GTX 980 / 970 Discussion

Andy321 · 22 Sep 2014 at 22:38

JonnyG1982 said:
Do all these MSI GTX970 come with a mouse mat yes? A shiny new black mouse mat would be very useful (could get rid of this silly blue EDF energy one i had from work)

Gibbo said:
Yes.

I bought a MSI GTX 970 Gaming today, but no mouse mat

Any ideas?

Gibbo · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:32

Andy321 said:
I bought a MSI GTX 970 Gaming today, but no mouse mat Any ideas?

I'll check with MSI tomorrow maybe they pulled it.

uksoldierboy · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:33

Eta on the Evga 980 sc gibbo?

Gibbo · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:33

smogsy said:
Been playing black flag at 4k maxed out getting constant 55-60fps at the moment think it is possibl err very soon

This is with 2*980 stock

Slap those card at 1500MHz core and 8000MHz memory would be give for another 20-30% boost.

Gibbo · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:34

uksoldierboy said:
Eta on the Evga 980 sc gibbo?

Check website it now works.

But eta has improved looking at Wednesday all being well and got 100 incoming, about 55 pre-sold so far. Get buying!

uksoldierboy · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:35

I'd love to but don't get paid till Wednesday, is pre-order full price?

Gibbo · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:37

uksoldierboy said:
I'd love to but don't get paid till Wednesday, is pre-order full price?

Pre order is best price if supply does not improve then neither will prices, so pre order in confidence as the price is very good for the SC card.

uksoldierboy · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:41

Need more cash before I can

only got half the total cost in my bank until Wednesday.

Hopefully you'll have stock in the morning when I order.

Gibbo · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:42

uksoldierboy said:
Need more cash before I can only got half the total cost in my bank until Wednesday.

Hopefully you'll have stock in the morning when I order.

Should have, I've got over 500 on order with EVGA so they know we are priority customer in uk as we order the most.

Ayahuasca · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:44

Even though my 970 is a great clocker I'm a bit gutted I didn't just go with my urge and buy the 980 when it was in the basket. Something about those reference coolers and the 980's overclock just as well by the looks of things. I'll just have to buy a 980ti if/when they come out. TITAN II will be too much for me I think but who knows.

Flakey · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:51

Trying to ditch the temptation to get rid of what must be the furnace that is created by my 7950 crossfire... the power consumption/heat is just far too much.

Someone talk some sense into me and tell me not to go 2x 970's.

Quick question out there as well, apart from the gigabyte cards. Is there any other 970 cards with 3x display port?

Gibbo · 22 Sep 2014 at 23:59

Flakey said:
Trying to ditch the temptation to get rid of what must be the furnace that is created by my 7950 crossfire... the power consumption/heat is just far too much.

Someone talk some sense into me and tell me not to go 2x 970's.

Quick question out there as well, apart from the gigabyte cards. Is there any other 970 cards with 3x display port?

Gigabyte G1 cards have Flex technology which is impressive, upto six monitors from a single card. :eek:

Rusty0611 · 23 Sep 2014 at 00:20

DeZerter said:
Hi guys,

And girls i suppose. New to the forum.

I was thinking about getting 2 GTX 980s and putting them in my rig but im not sure if my AX760 psu will manage? any help?

Thanks

Aye should be fine.

JediFragger · 23 Sep 2014 at 00:23

Flakey said:
Trying to ditch the temptation to get rid of what must be the furnace that is created by my 7950 crossfire... the power consumption/heat is just far too much.

Someone talk some sense into me and tell me not to go 2x 970's.

Quick question out there as well, apart from the gigabyte cards. Is there any other 970 cards with 3x display port?

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JediFragger · 23 Sep 2014 at 00:26

Well, this is a nice surprise (for me anyhow). I thought that the DX12 branding on the MSI box was a little marketing bs, but it really does look like Maxwell has full DX12 capability!! Did a quick Google and came across this;

http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/09/19/maxwell-and-dx12-delivered/

Just hoping the specifications aren't changed at the last minute, but I can't see it somehow

DeZerter · 23 Sep 2014 at 01:18

Rusty0611 said:
Aye should be fine.

Thank you.

DeZerter · 23 Sep 2014 at 01:31

These prices :/

Will buy my first 980 next Tuesday.

Reasons to future proof your rig with the new 900 series? How about the coming revolution? I don't know if this is a repost..

(http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/09/18/maxwell-virtual-reality/)

I have another question, if i clock my 4670k to 4.6Ghz will it bottleneck a 980 SLI setup?

Thanks

shamus21 · 23 Sep 2014 at 04:57

Boomstick777 said:
Really impressed with the 980, played through a few games @ 1440P maxed out BF4, Titanfall. Dead Rising 3, Crysis and it doesn't falter, Crysis 3 set to all 'high' 2 X MSAA and 16 AF and it glides. Benchmarks it's a step above my 780 Ti. This is a very very good card.

The cards that come after this are going to be ridiculous, not even at 20nm yet and the 980 has really surprised me. Performance going forward is going to be mind blowing, maybe 4K gaming really will be possible

I have been thinking the same thing after seeing what the 970/980 can do, with a die shrink and 512 bit bus it may be possible for a single card to do 4K with the maxwell generation. Not bad, was not expecting it to happen until 2016, can not wait to what the numbers are on the fat max.

Marine-RX179 · 23 Sep 2014 at 05:40

DeZerter said:
Hi guys,

And girls i suppose. New to the forum.

I was thinking about getting 2 GTX 980s and putting them in my rig but im not sure if my AX760 psu will manage? any help?

Thanks

For the cost of two 980, it is enough to get three 970 and a 1000W PSU

stulid · 23 Sep 2014 at 10:07

eteknix have an update about the EVGA cooler - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26945430&postcount=662

Check out the 3rd heatpipes open end.