No, Amazon. For some reason they sent it from Montelimar.
Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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No, Amazon. For some reason they sent it from Montelimar.
There is no "reference" 970 so they're all non-reference. I havent noticed any whine from either of my zotac amp omega 970s, but I also haven't stuck my head next to my case and really looked for it. I've done tons of gaming and benchmarking (without sound) and all I've heard is fan noise. (set on a custom fan curve of course)
cool, good to know.
Just reporting in as my Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970 finally arrived in the mail last night.
I upgraded from 2 GTX 580's and wow is the difference noticeable.
I installed Bioshock Infinite as I remember that game running very poorly on my old cards. I set everything to max and at 1080p I never saw it drop below 60 FPS!
Wasteland 2 maxed out runs 60 FPS smooth as butter now.\
Also tried Borderlands 2 out as I'm in the middle of a playthrough, and at 1440p maxed out with Physx on high, it ran mostly 60FPS but did drop down to 50 sometimes and got somewhat stuttery. Gonna turn Physx down tonight and see if that helps.
So far, I am super impressed with it. Mine also does not seem to have any coil whine. It was silent the entire night while playing things. Can't wait to get off work and try some more games out at maxed settings.
I installed GeDoSaTo to do the 1440p thing on Borderlands but am not savvy with these kinds of programs so am sorta lost as to what all I can do with it, and whether I have to have a game profile pulled up and "active" for the settings to take effect etc. Need to learn more about this asap.
I upgraded from 2 GTX 580's and wow is the difference noticeable.
I installed Bioshock Infinite as I remember that game running very poorly on my old cards. I set everything to max and at 1080p I never saw it drop below 60 FPS!
Wasteland 2 maxed out runs 60 FPS smooth as butter now.\
Also tried Borderlands 2 out as I'm in the middle of a playthrough, and at 1440p maxed out with Physx on high, it ran mostly 60FPS but did drop down to 50 sometimes and got somewhat stuttery. Gonna turn Physx down tonight and see if that helps.
So far, I am super impressed with it. Mine also does not seem to have any coil whine. It was silent the entire night while playing things. Can't wait to get off work and try some more games out at maxed settings.
I installed GeDoSaTo to do the 1440p thing on Borderlands but am not savvy with these kinds of programs so am sorta lost as to what all I can do with it, and whether I have to have a game profile pulled up and "active" for the settings to take effect etc. Need to learn more about this asap.
You can just use DSR instead of GeDoSaTo if you want. It's pretty simple. Enable it in the nvidia control panel , then choose the new resolution setting in your games. I play everything using DSR on my 2560x1600 monitor. Things look great at 5120x3xxx whatever it is.
I don't know how it is with The Evil Within specifically, but downsampling from 2.7k will definitely be a big improvement in a lot of games.
daninthemix
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I am thinking of possibly buying a card when I'm next in the US, but does anyone know what the deal is with defective cards? Would I have to return it to the US, or could I return it to the manufacturer's UK arm? (not sure whether I will get an Asus, MSI or what at the moment)
Cool thanks. I've not heard of DSR before so I'll go look that up tonight. So it's just for resolution settings in game then? GeDoSaTo sounds like it does tons of stuff but after reading through it I was confused lol.
DSR basically is downsampling for dummies. No offense meant with that, as it truly is the simplest way to do it. It allows you to render at resolutions higher than your native resolution. It's great.
prodystopian
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Has anyone used a 970 with a Corsair 430W PSU? I wouldn't do it permanently, but it looks like my PSU will be the last thing to arrive and I was thinking of using my old one for a day or two.
Need to know which model you're using, but depending on the other components in your machine.....maybe? I'd just wait, even though youre unlikely to do any damage to the video card trying it out.
prodystopian
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VX430w with i4690k with CM 212 Evo, 16gb DDR3@1600, Samsung 840 256GB, and I'd probably just leave the 2tb HDD out for the day.
LeGourmand
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Finally,
Oct 16, 2014 9:45 Quebec City, PQ On vehicle for delivery
Oct 16, 2014 9:45 Quebec City, PQ On vehicle for delivery
1. No one can answer that question.
2. Educated guess: They all have the same problem, like all other Nvidia cards before.
youre really going to be pushing it with that hardware. Any overclock on the processor? (it has a K on the end so the answer should be yes). I think you'll probably be okay for awhile at stock....nvidia recommends a 500 watt power supply for a 970 but the real issue is the 12v rail.
it's a pretty worthwhile jump, considering you should be able to offload your 670 for ~150.
prodystopian
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Oh actually it looks like I won't be able to anyway; the 430 only has a 6+2 PCI connector, and the card needs two six pin connectors. I'll just have to wait.
I wouldnt recommend it for sure....
On another note, your psu would be able to connect to it physically with the molex-6pin adapters that came with your card. (if it came with one)
Smushroomed
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Yes
LeGourmand
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You'll get it by email, after it ships and they have a up to 48 hours processing time, at least Newegg.ca does.
LeGourmand
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Yep, from newegg.ca and i just got it, at work. I ordered on Oct 7. It took a while compare to regular newegg shipping, but it normally ships from Canada, this came from LA
Forum member and Nintendo-related-poster extraordinaire L~A sent it to you? Big ups to him!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...BESTMATCH&Description=gtx+970&N=-1&isNodeId=1
newegg has the Evga SC and the Zotac standard edition right now.
(edit: im a moron, it shows as "add to cart" when you search but they are out of stock when you click the individual item. bad form on my part. Apologies.)
EVGA is out of stock if you actually click into it, at least as of this morning when I tried to buy one.
I'm trying to get one from Amazon, delivery date Nov 6-Nov 20. It's hard to find this bastard. Ebayer in full mobilization I think
No worries. I did the same thing.
Nowinstock.net shows it available in two spots:
Zotac for $339 from superbiiz
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=ZT-970G4D5&c=CJ
gigabyte windforce for $349 at amazon
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NH5T1UA/?tag=neogaf0e-20
And BOUGHT. I WUV YOU.
Any chance to help a fellow pc gamer!
It depends on the game, but that's about as good as you're going to get for 4k gamingw ith just two cards.
Dude, this is awesome. Thanks for finding these!
I actually stumbled across the Zotac one available on Amazon.They had 1 in stock, so I snagged it, but it looks like they are still listing it as getting more in (just checked again, it shows two available now).
I'm running a gtx 970 jetstream from palit and it's running great for my oculus DK2 games.
Still messing around with it since I've only had it for a few days but so far it's great.
I don't really understand eBay for the 970gtx from either the buyer or seller perspective. For seller, eBay and PayPal fees are 12% or so and cards sell for say $430-450 resulting in about ~$40-50 profit (less if you originally paid shipping or sales tax). Most places selling the cards limit the number you can buy, and with horrible seller protection on eBay (soon buyers will have 6 months for returns), it hardly seems worth it unless you sell in mass quantities that are difficult to come by.
For buyers, the whole point to the 970 series is the cheap price which paying $100 over retail no longer makes it appealing as that is starting to get close to 980 pricing and is the same price as the 290x and some 780ti.
Inferno313
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MSI Gaming G4 is in at Tigerdirect.com
Ordered one to replace the whiney EVGA card I got! Fingers crossed for no whine!
Ordered one to replace the whiney EVGA card I got! Fingers crossed for no whine!
Looks like I have a fairly power limited Zotac 970 unfortunately. ASIC quality reported at 76% in GPU-Z. She tops out under a 1400 boost but sometimes creeps down from there hitting the power ceiling, which Zotac has locked at 106% for the time being. Also can't overvolt with any Zotac cards right now.
Beyond that, the performance is awesome. At stock around 9500 in Firestrike with my i7 920 @4.2GHz. Crossfire 5850s was just over 5000.
Comparisons @ 1440p going from my overclocked Crossfire 5850s to the GTX 970.
Just Cause 2
Dark Tower
71.84fps -> 113.08fps avg
Concrete Jungle
54.37fps -> 90.15fps avg
Metro 2033 Benchmark
20.67fps -> 35.33fps avg
Tomb Raider w/TressFX
25.3fps -> 64.0fps avg - huge jump here. Ultimate settings with 4xSSAA, just under 30fps @1440p
Unigine Heaven
35.4fps -> 54.7fps avg
Unigine Valley
53.4fps -> 69.8fps avg - smallest jump here, but the bench is getting a big dated.
BF4 plays awesome @1440p with most everything maxed. I think my i7 920 will live on a little while longer.
Beyond that, the performance is awesome. At stock around 9500 in Firestrike with my i7 920 @4.2GHz. Crossfire 5850s was just over 5000.
Comparisons @ 1440p going from my overclocked Crossfire 5850s to the GTX 970.
Just Cause 2
Dark Tower
71.84fps -> 113.08fps avg
Concrete Jungle
54.37fps -> 90.15fps avg
Metro 2033 Benchmark
20.67fps -> 35.33fps avg
Tomb Raider w/TressFX
25.3fps -> 64.0fps avg - huge jump here. Ultimate settings with 4xSSAA, just under 30fps @1440p
Unigine Heaven
35.4fps -> 54.7fps avg
Unigine Valley
53.4fps -> 69.8fps avg - smallest jump here, but the bench is getting a big dated.
BF4 plays awesome @1440p with most everything maxed. I think my i7 920 will live on a little while longer.
Temps are great though. Only 25C at Idle and 64C under full load with MSI Afterburner fan profile.. A little bit of coil whine when the fps counter shoots up into the thousands on Heaven/Valley bench on static screens. Beyond that, my case fans are louder than anything this card produces.
nice to hear mine should arrive tomorrow
i know this may seem crazy but my 570HD was low 80's and worked fine for me for over two years, that being said im really hoping this card runs cooler.
Honestly, if you don't want to deal with coil whine, get a 980. I've got 2 and neither of them make the slightest coil whine sound. I'm sure other 980 owners in this thread can corroborate.
Haven't personally heard of one getting that high stable on air, but it might be possible with liquid. Most are maxing out around 1500mhz.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Now if only NCIX shipping wasn't shit I could be building my system this weekend
Damn still in stock. So tempting but I have to much amazon credit
Why would that be the case, though? I did notice 980 PCB layouts look quite different from 970 ones, are they really sacrificing power delivery quality on 970s comparitively? In any case, if Gigabyte didn't charge $630 for their G1 980, I might bite. What is that...
Higher quality components. The 980 is Nvidia's current flagship product. They don't have to make as many sacrifices to hit an aggressive price point like the 970. That's why the 980 costs ~50% more, but only offers ~20% better performance. The extra money is going towards better build quality.
If you don't want to spend $630 on the Gigabyte G1, you can get a reference 980 for $549, which has a great Titan style cooler on it.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Quick issue.
With my GTX 680 I was running two monitors on the DVI ports and one via an active DisplayPort to DVI adapter.
This Gigabyte 980 has two DVI ports and 3 Displayport. The DVI connected monitors are working but it will not detect the DP-DVI monitor at all.
I am using the correct ports (per gigabytes website)
Ideas?
With my GTX 680 I was running two monitors on the DVI ports and one via an active DisplayPort to DVI adapter.
This Gigabyte 980 has two DVI ports and 3 Displayport. The DVI connected monitors are working but it will not detect the DP-DVI monitor at all.
I am using the correct ports (per gigabytes website)
Ideas?