Best 980ti

georgehillier · 5 Apr 2016 at 21:49

I've decided to go with the EVGA Hybrid as it's cool and quiet. With the £40 cashback it's roughly £50 more than the other one I'm looking at, so not too much more for a water cooler as that's pretty much the price of a AIO 120mm

Gabbatek · 5 Apr 2016 at 23:05

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...s-graphics-card-c98tp-1sdn-n5h-gx-057-in.html

apparently overclocks like a beast i've just ordered one and i get the division

georgehillier · 5 Apr 2016 at 23:34

Ah, well I've gone with the Hybrid, I'll let you know if it was worth it

BluesFanUK · 6 Apr 2016 at 10:55

georgehillier said:
I was either considering the Palit Super jetstream (as it matches my build colours) or the EVGA Hybrid. I was leaning towards the hybrid as I'd prefer to spend the extra money and get the best I can as opposed to cheaping out for the sake of £50 and regretting it

I have the Palit, brilliant card, just as Palit's 980 was.

pioneer2000 · 7 Apr 2016 at 12:28

So, what's everyone's suggestion for best 980ti then?

Seen the Gigabyte 980 Ti XTREME GAMING for £560 which seems pretty good value, otherwise I've seen EVGA have a bundle going for the 980Ti Superclocked+ GAMING ACX 2.0+ & a 250GB Samsung 850 EVO for £595.... however that looks a worse card than the Gigabyte.

platypus · 7 Apr 2016 at 12:54

I'm interested in asking this as well as I've suddenly gotten a bit more cash. I can't go for the EVGA Hybrid unfortunately as I have nowhere to put the cooler though.

TwsT · 7 Apr 2016 at 13:12

Strix here overclocks well but i find it noisy maybe i'm being un realistic on that but wcyd.

Atom · 7 Apr 2016 at 13:23

I have order a 980Ti Xtreme as it was only a fiver more than the G1.

I have been reading solid for 48 hours and I choose the Giga rather than EVGA due to a quieter cooler.

edit, and I ordered a S2716DG to go with it..

platypus · 7 Apr 2016 at 13:43

I guess there's a bunch of similar ones, and the thing to do is just hope/pray that one comes up on a reasonable TWO deal.

So, TwsT: when will there be some of these 980TIs on TWO (and with a decent discount)

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Squink · 7 Apr 2016 at 13:45

I have the MSI Gaming model. I don't know how it over clocks as I've never tried, but it's boosted out of the factory, is built like a brick **** house and runs very quietly. Consequently I find it ticks the boxes I wanted ticked.

TwsT · 7 Apr 2016 at 14:07

platypus said:
I guess there's a bunch of similar ones, and the thing to do is just hope/pray that one comes up on a reasonable TWO deal.

So, TwsT: when will there be some of these 980TIs on TWO (and with a decent discount) ?

Gibbo does graphics cards, otherwise i'd hook you up

platypus · 7 Apr 2016 at 15:08

TwsT said:
Gibbo does graphics cards, otherwise i'd hook you up

There's no @here for the forums, see if you can twist his arm into looking at this thread

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georgehillier · 8 Apr 2016 at 11:19

Well after a couple days I can report back the hybrid was definitely worth it. It comes with a factory overclock of ~140mhz and I managed to get an additional 200mhz out of it, plus since it's so cool nvidia automatically bumps it up to a boost of 1550mhz. It does all this whilst near silent, it's no different in noise to when my pc is idle. It also stays around 50 degrees under full load, which is nice and cool

BS Dave · 9 Apr 2016 at 08:36

Hm I might have to try for higher clocks on my reference card under water. I've got 1504/8000. My performance does just drop of a bit in valley after 1450 in valley at least, so watch out for that.

Roguey000 · 9 Apr 2016 at 08:59

I would advise you stay well away from Zotac cards..

Bazzards · 9 Apr 2016 at 09:09

Sounds good Georgehillier. Waiting on the delivery of my Hybrid today, hopefully achieve the similar clocks.

Hiijinx · 9 Apr 2016 at 11:21

Love the cooling on the hybrids but they are a PitA when you need to remove them out the case. Not quite as bad as a full water cooled system but still annoying. I guess that's just the prices of cooling.

georgehillier · 9 Apr 2016 at 12:34

Just a word of advice Bazzards, open something like msi afterburner and play some games before overclocking as mine boosts to 1550mhz without me touching the thing! As I said I can do a manual overclock of 200mhz but then it doesn't boost as high, so for now i'm running on the stock speeds with it boosting to 1550mhz

Gabbatek · 9 Apr 2016 at 12:40

Love my hybrid I'll never go back to full noisy air

On stock

Ayahuasca · 9 Apr 2016 at 12:42

Are you sure it's boosting to 1550 on its own without touching any settings?

That's an incredibly high boost clock.