anyone here order the MSI GTX 970 4GD5T?

[toyota]

Looks like your card is solid! Every bit as good as any other 970. How are the noise levels?

I dont hear it at all.

and I think the power usage slider is just messed up and still showing 106 from my last card for some reason.

and DSR is a little cleaner than just forcing a higher res through the control panel. running Dishonored at 3840x2160 makes a huge difference in the jaggies and the crawling is nearly all gone. lol even at 4k that game is only using about half my 970.

 

[tviceman]

Does DSR work if the resolution doesn't scale perfectly, or is it designed and best used for 4k -> 1080p or 1440p -> 720p?

 

[toyota]

Does DSR work if the resolution doesn't scale perfectly, or is it designed and best used for 4k -> 1080p or 1440p -> 720p?

you can choose from several options in the control panel that you want to show up in game. I chose 2560x1440, 2880x1620 and 3840x2160.

 

[tviceman]

I will just have to wait and experience it for myself to see.

 

[Rvenger]

well the only reason 1500 was a goal was because the gaming card could hit that. I just wanted to see what I sacrificed by going with this card.

this seems higher than stock gtx980 to me


upload pics

Its a little short but close.

 

[toyota]

Its a little short but close.

thats with a 5820k so the cpu makes a difference.

 

[toyota]

I bumped the clocks a little.


upload pics

 

[Rvenger]

thats with a 5820k so the cpu makes a difference.

I am looking at the graphics score only.

 

[toyota]

I am looking at the graphics score only.

actually even that can be slightly effected by cpu too.

 

[Face2Face]

Toyota - You should re-install Afterburner 4.0 and see if you can get a higher power limit. If you can't, it's a limitation with the cards BIOS. Most of the GTX 980 reviews I have read have power limits from 120-125%. If you feel comfortable, you could also have a user with a GTX 970 Gaming card save his BIOS and send it to you, so you could flash your BIOS with it.

I am also surprised Crysis 3 is using that much VRAM at 1440p, it much be caching it?

 

[toyota]

Toyota - You should re-install Afterburner 4.0 and see if you can get a higher power limit. If you can't, it's a limitation with the cards BIOS. Most of the GTX 970 reviews I have read have power limits from 120-125%. If you feel comfortable, you could also have a user with a GTX 970 Gaming card save his BIOS and send it to you, so you could flash your BIOS with it.

I am also surprised Crysis 3 is using that much VRAM at 1440p, it much be caching it?

some of the cards that are already factory overclocked have less of a power limit. I think it's just a bug for me though because even though my slider will only go to 106 I am seeing usage of 116% at times when oced. and that was just system ram not VRAM so I was looking at wrong thing.

 

[Face2Face]

some of the cards that are already factory overclocked have less of a power limit. I think it's just a bug for me though because even though my slider will only go to 106 I am seeing usage of 116% at times when oced. and that was just system ram not VRAM so I was looking at wrong thing.

Ah okay. Gotcha!

 

[Rhezuss]

It's the only model in stock at NCIX...so I could get the card early next week en enjoy life more

Is this model equipped with the Twin Frozr V too or another fan model?

 

[tviceman]

Its another model, but it looks more and more like it keeps the GPU every bit as cool and runs quiet. If I get a 970, I think I will save myself the $10-20 premium and get Toyota's model.

 

[Rhezuss]

I'm really tempted...the card look awesome and will be a worthwhile upgrade from my 7950, even though I still play all my games smoothly.

Damn life decisions...ehheh

 

[Rvenger]

I bet if I would have purchased this model instead of the ACX 1.0 970. I would have never bought the 980.

 

[Face2Face]

Looks like the GTX 970 FTW is limited to 110% power limit as stated in Ryan's recent review.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga

 

[toyota]

with a voltage bump I hit 1564 core and 8000 memory. my card needs a bigger power limit big time.

 

[toyota]

I am going to contact newegg and find another card. this card cannot maintain clocks or voltage at all. its tapped out right out of the box and even stock clocks have to throttle quite a bit under full load. if I lower the resolution it will go to 1.225 but if I raise the resolution voltage drops way off and it seems to be constantly adjusting itself to not exceed the low TDP.

 

[Cerb]

Going for GB's, maybe?

 

[toyota]

Going for GB's, maybe?

nope. I may just get a 980 too. it goes against everything my tight ass stands for but heck I dont spend my money on anything else and I have a decent amount of money in my savings.

 

[tviceman]

I am going to contact newegg and find another card. this card cannot maintain clocks or voltage at all. its tapped out right out of the box and even stock clocks have to throttle quite a bit under full load. if I lower the resolution it will go to 1.225 but if I raise the resolution voltage drops way off and it seems to be constantly adjusting itself to not exceed the low TDP.

You don't think it could be a symptom of the first round of drivers for maxwell? Maybe Nvidia needs to fine tune boost with maxwell a little bit more.... Perhaps this may end up being the case with many gtx 970's.

 

[toyota]

You don't think it could be a symptom of the first round of drivers for maxwell? Maybe Nvidia needs to fine tune boost with maxwell a little bit more.... Perhaps this may end up being the case with many gtx 970's.

possibly but no one else seems to be reporting this or saying it happens for them if I ask. I know I want have any issue getting my money back but I just need to figure out what to get next. lol I should have held on to my 780 but I sold it this morning and already shipped it...

if I use vsync or cap myself where its not using anywhere near full load or TDP then it will stay at the boost the whole time. but at full load and it starts backing off on voltage and clocks.

 

[Cerb]

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/co...n_got_the_msi_gtx_970_oc_edition_blue/ckqtzdl

That came up with a quick look. Vague, but looks to be mentioning similar behavior.

 

[toyota]

after about 5 minutes of Valley benchmark it just crashed on out of box settings...