GTX 970 Owners Club

[Tostas]

I'll have to make one for the Strix, Wana be my first tester?

These are g1.

[SympathyRS]

I got a Gigabyte G1 Gaming, runs +179 on core + 253 on mem currently, haven't tried any higher yet though.

[gagiman]

These are g1.

 

He's looking into making bios for different brands of 970s, there is a spot for strix in the first post as well as some AMP bios for the EXTREME CORE edition. He just needs the original BIOS that is shipped inside the card

 

 

Also thats a pretty decent OC @SympathyRS, do you know what brand memory you have Hynix or maybe Samsung?

[SympathyRS]

He's looking into making bios for different brands of 970s, there is a spot for strix in the first post as well as some AMP bios for the EXTREME CORE edition. He just needs the original BIOS that is shipped inside the card

 

 

Also thats a pretty decent OC @SympathyRS, do you know what brand memory you have Hynix or maybe Samsung?

I guess I was pretty lucky, though how would I check the brand memory?

[Tostas]

I guess I was pretty lucky, though how would I check the brand memory?

Download GPUZ  http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

 

when you open it look @ 

[Dcdoc]

Hi @Gofspar,

 

I´ve been reading today the thread and I have a couple of questions.

 

I have a samsumg GTX 970 G1. I´ve already tweak my BIOS a bit to up the max TDP to 120%, This is my BIOS https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8f9vZRKq8z0R0RUS0R2OW9CWms/view?usp=sharing .

After reading the threat I dont quite get if I can just flash your 1.3 rom or not? I´ve compared my rom and yours to see the difference, and I´ve seen them . But I dont want to flash my BIOS before talking to you. Heres a copy of my card seen by GPU-Z

 

Another thing, right now I´m using an HDMI cable to connect my PC to the screen, when I flash my card should I use the DVI or HDMI?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Cheers,

 

Dani

[SympathyRS]

Download GPUZ  http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

 

when you open it look @ 

Thanks for the help, didn't notice I could check it there.  

It turns out my memory is produced by Samsung @gagiman

[Gofspar]

Hi @Gofspar,

 

I´ve been reading today the thread and I have a couple of questions.

 

I have a samsumg GTX 970 G1. I´ve already tweak my BIOS a bit to up the max TDP to 120%, This is my BIOS https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8f9vZRKq8z0R0RUS0R2OW9CWms/view?usp=sharing .

After reading the threat I dont quite get if I can just flash your 1.3 rom or not? I´ve compared my rom and yours to see the difference, and I´ve seen them . But I dont want to flash my BIOS before talking to you. Heres a copy of my card seen by GPU-Z

GPU-Z GTX 970.PNG

 

Another thing, right now I´m using an HDMI cable to connect my PC to the screen, when I flash my card should I use the DVI or HDMI?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Cheers,

 

Dani

I've never used HDMI since it doesn't support the refresh rate of my monitor, my guess is that it will work fine sine I use DVI-D which is digital aswell.

[Gaben the Great]

I went from a 640 (In my AIO Lenovo) to a 970. Best change ever.

[Sorfex0]

I went from a 640 (In my AIO Lenovo) to a 970. Best change ever.

I went from gtx 660m to gtx 970sli. So not the best. ;D

[InTechsicated]

Power is fine, not planning on OCin' my card however that stupid LED is making me regret my choice.

Dude just place a smidge of electrical tape over it or dab it with a sharpy. Is it really that annoying?

[Dcdoc]

I've never used HDMI since it doesn't support the refresh rate of my monitor, my guess is that it will work fine sine I use DVI-D which is digital aswell.

Should I just flash my card with your 1.3rom for the G1? @Gofspar

[ajd422]

Where the hell is the evga 970???

[Gaben the Great]

I went from gtx 660m to gtx 970sli. So not the best. ;D

 

That's alright, but the GTX 640 isn't an official card of Nvidia tho   . There is a GT 640 but not a GTX.

[Gofspar]

Where the hell is the evga 970???

You wana be the first one to test it?

[Skrizzles]

The Power LED on my ASUS Strix 970 is a pain in the ASS! Looks like a freakin light house, worst part is, can't turn the damn thing off cause its a power LED. So YAY I plugged my 8-pin Power connector in properly, Congratulations for me! Now to be annoyed endlessly by this stupid little LED.

Paint it black. Problem Solved.

[Dcdoc]

Ive install your 1.262v BIOS Mod and its amazing @Gofspar. Untill now I´ve runned BF4(b4 I couldnt OC) & TR at +150MHz GPU & +700MHz on memory. Thanks for making it!

[Gofspar]

Ive install your 1.262v BIOS Mod and its amazing @Gofspar. Untill now I´ve runned BF4(b4 I couldnt OC) & TR at +150MHz GPU & +700MHz on memory. Thanks for making it!

That's wierd whats the model make of your G1 Gaming?

[yippy3000]

I think one of my cards is holding me back.

 

I have a pair of EVGA SSC ACX 2.0 + (the newest model) and I can easily get core to +125 but then any higher and it crashes the graphics driver under only a few seconds of load.  Increasing voltage doesn't seem to help at all either.  Oh well I suppose +125 is not bad.

 

The reason I suspect only one card though is that one has an ASIC quality of 71 and the other only 58.

 

Side note: SLI really heats up the top card.  Bottom card runs at 78C under full load but the top card runs 89-90C

[EvilGenius]

I'm getting my new computer build soon and I'm not sure if I should get the 

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 (439$ Canadian) or EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 SSC ACX Cooler 2.0 (459$ Canadian) 

 

 

Thanks for the help!

[Gofspar]

I think one of my cards is holding me back.

 

I have a pair of EVGA SSC ACX 2.0 + (the newest model) and I can easily get core to +125 but then any higher and it crashes the graphics driver under only a few seconds of load.  Increasing voltage doesn't seem to help at all either.  Oh well I suppose +125 is not bad.

 

The reason I suspect only one card though is that one has an ASIC quality of 71 and the other only 58.

 

Side note: SLI really heats up the top card.  Bottom card runs at 78C under full load but the top card runs 89-90C

Holy shit, 58 ASIC? wow thats terrible. Honestly RMA worthy

[Gofspar]

I'm getting my new computer build soon and I'm not sure if I should get the 

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 (439$ Canadian) or EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 SSC ACX Cooler 2.0 (459$ Canadian) 

 

 

Thanks for the help!

STRIX tbh, wont be doing much overclocking though.

[yippy3000]

Holy shit, 58 ASIC? wow thats terrible. Honestly RMA worthy

 

Do you think they would actually RMA just for that?  Otherwise it works fine.  I do have two obviously so I could go for a bit without one.  Not sure if it is worth the hassle though.

[Gofspar]

Do you think they would actually RMA just for that?  Otherwise it works fine.  I do have two obviously so I could go for a bit without one.  Not sure if it is worth the hassle though.

It would drive me crazy if I had a asic that low.

 

I'd break it then RMA it

[EvilGenius]

STRIX tbh, wont be doing much overclocking though.

Why I can't overclock it? If i look at the boost speed the EVGA is better, that's why i tough the EVGA was better.