Reference 980 ti or non reference?

[doestilvoort]

Title says it all, im not really planning on overclocking i think, also where does the reference cards leave there heat?

[Vebb]

Post your case, and your fan setup. 

 

Reference puts the heat out the exhaust.

 

Non reference puts most of the heat inside the case.

[GrimNeo]

Title says it all, im not really planning on overclocking i think, also where does the reference cards leave there heat?

How is the airflow in your case?

[harbo99]

Title says it all, im not really planning on overclocking i think, also where does the reference cards leave there heat?

small case go with stock. larger case go with non reference. or if you are on a budget just whatever is cheapest 

[Boink]

The reference cooler exhausts out the back whereas most non reference coolers exhaust into the case, however, both shouldn't limit your overclocking as that is more up to the quality of the silicon that made the chip than the cooler.

If you have a small case with poor airflow, use the reference cooler.

If you have a large case with good airflow, use a non reference of your choice.

If you plan on adding a second card in SLI right next to the first one (as tight as they can get), use the reference cooler.

[othertomperson]

The reference cooler exhausts out the back whereas most non reference coolers exhaust into the case, however, both shouldn't limit your overclocking as that is more up to the quality of the silicon that made the chip than the cooler.

 

I've seen the reference Titan X (a distinction I'm happy to finally be able to make ) throttle due to heat. I find it hard to believe that the 980 Ti is sufficiently cut down to not suffer this too.

[doestilvoort]

Post your case, and your fan setup.

Reference puts the heat out the exhaust.

Non reference puts most of the heat inside the case.

Corsair 760 white

2 intake

H00i out and rear out

Can also put a fan on the bottem of the case for direct fresh air for the gpu

[doestilvoort]

How is the airflow in your case?

Good, its a corsair 760t

2 intake

1 rear out

2 top out h00i

Can also put one on the bottem of the case for fresh air for the gpu

[Vebb]

Corsair 760 white

2 intake

H00i out and rear out

Can also put a fan on the bottem of the case for direct fresh air for the gpu

In your case:

If you use an AIO watercooling for your CPU go with aftermarket cooler/ design.

 

If you aircool your cpu go with reference design.

 

An intake at the bottom would defintly help, but only install it if the intake is filtered

[GrimNeo]

Good, its a corsair 760t

2 intake

1 rear out

2 top out h00i

Can also put one on the bottem of the case for fresh air for the gpu

That is good. I have several fans as well. With a custom fan profile on the reference cooler the temps stay below 75c for me and I'm running SLI Titan X. I'm assuming the 980 Ti should be a little better for temps.

[doestilvoort]

That is good. I have several fans as well. With a custom fan profile on the reference cooler the temps stay below 75c for me and I'm running SLI Titan X. I'm assuming the 980 Ti should be a little better for temps.

Oke thats good, i like the reference look and its better i think that the hot air from the card goes out the back and not in the case, it will keep my cpu also alot cooler. Do u also have a fan that can blow fresh air from the bottem to the titans?

[XDXD_RPQ0FCT]

Forget reference.

 

[freemini]

I have an MSI 980 but temps should be similar with Ti. Obviously it depends a lot on ambient temperature, fan RPM and so on. Anyway, I have a fractal design case, name escapes me but I took out all the drive cages in front (only the 5.5 bays left on the very top), 2 intakes, one out the top and out the back, all 140mm. I air cool the CPU, it gets a bit hot under 100% (actually hits 100 in prime95 extreme test), but under gaming it's around 70 or so. Anyway, with the fans around 300 RPM ambient case temperature is 27-28C with the room at 22 or so. Under load it goes up to 32-34 at times. I haven't used a reference cooler for a while, only one I have is the GTX 260 and case temps aren't that much lower IIRC. This tells me most of the heat is from the CPU. Honestly I'll get an MSI 980 Ti since the thing is dead silent even under 100% load (temps are also low, 65-70 in games).

[doestilvoort]

I have an MSI 980 but temps should be similar with Ti. Obviously it depends a lot on ambient temperature, fan RPM and so on. Anyway, I have a fractal design case, name escapes me but I took out all the drive cages in front (only the 5.5 bays left on the very top), 2 intakes, one out the top and out the back, all 140mm. I air cool the CPU, it gets a bit hot under 100% (actually hits 100 in prime95 extreme test), but under gaming it's around 70 or so. Anyway, with the fans around 300 RPM ambient case temperature is 27-28C with the room at 22 or so. Under load it goes up to 32-34 at times. I haven't used a reference cooler for a while, only one I have is the GTX 260 and case temps aren't that much lower IIRC. This tells me most of the heat is from the CPU. Honestly I'll get an MSI 980 Ti since the thing is dead silent even under 100% load (temps are also low, 65-70 in games).

So u mean non reference msi 980 ti?

I mean i have now 2 msi 660 ti pe and my cpu is ar idle between 25-30C so thats still pretty cool if u consider i have to cards in sli pushing air to the h100i

[brokencross]

Reference is great for SLI and small builds. That's it.

You'll have much better results cooling an overclocked chip/vrams with a non-reference solution.

[Badger906]

reference card for me. I've an msi reference card on order

[doestilvoort]

reference card for me. I've an msi reference card on order

Why did u got a reference card over non reference if i may ask?

[Badger906]

Why did u got a reference card over non reference if i may ask?

for one I prefer the looks of a reference card.

and in many cases non reference cards can make the rest of you components hot as the hot air is fed into the case.

as I go for a positive airflow setup a non reference could warm everything else up (linus did a video on it recentky)

plus a reference card is £50 cheaper than the non reference cards I've seen so far. thats a 10% saving!

[gl3nnn]

Little off topic, but do you think a 860w platinum supply is enough for 980ti reference SLI?

[doestilvoort]

for one I prefer the looks of a reference card.

and in many cases non reference cards can make the rest of you components hot as the hot air is fed into the case.

as I go for a positive airflow setup a non reference could warm everything else up (linus did a video on it recentky)

plus a reference card is £50 cheaper than the non reference cards I've seen so far. thats a 10% saving!

Yeah that was my thought exactly, i guess im gonna order 1 to haha, can u link me that video of linus perhaps?

 

Little off topic, but do you think a 860w platinum supply is enough for 980ti reference SLI?

Yeah its enough, 1 980 uses 250w at full power so 2 is 500w and then u got 360w left for the rest

[KRSogaard]

i am going to get a 980 TI for my new upcoming build, i will start with one GFX card and then after a few months get another 980 TI, would it be best to go with reference, or will the aftermarket coolers (will go with MSI or Gigabyte) also work fine in SLI?

[Carde]

i am going to get a 980 TI for my new upcoming build, i will start with one GFX card and then after a few months get another 980 TI, would it be best to go with reference, or will the aftermarket coolers (will go with MSI or Gigabyte) also work fine in SLI?

If you have 3 slot spacing and plenty of air, the after market ones will work just fine.

 

Heck I ran a CF of R9 290x with after market in an 800D case, (POS has just 1 140mm intake) was doing just fine. Granted everything else will heat up because of this, with reference you do dump a lot of heat out of the case.

[KRSogaard]

If you have 3 slot spacing and plenty of air, the after market ones will work just fine.

 

Heck I ran a CF of R9 290x with after market in an 800D case, (POS has just 1 140mm intake) was doing just fine. Granted everything else will heat up because of this, with reference you do dump a lot of heat out of the case.

 

Having never tried SLI before, can you get connectors that can connect two cards without a card in the gab? 

The Motherboard i am planning on is Asus Z97 PRO GAMER ATX LGA1150.

The case i am planning on getting is Noctis 450, so Air Cooling should be fine, i will however go full water cooling within the year, would it be easier to get water-cooling blocks for reference or aftermarket cards? 

[Badger906]

Yeah that was my thought exactly, i guess im gonna order 1 to haha, can u link me that video of linus perhaps?

https://youtu.be/nAKyh-qqQCw

there you go

[doestilvoort]

https://youtu.be/nAKyh-qqQCw

there you go

 

Thanks bud