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Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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Salty Hippo
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Did it. Kept only the HDMI on the GPU. I get no display on my TV (which is on the correct HDMI channel btw).
yeah I missed it, it had the wrong shipping address, it was even in my cart!
BAM gone
Boss Mog
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I just got my Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming from Newegg and it doesn't seem to be working sadly. The PC won't even post. I get error code "0d" on my Asus P67 mobo which is listed as "Reserved for future AMI SEC error codes", whatever that means...
I'm using only one modular cable from my EVGA G2 850W power supply which splits into a 6-pin and a 6+2-pin. It's what I was using for my Asus GTX 670 (which had two 6-pin connections) only here I'm using the the "+2" since the Gigabyte GTX 970 has 6-pin and 8-pin connections.
The card lights up, all fans spinning etc.. but I get nothing. I put my Asus GTX 670 back in and it's working fine. Is it possible I got a bad card? There were no seals on my box whatsoever others than a piece of tape on the anti-static bag. Is this normal? Did Newegg send me a open box item? For the people that also bought this card, did your box have any kind of seals on it? Any help is appreciated.
Gonna go try and install it again and see if I have more luck this time.
I'm using only one modular cable from my EVGA G2 850W power supply which splits into a 6-pin and a 6+2-pin. It's what I was using for my Asus GTX 670 (which had two 6-pin connections) only here I'm using the the "+2" since the Gigabyte GTX 970 has 6-pin and 8-pin connections.
The card lights up, all fans spinning etc.. but I get nothing. I put my Asus GTX 670 back in and it's working fine. Is it possible I got a bad card? There were no seals on my box whatsoever others than a piece of tape on the anti-static bag. Is this normal? Did Newegg send me a open box item? For the people that also bought this card, did your box have any kind of seals on it? Any help is appreciated.
Gonna go try and install it again and see if I have more luck this time.
mugurumakensei
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did you set up the gpu as the primary display device in the bios?
Salty Hippo
Member
No, but if that was the problem there should be nothing stopping my VGA monitor from working I think.
mugurumakensei
Member
i guess the next question is what is your psu?
Salty Hippo
Member
EVGA 600B Bronze 80 Plus. It should be fine right?
mambadragon
Banned
I just tried Crysis 1 with my 970. 7 years later I'm finally running the game at max settings at 1200p
I'm seeing some marginal gains across the board. But you are right, it's not really an "upgrade." I decided to just sell mine because the value on the thing is dropping really fast now. You can always just SLI the 980 later if you want something that will perform a lot better. There really isn't a benefit to the sandwich cards is there other then being more convenient in smaller cases is there?
mugurumakensei
Member
yea, it should be fine unless the psu is faulty. does it come one through vga without the card plugged in?
One 8 pin and one 6 pin is what mine used.
Felix Lighter
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No, he's right, it's a 6pin and an 8pin for the Gigabyte GTX 970 Gaming G1.
Also, Boss★Moogle, I bought 2 of the same card and there were no seals on my boxes either
Edit:
I just got around to benchmarking my new cards. I didn't spend much time OCing. I just set the clocks to 1492Mhz and ran Heaven for 30 minutes. All seems to be in line with similar systems from what I've seen. I think I'm all set now with my new PC.
Boss Mog
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I think it's the Gigabyte 980 that uses 2x8, the 970 I have is 6+8.
So after writing my original message while I was up and running on my old card I decided to look at my sound devices because I noticed I wasn't getting any sound and my trusty Audigy 2 ZS was nowhere to be found in my playback devices. I decided to uninstall the drivers, and reboot to reinstall them but them when I went to reboot I got a new error code "94" this time and again my PC wouldn't boot to windows, this time with the old card. Apparently it has to do with PCI devices according to my mobo manual. I then tried putting the Gigabyte GTX 970 back in to see which code I got and this time I got "94" on the GTX 970 as well. So I said maybe my sound card is the issue so I removed it and now the GTX 970 boots up fine. So at least the good news is my new card and my old card are both fine.
Now I just need to figure out why my sound card is acting out. I doubt it's damaged since it was working fine before I attempted the initial 970 install. Its just weird that the sound card would cause the PC to not be able to boot. I do have an identical backup sound card I can try. So I'll try both and see what happens.
Does anyone else's Gigabyte 970 blast fans to full speed during boot ups and shutdowns? It's a bit annoying, my Gigabyte 780 never did this.
Icing to the cake on the coil whine, I should have waited for the second wave of 970 models, can't even RMA at the moment because who knows how long I'll be without a card for with this lack of stock.
Icing to the cake on the coil whine, I should have waited for the second wave of 970 models, can't even RMA at the moment because who knows how long I'll be without a card for with this lack of stock.
Salty Hippo
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Yes it does. But I fixed it. Turns out my horribly projected case has a piece of plastic on the very first hole, and that combined with the position of the HDMI port on the 970 made it so that the HDMI cable wasn't being connected all the way. There is no such problem on the holes below that one so I just put the GPU in the bottom 16x slot of the motherboard, and now everything is ok.
I have one question though. My mobo has only one pci-e 3.0 slot, how do I know if it's the top or the bottom one. And does 3.0 or 2.0 matter for this video card?
So the Asus Strix finally came in stock at Canada Computers...rushed to the store after work and picked mine up.
Of course, as soon as I got home I noticed NCIX finally decided to process my pre-order and ship mine at that exact moment.
So now I've got two 970s...but my motherboard is pretty ass for SLI. However my brother in law wants to abandon console gaming and was planning to sell his PS4, so we worked out a trade. So I get a ps4 with a bunch of games and 50 bucks, he gets his video card.
Really impressed by the card itself - haven't even done anything fancy and it's maintaining 1475mhz and never going over 60 degrees (with a custom fan profile). Question though - does anyone know how to set the boost clock higher in GPU tweak? I've always used this program in the past, but this new version seems limited to 1400 for some reason. I definitely have some headroom temperature-wise.
Of course, as soon as I got home I noticed NCIX finally decided to process my pre-order and ship mine at that exact moment.
So now I've got two 970s...but my motherboard is pretty ass for SLI. However my brother in law wants to abandon console gaming and was planning to sell his PS4, so we worked out a trade. So I get a ps4 with a bunch of games and 50 bucks, he gets his video card.
Really impressed by the card itself - haven't even done anything fancy and it's maintaining 1475mhz and never going over 60 degrees (with a custom fan profile). Question though - does anyone know how to set the boost clock higher in GPU tweak? I've always used this program in the past, but this new version seems limited to 1400 for some reason. I definitely have some headroom temperature-wise.
opticalmace
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Probably the top one (closest to the CPU), but check your mobo manual to be sure.
Edit:
I just got around to benchmarking my new cards. I didn't spend much time OCing. I just set the clocks to 1492Mhz and ran Heaven for 30 minutes. All seems to be in line with similar systems from what I've seen. I think I'm all set now with my new PC.
What case are you using? How are the temps holding up with two of those guys in there? Been really impressed with the cooling on my solo 980GTX G1. Just thinking about the future... yes the future...
I have a problem...
So far no odd noises coming from my card... god I hope I don't start hearing them. I am super sensitive to this kind of stuff. Took me months to get my fans and everything setup for zero vibrations of any kind.
Felix Lighter
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Phanteks Enthoo Pro. Running Heaven for 30 mins, one card peaked at 73C and the other one reach 62C.
DrBaalzamon
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Hows the performance increase? I have a GTX 680 and looking to go the same route!
Should be pretty substantial. Thing is pretty much on par with my 690GTX. Basically 680 SLI performance.
Haha, similar thing happened to me
But dayum, Remember Me with 4x DSR looks hot and performs so good on my 970! 4k60 yo, my mind was blown.
Using a case with limited space, would it be smarter to go for a smaller card, airflow wise?
Or should I just put an extra fan at the top of the case? Any input on how to think?
With the gigabyte the air hot air can only go upwards next to the card while with the msi the bottom fan (pictured in the gigabyte picture) can also blow the air upwards behind the card.
Or should I just put an extra fan at the top of the case? Any input on how to think?
I've got an Asus Strix 970 arriving at somepoint today. I'll do the same tests to compare and contrast, hopefully with an upload by this evening or tomorrow.
daninthemix
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Any cost estimates of the upcoming 8GB versions?
Dictator93
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It would just be fruitless guessing. Who even knows if or when they will come out.
besthijacker
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There is no 8gb version coming out in near future. Would hope people would stop spreading those lies.
100$ premium at least.
Even waiting for the fifth wave of 970 models will change nothing about the coil whine situation. When will people finally understand this?
Boss★Moogle;132511046 said:
For what it's worth, the MSI GTX 970 won't work right on my Asus H67 either. No POST, just a black screen with a beep here and there. It does boot after a few minutes, but that certainly isn't normal. I bought a Z97 and i7-4790 that I'm putting together tonight, and I'll try the card again. It did work on my wife's PC after all.
Same here, and when it does ramp up under full load, it's simply the low frequency sound of whoosing air that I hear, not unpleasant at all. My temperatures are regularly in the 70s, which seems higher than most people are getting, so the fact that I can hear anything at all may simply be due to poor air flow in my case causing the card to need to work harder to cool itself.
I meant I should have waited for the sake of cross-RMA (order second card, return first one). Stock would be more reliably available later on. Now I'm stuck, got a few weeks to ship it back but need a replacement first (because I sold my previous card).
brotkasten
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Then what is the reason any why aren't manufacturers doing something about it?
undercoverb0ss
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Which 980 did you end up going with? Reference?
Before my 690 I had 2 6950s in crossfire right next to each other, and the temps on the cards were horrible. I am sure 980s are better in this situation, but I'd rather avoid it if I can.
I would have to scrap my Asus Essence STX sound card to space 2 cards apart, which is something I don't want to do.
DSR seems like a pretty cool feature (I've never seen Counter-Strike GO look so smooth before!) but it makes the Steam overlay SO TINY! Almost unreadable. I had to squint to reply to messages, and click-dragging the box only made it take up more space without making the text bigger.
There's nothing we can do about that, I'm afraid, and the same thing happens when playing on a native 4K panel.
The reason I don't know and manufactureres don't do anything about it for the same reason many games release at shit framerates: Consumers don't care enough.
Fuuuuuck.No, he's right, it's a 6pin and an 8pin for the Gigabyte GTX 970 Gaming G1.
Also, Boss★Moogle, I bought 2 of the same card and there were no seals on my boxes either
Edit:
I just got around to benchmarking my new cards. I didn't spend much time OCing. I just set the clocks to 1492Mhz and ran Heaven for 30 minutes. All seems to be in line with similar systems from what I've seen. I think I'm all set now with my new PC.
I really wish I could find a 970.
It's a tricky subject, electromagnetism, resonance.. Yeah.. Which creates scenarios where f.ex. a coil whining card might be silent if you put it into a different computer..
Coil whine might destroy an otherwise good experience, so manufacturers should dig much deeper into it than they seem to be (basically nothing?), .
Yeah, I imagine it's something Steam itself will have to take into account as they keep updating the client. Thanks for the clarification!
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Just so we are clear, does v-sync usually limit the coil whine issue? Or if you have bad coil whine, you are screwed regardless?
Dictator93
Member
Yeah, tons of content is not made for high resolution displays. WIndows desktop being one of them unfortunately.
Haha, similar thing happened to me
But dayum, Remember Me with 4x DSR looks hot and performs so good on my 970! 4k60 yo, my mind was blown.
The funny thing is this isn't the first time this has happened when I got a new card. My 8800GT died when I was playing Arkham Asylum for the first time, and bought a 4870 to replace it. I put in the card, boot up Batman, and walk right into this part.
I only tried it out a little bit last night and was floored by how good it is. I've used downsampling before but this is so much more convenient over all, the steam overlay thing is a small price to pay.
I especially like that you don't need to worry about the game's UI going all tiny like the overlay does. And how I don't need to make game-specific settings, just change my resolution ingame until I'm where I want.
Although even going to 4k resolution doesn't even make Dark Souls 2 begin to tax my 970. I see myself using this feature a lot until more demanding games start arriving.
Pretty sure many games will still have badly scaled UI when using DSR.
What needs to happen is more developers putting in adjustable UI scaling. Some games have it and its fantastic just for normal use, but becomes a godsend when downsampling.