Gigabyte 980TI G1 not boosting too 1291mhz in oc mode as advertised

[sid4975]

I recently purchased one of these cards I actually pre-ordered it the second it was available on newegg.

anyway the card has been running amazing and I have not a single complaint until I noticed that when running in OC mode in OC_Guru II 1.86 "latest version" that my base/boost was 1190/1279 instead of 1190/1291 as advertised on all the websites. if I increase the MHz it increases both base and boost. i'd like it to just run at the OC speed it is suppose to.

Does anyone know a way to correct this, I really don't want to do an RMA as the card is performing great and is nice and quiet, but if im loosing performance then I guess I will.

 

[alcoholbob]

Why would you return it? Hell the chip can boost to 1500MHz on the stock BIOS. What's wrong with a manual overclock?

Also it probably *is* boosting to 1291MHz but only when you are below 63C. Most Maxwell cards automatically down-clock 1 bin when they hit above mid 60C. It's simply what the BIOS tells it to do. If you want to avoid that turn on KBoost or manually flash a custom-BIOS.

 

[sid4975]

the card is below 40 degrees the boost amount doesn't change in oc guru. And i'd just like it to work as advertised. I know its not a big difference but still.

 

[LTC8K6]

13 shy is not enough to worry about, imo.

 

[Majcric]

Did you try to increase the temp and power limit? This helped my boost by about 100mhz give or take a little.

 

[AntonioHG]

Move sliders to right, minimize your oc program to system tray, enjoy games.

If that doesn't work, send it to me for testing. I'll hit it with games for a couple weeks to see if the performance is up to standard and then ship it back to you with a form listing all the games I tested on it.

 

[futurefields]

My 970 flips between 1418 and 1405 in some games, stock boost 2.0 haven't changed anything. I think this is normal behavior.

 

[SirCanealot]

OC it manually and see how far you get. You might have an awesome chip you can run at 1500 without really having to mess around with it!

 

[sam_816]

any updates OP? i ordered this card yesterday. after reading this thread i am already getting post purchase dissonance... my 1st preference was zotac's amp extreme... but its way too wide(3 slots)

 

[lazybedone]

Its not compatible. Have a vpn to protect you when using things like this. It may cause viruses and malwares to your unit.

 

[Skurge]

false advertising is false advertising. Today it's 13mhz. Tomorrow it's 26mhz.

Just saying.

 

[MagickMan]

the card is below 40 degrees the boost amount doesn't change in oc guru. And i'd just like it to work as advertised. I know its not a big difference but still.

<40C while under load? Riiiiight...

 

[Sabrewings]

<40C while under load? Riiiiight...

If he's on water, no problem. My 980 Ti has never seen 40C or higher, no matter what artificial test I've thrown at it.

 

[MagickMan]

If he's on water, no problem.

Probably isn't, since blocks for those are few and far between right now.

 

[Sabrewings]

Probably isn't, since blocks for those are few and far between right now.

You're probably right. I paid less attention to what vendor and more to "980 Ti".