MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti GTX 980Ti Factory overclocked, $599 without the 30 buck rebate, pretty hot deal IMO. Already have one of the EVGA hybrids on the way or I would have jumped on this deal.
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It's a fantastic deal, but the cooling on the card is definitely lacking. At stock settings it hits its thermal wall of 83C with the fans at 85%, which are annoying audible. Mine has a fairly sweet stock voltage, though, 1.174v to reach that 1291MHz only changing to 110% power. Adding any voltage, even without changing the clock speed, though, causes the card to hit its 275w power wall.
I have the DirectCU II cooler from my Asus 780 that should fit the card, so I'm planning on trying to afro engineer it onto it. I know that it is loud as shit, as well, but it has more and much larger heatpipes and weighs almost twice as much as the MSI Armor 2x cooler. If it does cool better, I'll be flashing a BIOS that removes the boost power limit.
Oh god yes, it's a steal. It is a non-reference card so it has better power delivery and a full heatsink that covers the RAM and VRMs, so you can use a universal block and just need to add a fan to the card and be good to go.So what I'm hearing is "great card if you were planning to put a waterblock on it anyway" since it's saving you like $50 over any other comparable option right now. Fair enough.
Oh god yes, it's a steal. It is a non-reference card so it has better power delivery and a full heatsink that covers the RAM and VRMs, so you can use a universal block and just need to add a fan to the card and be good to go.
Even with such a "wimpy" overclock to 1291MHz it stomps the dick off of my Asus 780 that was OCed to 1333MHz.I'm very happy with my Zotac AMP!s, but having now discovered what a pair of 980Tis can do I'm recommending them in like every thread where people complain about FPS and want a rebuild. Now I can recommend them $50 cheaper.
Yep, its not great. The cooler has four tiny heat pipes and not a lot of mass.Is the cooler that much worse than the Twin Frozr V? I wanna go SLI with this card but I don't really wanna card that loads at 83C
Is the cooler that much worse than the Twin Frozr V? I wanna go SLI with this card but I don't really wanna card that loads at 83C
Noctua NT-H1 caused an increase of 2C across the board, Gelid Extreme brought it back in line with the stock TIM. Whatever MSI used on it is excellent.Pretty sick deal, although the temps seem really high for a custom cooler. Can always try re-TIM'ing it and seeing if that helps, 83C is basically reference temps although this should probably still hold its boost longer before throttling.
Then again, if you trying to save money then I don't see 83C load being a huge issue provided everything else remains at acceptable temps.
Initial tests were on an open bench. Tests now are in a Corsair Obsidian 250D, no change that I can see.Jedimasterben, what case do you have? Good airflow around your cards?
don't forget to use your American express card for an additional $25 off.
I know, right??Suddenly the ~$630 I paid for mine is sounding silly.
this card is really a dud on air. :/
What I'm saying is that this card has a lot of potential with the relatively low stock voltage (1300mhz at 1.164v) but the cooler is holding it back from being a 1500+ card. The VRMs will output up to 1.281v if the cooling could keep up. I'm content with the 1405 clock I got, as I'm using less power than my GTX 780 at 1333MHz and getting over 50% more performance, but it would be cool to get it even higher from such an inexpensive custom card.i don't use the 'rolleyes' smiley much because i think it's dickish, but a 40% overclock from reference is a dud? people get tunnel vision and caught up in the minutia instead of logically thinking about what they're achieving.
What I'm saying is that this card has a lot of potential with the relatively low stock voltage (1300mhz at 1.164v) but the cooler is holding it back from being a 1500+ card. The VRMs will output up to 1.281v if the cooling could keep up. I'm content with the 1405 clock I got, as I'm using less power than my GTX 780 at 1333MHz and getting over 50% more performance, but it would be cool to get it even higher from such an inexpensive custom card.