Dreams-Visions
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Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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Is there anything I need to know about the process? just need register and provide a copy of the invoice?
Register the card, upload the invoice then you can start the process. It's relatively simple. Verify your info is correct, plug in what you paid, pick the step up card and shipping type and it'll give you the step up price and enter you in the queue.
After that it's waiting. Once you've passed the queue and a card is available, you'll have 7 days to pay the step up price then you have like 10 days to get the card to them with all the original pack ins. Once they get it, they'll ship you your new card with the shipping you chose at step up time.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Glad to hear someone else has high praise for EVGA. Makes me feel better about dropping $350+ on a GPU. :3
They've always had top notch customer service and they stand behind their products. That was my major motivation. The other was that they have the highest base clocks. I really find using software to overclock annoying and I generally leave my cards factory.
I've been using EVGA cards for 10 years. I've had 2 RMAs and both were processed without fuss. I highly recommend them.
The 970 looks like a good upgrade for me. I'm coming from a 660Ti and annoyed I can't crank max settings on some newer releases. I'm only running 1080p so it should give me enough headroom for if/when I upgrade monitors. At least through this console generation.
The 970 looks like a good upgrade for me. I'm coming from a 660Ti and annoyed I can't crank max settings on some newer releases. I'm only running 1080p so it should give me enough headroom for if/when I upgrade monitors. At least through this console generation.
660ti to 970 was my exact upgrade. It's a huge improvement.
mysocksarepink
Banned
With tax season coming I'll have some money to play with. Has anyone had experience upgrading from an EVGA 760? Or should I wait until the next generation (I fear my i5-2500k also may be beginning to choke)
Trevelyan9999
Banned
Nah, I have that exact CPU OC'd to 4.5Ghz and I have no problems at all with my two GTX 770 4GB cards. All games butter smooth. You shouldn't have any bottlenecks with that CPU on the new cards either.
Gaffercake
Member
Evga or MSI 970? Tempted to go with the new SSC
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Personally I usually either get EVGA or MSI, never tried Asus but I've yet to hear complaints. Typically I choose MSI because their revisions often have a little bit of an edge over EVGA, or at least they do when I'm in the market for one. But so far the EVGA seems to have the edge right now in the base models. Honestly though I'd wait for the inevitable revisions with more RAM, it's basically tradition at this point.
EVGA has better clock speeds for the 970...for now.
Vlaphor
Member
I decided to check my video card after dealing with idle temps in the upper 40's and found that mine was in the same way. Enabled automatic fan control and now my idles are in the low 30's Strange.
...and when I shut down Precision X, the temps raise. Do I just need to leave it on in the background or something?
Idle temps in the 40s with no fans are fine and what the bios is programmed for. The fans will not turn on until 60c. That's the "silent at idle" feature of majority of the 970s. Undead hero sounds like he had a bug with the fan curve where they weren't kicking on until the 90s. That's way off base.
Undead Hero
Member
Geez, it seems like it. I just checked and the fans weren't running. Opened PrecisionX and it was also in the upper 40's, but then the fans started spinning. There has to be something wrong here.
Edit:
That makes sense, but this makes me wonder if I'll still need to have PrecisionX open in the background anytime I'm playing a game.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Got it installed over lunch. Max settings on Warframe on my rig puts my temp in the 34C range. On top of that, this card is silent - my case fans run louder. I'm sure it'll make noise when I press it harder, but I'm not currently playing anything with much more demanding specs and PhysX to merit trying. I could install Skyrim and put it on Ultra I guess?
Thanks for your input, though. Definitely happy with my decision to go EVGA on this.
Unless it's bugged, you won't need PrecisionX open for the standard fan curve. The standard curve is fans off until 60c then it'll slowly ramp up. The card will usually peak around 72 under load until the fans bring it back down. You'll average 70 give or take on a 100% GPU game.
Vlaphor
Member
That does make sense. I was peaking at around mid 70s during Unity. I'll try it in a bit and see how it goes
This is because you're assuming that benchmark tools and stability should equate to stable overclock for games. Hint: They aren't. Stop that.
If you want to ensure your OC is stable, always, always test it on actual games. Relying on benchmark tools seems to be as popular a misconception to the internet as thinking that using Vsync to cap frames is a good idea, which is even worse.
If your overclock doesn't pass the game test, it's not actually stable.
Like the other guy (Trev) said, your 2500k is going to be fine. Most likely for a few years yet, considering the (lack of) quality for console hardware and ports -- the only area you'll struggle are with PC exclusives.
I have the same processor at 4.5 too, no worries about bottlenecks.
Yep, I bought the G1 Windforce in October. Previous card was a MSI 7850.
You won't get exactly a 2x perf boost from a 760 to a 970, but you'll be close. It's swell, go get one!
Xdrive05
Member
Should we wait until the 970 memory allocation issue is addressed before buying?
I really want one, but if this is a legit issue (and a lasting issue), I may just pass. 3.5gb vs. 4gb will probably matter at some point in the coming few years I'm sure. :-/
I really want one, but if this is a legit issue (and a lasting issue), I may just pass. 3.5gb vs. 4gb will probably matter at some point in the coming few years I'm sure. :-/
Catrollinginthewind
Banned
Dictator93
Member
I seriously hope they do. It is BS for any 970 owners.
broncobuster
Banned
Thanks. Seems to be worth it. I missed the original backplate deal, and better cooling is a concern as the card runs hotter than expected.
Finally got my GTX 970 last night and am loving it so much. I am coming from a 6950 so the upgrade is pretty substantial. Not sure if I made the best decision going with MSI (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127833) but regardless I am happy.
jfoul
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Jibbajabbawockky
Member
I upgraded my EVGA 760 to an EVGA 970 FTW a couple months back and it was totally worth it. Obviously the performance bump will depend on what kind of game you're playing but I can't think of a game that doesn't run nicely at 1080p with my 970 at mostly maxed out settings. Maybe you'll have to drop down AA and whatnot but it was definitely a noticeable increase in performance.
Dries
Member
You could probably get away with that with older games, but in newer stuff it'd severely cripple your framerate. Hardware-accelerated PhysX is practically designed to run poorly on CPUs.
Dries
Member
I see, thanks.
I am also concern about this issue as well, should I just get a gtx 980 instead, because I don't want to get something that going to give me problems.
michaelius
Banned
Well I just bough 970. Doesn't seem like it affects real gaming usage so far.
Altrough to be fair I don't plan to keep this card for too long.
980 is not worth 200$ more sadly.
cheezcake
Member
Hmmm weird. I just tested this in AC: Unity, at first it went to ~3550 MB Usage with normal performance, I changed FXAA to MSAA 4x and it immediately bumped up to ~3900 MB Usage. Of course there was a performance decrease to about ~35fps avg but nothing insane like this threads implying.
If it matters my exact model is an MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G
lordfuzzybutt
Member
It was the same for me, in exact every way.
Not all 970's have this problem. My EVGA SC has no problem using more than 3.5gb of ram.
Naked Snake
Member
Hmm, is it for cards with Hynix memory only? I never checked which memory my G1 has.
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-reveal-gm200-march-gpu-conference/
original source:
http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/19923-nvidia-avtacker-gm200-pa-gpu-technology-conference-2015
GTX 1080 or 1080 Ti for me.
TC McQueen
Member
There's two new versions for Samsung memory for whatever reason.
If you run GPU-Z, it will display what brand of memory you have.
curlycare
Member
No there are two bioses for samsung memory also. Or not-yet-working links to them more specifically.
EDIT: Yeep should have refreshed before posting.
The big reason I intentionally purchased an original ftw is that it is only 9.5 inches versus 10.1. I have a hadron air so this is a big deal. I had a gtx 780 in there and it was nearly imposssible to fit and even then only with a ton of cabling hitting the back end of the card. The original 970 ftw fits perfectly in the hadron. 10.1 inches would run into cabling problems again.
Xdrive05
Member
I've seen a lot of posts/screenshots showing where a 980 uses all vram in the same scene where the 970 clearly caps at 3.5-3.6. But more concerning, I've seen clips that show when a 970 is "forced" to go over 3.6, then it hiccups really hard and slows down way more than one would expect from the setting increase that cause it to go "over"... implying performance issues accessing that last 500mb.
Hopefully this is just mass hysteria based on unscrupulous posters. But what has been shown, coupled with Nv's silence is concerning.
Naked Snake
Member
Just checked with GPU-Z, it's Hynix... which from what I recall reading doesn't overclock as well as Samsung memory, oh well (haven't tried overclocking the memory yet).
Since I'm not having any issues with my card for now, I'm going to wait until the dust settles on the new bios.
Lmao nVidia pls
TC McQueen
Member
I can vouch for the Hynix memory overclock limitations. Whether it's because of voltage or something else, I can't go above +299MHz overclock on my Hynix VRAM without crashing Heaven on scene 11. I don't know if it's a voltage thing or what, but it sucks.
Like you, I'll wait to see what this BIOS does before I flash it, and I'll probably wind up modding it anyway.
That said, anybody know a way to lock the GPU's target resolution even when the display it's connected to is off? I finally managed to get Nvidia Gamestream working via Limelight, but the game changes resolution and visual dimensions whenever I turn off my display.
http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2015/01/21/windows-10-nvidia-dx12/
Were more than ready. GPUs built on our Maxwell GPU architecture such as our recently released GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 fully support DX12.
Were more than ready. GPUs built on our Maxwell GPU architecture such as our recently released GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 fully support DX12.