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great card...

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CPU: INTEL I5 4690K GRAPHICS CARD: GIGABYTE 970 G1 2.5GB CASE: NZXT S340|BLACK MOBO: MSI Z97S KRAIT EDITION CPU COOLER: CORSAIR H100i 


 RAM: HYPERX FURY 2X4GB|WHITE PSU: CORSAIR RM850 850W FULLY MODULAR STORAGE: 1TB WD BLUE HDD OS: WINDOWS 8.1

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Great card, great cooler. Tad bit overpriced

 

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Hands down the best card you can get unless you do SLI.

RIG: I7-4790k @ 4.5GHz | MSI Z97S SLI Plus | 12GB Geil Dragon RAM 1333MHz | Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 (1550MHz core/7800MHz memory) @ +18mV(Maxed out at 1650/7800 so far) | Corsair RM750 | Samsung 840 EVO 120GB, 1TB Seagate Barracuda | Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Closed) | Sound Blaster Z                                                                                                                        Getting: Noctua NH-D15 | Possible 250GB Samsung 850 Evo                                                                                        Need a console killer that actually shits on every console? Here you go (No MIR/Promo)

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One of the best cats you can get right now.

<p>CPU: AMD FX-8320 @ 4.0 GHz | GPU: Asus GTX 970 STRIX | RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX | SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB (Boot Drive) | HDD: 500GB | Case: Corsair SPEC-02 Red |PSU: Corsair 750W | OS: Windows 7 64-Bit | Mouse: Corsair M65 (Black) | Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB (Black w/ Brown Switches)

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One of the best cats you can get right now.

We're not buying cats to stick in our systems for good performance. xD

On a serious note, that is a nice GPU.

 

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Senor Shiny: Main- CPU Intel i7 6700k 4.7GHz @1.42v | RAM G.Skill TridentZ CL16 3200 | GPU Asus Strix GTX 1070 (2100/2152) | Motherboard ASRock Z170 OC Formula | HDD Seagate 1TB x2 | SSD 850 EVO 120GB | CASE NZXT S340 (Black) | PSU Supernova G2 750W  | Cooling NZXT Kraken X62 w/Vardars
Secondary (Plex): CPU Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @1.099v | RAM Samsun Wonder 16GB CL9 1600 (sadly no oc) | GPU Asus GTX 680 4GB DCII | Motherboard ASRock H97M-Pro4 | HDDs Seagate 1TB, WD Blue 1TB, WD Blue 3TB | Case Corsair Air 240 (Black) | PSU EVGA 600B | Cooling GeminII S524

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(Deceased) DangerousNotDell- CPU AMD AMD FX 8120 @4.8GHz 1.42v | GPU Asus GTX 680 4GB DCII | RAM Samsung Wonder 8GB (CL9 2133MHz 1.6v) | Motherboard Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z | Cooling EVO 212 | Case Rosewill Redbone | PSU EVGA 600B | HDD Seagate 1TB

DangerousNotDell New Parts For Main Rig Build Log, Señor Shiny  I am a beautiful person. The comments for your help. I have to be a good book. I have to be a good book. I have to be a good book.

 

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We're not buying cats to stick in our systems for good performance. xD

On a serious note, that is a nice GPU.

LOL, yea card not cat.

<p>CPU: AMD FX-8320 @ 4.0 GHz | GPU: Asus GTX 970 STRIX | RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX | SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB (Boot Drive) | HDD: 500GB | Case: Corsair SPEC-02 Red |PSU: Corsair 750W | OS: Windows 7 64-Bit | Mouse: Corsair M65 (Black) | Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB (Black w/ Brown Switches)

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LOL, yea card not cat.

*Calls Newegg for RMA*

"Hello? I'd like to RMA my cat as it came as a DOA when I put it in the computer and turned it on."

*hangs up instantly*

I wonder how they would handle that situation..

 

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Senor Shiny: Main- CPU Intel i7 6700k 4.7GHz @1.42v | RAM G.Skill TridentZ CL16 3200 | GPU Asus Strix GTX 1070 (2100/2152) | Motherboard ASRock Z170 OC Formula | HDD Seagate 1TB x2 | SSD 850 EVO 120GB | CASE NZXT S340 (Black) | PSU Supernova G2 750W  | Cooling NZXT Kraken X62 w/Vardars
Secondary (Plex): CPU Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @1.099v | RAM Samsun Wonder 16GB CL9 1600 (sadly no oc) | GPU Asus GTX 680 4GB DCII | Motherboard ASRock H97M-Pro4 | HDDs Seagate 1TB, WD Blue 1TB, WD Blue 3TB | Case Corsair Air 240 (Black) | PSU EVGA 600B | Cooling GeminII S524

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(Deceased) DangerousNotDell- CPU AMD AMD FX 8120 @4.8GHz 1.42v | GPU Asus GTX 680 4GB DCII | RAM Samsung Wonder 8GB (CL9 2133MHz 1.6v) | Motherboard Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z | Cooling EVO 212 | Case Rosewill Redbone | PSU EVGA 600B | HDD Seagate 1TB

DangerousNotDell New Parts For Main Rig Build Log, Señor Shiny  I am a beautiful person. The comments for your help. I have to be a good book. I have to be a good book. I have to be a good book.

 

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I have one...

 

Good:

  • see everyone else's posts

Bad:

  • ASIC on my "gauntlet chip" is 69% (tehe)
  • hit and miss on fitment in smaller cases
  • stock fan profile is too high at low temps and dosnt keep the card below the 61degree gpuboost cealing
  • GPUboost 2.0 is too aggressive, reduced overvolt as early as 61 degrees (gtx980 related, not specific to this card) - would liked to have seen Gigabyte change the BIOS to suit their 600w cooler and "overclocking" orientated chip (maybe Nvidia layed down the law?)
  • Every time NVidia release a new driver my max stable core/mem speeds change (NVidia related, not specific to this card)

A day in the life of a gtx980 G1 Gaming owner:

 

For maximum performance I run core at about 1.5ghz boost, mem at about 7.8ghz. power limit @ 122% and core volt at maximum (1.256v) - I created a custom fan profile to be fans off at less than 40deg and fans at 70% @ 60c - this usually keeps the core below 60c and stops the voltage dropping to 1.231v (1.231v is not stable at 1.5ghz) - 70% is audible and I am pissed off that I have a massive ass cooler and yet can still hear my card, I would gladly let the card run at 75c under load if it would simply stop reducing more core volts...

 

To keep the card inaudible and running stock fan speeds I run a clock speed of 1.46ghz core, mem at 7.8ghz. power limit @ 122% and core volt at a maximum (1.256v) - when the card reaches over 61 degrees the core volt drops to 1.231v and reduces the boost clock by about 10mhz at the same time. this is stable and the card runs at about 70 degrees under full load.

 

Why does the extra 50mhz help? because 4k... for 1440/1080 I would just leave it running the 1.46ghz settings.

 

AMD make me facepalm with their stock coolers and high TDP/performance

 

Nvidia make me facepalm with their locked down (and poorly thought out) GPUboost 2.0 settings... I don't really want to flash the BIOS in this card but I will just to stop the devolt at 61 degrees.

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