980 reference temps?

[Tim Drake]

I may be able to get a cheap 980 reference and I am wondering how it will perform temperature wise.

 

My MSI GTX 970 never goes over 66c at 1.3v 1550MHz in my Air 540, what can I expect?

 

I may BIOS mod the 980 reference if the temps allow.

[Lolucoca]

Got a 980 reference and now: 48 degrees.

[Tim Drake]

Got a 980 reference and now: 48 degrees.

Under load? I highly doubt that on reference blower..

[Darkman]

Under load? I highly doubt that on reference blower..

Pretty sure people see like 85Cish.

[lani100]

Under load? I highly doubt that on reference blower..

must be idle.

[Tim Drake]

Pretty sure people see like 85Cish.

Hmm will have to see then

 

must be idle.

That hot at idle? D:

[Lolucoca]

Nope, Idling around... 

But I got myself a custom Fan speed setting so it doesn't get over 60 degrees...

But Room temperature around 30 degrees

[Tim Drake]

Nope, Idling around... 

But I got myself a custom Fan speed setting so it doesn't get over 60 degrees...

But Room temperature around 30 degrees

Why that hot..

 

Mine doesn't go above 30c..

[Lolucoca]

Mine sits between my Physx-card and my sound-card... It's in pretty good shape, no dust or so...

[bomerr]

reference will run at 79/80 by default fan curve. You can reduce the temps to like 73-75C if you turn on the fan 100%. 

I personally am seeing about 84C right now with the hacked bios at 1.31v and 1545 mhz core / 8000 mhz memory.

If I set the power slider to 125% in afterburner I have no throttling either. 

So besides the noise it's fine. 

 

However because of the noise I'm on the backorder list for the EVGA Hybrid cooler kit. 

[Tim Drake]

reference will run at 79/80 by default fan curve. You can reduce the temps to like 73-75C if you turn on the fan 100%. 

I personally am seeing about 84C right now with the hacked bios at 1.31v and 1545 mhz core / 8000 mhz memory.

If I set the power slider to 125% in afterburner I have no throttling either. 

So besides the noise it's fine. 

 

However because of the noise I'm on the backorder list for the EVGA Hybrid cooler kit. 

So 84C at 1.31v under load at 100% fan?

 

Oh god I couldn't stand 100% fan speed on ANY blower.

[SeanBond]

I may be able to get a cheap 980 reference and I am wondering how it will perform temperature wise.

 

My MSI GTX 970 never goes over 66c at 1.3v 1550MHz in my Air 540, what can I expect?

 

I may BIOS mod the 980 reference if the temps allow.

84c under load but that is with a stock fan profile, you can easily keep it under 80c with a little noise. 

[bomerr]

So 84C at 1.31v under load at 100% fan?

 

Oh god I couldn't stand 100% fan speed on ANY blower.

correct. (although i did see it spike once to 87) 

[Tim Drake]

84c under load but that is with a stock fan profile, you can easily keep it under 80c with a little noise. 

Hmmm..

[Tim Drake]

correct. 

Oh dear, no BIOS modding for me then..

[Darkman]

Why that hot..

 

Mine doesn't go above 30c..

My 970 idles at 48-50C with 3 monitors and the fans at 560RPM. With the fans off it sits at 62C.

[SeanBond]

Hmmm..

I do mean little, I have a reference 780ti OC'd and it still never goes above 80c unless it's 99% load for minutes at a time. And the only time I hear the fan is when the room goes silent and my headphones are off. I would be surprised if the more efficient 980 can't do even better.

[Tim Drake]

My 970 idles at 48-50C with 3 monitors and the fans at 560RPM. With the fans off it sits at 62C.

Use Nvidia Inspector Multi Monitor Power Saver.

 

Mine with 3 monitors never goes above 30c

[bomerr]

Oh dear, no BIOS modding for me then..

totally worth it man. my firestrike score went from like 13,000 to 16,0000 by doing the bios mod and setting the fans to 100% at 80C. 

 

going from a heavily OC'd 970 to a reference 980 will yield about the same performance. 

 

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=400-HY-H980-B1

 

^ Get that when it comes back in stock. 

[Tim Drake]

 

totally worth it man. my firestrike score went from like 13,000 to 16,0000 by doing the bios mod and setting the fans to 100% at 80C. 

 

going from a heavily OC'd 970 to a reference 980 will yield about the same performance. 

 

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=400-HY-H980-B1

 

^ Get that when it comes back in stock. 

 

Can't afford anything above what i'm buying dude but maybe some day lol.

 

I care more about real world performance than fire strike score

[bomerr]

Can't afford anything above what i'm buying dude but maybe some day lol.

 

I care more about real world performance than fire strike score

 

They go hand-in-hand. Increases in benchmarks like firestrike and valley correlate very well with FPS increases in games. 

 

To recap:

OC'd 970 = reference 980

OC'd 980 is a 18-23% FPS improvement. 

[lani100]

Hmm will have to see then

 

That hot at idle? D:

Yes that's quite normal especially in the summer and depending on the case and airflow.

[Tim Drake]

They go hand-in-hand. Increases in benchmarks like firestrike and valley correlate very well with FPS increases in games. 

 

To recap:

OC'd 970 = reference 980

OC'd 980 is a 18-23% FPS improvement. 

For only an extra £50 if I can sell my 970, it seems worth it.

 

Also if I can sell it off and get something even better then YOLO

 

Yes that's quite normal especially in the summer and depending on the case and airflow.

UK and Corsair Air 540 master race