Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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Make sure nothing is touching or blocking the fans. Might have a wire or something in the way that's causing the buzzing when the fans ramp up.
Is it when you're in a menu?
Most likely, it's because the game is being rendered at 200+ FPS, which causes that noise.
derExperte
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Same game, same settings? For example no vsync can lead to extremely high framerates which produce coil whine. But some cards buzz no matter what (the EVGA 970s seem to have that problem a lot). PSU could be causing it too, hard to say. Try swapping the cards to make sure.
Price mistake at Amazon UK on a MSI 980
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NOP53AA/
300 pounds, which comes to about 490 in US currency. Strangely when I added it to my cart it showed up as 249 pounds, for some reason. Plus shipping it comes out to about 440. Out of stock and obviously would take a while to get, but might be worth a look.
Credit to lewiep for sharing it on twitter.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NOP53AA/
300 pounds, which comes to about 490 in US currency. Strangely when I added it to my cart it showed up as 249 pounds, for some reason. Plus shipping it comes out to about 440. Out of stock and obviously would take a while to get, but might be worth a look.
Credit to lewiep for sharing it on twitter.
sammyCYBORG
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Sorry but I had last post on page so quoting
Use this: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.htmlSorry but I had last post on page so quoting
Then try again.
CyberPunked
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Just ordered 3. In the UK these are £470 everywhere else. Witcher 3 is gonna look fine in 4K with these badboys
sammyCYBORG
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Will do, thanks.
Don't hold your breath GM200 will be a GTX 1080. I'd bet $50 on it.
derExperte
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Had to send back an SSD once because of buzzing and it happens way more often with graphics cards. Actually my MSI 970 made some strange sounds yesterday in some games in certain situations but it was only occasionally. If it starts immediately no matter what do an exchange.
Try changing the voltage slightly.
This is probably just coil whine and can vary card to card I think. It's up to you how much it bothers you and if you want to send it back.
gigabyte cards has always been noisy for me.
The other one is fine. Makes no noise at all, just the normal fan noise. I'm bringing it back in person tomorrow.
I knew it, I'm always a lucky guy...
CloudyTuba
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Sad-five, buddy. My MSI was buzzing pretty bad so I decided to exchange it.
I live 4 miles from newegg so i picked it up myself. Longer story short instead of spending two weeks mailing back and forth (which they actually wanted me to do from 4 miles away) they told me to buy a new one and refund the old one for faster service. Then they went out of stock by the end of our conversation so I got nothing now.
I will have to wait 1-2 weeks to get a new one, it's out of stock everywhere
But we had the chance to test the 970 of my friend at his home. He has also a 21:9 monitor (2560x1080 resolution) and also a GTX770 (2GB instead of 4GB) from Gainward. Bioshock Infinite Benchmark DX11_UltraHigh_DoF with everything on max.
So it's a 50% FPS jump if you overclock it.
No. It jumps from 87 fps to 96 fps.
I mean from 770 -> 970 OC.
Hesemonni
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I wish I were you
brotkasten
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Is Palit really a "less reliable" brand or do they only have that image, because their cards are cheaper? And I'm really sorry for the many questions I ask, but it's been a while since I've bought a new card and it's been even longer since I bought an Nvidia card (7800GTX). The cheap price of the Zotac and Palit (both around 305€ are the reason I'm still undecided. The next better option would be EVGA and Gainward for 318€ (both stock clocks and the Gainward has a blower style fan). I know the price difference isn't big, but why spend more money and I have to?
Any results on the overclocking front?
are the reason I'm still undecided. The next better option would be EVGA and Gainward for 318€ (both stock clocks and the Gainward has a blower style fan). I know the price difference isn't big, but why spend more money and I have to?Any results on the overclocking front?
Windom Earle
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Just ordered 3. In the UK these are £470 everywhere else. Witcher 3 is gonna look fine in 4K with these badboys
Amazon does not honor mis-pricing.
Got a 970 that destroys everything and now I'm salty I missed this deal #FirstWorldProblems
michaelius
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Or Titan II
No reason to leave money on the table.Hmm I ordered that 980 for 320 pounds - if it works that would be perfect solution for me - good enough jump from 770 plus Titan cooler for my Raven 2 case.
Windom Earle
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Don't worry, there have been a ton of PC part mispricings lately and amazon never honored them.
For reference designs with reference coolers it usually doesn't matter. It's the kind of warranty and customer service that could be an issue. It may be worth it going with the EVGA card for that reason.
No sorry. Not tried yet.
michaelius
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Well i got my 4 Vita games for 24 pounds on launch day so sometimes they do.
Damerman
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Fuuuuu! I knew this was too good to be true.
Or Titan II
Well that's already a given. Will probably be a Titan 2 not too long from now and then a cut down version for 1080 next year. Then maybe a 1080Ti after that.
I guess it's just coil wine, isn't it? I went through that process with my 660TI and 560TI. There was coil wine for EVERY GTX and reading the discussions on the net, it's the same for years. But it can vary depending on the manufacturer/model.
Oh so they don't honour it even if you buy before the price is noticed/corrected? Well, that's okay then I guess (sucks for people caught out by it though...)
jim2point0
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Didn't know AMD had something planed a week after the Nvidia event:
Is this still happening? Did it happen already?
CyberPunked
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If they don't, I'll just send them back for a refund. They have quite nice returns policies.
Didn't know AMD had something planed a week after the Nvidia event:
That looks like it spells Futurels AMD
They do, just not on pc parts. On games they often honour mis-prices, but that's because they have bigger margins and are generally lower cost items.
I haven't heard anything.. I just bought a MSI 970, but it would be cool if AMD had something up their sleeve that could create ripples.
immortal-joe
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So were there any news or updates on custom / factory OC versions of the 980?
Damerman
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MSI has one that is mispriced on Amazon UK.
Only if you had a monitor it works with (try downsampling 2x2 on a 1440p display). Only at low refresh rates. And only with questionable scaling quality.
If old driver downsampling was comparable to DSR, I'd never have developed GeDoSaTo.
I have major anxiety right now... just purchased the 970 on impulse, which I never do. My friend convinced me to sell my 780 on ebay so i listed it and immediately made my purchase. How many people did this? i figure if i can get an extra GB of VRAM and not loose money in the process its worth it.. 780s seem to be selling for an average of $340 right now. anyone sell in this price range?
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There was always two things preventing me from using DS.
1. Time involved to tinker
2. Hardware power requirements within reason
I have to say that the 970 is the sweet spot for utilizing a known fantastic feature.
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