Difference in overclock on 980ti Reference vs 980ti Superclocked+ ?

[ClownFace1511]

I have the choice to get a reference 980ti or the superclocked+ one. Yes I would love to get a Zotac or Gigabyte G1 but there are no waterblocks for those cards. So yes, the cards will be water cooled and price is not a problem.

 

When manual overclocking both cards, is there a difference? Should I get the Superclocked over the reference?

[007agentHP]

the 980 ti superclocked comes overclocked out of the box and will overclock better due to better cooling. keep in mind though that the silicon lottery must also be taken into consideration

[CydiaDash]

Guessing this is for your amazing computer table  :lol:

Following your progress, sorry I couldn't answer

[bomerr]

won't matter. you'll want to manually oc the card anyways. i recommend using maxwell bios tweeter for the best gainz. 

[ClownFace1511]

the 980 ti superclocked comes overclocked out of the box and will overclock better due to better cooling. keep in mind though that the silicon lottery must also be taken into consideration

Cooling doesnt matter, cards will be watercooled. I saw some reviews and on air there is like a 5fps difference, the Sc performing better.

[OAcesync]

If you're watercooling just get the reference, only custom card I would buy is the Kingpin if you wanted to do SLI and wanted the ASIC rating on both cards to be the same so you can pretty overclock it the same voltage

[daniellearmouth]

Cooling doesnt matter, cards will be watercooled. I saw some reviews and on air there is like a 5fps difference, the Sc performing better.

 

The SC+ card will invariably perform better than a non-overclocked reference card, for two reasons - the cooler, and the higher clock speed.

 

Getting an SC+ is ideal if you don't intend to overclock the GPU yourself, but ideally, you can get the 980 Ti on the ACX 2.0+ cooler and overclock it yourself, or even on the reference cooler if you're not too concerned about heat and you have a good amount of airflow in the case.

 

If you're watercooling, however, EVGA have the Hydro Copper range, which has a water block preinstalled.

[ClownFace1511]

The SC+ card will invariably perform better than a non-overclocked reference card, for two reasons - the cooler, and the higher clock speed.

 

Getting an SC+ is ideal if you don't intend to overclock the GPU yourself, but ideally, you can get the 980 Ti on the ACX 2.0+ cooler and overclock it yourself, or even on the reference cooler if you're not too concerned about heat and you have a good amount of airflow in the case.

 

If you're watercooling, however, EVGA have the Hydro Copper range, which has a water block preinstalled.

This is what i presumed. I have already bought the ek blocks for the 980ti so I didnt worry about getting the hydro series.

[daniellearmouth]

This is what i presumed. I have already bought the ek blocks for the 980ti so I didnt worry about getting the hydro series.

 

Fair enough. In that case, just pick your poison: the reference 980 Ti, the SuperClocked 980 Ti, or the SC+ 980 Ti on the ACX 2.0+ cooler that you're gonna be removing.

 

Also, skimmed through your table build. Nice work, man!