upgrading to a 970 soon

[DominicNikon]

what overclocks have you guys been getting? is maxwell a good overclocking on air?

[Enderman]

ive seen most people get 1400-1600MHz on air cooling

a few people with more than that

[DominicNikon]

ive seen most people get 1400-1600MHz on air cooling

a few people with more than that

is it a large upgrade form the 760

[Enderman]

is it a large upgrade form the 760

yes

[DominicNikon]

yes

ok i will be using it on 1080p

[Samfisher]

is it a large upgrade form the 760

Very.

[stealth80]

what overclocks have you guys been getting? is maxwell a good overclocking on air?

 

Depends what brand you get. Some will need bios modding to get the extra volts for high clocks. I have my 970s on water and temps never exceed like 54C. I cant get them above 1480 MHz stable at max volts through after burner.

I'm pretty sure the MSI G1 is the better card for over clocking, not sure on how effective its air cooling is

[i_build_nanosuits]

is it a large upgrade form the 760

almost twice as fast:

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-760/2577vs2159

[DominicNikon]

Depends what brand you get. Some will need bios modding to get the extra volts for high clocks. I have my 970s on water and temps never exceed like 54C. I cant get them above 1480 MHz stable at max volts through after burner.

I'm pretty sure the MSI G1 is the better card for over clocking, not sure on how effective its air cooling is

what do you think is better the gigabyte g1 gaming or evga ftw+?

[App4that]

EVGA FTW

[stealth80]

MSI 4G Gaming afaik

 

 

http://uk.msi.com/product/graphics-card/GTX-970-GAMING-4G.html#hero-overview

 

 

 

 

 

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[i_build_nanosuits]

what do you think is better the gigabyte g1 gaming or evga ftw+?

EVGA but this is even better:

 

MSI 4G Gaming afaik

http://uk.msi.com/product/graphics-card/GTX-970-GAMING-4G.html#hero-overview

[DominicNikon]

EVGA but this is even better:

how much better is the msi one?

[stealth80]

how much better is the msi one?

 

I can't speak for the FTW+, however both of mine are the EVGA Superclocked and as I stated previously the first wouldn't go above 1480mhz, I haven't bothered with the second cuz no point having a faster card in sli

[DominicNikon]

I can't speak for the FTW+, however both of mine are the EVGA Superclocked and as I stated previously the first wouldn't go above 1480mhz, I haven't bothered with the second cuz no point having a faster card in sli

are evga cards voltage unlocked?

[i_build_nanosuits]

how much better is the msi one?

couldn't tell...but the twinfrozr cooler is a very good one, it's quiet and it has good temps.

Your overclocking result will depend on the quality of the chip you get, and MSI tend to put good chips in the gaming 4G.

are evga cards voltage unlocked?

none of them are out of the box, you can usually add +84mv to the core and increase the powerlimit to 110%.

[DominicNikon]

couldn't tell...but the twinfrozr cooler is a very good one, it's quiet and it has good temps.

Your overclocking result will depend on the quality of the chip you get, and MSI tend to put good chips in the gaming 4G.

none of them are out of the box, you can usually add +84mv to the core and increase the powerlimit to 110%.

what about the gigabyte g1 gaming?

[i_build_nanosuits]

what about the gigabyte g1 gaming?

it has great temps but the triple fan design is louder under load...cards with 3 fans usually have smaller fans therefore they tend to have a higher pitch which is more noticeable and there are 3 of them so...louder

I know, i owned two loud cards in the approximately a dozen cards so far...and both had 3 fans on the cooler those where the gigabyte windforce HD7950 and my current ASUS 980ti Strix...i recommend a card with two bigger fans instead...unless you really do not care about a quiet running card.

[stealth80]

it has great temps but the triple fan design is louder under load...cards with 3 fans usually have smaller fans therefore they tend to have a higher pitch which is more noticeable and there are 3 of them so...louder

I know, i owned two loud cards in the approximately a dozen cards so far...and both had 3 fans on the cooler those where the gigabyte windforce HD7950 and my current ASUS 980ti Strix...i recommend a card with two bigger fans instead...unless you really do not care about a quiet running card.

 

Once you watercool you wont go back. But fuck its expensive when you SLI, Damn you EKWB

[DominicNikon]

it has great temps but the triple fan design is louder under load...cards with 3 fans usually have smaller fans therefore they tend to have a higher pitch which is more noticeable and there are 3 of them so...louder

I know, i owned two loud cards in the approximately a dozen cards so far...and both had 3 fans on the cooler those where the gigabyte windforce HD7950 and my current ASUS 980ti Strix...i recommend a card with two bigger fans instead...unless you really do not care about a quiet running card.

like the evga ftw/ftw+? two large fans instead of 3. but one thing is the evga card does not light up i think 

[i_build_nanosuits]

like the evga ftw/ftw+? two large fans instead of 3. but one thing is the evga card does not light up i think

i don't think they do...you don't have any red in your system right? that's why you don't want to get the MSI card? ...cause they are very good just ask anybody on the forum.

With the prices in the US right now i would go with one of these personally:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp43975kr

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming4g

If you like green better they have the 100 million edition which also has a backplate:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming100me

Those tend to be sold out quite often though...

[BhavikP94]

I've been playing around with my MSI GTX 970 for a few days. On these clocks so far.

 

Core clock: 1504MHz

Memory clock: 4104MHz

 

https://i.gyazo.com/39b9a09ec5186b47c6c702cdd86f6522.png

 

I seem to have reached the max Core clock speed for my GPU, can't go any further as the voltage is limited to 1.25v max. Can't go any higher.

The Memory clock speed seems good at 600 offset, seems like it can go further.