07-02-2015, 05:16 PM
(07-02-2015, 05:56 AM)ocre Wrote: 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.
I can't answer that because I haven't measured boost, changed fan speeds, or OCd the card. Have not noticed noise or throttling, the Ti does have a vapor chamber.
I attribute the noise complaints to a. AMD team red b. enthusiasts who run the part way above spec and then wonder why the fan is not designed to be quiet way above spec.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9306/the-n...i-review/2
Quote: And truth be told it’s hard to fault NVIDIA right now, as this design remains the gold (well, aluminum) standard for a blower. Looks aside, after years of blowers that rattled, or were too loud, or didn’t cool discrete components very well, NVIDIA is sitting on a very solid design that I’m not really sure how anyone would top
AMD has water cooling because AMD needs water cooling to (almost) compete. In my opinion the Fury X is basically a factory OCd card, operating at it's maximum potential. I believe AMD straight out lied about it being "an overclockers dream", pure marketing. The best samples they have end up with reviewers, and reviewers are not seeing good OCing with Fiji.
Personally I typically don't OC, and I for sure don't over volt, too much cash in play to risk on a high end graphics card. I'd rather spend more money and upgrade to 980 SLi or get another 980 Ti than try to run this part at 1400MHz.
If the card was damaged by that I'd be out $659, more risk than I'd take personally. Could never RMA a part I OCd, because there's no way of knowing if the OC contributed to the failure. (and it likely did)