NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Reference Photos Surface

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PhazeDelta1

2014-09-15 01:56

Not bad looking. It's nice to see a backplate coming standard on this card.

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Aura89

2014-09-15 02:53

the days of backplates are back?

#4912963

Dch48

2014-09-15 03:08

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#4912964

-Tj-

2014-09-15 03:08

I think that 4-5 VRM won't have much room by OC'ing at least stock versions, even if its "improved" like videocardz say.. Remember stock 570GTX VRM issues if Oc'ed too much? and this was a improved version of super tank 470GTX VRMs :P

#4912972

Agent-A01

2014-09-15 03:25

I think that 4-5 VRM won't have much room by OC'ing at least stock versions, even if its "improved" like videocardz say.. Remember stock 570GTX VRM issues if Oc'ed too much? and this was a improved version of super tank 470GTX VRMs :P

570 was a terrible VRM design compared to the 470. My 470 could do OVER 1.3volts with zero issues at 1GHz core clock, a 400mhz OC from stock. Reports of 570s popping without voltage OC. Phase count doesnt always have much bearing on quality. Also take note that my titans 6 phases can handle over 500watts as well. Lets hope they've learned their lessons over time

#4912980

GeniusPr0

2014-09-15 03:53

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look again and figure it out :P

#4912990

GhostXL

2014-09-15 04:42

the days of backplates are back?

I like it, just hope the 30% faster than 780 Ti rumors are true.

#4913002

-Tj-

2014-09-15 06:16

I like it, just hope the 30% faster than 780 Ti rumors are true.

Not if it has ~4tflops or even 4.5tflops with @ 1920SP, 970gtx with 2smx less has 3.8tflops apparently.. And that's still slower then 5.2tflops @ 780Ti..

#4913009

fantaskarsef

2014-09-15 06:42

I think that 4-5 VRM won't have much room by OC'ing at least stock versions, even if its "improved" like videocardz say.. Remember stock 570GTX VRM issues if Oc'ed too much? and this was a improved version of super tank 470GTX VRMs :P

Maybe that's their plan to sell the 980Ti (or Titan II), make the non-Ti OC like crap. :bang:

#4913069

Solfaur

2014-09-15 09:47

This looks pretty good for a reference card.

#4913077

lucidus

2014-09-15 10:04

Good to see they're sticking with the Titan cooler, it's the only reference cooler I've found to be satisfactory!

#4913078

Pete J

2014-09-15 10:06

Good to see Nvidia are sticking with the Titan reference cooler. Probably the best cooler I've ever seen on a card TBH. It's going to be difficult to come up with a better version without resorting to water cooling or more expensive variations.

#4913087

Texter

2014-09-15 10:39

Not if it has ~4tflops or even 4.5tflops with @ 1920SP, 970gtx with 2smx less has 3.8tflops apparently.. And that's still slower then 5.2tflops @ 780Ti..

With 1920 cores the 980 is 3*750Ti (so ~4.2 Tflops with the 750Ti's clocks assuming core similarity). TPU graphs the 780Ti performance as ~2.5 times a nice 750Ti, and gaming never brings a GPU even remotely close to theoretical peak performance (the Tflops), so there's hope that the 980 may be able to at least keep up with a stock 780Ti at 1080p as on paper it's three times as fast as a 750Ti, which should give it part of half a 750Ti's worth of headroom over stock 780Ti, depending on the game.

#4913088

southamptonfc

2014-09-15 10:41

Good to see Nvidia are sticking with the Titan reference cooler. Probably the best cooler I've ever seen on a card TBH. It's going to be difficult to come up with a better version without resorting to water cooling or more expensive variations.

I found it to be distinctly average. Maybe for SLI (although I'm not convinced) but for the single card setups, the MSI TwinFrozr cooler is 10-20C better than the reference design and a HUGE amount quieter.

#4913096

fantaskarsef

2014-09-15 10:52

I've never bought a reference cooler. Won't do so, except to put some aftermarket cooling or h2o on it. No big deal...

#4913097

SLI-756

2014-09-15 10:53

titan cooler plus new backplate is winner outta the gates, Maxwell tech is bonus 😀

#4913099

southamptonfc

2014-09-15 10:57

I'll concede that it is the best reference cooler that I've used. If you aren't overclocking, it's probably OK but for me, it's too hot and noisy once you flex the full potential of a GK110.

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