Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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I think the Zotac is the smallest.
Windom Earle
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Need SLI for that.
mordecaii83
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What game? Also, single 970 or SLI? Mine were hovering around 1370 each, but they may have been limited by vsync.
one of the better reviews is here : http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_970_g1_gaming_review,26.html
this link is for the section regarding OC'ing.
Ravijn
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Every 'demanding/graphic intensive' game. Single card. I do have a G-Sync monitor so maybe that makes a difference?
mordecaii83
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I'll try disabling vsync later to see what mine max out at. I'm sure being in SLI probably makes a difference as well, maybe I'll turn SLI off to see what happens.
Edit: That's a pretty sweet factory clock speed though, these cards are really amazing!
Ravijn
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Dusktildawn48
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Man playing Metro LL at 110+ fps and Bioshock Infinite at 144fps is just amazing. I have sli 970s and the RoG Swift. My computer gaming experience has been insanely enhanced in the last month. So happy. I am ecstatic to play Dragon Age Inquisition and even more so The Witcher 3 in the near future. Oh and Far Cry 4!
MR ARCADE FOREVER
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Holy crap 2!Just got my 980s installed
FunkyMunkey
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wumster3000
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Maybe it's just me but my EVGA 970 SC isn't noisy at all. Or it could be my case cooling system? I have a Corsair 750D.
I also downloaded the EVGA overclocking tool and turn my fans to quiet.
It's performing great. Now time to stick the other one in for that hot SLI action.
I also downloaded the EVGA overclocking tool and turn my fans to quiet.
It's performing great. Now time to stick the other one in for that hot SLI action.
Pictures like that remind me I have to step my cable management game up. It's kinda like spaghetti in my case.Just got my 980s installed
CaptainZombie
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Are you getting any coil whine?
mordecaii83
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I hear ya... Mine looked good until I had to move parts around,and I was too lazy to redo it all so now it just doesn't look all that great anymore.
Ravijn
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Mine looks like it was done by Stevie Wonder.
I'm going back and forth. I think if it ran better for me I would.
Can you go into details?I'm guessing you're dead from the smoothness and no screen tear?
That'd be it. I haven't taken any fps counters to it, but I don't need to to know that it was incredibly smooth.
That's the one I got. Seems good so far.
fluffydelusions
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I have the regular evga one and don't hear anything in my fractal r4
wumster3000
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Not at all. It's pretty quiet. I'll test my other one before I SLI them and give another update.
Dusktildawn48
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Depends how you define "worth it." I'd say yes though
Felix Lighter
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I was very close to ordering one but ultimately I got scared off by the combination of high resolution and framerate. I'm hoping for a high quality 1080/1200p alternative. Downsampling will give me the image quality, when I have the extra horsepower but what I really desire is a constant high framerate and Gsync of course.
mordecaii83
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Well, quite a few people in this thread are coming from 670's, 680's, and even some 770's. Lower power draw, 50% speed increase, and newer features made it more than worth it to me.
I usually don't upgrade until I can see a 100% speed increase for a single card to replace my old GPU's, but the 970's were just too goo to pass up. (Came from a 680)
Windom Earle
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CPU bound. (You'll probably get some small gains from overclocking, but there is no CPU on this planet running the game much better...)
plagiarize
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Hey, do you have The Pinball Arcade and Pinball FX 2? Can you just confirm for me that you can easily hit 120 fps with ULMB on a single card?
plagiarize
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Conkerkid11
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Just pre-ordered an Asus Strix 970 from Amazon. Just gotta wait for them to come back in stock hopefully this Tuesday.
I'm seeing cards installed that have the logo all lit up and whatnot. How?
I'm seeing cards installed that have the logo all lit up and whatnot. How?
mordecaii83
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Mine came that way.
BoboBrazil
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Would any of the 970 cards fit within a Dell tower? I think the card could be 11in or shorter and still be fine.
Unfortunately it seems like Pinball Arcade is capped at 62fps. Is there a way around this? And post processing causes it to look messed up for me at 1440p, weirdly. Apparently I'm not the only one with that issue.
It maintains that 62fps plenty fine, for what it's worth.
Nice motherboard
Just you wait a couple more days...
Hehe thanks
You'll be very happy with your cards when you get them, these are by far the most quiet GPUs I've owned in an SLI configuration. Barely hear them at full load. Runs Metro Redux extremely well @ 4K.Conkerkid11
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lol, when are these coming back in stock?
I have a tiny bit of coil whine when I have two cards plugged in, however I think it is from the motherboard. The board itself is a POS (onboard sound just died a week ago for no reason). I hope it lives for another 6-8 months or so.
Strangely it is usually when the PC is idle, at full load there is no coil whine and the cards
are remarkably quiet.
Strangely it is usually when the PC is idle, at full load there is no coil whine and the cards
are remarkably quiet.
jim2point0
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Fire Strike results with my 980
My card came superclocked. I only boosted it a little bit more. 12717 isn't bad. I'm too much of an overclocking n00b to be able to increase it much higher.
It idles at 30-31, which seems decent.
My card came superclocked. I only boosted it a little bit more. 12717 isn't bad. I'm too much of an overclocking n00b to be able to increase it much higher.
It idles at 30-31, which seems decent.
brotkasten
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Prices continue to drop. The Palit 970 is now being listed for 295,57, although it's not available yet. The JetStream version and the Zotac are 10 more.
cripterion
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No SLI bridge, just come with install manual and cd. The cards are whisper quiet during idle and ramp up during gaming. I am still tweaking my settings cause I'm using Asus AI suite 3 integrated stuff to handle all of it (on a Sabertooth Z97).
Idling one card is at 50°C and the other one at 42°C. Don't know if I quite like that...
As for the install it's easy as always, Uninstall your drivers, replace your older cards with the new ones, download the new beta drivers and you're good to go.
Fallout-NL
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My 970 Asus Strix is supposed to be delivered today. Can't wait.
Has anyone tried to overclock an Asus variant 970 yet?
Has anyone tried to overclock an Asus variant 970 yet?
Gah. Profound sadness.
Spazznid
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What did you upgrade from?
I am interested to know the fan speed and temp of the card to achieve those numbers. I should have my G1 tomorrow and the anticipation is killing me.
Witchfinder General
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Cool, thanks for the response.
