NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD

[xraycat87]

I still can't afford to fry it etc. I just need to copy someones config and tinker +/- a little.

It's like somoene saying whack my i5 to 5ghz and work backwards

 

[thefogo]

I still can't afford to fry it etc. I just need to copy someones config and tinker +/- a little.

It's like somoene saying whack my i5 to 5ghz and work backwards

Except you can't overvolt and kill a 970
Just try for 1500 on the core then take it from there.

 

[xraycat87]

Except you can't overvolt and kill a 970
Just try for 1500 on the core then take it from there.

leave memory at stock for now?

 

[thefogo]

leave memory at stock for now?

Yeah, do one at a time.
Or don't bother with memory at all, unless you're pushing for a good bench score.

Oh and max out volts and power limit.

 

[xraycat87]

Yeah, do one at a time.
Or don't bother with memory at all, unless you're pushing for a good bench score.

Oh and max out volts and power limit.

Volts cannot be touched :/

Max power 110%

Core @ 1500 and 1450 both froze on the MSI render thing right away and crashed driver

 

[thefogo]

Volts cannot be touched :/

Max power 110%

Core @ 1500 and 1450 both froze on the MSI render thing right away and crashed driver

I think you need to unlock it in the settings.
That sucks

 

[xraycat87]

Theres a newer afterburner, will install that

 

[varkanoid]

Volts cannot be touched :/

Max power 110%

Core @ 1500 and 1450 both froze on the MSI render thing right away and crashed driver

Its not hard you only have two sliders to play with at first. Like has been said leave memory alone so just use the core slider. If it doesnt work at 1500/1450 then go 1400/1350/1300 etc etc until its stable.

You should be using 4.0.4604 Afterburner at least.

 

[xraycat87]

These are my options fellas

Dont know why I cannot touch core volt :/

 

[Devious]

Volts didn't help my MSI at all. I just used evga precision (as it was already installed) to move power target to 110 and core > 1500.

 

[Nick08]

Just ordered a couple of the GALAX cards for SLI. I'm so excited Been saving BF4 for months to play it in 4K.

I've gone from a 5850 to a 670 and now to two 970s. I reckon I've been pretty lucky hitting the sweet-spot for price to performance over the years!

 

[xraycat87]

Ohh ffs must have been a bug in the last software as I clicked unlock volt control on the last one nothing, just did it now.. unlocked.. right. now what

 

[triss]

These are my options fellas

Dont know why I cannot touch core volt :/

Spoiler

Tick unlock voltage control

 

[xraycat87]

Tick unlock voltage control

Just done that. Goes up to +87

Is that safe

(sorry about being bloody annoying, spent last few years on a laptop with built in GPU so help me join the "master race")

 

[thefogo]

Yeah +87 is fine. I don't think it even does anything on kepler/maxwell tbh but I always do it anyway.

 

[xraycat87]

Right applied

+50

Core upto 1503
memory stock

ran GPU-Z render (i know its not heaven but normally if something isnt running, driver crashes right away and it still uses 100% gpu)

no crash

62c temp.

 

[Ayahuasca]

I'd be very surprised if that's stable in benches and gaming, that's boosting over 1700mhz. I'd be careful.

 

[xraycat87]

Back it down to 1450?

 

[kaku]

The benchmarks above are interesting.

I get an equal graphics score in 3dmark with my 670 SLI, but in Heaven my score is 500 points higher. You would have thought they would be roughly equal across both benchmarks.

Could it be a driver issue?

 

[Ayahuasca]

Back it down to 1450?

Well try running a proper full screen bench or gaming for half an hour. You need to click the sensors tab in GPU-Z and see what your card is actually boosting to. If your card can do 1700mhz+ game stable without even full voltage applied and auto fan you've got a golden sample chip.