
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I would personally choose either the MSI or an Asus.

I don't know anything about this site, but here's one comparison anyway:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/1
 
Hmm, consensus seems to point toward MSI. One of my fears being that my case would run too hot with one of these new cards, that's a seducing factor.

Here's my setup :
CPU Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz
Motherboard P8P67 LE
RAM 8 Gbytes DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
SSD Intel SSD 335 Series 240Go
Storage Caviar Black 1To
Power Supply ?
Case Cooler Master Silencio
Optical Drive DVD Lite-On iHAS124B
Heatsink I don't even know what that is :x
Sound Card No
Sound kit Hercules 2.1

The plan would be to buy a 970 (MSI ?), pray to avoid a nuclear meltdown in the case, and some months later work on improvements on the sound front or the amount of memory.

What say you Gaf, am I on the right track or is there something I should know before taking the plunge ? The MSI 970 is not fully stocked at my retailer but they seem to be working on it and I don't want the card tomorrow.
 
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