tangosmango

I gotcha. So I tested it out by changing the primary display to the 27" X-Star and put the AW to 60hz...the power % was still at ~53%. I haven't set the clock speeds manually. I mean I could leave the 27" at 60hz since I won't game on it but it's odd and scrolling through text, the 60hz definitely shows.

thanks for your quick reply! why is it that when I put the AW at 60hz and the X-Star at 100hz, the power % is at ~53% still. Shouldn't it be lower because the AW is at 60hz?

I've been using a 27" X-star monitor which is 1440p and I've been running it at 100hz. I recently got an AW3418DW monitor which I am running at 120hz.I have both displays hooked up and when I run both at 120hz and 100hz, the power % for my 980ti is hovering around ~53%. When I reduce the refresh rate to 60hz on the 27", the % goes down to ~15%...why is this?I put up just the 27" at 60hz and 100hz: ~14% powerJust the AW3418DW at 60hz: ~14% powerJust the AW3418DW at 120hz: ~16% powerSo why is it that when both of them are active @ 120hz and 100hz, the power goes all the way up to 53%?

Arkham Knight @ 1440p, everything on high, gameworks on

Yep set to 100hz. I do this through Nvidia CP btw

sorry forgot to mention: 1440p@100hz on GTX 980ti Hybrid 4670K 8GB of RAM

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/..._25_39_268.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/..._42_00_077.jpg Same thing in Crysis 2, GTAV, Fallout4. Nothing above 60% GPU usage. In GTAV, I'm getting 80% CPU usage and 60% GPU. Don't have a screenshot (precision doesn't wanna place nice anymore) but in Metro Last Light, I'm getting 120+ FPS and 99% usage. Is my CPU the bottleneck here? Why is my GPU not being fully utilized? 1440p on GTX 980ti Hybrid 4670K 8GB of RAM

So by that time, Nvidia could have closed the gap with their new lineup right? And this new lineup could have Async capabilities correct? So back to my initial question, for now, you mentioned 390 is still the superior choice. Why do you say that it is the superior choice over 970?

How far away is DX12/ASync? If it's down the line, wouldn't you expect Nvidia to release cards that support Async?

You guys have been awesome. I'm learning so much! If you could give a date on when Async will come into play, what ETA could you offer? Is it a part of DX12?

Could you give me a crash course on why Async Compute is so good? It's the first time I'm hearing this term

Someone mentioned Async, what are the other reasons?

I have a 4670k, 8gigs of RAM and a 1440p Korean monitor (DP2710) with a GTX 770 2GB. I was looking at the requirements for Fallout 4 and noticed that a 770 2GB won't cut it at 1440p. My main question is this: If I somehow win the lottery and able to clock the 970 to 1600, will this run better than a 290x/390 on games like Fallout 4/GTAV? My guess would be that the VRAM would bottleneck the 970 so the clockrate would not matter... Also, while researching, I found this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sapphire-nitro-r9-390-8g-d5,4245.html Judging by that, the clear answer would be the 390...unless I'm missing something Recommendations?

I have the same problem. So there's no fix at all for this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV-OCygWVvU I will give that a try, see if it does anything