Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Gaming 6 GB Review 36

Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Gaming 6 GB Review

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Temperatures



GPU temperatures are great, which is of course due to the watercooling solution.

GPU Temperature Comparison
IdleLoad
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti WaterForce24°C50°C
ZOTAC GTX 980 Ti AMP Extreme50°C67°C
MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning50°C65°C
Colorful iGame GTX 980 Ti51°C82°C
Palit GTX 980 Ti JetStream56°C71°C
ASUS GTX 980 Ti STRIX51°C76°C
ZOTAC GTX 980 Ti AMP!55°C70°C
MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming50°C74°C
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC+54°C76°C
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming48°C70°C
NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti41°C84°C
NVIDIA GTX Titan X34°C84°C
Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings,
cooler design, and production variances. This table just serves to provide a list of
typical temperatures for similar cards as determined during TPU review.


Clock Profiles

Modern graphics cards have several clock profiles that are selected to balance power draw and performance requirements.

The following table lists the clock settings for important performance scenarios and the GPU voltage we measured. We performed these measurements on the pins of a coil or capacitor near the GPU voltage regulator.

GPU
Clock
Memory
Clock
GPU Voltage
(measured)
Desktop135 MHz203 MHz0.868 V
Multi-Monitor135 MHz203 MHz0.868 V
Blu-ray Playback135 MHz203 MHz0.868 V
3D Load1152 - 1430 MHz1801 MHz1.012 - 1.187 V
The card uses NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking mechanism, GPU Boost 2.0. It will dynamically adjust clock and voltage based on render load, temperature, and other factors.

For the graph below, we recorded all GPU clock and GPU voltage combinations of our 1920x1080 resolution benchmarking suite. The plotted points are transparent, which allows them to add up to indicate more often used values. A light color means the clock/voltage combination is rarely used and a dark color means it's active a lot.

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