lemonlyman
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Did I mess up buying the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970? A lot of you seem to be waiting...
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Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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Just so you know, Overclockers.uk have an Amazon payment option, too.
I thought DVI to DVI was dual link. Now I am unsure what I have. Is there anyway I can check that?
Nevermind. It says dual link on the cable, I just checked
derExperte
Member
Has someone else had the problem with his MSI 970 that one fan suddenly ramps up to full speed but the other one stays off while in game but with barely any load and heat? Gets much louder than when both turn on like they should during demanding gameplay, happened two times here now, very weird.
Okay, found this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=183618.0 Seems to be a widespread issue, probably a bug in the card's BIOS. :/ I'll test https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=183618.msg1318473#msg1318473 later.
Okay, found this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=183618.0 Seems to be a widespread issue, probably a bug in the card's BIOS. :/ I'll test https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=183618.msg1318473#msg1318473 later.
jim2point0
Banned
EVGA 980 superclocked
icecold1983
Member
i dont believe so no
I'm an idiot. All these years I thought that it only worked on EVGA cards haha.
10101
Gold Member
Yeah they do have a utility, not sure how good it is though.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5212&dl=1&RWD=0#utility
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Just use afterburner.
That's the exact one I want. Ordering tomorrow. Gonna be a long wait I'm afraid.
-MD-
Member
Placed an order for that card nearly 4 days ago and I still don't even have an estimate on the shipping.
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BrokenEchelon
Banned
Intel Integrated GRAPHIX4EVA.
I assume that's your system score? What's your graphics score?
Also, EVGA Precision sucks. Use MSI Afterburner. It's much easier to configure and read.
plagiarize
Banned
Alan Wake sure looks pretty in DSR. It's a shame that American Nightmare doesn't seem to be supported.
Get in line buddy. I placed my order on the 20th...
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
So still no word on the 980 TI or rumored Titan X? Those might get me to upgrade my 290x
I'm glad to know the Gigabyte ones are good!
I've seen the classified version listed on EVGA's website but it only says "coming soon" it's supposed to be the card with the highest factory overclock and overclocking potential but I don't know yet what the premium is going to be. I hope it's not over $700...
holygeesus
Banned
Still nothing, this is becoming painful. I have Amazon money and so can't even spend anywhere else if I wanted to, not that I really want to do that.
A lot of other retailers take 'Amazon payments' - do vouchers not work in that case?
killatopak
Member
Heard a rumor that AMD 300 series was coming out on feb. Should I wait or do I just bite the 970?
Objectively Bad Opinion
Member
Depends on what card you have now. It's a 4 month wait so if you need a new card you should just get it now and get to playing video games.
At that point, I'd probably just wait for Pascal.
Hello noob question here... how do you know which GTX 970 card to buy?
I can get a Gainward GTX 970 or a Galax GTX 970 for about $419 AU (cheapest price here) or I can get the EVGA Superclocked for $469
I'm trying to build an i5 machine that does 1080p/120fps on high on a variety of games but mainly racing games like Asetto Corsa and Project Cars and that sort of thing. Should I spend the $50 more to get the superclocked version?
The Gigabyte G1 is $519 and the base clock is slower than the EVGA Superclocked as well.
I can get a Gainward GTX 970 or a Galax GTX 970 for about $419 AU (cheapest price here) or I can get the EVGA Superclocked for $469
I'm trying to build an i5 machine that does 1080p/120fps on high on a variety of games but mainly racing games like Asetto Corsa and Project Cars and that sort of thing. Should I spend the $50 more to get the superclocked version?
The Gigabyte G1 is $519 and the base clock is slower than the EVGA Superclocked as well.
Simply load AN and select the higher resolution in-game.
runningjoke
Member
You need to go into the nvidia control panel and select DSR scaling options. Now you can select higher resolutions in games.
Soodanim
Member
That's certainly how it feels as someone paying attention to this thread being a week or two away from ordering parts.
Why does such a great card have to have such a noisy downside
Fallout-NL
Member
brotkasten
Member
Part of me wants to wait for Assassin's Creed Unity to determinate whether or not I really need a new card (considering that even Mordor can run well enough on a toaster, aka 560Ti/6970). But then we know that the game is going to be delayed for PC and it's going to run like crap on any card anyway.
Buzzing and coil whine on my MSI GTX 970 4GB Gaming card.
Listen to how quiet things are until the game starts rendering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV45fl-0GXg
Noise changes with what is being rendered (skip the the last 8 seconds).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx66l7EiCrE
Excessive coil whine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djh1XX9ilmI
I had no noise whatsoever from my Asus 660Ti or Asus 670Ti cards.
I'm sending it back to Scan for a full refund since this seems to be a widespread issue.
Listen to how quiet things are until the game starts rendering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV45fl-0GXg
Noise changes with what is being rendered (skip the the last 8 seconds).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx66l7EiCrE
Excessive coil whine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djh1XX9ilmI
I had no noise whatsoever from my Asus 660Ti or Asus 670Ti cards.
I'm sending it back to Scan for a full refund since this seems to be a widespread issue.
Man, yours is really bad. I get a little bit of that, but nothing too bad.
Fallout-NL
Member
Got a question about afterburner, is there any way to tell what the core clock mhz is (total)? It only seems to show what the offset is.
icecold1983
Member
does cpu speed affect the valley benchmark at all?
Yeah, that's very similar to what mine does. I've not returned it to OCUK yet, was burning it in first to see if that helps any(some people report it does). I may just keep it and put up with it since I'm mostly using headphones anyway. We'll have to see, I've still got 3 weeks to decide what I'm going to do.
I never had it in my last card, the Asus 660TI either.
I am very sensitive to coil whine, my MSI GTX970 has none. And actually it was my previous card, an Asus 660Ti card that had plenty of annoying coil whine..
Which model is your GTX 970?
I have a issue with the Gigabyte GTX 970 G1...
Can't Switch to 120hz in my Benq 2420T.
look here
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=393389
Fallout-NL
Member
All of them right now seem to be a can of worms. The Gigabyte I have right now have noticeable coil whine.
If the 970s are anything to go by, the more expensive FTW version has a beefier heatsink that doesn't suck.
the 970 ftw has triple bios and 1,215v+ voltage boost (cant find 980ftw on their site)