Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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Felix Lighter
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Idle temps that aren't completely out of line aren't typically something to be concerned about. What are the temps at full load?
Well I took peeps advice and ordered my GTX 970. Just installed it, and I think I'm going to be a douche and let the first game I play with it be Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. 
I'm pretty fucking pumped though. Hopefully I won't have to worry about meeting recommended specs for at least six months.
I'm pretty fucking pumped though. Hopefully I won't have to worry about meeting recommended specs for at least six months.
for at least six months.
Much, much more than that.
42 idle for a card that has fans going all the time is kind of high. Its not disasterous by any means, but it could be symptomatic of high internal PC temps. As long as your under load temps aren't above 75 degrees or so, I would say its nothing to be concerned about. If it is higher than that, its abnormal and you may want to look at the general cooling of your PC.
Overclocking tips:-
- Set fan speed at max .
- OC one setting at a time. So find out your max core clock then move onto Mem.
- Now do the same again but with increasing your voltage to get a bigger OC.
- Also passing benchmarks does not make it stable, play a high end game for a decent enough duration, like BF4.
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3276781
+160 core, +625 memory. Think I'm done fiddling with it for tonight.
Your Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 is a beast.
My results for comparison. (I have a ref MSI 980)
Stock:-
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3150185
OC:-
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3237765
I really think the gtx 970 is an absolute steal for its price.
TC McQueen
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Hmm... it looks like EVGA isn't getting as much stock of 970 FTWs out to Amazon as other vendors. Right now the lowest price is $455 dollars from some third party vendor.
Do you have a multi-monitor setup or a 144hz monitor? I had to change my global power settings to adaptive instead of prefer maximum performance and change my refresh rate to 120hz to get it to downclock with both of the aforementioned setups. My temps are usually around 30c idle now. Assuming your card came with the latest BIOS, the fans won't kick on until high 50's with the default fan profile: http://forums.evga.com/EVGA-GTX-970-ACX-Firmware-Update-v11-m2228516.aspx, so your case cooling is doing most of the work until then. As long as your load temps are fine and your card is actually downclocking when idle, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
I don't see the FTW in stock at Newegg either. Most of the other card models are though so I expect it's just limited supply from EVGA. It is supposed to be the top binned card so it would make some sense.
Windom Earle
Member
New bios that comes with the new cards (or can be flashed) turns off the fans.
Oh nice. It wasn't yesterday!
zero shift
Banned
Yeah I heard about the fan turn off thing before. Thanks.
What is a good GPU stress testing program so I can get an idea of its heat?
How am I doing?
GIGABYTE G1
No OC to CPU/GPU
Fantastic. I got 9500 for reference.
EDIT - Tests have ranged from 8500 to 11000. Everyone is somewhere in that range.
That's great to hear ;p
I don't have any real graphic intensive games to run tho other than The Witcher 2
I'll try that one soon
Seems high for that card. My idle temp is 31 degrees.
I don't have a 980 or 970, but I saw people complaining about buzzing cards and thought I should chime in. My Gigabyte 660Ti had some pretty bad buzzing while playing certain games, usually on games that I can push more than 60FPS with. Using the frame limiter with Nvidia Inspector set at 65 FPS totally fixed my buzzing issues. Hopefully that helps some of you, as gaming buzz is super annoying.
Mechanized
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When I bought my card on Newegg I had the voucher within 24 hours.
sounds good. thanks.
Ah, interesting.
I still don't like the idea of it. I set my MSI card to have the fan running all the time. Dropped my idle temps from 35-36 to 25, running at 25% fan speed up to 40C. Its probably even more silly of me since I probably wont keep my 970 for a really long time, but I just feel more comfortable when I'm running cool components. I kept my CPU overclock to 4.2GHz because I can do it with a really respectable voltage and temperatures. I could probably push it to like 4.5GHz with very little issue on a simple Hyper 212, but when I'm rarely even hitting 70 degrees under load, I just cant bring myself to do it since the gains for pushing things further are pretty damn small.
anyone tried a 970/980 with a nehalem (1st gen core)?
I have an I5 750 (4 physical cores, no HT) with a 560 TI. A 970 looks like a good upgrade. My main problem is that it looks like my 560 with 1GB VRAM wont be able to handle "next-gen" games that were aimed at the new consoles.
I plan on upgrading the rest sometime in 2015, probably when skylake and the new socket come out.
I have an I5 750 (4 physical cores, no HT) with a 560 TI. A 970 looks like a good upgrade. My main problem is that it looks like my 560 with 1GB VRAM wont be able to handle "next-gen" games that were aimed at the new consoles.
I plan on upgrading the rest sometime in 2015, probably when skylake and the new socket come out.
StrawberryKikwi
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How long does it usually take to get the email to redeem your free game after buying a gpu? Nvidia is offering a free Ubisoft game and I'd like to get in on that farcry 4 hype
Allnamestakenlol
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Took five days for me to get mine, but I also contacted the seller (amazon) on day four.
NoMoChokeSJ
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Got mine after it shipped. Couple days tops. This was from Newegg.
StrawberryKikwi
Member
Thanks for the replies. Ordered mine from Amazon yesterday, will wait a few days and see if I get it before contacting them.
Coma Ecliptic
Member
Funny you mention that... I was just finally learning how to OC, which I'm not sure why I waited if it is this damn easy, and I got some results tonight
Asus 970 Strix
+176 Core (1290 MHz)
+475 Memory (1990 Mhz)
Power Limit 120% and Core Voltage +37
Edit: just tried to get the core to 1300 MHz, ran fine till about halfway then began artifacting. 1290 it is.
QualityPixel
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My Radeon 7970 died yesterday and I was thinking of upgrading to the GTX 970 or Radeon 290x. Has anybody run into any issues with microstutter in any games using the GeForce 970? There were a few games I particularly liked to play but my 7970 and previous 6950 that would sometimes microstutter like crazy and I have become pretty sensitive to stuttering because of it.
Games that microstuttered with my 7970 were Skyrim, ARMA2/3/Dayz SA and Source Engine games like Half Life 2, Portal, etc. Sometimes the stuttering was so bad in Skyrim that I just couldn't play it and other times it wouldn't stutter at all...
Games that microstuttered with my 7970 were Skyrim, ARMA2/3/Dayz SA and Source Engine games like Half Life 2, Portal, etc. Sometimes the stuttering was so bad in Skyrim that I just couldn't play it and other times it wouldn't stutter at all...
Prophet Steve
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I think AMD cards are better with that now, but I have the same issue with my 6950 sometimes.
I haven't seen any reports of 970 stuttering except in Watch Dogs, but that is for everybody. Also possibly Shadows of Mordor on ultra textures and Far Cry 4 but it sounds many people have problems with that. Haven't heard of any people that have stuttering issues because they have a 970.
jfoul
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I received a second Gigabyte G1 970(Rev 1.0) from Amazon today. One of the backplate screws was loose in the bag, which I've never seen before. The coil whine is bearable, but this card outputs the whine to the speakers. I'm probably going to send it back for another, but at least this one doesn't black screen like the previous card. Maybe I'll get lucky with the fourth card.
#1 ASUS STRIX 970 - Loud coil whine
#2 Gigabyte G1 970(Rev 1.1) - Medium coil whine and black screen crashes
#3 Gigabyte G1 970(Rev 1.0) - Low coil whine with loud whine going to the speakers
#4 ???
#1 ASUS STRIX 970 - Loud coil whine
#2 Gigabyte G1 970(Rev 1.1) - Medium coil whine and black screen crashes
#3 Gigabyte G1 970(Rev 1.0) - Low coil whine with loud whine going to the speakers
#4 ???
Judging by the GDDR5 shortages, don't expect it to happen for a long while if at all - especially under 980 branding. The next card Nvidia release with 8-12GB will probably be prosumer i.e Titan refresh.
catapult37
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I'm pretty tempted by these cards. If I understand correctly, we won't see any better cards until Pascal in 2016? Or should there there be improved versions of these cards in 2015?
My only goal is to eventually buy a single card that should let me run any future PS4/Xbone port at 1080p/60fps, even if I need to wait another year. Please advise!
My only goal is to eventually buy a single card that should let me run any future PS4/Xbone port at 1080p/60fps, even if I need to wait another year. Please advise!
HI guys, my mother is flying to the US in a week and I want to get a 970 while she is there. I'm buying the card from amazon since newegg does not accept credit cards from outside the US. Which brand/model do you recommend?
I was thinking about MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G since I had a good experience with my last card from them. Anything I should take in consideration?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks, any model in particular?
I was thinking about MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G since I had a good experience with my last card from them. Anything I should take in consideration?
Thanks in advance.
EVGA, ASUS, Gigabyte are the most popular
Thanks, any model in particular?
We'll see a much more powerful Maxwell chip sometime next year. It'll probably debut first in a Titan-type part, then a couple months down the line be priced much more cheaply in the GTX 780's successor. AMD also have their next-generation 390X coming out sometime next year. I would say current stuff is sufficient for 1920x1080 and 60 FPS with reasonable settings for years, but something much more powerful will be releasing in 2015, maybe even the first half of 2015.
Corpsepyre
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Hey guys, need some help here.
There's an INNO3D GTX 970 available here, and it's quite reasonably priced. Would you recommend that brand? I haven't heard of them much in recent times. Do they still have what it takes?
Will be appreciated.
There's an INNO3D GTX 970 available here, and it's quite reasonably priced. Would you recommend that brand? I haven't heard of them much in recent times. Do they still have what it takes?
Will be appreciated.
From what i have read the gigabyte G1 has the best cooling (4 heat pipes, 3 fans) but it is also the loudest. A few of the others can turn off the fan when the card is under 60 (Celsius) - making those cards overall quieter.
It looks like the G1 is also using "cherry picked" chips , but i am not sure about that. If true it should be better for OC.
opticalmace
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So I moved my card to a different PCIE slot and went from this(posted earlier):
To this:
and I have no idea why. Is that second score good enough with a 2500k stock and stock 970 that I should stop worrying?
You should always put your video card in the slot closest to the CPU. On most boards it'll be faster (x16 vs x8 or slower, depending on the motherboard) .Though, I will say normally x16 vs x8 isn't a big deal. What motherboard do you have? Check the manual and see what it says about your PCI-E slots.
I assume your CPU is at stock, 3.3ghz? I would probably OC it... I have my 2500k at 4.5 ghz and I get 8162 on the physics test.
I have an ASUS P8P67. I thought of that, but at least on the motherboard both are listed as 16x. The faster one is the one closer to the cpu though
opticalmace
Member
I just checked. Looks like if you put your gpu in the second slot the bus is shared with other internal components, if I'm not mistaken. Manual says to put your GPU in the first slot for max performance.
Ok, that explains it then. Thanks for the help, it's the first time I've gotten a really top end card and I was nervous about getting a dud or something
TC McQueen
Member
Is anybody in Central Florida looking for a reference 970? Because I know where you can get one:
Coma Ecliptic
Member
Got a giftcard for Amazon for $100 and they refunded me $100 on a price match...I had to upgrade my GTX970 to a 980...
Wonder what I'll hit next year when I finally upgrade this processor...
OC'd
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Wonder what I'll hit next year when I finally upgrade this processor...
OC'd
Stock