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Guru3D.com » News » Review: GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC

Review: GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/30/2014 09:14 AM | source: | 8 comment(s)

Join us as we review test and benchmark the GALAX GeForce GTX SOC (Gamer) edition. SOC is short for Super Overclocked, and that certainly is the case. The card has 4 GB graphics memory, is energy efficient and factory overclocked for you. Oh and hey, it overclocks nicely as well as we even pass 1500 MHz on the GPU boost frequency.

Check out our full review right here.

 







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stereoman
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#4948338 Posted on: 10/30/2014 09:29 AM
Looks like a great card, I was waiting for the 8GB cards to surface but I'm half tempted to pick this one up instead.

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#4948343 Posted on: 10/30/2014 09:33 AM
That is one sweet looking card. If I was looking at getting a 980, this well might be the one.

fantaskarsef
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#4948351 Posted on: 10/30/2014 09:45 AM
Hmm. Doesn't look too bad, although I think the Gigabyte's the card to go for cooler wise, at least atm. Maybe later cards (8GB, better voltages and the EVGA classifieds) will change that though. Also, pricing matters, if it's cheaper than the Gigabyte or MSI, it might sell.

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#4948364 Posted on: 10/30/2014 10:07 AM
I'm sure the 30% mark up justifies the 5% higher clocks you might get.

The 900 series cards are voltage limited long before they are temp limited for clocks so elaborate coolers on these cards when you are still limited to a few mv over reference...which reference cards alsp have access to...seems pointless.

I doubt 3 blower fans are quieter than a reference cooler so I just don't get it.

Is this like LEDs on ram? Extra money for appearance only?

After my gtx 680 lightning I know to never bother woth non reference cards again.

The overvolting was eventually locked through nvidia drivera and msi updates to just the stock 87mv range and the card was clocked barely faster than a reference card, was loud as hell and wasn't even that cool and it cost me a fortune for the dubious privilege of owning the worst graphics card to date

fantaskarsef
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#4948416 Posted on: 10/30/2014 12:06 PM
There might still people not overclocking, or not knowing how to do it. Those people have it easy to choose the cards we see here over reference cards due to the clocks.

Also, even the voltage limits may be bendable on some cards. I've heard the more experience users here talk about volt mods, which can't be done on reference PCBs as far as I understood.

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