GTX 970 Owners Club

[Gofspar]

Anyone with a MSI 4G card want to let me make a bios, plsss.

[gilang01]

Anyone with a MSI 4G card want to let me make a bios, plsss.

Thx, but I'm good. I'll stay with this clock speed since I don't play heavy games at the moment

[VoYaGERTM]

Anyone with a MSI 4G card want to let me make a bios, plsss.

If you go a few pages back you will see my v186 stock bios for the msi gaming 4g rev 1.1 board.

I would try stuff out for ya.

[Gofspar]

If you go a few pages back you will see my v186 stock bios for the msi gaming 4g rev 1.1 board.

I would try stuff out for ya.

alright, shoot me a PM with your bios, I'll try unlocking the card to 350w like the G1 Gamings, I have a trick,

[arronleeds]

Someone can make me one if they want ? Msi 4g 970, is it possible to get one with more than 125% power limit.

[VoYaGERTM]

The slider to 125% isnt that hard to do tho.

But hitting the power limit regardless of that is annoying.

I hope Gofspar his trick wil work tho.

[arronleeds]

I want more than 125% though that's why I asked, I want to get mine to 1600mhz, 125% will not do it for me.

[Muffinator]

Just got this card today. I ramped up the clock speed to 1650mhz. I literally changed nothing but the clock speed. This thing is a BEAST.

No problems in Unigine Heaven and a few hours of Rocket League and CSGO.

[arronleeds]

Just got this card today. I ramped up the clock speed to 1650mhz. I literally changed nothing but the clock speed. This thing is a BEAST.

No problems in Unigine Heaven and a few hours of Rocket League and CSGO.

you lucky lucky guy youre best of trying 3dmark firestrike too though.

[arronleeds]

Anyone with a MSI 4G card want to let me make a bios, plsss.

will you do me one bro if i send bios?

[Purplehazeffc]

OK. What are peoples thoughts on Gigabyte's so called Gauntlet chip binning???
So far it looks to be doing the same overclocks on std voltages as pretty much other manufactures cards.
Has anyone have the std Gigabyte Windforce edition card? If so what oveclocks are you getting with that

 

It looks like the MSI is at a minimum equal & some better. 

Also can depend on whether you have Samsung or Hynix memory

[MasteRisHoT]

I have one with Hynix and one with Elpida. Which one is better?

[qwertywarrior]

just a heads up hard forum sale section is selling new GTX 970s for around 280$ new

i using it right now

[arniks8]

OK. What are peoples thoughts on Gigabyte's so called Gauntlet chip binning???

So far it looks to be doing the same overclocks on std voltages as pretty much other manufactures cards.

Has anyone have the std Gigabyte Windforce edition card? If so what oveclocks are you getting with that

It looks like the MSI is at a minimum equal & some better.

Also can depend on whether you have Samsung or Hynix memory

Memory only affects memory OC.

[arniks8]

I have one with Hynix and one with Elpida. Which one is better?

If I'm right then Elpida is better.

[DarkSmith2]

alright, shoot me a PM with your bios, I'll try unlocking the card to 350w like the G1 Gamings, I have a trick,

Is the trick just adding more pci-e power to the rails?

[arronleeds]

If I'm right then Elpida is better.

it was a substitute for for hynix and its about the same performance wise.

[VoYaGERTM]

So far every test I tried, going above 115% TDP on the MSI 4G 970 will result in power limit.

No matter if you have a slider doing 175% (350w).

It has spikes obove 120%, but that wont matter it will just throttle then.

Seems my rev 1.1 board with hynix mem has a TDP Hard limit. (atleast that is what I conclude)

I do have an oc to 1545MHz, with 1.268v and memory to 7776MHz.

With that Valley Extreme HD runs within the 115% without throttle. (max doesnt go above 110%)

Furmark with 720p preset stress test and 8x MSAA doesnt even reach 90% and has no limit.

 

PS with the current bios I use no vrel limit

[arronleeds]

So far every test I tried, going above 115% TDP on the MSI 4G 970 will result in power limit.

No matter if you have a slider doing 175% (350w).

It has spikes obove 120%, but that wont matter it will just throttle then.

Seems my rev 1.1 board with hynix mem has a TDP Hard limit. (atleast that is what I conclude)

I do have an oc to 1545MHz, with 1.268v and memory to 7776MHz.

With that Valley Extreme HD runs within the 115% without throttle. (max doesnt go above 110%)

Furmark with 720p preset stress test and 8x MSAA doesnt even reach 90% and has no limit.

 

PS with the current bios I use no vrel limit

i have the rev 1.1 with hynix .

[VoYaGERTM]

I might be able to go higher with the memory, but that will make me hit the power limit easy.

 

Btw your +87mV in afterburner wont work.

Atleast it didnt with me.

It would still hit vrel and throttle.

Or it would hit OV limit, wich is over voltages, anything higher then 24mV would trigger that.

Wich will result in a throttle.

[Doughnutnator]

OK. What are peoples thoughts on Gigabyte's so called Gauntlet chip binning???

So far it looks to be doing the same overclocks on std voltages as pretty much other manufactures cards.

Has anyone have the std Gigabyte Windforce edition card? If so what oveclocks are you getting with that

It looks like the MSI is at a minimum equal & some better.

Also can depend on whether you have Samsung or Hynix memory

Not always, and in my personal experience usually Gigabyte 970's achieve maybe the same OC as the MSI, but with lower voltages.

Had a G1 that OC to 1500Mhz with 1.18V

My actual G1 goes up to 1550Mhz with only 1.200V, if I overvolt it I can go higher and aim to 1600Mhz.

It seems that it's working

[DarkSmith2]

Not always, and in my personal experience usually Gigabyte 970's achieve maybe the same OC as the MSI, but with lower voltages.

Had a G1 that OC to 1500Mhz with 1.18V

My actual G1 goes up to 1550Mhz with only 1.200V, if I overvolt it I can go higher and aim to 1600Mhz.

It seems that it's working

Same experience here, and i had two G1's but could still be luck. (First had asic 64%, 2nd 71,9%)

[arronleeds]

is there no bios with a 150% power limit? i really wanna get more than 1565mhz, no point having 1565mhz all the time when i can get 11 less on stock bios.

[VoYaGERTM]

is there no bios with a 150% power limit? i really wanna get more than 1565mhz, no point having 1565mhz all the time when i can get 11 less on stock bios.

I had one with 175% power limit.

It didnt work, you still hit power limit. The evil thing with MSI 4G 970

[arronleeds]

I had one with 175% power limit.

It didnt work, you still hit power limit. The evil thing with MSI 4G 970

but not all may be the same, it will depend on what you use etc.

 

id do the bios myself but theres so many things to change.