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GeForce GTX 970 SLI review
Posted by: on: 09/26/2014 01:44 PM [
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We review Nvidias little money maker, the GeForce GTX 970 but this time in a 2-way SLI. As such we'll be going from fast to faaaaast. In this review we'll run the standard benchmarks, but we will also have a good look at Ultra HD gaming performance as well as a micro stuttering analysis with the help of FCAT. Join us in this review where we'll once again look at everything.
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sykozis
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Posted on: 01/16/2015 05:06 AM
Hilbert appears to have used reference cards in his SLI review, whereas here they're being compared to a pair of Asus Strix 970's that have higher default clock speeds.
At default my cards are scoring 15892...
Hilbert appears to have used reference cards in his SLI review, whereas here they're being compared to a pair of Asus Strix 970's that have higher default clock speeds.
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Posted on: 01/16/2015 05:08 AM
I didn't ignore anything. Nor did I miscalculate anything.
There's 9 drivers posted on NVidia's site for the GTX970. The driver Hilbert used is not among those drivers. So, unless NVidia pulled 1 or more drivers from their site, there have been at least 9 drivers released to the general public since the 970 launched.
SLI scaling issues are common at launch of a new architecture.
And which I noted the following
"Which from what I may have heard at some point or another since 970 release that there may indeed have been an SLI driver issue and is what I suspect to be the case."
I didn't ignore anything. Nor did I miscalculate anything.
There's 9 drivers posted on NVidia's site for the GTX970. The driver Hilbert used is not among those drivers. So, unless NVidia pulled 1 or more drivers from their site, there have been at least 9 drivers released to the general public since the 970 launched.
SLI scaling issues are common at launch of a new architecture.
And which I noted the following
"Which from what I may have heard at some point or another since 970 release that there may indeed have been an SLI driver issue and is what I suspect to be the case."
alanm
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Posted on: 01/16/2015 05:26 AM
Sorry, missed that. I did not mean he has a point with the word 'disservice', but rather he has a point with the difference in score. Good that Hilbert mentioned the suspect driver issue, would not like to see others/outsiders finding fault with the review. Hope that Hilbert can do an update though.
I did bold the word disservice in the quote. Having a point does not make Hilberts review a disservice to the GTX 970. Since Hilbert did state the low score (13355) might be due to a launch driver issue.
Sorry, missed that. I did not mean he has a point with the word 'disservice', but rather he has a point with the difference in score. Good that Hilbert mentioned the suspect driver issue, would not like to see others/outsiders finding fault with the review. Hope that Hilbert can do an update though.
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Yeah, I have seen mention of SLI driver issue with 970 early drivers here and elsewhere. But to go back to sykoziz suggestion that it may be hardware (CPU differences), its not:
4790k vs 3960x firestrike score:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/core-i7-4790k-processor-review,19.html