VVV Mars VG
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Quick question, for a triple screen set-up, what is best?
1x Titan Z
2x Titan Black
3x GTX980
1x Titan Z
2x Titan Black
3x GTX980
Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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I have the same case and I couldn't agree more! Perfect cable management for very little effort put into it.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
I'm using MSI Afterburner. How do I get it to show me my overall clock? It only tells me how much I've boosted. I want to know if I can get my card to 1500.
CyberPunked
Member
Never ever consider a Titan Z. Out of the 3,the 3x 980s. But to be honest you would be okay with 2x 980s. I have a 4k monitor and 2 980s are more than capable.
I would go for 3x970 instead of 2x980.
VVV Mars VG
Member
Thanks for the feedback, ah yes the 3x 970 works out reasonably on price.
Sutton Dagger
Member
Shit I was hoping to get the Gigabyte 970 but it seems like it won't fit in my case given the length. I have a Fractal R3, anyone know if it will fit?
Edit: shit...found a picture on reddit, he said it's a very tight fit... Could that damage the card?
Edit: shit...found a picture on reddit, he said it's a very tight fit... Could that damage the card?
j0hnny_385
Member
Take a ruler and check it out yourself?
Dictator93
Member
That 80% GPU usage on top of an incredibly ugly image too.
Watch Dogs kinda sucks.
EDIT: Do you have AF off?
plagiarize
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Oh man, that happened to me. Now I'm sweating whether or not someone will be home today to sign for the delivery, when I was comfortably covered yesterday (which was the original delivery date).
Good luck to you.
Hopefully I'll be posting benchmarks and temperatures and all that later on. *Hopefully*.
brotkasten
Member
The game is so goddamn ugly.
Mr Wonderstuff
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Shit I was hoping to get the Gigabyte 970 but it seems like it won't fit in my case given the length. I have a Fractal R3, anyone know if it will fit?
Edit: shit...found a picture on reddit, he said it's a very tight fit... Could that damage the card?
I have the same setup. Yes a bit of a squeeze but has been fine since I installed it.
CyberPunked
Member
In feel you should always go for a lower number of powerful cards in Sli, than a larger number of less powerful cards in SLI. This way you get better performance in games with bad or NO SLI support.
Thanks for sharing?
I didn't realize there aren't any AF settings in the menus, either, so thanks for reminding me to force it globally in Inspector.
Pretty disappointed that it took Newegg more than a day to get my MSI 970 out the door and onto a truck, it really should've shipped the day I placed my order. Maybe it's their way of incentivising people to pay for them to "rush" their orders, which is something that's never sat right with me. Fortunately I decided to pay extra for two day shipping to ensure I'd get it before the weekend. If I hadn't coughed up that extra $15 I wouldn't have even gotten my package until next week, which is ridiculous since I ordered early on a Tuesday.
That said, this is the kind of upgrade I'm looking at, so it's hard to be sour.
That said, this is the kind of upgrade I'm looking at, so it's hard to be sour.
Sutton Dagger
Member
Oh, man awesome news. Did you need to remove the CPU cooler or anything to get it in? What's the temps/noise/OC like on yours?
This is relevant to my interests. I'm not a fan of the new system.
I applied a quick 150 Mhz core overclock last night that proved to be stable. I'll mess with voltages tonight.
What's the program that shows all the system info like that?
MSI Afterburner.
MSI Afterburner (+ Rivatuner bundled with it)
Get GPU-Z.
It will show the normal clock, boost clock and then you can check the max boost under the sensor tab by changing it to show the highest recorded value.
brotkasten
Member
I didn't want to criticizes your info by any means. Sorry for that. It was more of a comment about how many resources the game needs and how ugly it looks in comparison to that.
As soon as I began overclocking mine I started noticing it too. Haven't won the silicon lottery either; 1450 MHz Boost clock is about as far as it goes. I don't really mind both of those things though; the former is barerly audible since the case is under my desk anyway and the latter already gives overkill performance since I only game at 1080p anyway. I'm already glad I'm able to lock pretty much every game to 60FPS, everything else is a bonus.
Seems like the Gigabyte model is easily the best 970 out there at the moment. Shame it's just so goddamn long and doesn't have the passive cooling mode cards like ASUS and MSI have.
How do you get it to show temps and clock speeds though? I can only seem to make it show the framerate.
Go to the monitoring page and select the option you would like to display.
Hit the check mark to push it to the graph, check OSD to show up on screen.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Noob question = is it worth having dual GPU? I thinking about 2 970's should I do it?
ASUS and MSI are pretty much the same. You can never go wrong with either of the two. It's really up to you if you really want to spend the extra $30 for MSI.
Depends on your monitor setup whether it's worth it. You also have to remember that dual GPU causes microstutters.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Ok, so I boosted the clock by 225 (ran Uniengine Valley and RE6 Benchmark and played a few games, all good) and according to GPU-Z my GPU clock is 1339 and my boost is 1478. Keep in mind that is with no changes to voltage or fan profiles.
Thanks.
If you want to game at high resolutions it can be worth the price and it's a better deal than buying a single 980. If you just game at 1080p though I would get one and maybe another next year if you need it for newer games or VR.
Sounds a bit hot. How is the airflow of your case?
I hit ~66C with 44% fan speed at 1500MHz in The Witcher 2.
Is that all? 970 it is then.
Azzurri
Member
Depends on the res. of your monitor and what games you play.
Sli does have some problems since you have to wait on drivers that have custom profiles for SLI setups, but I never really had trouble with games when I had dual cards.
sobaka770
Banned
Hey guys, a question: in Switzerland I have hard time finding a decent Gigabyte 970 card, but can order ASUS Strix 970 pretty much straightaway.
Is there a consensus on which card is better and is it worth waiting for Gigabyte which seems to be clocked higher and have better cooling system?
Is there a consensus on which card is better and is it worth waiting for Gigabyte which seems to be clocked higher and have better cooling system?
http://www.techmania.ch/details.aspx?sessionID=1210&hersteller=Gigabyte&produkt=GV-N970G1+GAMING-4GD (in stock)
http://www.internet.ch/product_info.php?products_id=3051765 (3 in stock)
http://www.ohc24.ch/products/2249949 (3 in stock)
Get the Gigabyte. It's better in every way.
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
Been sat here staring at DPD live parcel tracking on google maps for about 2 hours, Come on Clive, put your foot down!
Fallout-NL
Member
Isn't it actually the MSI that's slightly (very slightly) faster than the other cards?
I just took delivery of an ASUS variant 970 yesterday and it's beautifully built and whisper quiet. Quite pleased with it.
Inferno313
Banned
What is your guys expectation on the MSI card being easily Available by Tuesday? Seems like it's constantly sold out and I'm buying my card on Tuesday, and that's the one I really want. :/
UnrealEck
Member
Gigabyte's G1 is almost 30cm. The length of a standard school ruler.
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