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FINALLY got my Gigabyte G1 980 Ti! It's heavy, hot, fast, overclocks real well and loud. *pics & vid*

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Well, after ALL this waiting and back ordering, I FINALLY got my Gigabyte 980 Ti and running! My initial impressions.


1. Damn, i'm amazed at how "Smaller" it is to my Asus strix 980. Mainly due to the Gigabyte using 80mm fans and my Asus uses 95 mm fans, so the Asus is "taller" but the Gigabyte is "longer"
2. Its hefty and beefy all around, no wussy GPU this is!
3. The 80mm fan do cool, but it comes at a noise price. Beyond 60% fan speed using Afterburner, the noise jumps up considerably. Its a tradeoff for the smaller fans vs larger fans like my Strix 980
4. Fuck, my card does have some coil when at very high framerates during menu's at high framerate but its not real loud, but I can hear it if I get up close.
5. The heat coming from this card on load is insane!


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I did a real time video sound test comparison of the fan speeds starting from 40% and working my way up in 10% so you can hear for yourself. My 980 Strix never got this loud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAILvRdtP6s

 

 

 

Here is a rough FRAPS benchmark I did on Whitcher 3 with no AA, no hairworks at 1440p. I walked around with Gerald a bit and then ran with a horse on a pathway each time. My STRIX 980 was overclocked to 1470 and the 980ti was at its default overclock speed and then I pushed it to about 1514 mhz on the core at 130% power

 

 

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The menu based coil whine, set in MSI OSD a framecap of 200fps (or whatever, but less than the menu's get)

Sweet results, esp the 980OC>Stock980Ti

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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Yeah heat and noise would be an issue... there's a sizeable increase to power draw going from the 970 and 980 to the 980 Ti and Titan X.

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That is really loud at max fan speed, but I doubt it's necessary anyway.

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Yeah heat and noise would be an issue... there's a sizeable increase to power draw going from the 970 and 980 to the 980 Ti and Titan X.

 

Yeah, my UPS is now sounding a "overdraw" alarm since putting in the 980 Ti, that has NEVER happened before.

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Jesus that's loud as f!@#. That sounds like my 8800GT.

 

Strange delayed post here..... Oh well. I had 2 things to say.

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Jesus..... I think I like taller, bigger, quieter fans. Screw that 3 fan loudness.

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What wattage power supply are you using, and how long did you have to wait?

 

I am looking into a 980 Ti pretty heavily

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Yeah, my UPS is now sounding a "overdraw" alarm since putting in the 980 Ti, that has NEVER happened before.

Can't handle your 1337mlg360scopenopedopeextrasweg420m4g1cp0w3r5?

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Can't handle your 1337mlg360scopenopedopeextrasweg420m4g1cp0w3r5?

 

 

Uhhh ok. Nope its just beyond the wattage rating now I guess

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What wattage power supply are you using, and how long did you have to wait?

 

I am looking into a 980 Ti pretty heavily

 

I'm using Corsair AX860 and its handle it just fine. But my UPS on the other hand, is really mad about this 980ti lol.

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which UPS do you have?  my cyberpower 1000va gets angry when I print something with my HP color laser printer.

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which UPS do you have?  my cyberpower 1000va gets angry when I print something with my HP color laser printer.

 

And older refurbed APC

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Hmmm, I've decided im gonna charge a MSI Gaming 980Ti and compare it to the Gigabyte as i'm really not happy with how the Gigabyte looks in my case. Yes, I am that vain

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I've got 1500mhz out of my reference card, turbos to 1600mhz, that's at 100% power.

haven't gone any further as it was hitting 87c at 65% fan speed. I know I could have ramped up the fan but it became rather loud!

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@ above me. Damn you won lottery there shit.

Btw this is one of the major reasons I'm probably going to go msi 980ti for this generation in all high end builds I do.

almost as good overclocking headroom while being 1000x quiter. Like listen to jayz video and note that he did a full speed test and it wasn't even that loud on an open bench.

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Loud as fuck....certainly.What Case are you using?

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Loud as fuck....certainly.What Case are you using?

 

CoolerMaster HAF XB Evo

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CoolerMaster HAF XB Evo

thanks I have been looking for this case.
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jeezus, that's nearly reference r9 290x loud. sound like your driving next to a semi. I wonder if the g1 980 is that loud because I've been considering one.

The 980 ti and titan x are loud hot cards. So much for all the 290x space heater jokes. Good thing u live in montana. Save yourself some on the winter heating bill.

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Returning the Gigabyte after testing and usage. It's just too noisey to keep cool at higher overclocks and I'm not fond of the design after seeing it up close

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Waiting 8 more days for mine to arrive...  <_< I thought it never needed to go over 70% (fan speed), even overclocked ?

That's no moon, that's a death ball !
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