Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti XtremeGaming 6GB

[SmokingCrop]

It isn't exactly easy to tell from the common marketing shots used to sell the card.
Just look at newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125846
There's no way to tell there. Amazon is better, at least it has the shot you linked to, but the main image is that off angle one that makes it almost impossible to tell how big the card is height wise.

I've never used a website from a store to check specs and information on a computer component. 99~% of the time there is something wrong, missing or unclear.
Gigabyte has very clear photo's of all sides on the website so.. It's the store's fault for not having all the images available.http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5710#kf

 

[EarthDog]

That's pretty clear to me:
http://www.gigabyte.com/fileupload/product/3/5710/20151110170005_src.png

it's pretty clear to me as well, at any website. You just need to look at the output plate and use your head.

 

[Breit]

So what's the point of this card? Gigabyte already had an overclocked, aircooled custom-PCB card with the G1 Gaming, which also clocks better according to Wiz' table on page 26 and this one even has one DVI port less.
There must be some magic to this LN2 mode we don't know about.

Besides, if the normal BIOS is limitig voltage to 1.3V, then this is not a limit at all. Without LN2/DICE, a 980Ti will never work on such a voltage. You can consider yourself lucky if you can pass 1.23V without a TDR. The same goes for the 320W power target. With 1.23V it's unlikely to hit that.

 

[xxthe_remedyxx]

How does this compare to the MSI 980TI Lightning?

 

[EarthDog]

If you are talking performance, similarly as they both boost to about the same level.

Look at a lower end card.. don't pay the premium for the Lightning or this card as its meant for LN2 clocking, not stock air.

 

[xxthe_remedyxx]

If you are talking performance, similarly as they both boost to about the same level.

Yeah that's kind of what I thought. I own the MSI 980TI Lightning and I have it at 1500 with no issues. I owned the G1 as well and it was a great card, but it was a bit loud under load for my tastes. The MSI is dead quiet and never breaks 70C on air.

 

[DEFEATEST]

Man that 970 in SLI though! you can find them kinda cheap now and if you have the PSU to do it, what an amazing and cheap way to almost double your frames!

 

[RealNeil]

I just bought this Gigabyte card. From this review it looks like it's going to be a good one.

 

[Breit]

Man that 970 in SLI though! you can find them kinda cheap now and if you have the PSU to do it, what an amazing and cheap way to almost double your frames!

SLI is just no comparison for a single card, even if the single card is more expensive. Lots of problems all over the place!
I own a pair of those G1 Gaming 980TIs (even overclocked), but I ran most of my Games on a single card and am grateful that a single 980Ti is fast enough most of the time. This would not be the case with the 970s!
There are a lot of games where cards in SLI are even slower than a single card (of the same type). Sometimes they are only slightly faster, but draw twice as much power and produce twice as much heat of course. And sometimes they are faster, but the experience is even worse due to stuttering or all kinds of nasty SLI problems like flickering textures and what not.

SLI is only viable if there simply is no faster single GPU solution or you play only games wich work well with SLI (unlikely).
Just my 2 cents.

 

[DEFEATEST]

SLI is just no comparison for a single card, even if the single card is more expensive. Lots of problems all over the place!
I own a pair of those G1 Gaming 980TIs (even overclocked), but I ran most of my Games on a single card and am grateful that a single 980Ti is fast enough most of the time. This would not be the case with the 970s!
There are a lot of games where cards in SLI are even slower than a single card (of the same type). Sometimes they are only slightly faster, but draw twice as much power and produce twice as much heat of course. And sometimes they are faster, but the experience is even worse due to stuttering or all kinds of nasty SLI problems like flickering textures and what not.

SLI is only viable if there simply is no faster single GPU solution or you play only games wich work well with SLI (unlikely).
Just my 2 cents.

Ya I know what your saying. Deep down I know that SLI is a lot of problems as over the years I've read about a lot of them! I used to have 2 5870's in SLI for a very short period of time and it was a very hot and noisy config, and crashes too. I guess I get all googly eyed when I see the raw numbers in front of me
but need to remember what you're talking about.

 

[EarthDog]

SLI is just no comparison for a single card, even if the single card is more expensive. Lots of problems all over the place!
I own a pair of those G1 Gaming 980TIs (even overclocked), but I ran most of my Games on a single card and am grateful that a single 980Ti is fast enough most of the time. This would not be the case with the 970s!
There are a lot of games where cards in SLI are even slower than a single card (of the same type). Sometimes they are only slightly faster, but draw twice as much power and produce twice as much heat of course. And sometimes they are faster, but the experience is even worse due to stuttering or all kinds of nasty SLI problems like flickering textures and what not.

SLI is only viable if there simply is no faster single GPU solution or you play only games wich work well with SLI (unlikely).
Just my 2 cents.

Christ... its not that bad, LOL!

Its rare to see LESS performance with SLI... sometimes there is none as profiles come out late. But typically, it works well. Scaling of course will vary from game to game. There is power/heat/noise to consider as well. My thoughts are the generally the same in the end... if you can use a single card, go single as there are less hassles all around.

Ya I know what your saying. Deep down I know that SLI is a lot of problems as over the years I've read about a lot of them! I used to have 2 5870's in SLI for a very short period of time and it was a very hot and noisy config, and crashes too. I guess I get all googly eyed when I see the raw numbers in front of me
but need to remember what you're talking about.

2 AMD cards are called Crossfire. SLI is an NVIDIA term.

 

[Breit]

Let's say it's bad enough.
I mean sure these so called AAA titles may work well if the profiles are out, but aside from that SLI support is few and far between.

 

[EarthDog]

Let's say it's bad enough.
I mean sure these so called AAA titles may work well if the profiles are out, but aside from that SLI support is few and far between.

I disagree with that sentiment completely... I would say MOST games have SLI/CFx support. Ive used SLI before, and though there are clearly more (potential) issues and real issues, the way you make it out seems like its just a few AAA titles and the rest is rare. I find that to be not true when I had SLI/CFx (as of last year).

 

[DEFEATEST]

Christ... its not that bad, LOL!

Its rare to see LESS performance with SLI... sometimes there is none as profiles come out late. But typically, it works well. Scaling of course will vary from game to game. There is power/heat/noise to consider as well. My thoughts are the generally the same in the end... if you can use a single card, go single as there are less hassles all around.

2 AMD cards are called Crossfire. SLI is an NVIDIA term.

Ya I call everthing SLI ......lol.

 

[sttubs]

I just bought this Gigabyte card. From this review it looks like it's going to be a good one.

I did too, replaced my 780 Ti.