Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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Windom Earle
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sorry
Which games would you like to see?
FunkyMunkey
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Posted in other thread already, but this gigabyte 970 is amazing. Almost silent and stays around 60C, even under full load. If anyone is on the fence, go for it. This card (and the other main brands I'm assuming) is a great buy.
brotkasten
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I was about to say that. The Palit even went as low as 297 yesterday. I'm still hoping for another drop like that and then I might grab one. If not it's the Palit vs the Zotac for 308.
Yup.
Until two years ago I had a 570 too and my 2500K wasn't OC'd yet.
Most important, I still have the results of some of those bench, so you can have a more direct idea of the gain you can expect:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat Benchmark [DX11, 1920x1080, Maxed, AAx2]
i5 2500K + GTX 570 [ForceWare 301.24]
Day: 64
Night: 64
Rain: 68
SunShafts: 46
Stone Giant [1920X1080, High, No Window Mode]
i5 2500K + GTX 570 [ForceWare 266.55] = 90
Aliens vs Predator DX11 Benchmark [1920x1080, default]
i5 2500K + GTX 570 [ForceWare 266.55]= 73,2
Colin Mc Rae: DiRT 2 Demo Benchmark [1920x1080, Maxed, 8xMSAA, no V-Sync]
i5 2500K + GTX 570 [ForceWare 266.55]= 121,2
Lost Planet 2 Benchmark [1920x1080, DX11,, V-Sync off, AA CSAA16xQ, Motion Blur On, Maxed, DX11 Maxed]
Test A
i5 2500K + GTX 570 [ForceWare 266.55]= 55,9
Test B
i5 2500K + GTX 570 [ForceWare 266.55]= 45,5
PLA Benchmark [DX11, 1920x1080, Texture High, Dynamic Shadows On, PhysX High, V-Sync Off, Antiasing 4xMSAA, Post Processing On]
i5 2500K + GTX 570 [ForceWare 301.24] = 39,6
Dictator93
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Use HDAo and not HBAO, HBAO is ugly as sin in FC3.
Which games would you like to see?
I would prefer BF3 and BF4 if you have that but anything you like and isn't too old will do fine. Thanks
Snapshot King
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Anybody have any recommendation on the DSR smoothness setting? I can't seem to tell the difference no matter what I set it to. I'm using it on a 1080p TV. Maybe it's like FXAA, where I'm sitting too far away to tell? In that case should I just throw it on max?
Yep - no problem with the sata connectors - theres like 3mm space between them and the card - the connectors go sideways though (couldn't get a good photo).
I almost had a heartattack when the card came - I knew it would be big... just not that big :-D
ATX Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower
jim2point0
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For those of you overclocking in MSI afterburner...
What is the power limit for?
Do higher voltages get you more stable overclocks (similar to CPU overclocking)?
What is the power limit for?
Do higher voltages get you more stable overclocks (similar to CPU overclocking)?
ref
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My 2 980's should be here in the next couple days.
Going to be a massive performance boost from my single 670.
Plan is to also get a ROG Swift to truly take advantage of them though, as a single 980 is already probably overkill for 1080p, let alone 2 (unless you're at 120hz+ of course)
Going to be a massive performance boost from my single 670.
Plan is to also get a ROG Swift to truly take advantage of them though, as a single 980 is already probably overkill for 1080p, let alone 2 (unless you're at 120hz+ of course)
Dr. Zoidberg
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Fallout-NL
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plagiarize
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Well, McHuj just somewhat brightened my day.
Sorry man, not being a dick, but shipping issues have prevented my cards arriving today, and I've had to scramble to get someone to be at the house tomorrow afternoon... presuming that's when my cards are arriving.
Still no ETA on UPS's tracking site, and apparently the cards arrived (but didn't depart yet) Philly this morning. Now, I've seen them fail to scan them on departure before, so I'm optimistic that all is on for tomorrow... but I can't be certain of anything because they won't let me.
Hopefully after wasting my wife's time today (since she couldn't unrequest her time off... pay roll for the week was sent in yesterday) I'm not going to waste a friends time tomorrow.
And I have the fun of complaining to EVGA to get my shipping refunded to look forwards to as well.
Hopefully none of the cards will be DOA!
Seriously, all of you with your cards already I hate you all. Doubly so if you have a ROG Swift.
That is all.
Sorry man, not being a dick, but shipping issues have prevented my cards arriving today, and I've had to scramble to get someone to be at the house tomorrow afternoon... presuming that's when my cards are arriving.
Still no ETA on UPS's tracking site, and apparently the cards arrived (but didn't depart yet) Philly this morning. Now, I've seen them fail to scan them on departure before, so I'm optimistic that all is on for tomorrow... but I can't be certain of anything because they won't let me.
Hopefully after wasting my wife's time today (since she couldn't unrequest her time off... pay roll for the week was sent in yesterday) I'm not going to waste a friends time tomorrow.
And I have the fun of complaining to EVGA to get my shipping refunded to look forwards to as well.
Hopefully none of the cards will be DOA!
Seriously, all of you with your cards already I hate you all. Doubly so if you have a ROG Swift.
That is all.
Keep the benchmarks and impressions coming.
Mine is 9.5 inches, which is a half-inch shorter than my EVGA 670.
And MSI is ordered. Now to figure out what to do with the 670.
Fallout-NL
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Alright, here's an impression: that DSR feature looks really good, like, really fucking good. It's what you've always hoped AA would actually do, but didn't.
TC McQueen
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Sell it or use it PhysX?
Dr. Zoidberg
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I have two computers. My main gaming rig in the living room currently has a 4GB 770 I bought 5 months ago. I have another PC in a desk upstairs for M+K only games and actual work that has a Radeon 5850. So what I plan to do is move the 770 to the upstairs PC and retire the venerable 5850 from service. That way both computers have a semi-recent card in them. I've got a friend here at work I will just give the 5850 to. He's currently using my old 8800 GT so it will be a nice upgrade. I've always used a hand-me-down system for old PC parts since selling them seems like a pain.
Human Resources
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Yesterday I was all "Hold.....! H....H...hold!!" but it didn't work. In for the MSI, god damn me. Going to try and offload these 2 670 FTW 4gbs to subsidize a 2nd 970 (and a bottle of rum to drink while I black flag @ 120hz). If I get killed during a shady craigslist transaction please delete my browser history.
edit: black flag is 60fps limited? THEN I WILL DRINK MORE RUM
edit: black flag is 60fps limited? THEN I WILL DRINK MORE RUM
Ignore the errors. One pops up because I need to replace the cmos battery on my motherboard, so the clock's wrong, and the other is the drivers for some reason. This is without overclocking the 970 Windforce myself.
Speaking of which, can anybody direct me somewhere to start overclocking the 970 Windforce?
Here are mine (Gigabyte GTX 670 2GB and then GTX 970 4GB), very impressed with this upgrade.
I guess your I7 being much newer is giving you a boost. 
New Nvidia driver from 9/23/14 isn't approved yet I guess....
mordecaii83
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I ran 3dmark earlier right before I left for work, I was getting 23247 on my SLI'd 970's for the Graphics score and 16k for the overall score.
I do have a 5820k OC'd to 4.2GHz though.Edit: That was stock, with no OC on the GPU's from me. Gigabyte 970's, they boost up to 1367MHz.
jim2point0
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I ran 3dmark earlier right before I left for work, I was getting 23247 on my SLI'd 970's for the Graphics score and 16k for the overall score.
Edit: That was stock, with no OC on the GPU's from me. Gigabyte 970's, they boost up to 1367MHz.
I have a 3770 and my single 980 gets....
That 970 SLI bench seems low.
Corpsepyre
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Doesn't help us. The custom duties are outrageous. 2x the rate more like it.
Dictator93
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Well if you taken into account that the 980 when over clocked can put almost 30-40% on top of a default/ non-OCd 970.
It could make sense.
What's the brand/model of your 980 if you don't mind my asking? My EVGA 980 SC scores 14613 in the graphics department of the same test. I haven't yet had much time to play with it, but for now I have the power set to 125%, temperature at 80C, +26 on the core, and no changes to the memory clock.
CyberPunked
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EVGA have release EVGA PrecisionX 16. It's pretty cool for overclocking and has a sweet OSD.
http://www.evga.com/precision/
http://www.evga.com/precision/
I've been waiting for this, thanks!
Time to put the 780 Ti KPE to the test, see if I can best you 980 folks
Chie Satonaka
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Trying to decide if I'm gonna pull the trigger on this ASUS 980. I was holding out for an MSI because I remembered my motherboard was MSI and the manual said that MSI products work better together, but then I figured that might be BS to encourage you to buy more products from MSI.
I got my 970's clock speeds to 1463 MHz core and 3954 (does that double?) MHz memory and the temps were climbing to the mid-70s with 100% fan speed in the Tomb Raider benchmark. Is it ok to get to upwards of 80 degrees, and is there any problem with running the fan at 100% if the noise doesn't bother me? It's seriously really quiet compared to my 670.
10101
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Thought I'd add to the Firestrike fun by posting my results.
Seems alright, although this is the first time I've used this version of 3D Mark so I'm no expert.
Tonight was the first time I was able to play with my card and boy am I impressed. It just devastated every game I threw at it, best purchase I've made in a long long time.
Seems alright, although this is the first time I've used this version of 3D Mark so I'm no expert.
Tonight was the first time I was able to play with my card and boy am I impressed. It just devastated every game I threw at it, best purchase I've made in a long long time.
So when it comes to playing with the voltage. What does increasing or decreasing that setting actually affect when it comes to the card itself? I can only guess that more power makes it better for OC. But if you want to correct coil while or fan noise, would you then reduce the voltage?
Windom Earle
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I expected HDAO to look even worse, thanks for the tip!
I ran 3dmark earlier right before I left for work, I was getting 23247 on my SLI'd 970's for the Graphics score and 16k for the overall score.
Edit: That was stock, with no OC on the GPU's from me. Gigabyte 970's, they boost up to 1367MHz.
Dunno, this benchmark is weird from time to time...
Oh cool, did not expect the Gigabyte to fit into the R3!
CloudyTuba
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So I ended up with the MSI 970 because Newegg got some stock and I live literally like two miles away from them, I just went to pick it up.
Experiencing something I havent experienced before. I opened up Halo 1 PC real quick to test the no-fan mode. I turned off VSYNC for what I assume would be like 2000fps and I experienced INTENSE coil whine.
I read online that this is normal sometimes when running a nondemanding game at like a million fps. Turning VSYNC on eliminated the problem.
I just want some personal confirmation. Is the coil whine normal when running something like that? It was really loud. I havent had a chance to test anything demanding yet because its a new computer and i dont have a lot of games installed yet.
Experiencing something I havent experienced before. I opened up Halo 1 PC real quick to test the no-fan mode. I turned off VSYNC for what I assume would be like 2000fps and I experienced INTENSE coil whine.
I read online that this is normal sometimes when running a nondemanding game at like a million fps. Turning VSYNC on eliminated the problem.
I just want some personal confirmation. Is the coil whine normal when running something like that? It was really loud. I havent had a chance to test anything demanding yet because its a new computer and i dont have a lot of games installed yet.
Vulcano's assistant
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I ran 3dmark earlier right before I left for work, I was getting 23247 on my SLI'd 970's for the Graphics score and 16k for the overall score.
Edit: That was stock, with no OC on the GPU's from me. Gigabyte 970's, they boost up to 1367MHz.
what's your voltage for the 5820K at 4.2? every few days I'm getting something different, it's been increasing since I first OC'd mine.
Right under DSR there's an option for smoothing which in other words is blur. Default is 33%.
Ravijn
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Did you try to mess with the smoothness option in the Nvidia Control Panel?
Edit - beaten by leng jai
Brofist
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Thought I'd add to the Firestrike fun by posting my results.
Seems alright, although this is the first time I've used this version of 3D Mark so I'm no expert.
Tonight was the first time I was able to play with my card and boy am I impressed. It just devastated every game I threw at it, best purchase I've made in a long long time.
That's about what I get with my overclocked 780, seems a bit low.
Jin
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Found it. Thanks!
Gross.
I'm salty over them (temporarily?) removing the ingame blur setting in Planetside 2. I like blur, I go ham in BF4 and use a decent amount on blur. It looks purdy. Come at me bruh.