GTX 980/970 Club

TheHunter · Sep 23, 2014

15th Warlock said:
Haven't experienced any SLI stutters so far, but thanks for the suggestion

This is what I use currently on my Titans, and will be used with these cards once I can get them in my water loop:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F93S5C8/?tag=tec06d-20

I saw one, two users @ guru3d forums complaining about stutters and it turned out it was shoddy flexible SLI bridge, once they bought this bigger one all problems went away

GreiverBlade · Sep 23, 2014

erixx said:
To the guy that says nVidia cooling is not unique, well it is not NEW, but pretty unique in the sense of nice, cool, efficient, beautiful, high quality, robust, etc. You get it?

then it's unique by it's quality and not design ... i get it

(yet my 290 ref cooler is efficient, never passed 65°, the design is beautiful, robust and etc... oh ok 65% perma fan speed is a bit ... ah whatever xD just joking)

i have to concur: i love the ref cooler and i would prefer a 980 ref than a 970 custom (tho the 970 Strixx is really nice and i think my choice is settled)

FreedomEclipse said:
For a moment there i almost thought you were describing some posh kitchen silverware or appliance

Its just the basic reference design. It looks nice but theres nothing unique about it - they have used the same design for about a year now on older cards.

yep pretty much my thinking.

FreedomEclipse · Sep 23, 2014

TheHunter said:
I saw one, two users @ guru3d forums complaining about stutters and it turned out it was shoddy flexible SLI bridge, once they bought this bigger one all problems went away

I bought one of these a while back....

Unfortunately I wasnt able to use it with my 680s cuz one of the connections is kinda 'obstructed' by the heatsink.

If you look at the pic here you can see a small corner of the heatsink/shroud sticks out and that stops me from connecting the bridge up properly.

TheHunter · Sep 23, 2014

Yeah if you don't have any issues with flexible then dont worry about it, but if it starts stuttering later then you might want to look in to that.

All those complained its drivers, but it was actually hw issue with flexible sli, guess it got worn (or had to little bandwidth) or something

FreedomEclipse · Sep 23, 2014

Ive had stuttering on and off for a while now.... HOPEFULLY I can fit this SLi bridge on and that will solve part of the problem.

He's so close I can smell his fear....

FreedomEclipse · Sep 23, 2014

I know its a little dusty inside my case.

erixx · Sep 23, 2014

At least now some parts are CLEAN hahahaha! Congrats Freedom!

FreedomEclipse · Sep 23, 2014

Unfortunately the fixed sli bridge didnt work for me as MSI have yet again partially obstructed an sli finger with their cooler.

Just putting the cards through some benches at the moment.

Cant wait to get some bf4 on later

the54thvoid · Sep 23, 2014

I'll join in Q1 2015

RCoon · Sep 23, 2014

the54thvoid said:
I'll join in Q1 2015

I look forward to custom BIOS GM210 on water

the54thvoid · Sep 23, 2014

RCoon said:
I look forward to custom BIOS GM210 on water

FreedomEclipse · Sep 23, 2014

Well, i think ive discovered my first problem...

Since the vrms are located on the other end of the card it creates a lot of rf interference. And since my soundcard sits right ontop of the bottom cards vrms. I can hear quite a constant high pitched squealing noise coming from my center speaker.... Its not noticable when my pc is idle but when i launch bf4 i can definitely hear it coming tthrough the speaker.

I tried making a make shift rf shield using some cardboard & aluminium foil but it didnt fix the problem

RCoon · Sep 23, 2014

FreedomEclipse said:
Well, i think ive discovered my first problem...

Since the vrms are located on the other end of the card it creates a lot of rf interference. And since my soundcard sits right ontop of the bottom cards vrms. I can hear quite a constant high pitched squealing noise coming from my center speaker.... Its not noticable when my pc is idle but when i launch bf4 i can definitely hear it coming tthrough the speaker.

I tried making a make shift rf shield using some cardboard & aluminium foil but it didnt fix the problem

Time for a ground loop isolator and pray it shields some of it. I had the same problem with my reference 780 (the first one).

FreedomEclipse · Sep 23, 2014

RCoon said:
Time for a ground loop isolator and pray it shields some of it. I had the same problem with my reference 780 (the first one).

Which isolator did you get or did you not bother?

RCoon · Sep 23, 2014

FreedomEclipse said:
Which isolator did you get or did you not bother?

You can get clip on cable ones, but they're usually for XLR cables, any generic amazon one will do, just check reviews.

FreedomEclipse · Sep 23, 2014

well I just ordered a kensington one since it had the best reviews.... Now to wait and see what happens. I wont be back in the UK till the 6th anyway and its already too late to order for tomorrow.

springs113 · Sep 24, 2014

Well I just returned my newly purchased 290 and with some discounts and leeway got a pair of 970s for 580. They are reference versions because I do plan on throwing them under water soon enough. Wondering though if I should of just kept my 290 tri fire or go the above route or maybe even go single gtx 980 then add another a lil' later on.

WhiteNoise · Sep 24, 2014

My evga GTX 970 SC arrived yesterday.

erixx · Sep 24, 2014

JUST NOTICED THIS, quite nice at night (or day if a translucend side panel is present).
It also offers something like a PROPERTY ALARM warning, I can only guess ... it warns when an AMD powered machine is close hahaha!

Frag_Maniac · Sep 25, 2014

Any of you 900 series owners tried DSR yet? Can you tell us how much impact it has on FPS compared to various forms of AA?

erixx · Sep 25, 2014

+ 1 That question is excellent!

ProPain · Sep 25, 2014

Yeehhaaa... Nvidia quality GPU products is the way to GO !!!

just ordered 2 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming but i will use these new beast with da new LED lighting SLI Bridges ;o)

Bit later - i will try to mod the 'WindForce' with Green LED milk plexiglass (milled parts) for full FX effects...

http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Excuse-Me-Your-SLI-Glowing /// http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-starts-selling-sturdy-sli-bridges-with-led-lighting.html

bpgt64 · Sep 25, 2014

omfg Shadowplay works in 4k now!!!amgggggadd

erixx · Sep 25, 2014

cool. should have shown off 4K with another game, because that one... looks like illness.

Frag_Maniac · Sep 25, 2014

erixx said:
+ 1 That question is excellent!

Thanks, but it seems we've mostly 4k users that don't need/aren't interested in testing DSR.

BTW, saw the ASUS 780 dropped to $293 today on a Newegg special sale. Shows what a killer deal the 970 is.

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GTX 980/970 Club

TheHunter

GreiverBlade

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

TheHunter

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

erixx

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

the54thvoid

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RCoon

the54thvoid

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FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

RCoon

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

RCoon

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

springs113

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erixx

Frag_Maniac

erixx

ProPain

bpgt64

erixx

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