I got my second permanent G1 970 for SLI yesterday and it's boosting to 1418 MHz with a 78.7% ASIC quality score right out of the box. I won the silicon lottery. One of my 970s is using Hynix VRAM instead of Samsung; minor detail, but odd. Also, they're both revision 1.1 G1 Gamings, but they have slightly different BIOS numbers and one came in a black box labeled "G1 Gaming", the other just "Gigabyte". G1 owners know what I mean.
Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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opticalmace
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I don't know how it computes the overall score but your GPU and CPU scores look pretty normal imo. Don't know why the combined/overall is low.
Maybe try a CPU overclock and see how it changes?
I guess that's the difference between the 1.0 and 1.1 revisions.
Brerlappin
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This is what I achieved with 3DMark, is it good or no?
That seems low. My first non-OC benchmark of FS gave me 9900. A small OC got me over 10K. And i have the same CPU as you too, a 4770K
The problem is that both of my current ones are 1.1. It just seems like they rebadged a normal 1.0 one as 1.1, so no major hardware changes I presume. One being Samsung and the other Hynix actually kind of bothers me.
I bet the Samsung OCs better.
This is what I achieved with 3DMark, is it good or no?
I got something like 8800 score with 970 + i5-3570k, so that does seem a bit low to me. Maybe do a clean install of the drivers? That seemed to fix it for someone in this thread
This is what I achieved with 3DMark, is it good or no?
Seems low. What 970? We've seen a few reasons for low scores:
- Card is overheating and getting temp throttled (MSI fans not spinning is a big culprit for this)
- driver issues. Use a driver cleaner and install the latest nvidia fresh
Dave_6
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Mine scored close to that with a stock G1 970 and a 3570K @ 4.4. The graphics score was over 13K itself though. Never ran it again.
lordfuzzybutt
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This seems low, I got 9400 with my stock OC from MSI.
Slight OC and I got over 10k.
This is with 4670k stock.
opticalmace
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I think your MSI card is 1140/1279mhz (base/boost) stock. His zotac is 1076/1216mhz, a bit slower. Not sure if it makes up the difference though...
Folks asking about MFAA, get the details on http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/geforce-344-75-whql-driver-released
Has everything you need to know.
Has everything you need to know.
Any ETA on SLI support for this AA?
mattman5000
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got my 2 GTX980s + Koolance waterblocks last month, and I am very happy with the performance.
Beast Mode:
Beast Mode:
Beast Mode:
I'm jealous as fuck
lordfuzzybutt
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Yeah I know, but a 63mhz difference is too little for such a 2000 score difference.
opticalmace
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1400, but I agree.
CastleBravo
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Wait, why? I'm thinking of ordering a 970 through them in the next few days.
opticalmace
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No rumours as far as I know, but if you're really itching for an upgrade I'm sure there will be something next year for you.
So I should return my cards and spend $800 at a later date?
I can't give out dates for such things, I'm afraid. We'll expand support as fast as we can, as we did with DSR.
Innovation takes time
I can't give out dates for such things, I'm afraid. We'll expand support as fast as we can, as we did with DSR.
Innovation takes time
I'm just messing with ya. Your gaf-presence is appreciated and I love my 970s ;p
The problem is that both of my current ones are 1.1. It just seems like they rebadged a normal 1.0 one as 1.1, so no major hardware changes I presume. One being Samsung and the other Hynix actually kind of bothers me.
Supposedly the Samsung memory overlocks better.
Naked Snake
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Are there any reports of MSI using non-Samsung memory or is it just Gigabyte?
lordfuzzybutt
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It's true, but it can also be other factors. Your score is way lower than it should be, which is around 9k mark.
My guess is something related to heat causing the card to throttle down, try measuring your temp when running the test and then post it here maybe?
Felix Lighter
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I can't give out dates for such things, I'm afraid. We'll expand support as fast as we can, as we did with DSR.
Innovation takes time
Is DSR still incompatible with GSync + SLI? I'm just curious, I haven't had a chance to install the new driver yet.
43 is ridiculously low under load. I'm going to venture a guess here and say that your card is not hitting max clock hence your low scores.
What I would do is download MSI afterburner and in the settings enable the On screen delay and select at least a few things for the OSD:
- GPU temp
- GPU clock
- GPU load
Then run the benchmark with the overlay and see what your GPU load and clock speed are. If the GPU load isn't around 99% and clocks over 1000 most of the time then you have a problem that will probably involve Zotac support or just flat out RMA'ing the card.
I'm fed up with coil whine and just doing my best to ignore it now. My ASUS strix used to buzz on games like Witcher 2, CS:GO, FF13. I RMA'd it and got an EVGA FTW. That didn't have any buzz on those exact same games. Thought I was safe. Then I found buzzing in BF4. Now I have buzzing in Skyrim (when the Asus was buzz free in Skyrim) and CS:GO has started with the buzz again.
I give up. On the bright side, the worst of the EVGA buzzing is still world softer than the ASUS was.
Thanks, Andy. I've tested MFAA with a few games on the compatibility list, and I'm pretty impressed. Hopefully the list will grow exponentially in the coming months!
Now, I've been force-enabling "Maxwell sample interleaving (MFAA)" by itself through Nvidia inspector since the option was introduced with the 900 series cards in September, and it's worked well with some games. So, if you don't mind my asking, what's happening there exactly? I've spoken with a few Nvidia engineers at IEEE conferences earlier in the year, and they've told me MFAA was "initially intended" to be compatible with any, and every game out there; sort of how driver-level FXAA's worked for years.
At any rate, thank you very much for your feedback, and especially for the superb AC: Unity and FC4 guides you've recently produced.
Piercedveil
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Is there a general consensus on the best model of the 970 to get or does it not really matter? I see a lot of people going with the Gigabyte G1 recently. I thought I read the MSI Gaming 4G was supposed to be good too.
I'd be upgrading from an EVGA gtx 760.
I'd be upgrading from an EVGA gtx 760.
I don't know if this is true for every single boards but the MSI 970 reviewed by HardOCP had Samsung modules :
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/09/29/msi_geforce_gtx_970_gaming_4g_video_card_review/1#.VGulgvlFuUk
Samsung chips are more expensive.
I ordered from Amazon.ca, so I'm not sure if it applies to you.
They sold me a EVGA SC ACX 2.0 for $350 (it normally retails for $395 CAD).
It's been a solid month since I ordered it, and they still don't even have stock. So I got annoyed and cancelled.
Don't think they were going to honor that price, anyway.
The max 80 temp might be an issue? 6500 is VERY low. Something is amiss.
DoDonGouki
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Something is definitely wrong with your results. I scored 6386 points with a 680 ftw and a 3770k cpu. You should have around 10000 points.
I don't think so, it reached 80 temperature after...well, let's say 7 hours of testing
So probably it should be lower then that in normal conditions.
There might be something actually wrong with your card. My MSI 970 hit somewhere in the region of 9k with base-settings and I hit over 10k with a very moderate overclock.
As did the Gigabyte 970s reviewed. This isn't the first time reviewed cards differed from the final models I've owned in this regard either. Considering Hynix is also perfectly capable of the reference 7 GHz speeds and if we lend any credence to GDDR5 being in short supply, I would imagine all or most manufacturers will use what's available.
opticalmace
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Both times he's getting 10k in the graphics score, which is about what it should be for a 970 depending on the stock clocks.
Don't know why the combined and overall are messed though.
Don't know why the combined and overall are messed though.
lordfuzzybutt
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No worries then, as long as your game holds up, who cares about benchmark.
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So, I did the test and this is what I got:
GPU Temp min 32 max 80
GPU Usage min 0 max 99
Core Clock min 135 max 1266
Memory clock min 324 max 3506
This time I scored something like 6500, but this is righ ater I did the Heaven bench, it this means something.
I think I found the problem. There are a lot of reports about a...bug? Glitch? Something like that with combined score.
In fact if you check my stats, the combined should be MORE high then 1500. Well, I think I'll just give up. Too many reports with a similar problem, and no one can find an answer (just google for low combined score futuremark).
The image says Graphics driver not approved. Are you using the latest graphics driver?
Posted in the new Nvidia driver thread, but figured it's probably quite relevant to most people here:
MSAAx2 vs MFAAx2 in Assassin's Creed Unity.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/100699
Pretty damn good.
MSAAx2 vs MFAAx2 in Assassin's Creed Unity.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/100699
Pretty damn good.
Nope, you're good. Its just recommended settings and it doesn't always do a perfect job.
zero shift
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Well I got my GTX 970 set up. So far no coil whining at all. Silent as a pin drop.
lordfuzzybutt
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No idea about Shadow Warrior, but Mordor can exceed 5GBs of VRAM use sometimes, so it's quite normal.
Yup! There are plenty of guides out there for 970 overclocks, too.