07-02-2015, 05:56 AM
So how is the reference cooler?
You know, with the smear campaign I don't know what to believe.
Does your 980ti sustain its boost clocks? Will it overclock without sounding like a tornado?
See, I run my 980 overclocked on all my demanding games. Although depending on the game, I can run it higher, I have settled for 1450mhz boost clocks. Just slid the power/temp slider and bump up the offset slider to +230 and that is it. Fan is on auto.
When I game, the fan I hear is my closed loop lq320. It's not a loud cooler at all, it's just the 980 reference isn't working too hard with my card at 1450mhz.
60% fan speed is just not loud on the reference 980. I have seen the fan speed up that high once when I tabbed out of a game. I don't pay it much mind because it's just not an issue.
Maybe it is because I have it in a case, idk. But I just manually put the fan at 100% and all I hear is air. No pitch, no annoying tones, just a lot of air.
It's actually one of the quietest cards I have ever heard with fans wide open. Certainly it is not quieter than a TF when they are both in auto, but it's not loud by any means.
I have had many cards, this one isn't bad. I wouldn't say it is the best, but it is decent.
Just wanted to know how the 980ti is. I believe it has a vapor chamber, the gm104 does not. My temps seem to aim from 80-83c in the most demanding titles. that is where the auto fans keep it. At 83 the fans ramp up and it drops back to the upper 70s-80c.
I could just lock my fan speed and drop my temps to the 70c or lower, but I don't even care. I don't think 80c is a big deal. That is actually where nvidia designed the chip to aim for, and your 980ti should also automatically stay around those temps.
Have you monitored your boost to see if it sustains or tried any overclocking?
The most important thing is the power limit. Just pushing it up should hold your boost in all your games.
You know, with the smear campaign I don't know what to believe.
Does your 980ti sustain its boost clocks? Will it overclock without sounding like a tornado?
See, I run my 980 overclocked on all my demanding games. Although depending on the game, I can run it higher, I have settled for 1450mhz boost clocks. Just slid the power/temp slider and bump up the offset slider to +230 and that is it. Fan is on auto.
When I game, the fan I hear is my closed loop lq320. It's not a loud cooler at all, it's just the 980 reference isn't working too hard with my card at 1450mhz.
60% fan speed is just not loud on the reference 980. I have seen the fan speed up that high once when I tabbed out of a game. I don't pay it much mind because it's just not an issue.
Maybe it is because I have it in a case, idk. But I just manually put the fan at 100% and all I hear is air. No pitch, no annoying tones, just a lot of air.
It's actually one of the quietest cards I have ever heard with fans wide open. Certainly it is not quieter than a TF when they are both in auto, but it's not loud by any means.
I have had many cards, this one isn't bad. I wouldn't say it is the best, but it is decent.
Just wanted to know how the 980ti is. I believe it has a vapor chamber, the gm104 does not. My temps seem to aim from 80-83c in the most demanding titles. that is where the auto fans keep it. At 83 the fans ramp up and it drops back to the upper 70s-80c.
I could just lock my fan speed and drop my temps to the 70c or lower, but I don't even care. I don't think 80c is a big deal. That is actually where nvidia designed the chip to aim for, and your 980ti should also automatically stay around those temps.
Have you monitored your boost to see if it sustains or tried any overclocking?
The most important thing is the power limit. Just pushing it up should hold your boost in all your games.