- Feb 28, 2012
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Hey guys,
So during work one day last week, I had to run to Microcenter for the my office. I checked the website for 980s before I left and it said they were all out of stock. I get there, go to check on the 980s, low and behold they had a reference MSI 980. I'm all 'oh snap!' and start talking to the guy. He goes to the computer and see that there are web orders. lol - said he thinks it's sold.
He walks away and I'm still standing around, girl walks up and I tell her that I'm looking for a 980. Told her about what the guy said and she proceeded to tell me that it's first come, first serve, and that until the people come back to get the card it's up for grabs.
I ended up buying it of course.
Beautiful card, powerful, quiet, cool, etc. No complaints so far. I ended up having to go back and end up seeing the msi gaming 980. I had no idea they even had a gaming version. (I really wanted the gigabyte g1.)
So my first question is this: Should I just return it and grab the gaming version when I can? I have 30 days to return. I attempted my first overclock just now and have reached the gaming version's speeds. No temperature change or anything, although I haven't tried to game on it yet. Is there a difference between factory overclocked cards and ones that are OCd by software such as After Burner? BF4 was the only game so far that really gives the card a go. It got up to 77C and stayed there. Here is the AB configuration, I only changed the core clock speed. Is there anything else I should change?
I bought the ref card for $549, I believe the gaming version is $579.
Sorry for the long winded story, anxious to hear your thoughts!
So during work one day last week, I had to run to Microcenter for the my office. I checked the website for 980s before I left and it said they were all out of stock. I get there, go to check on the 980s, low and behold they had a reference MSI 980. I'm all 'oh snap!' and start talking to the guy. He goes to the computer and see that there are web orders. lol - said he thinks it's sold.
He walks away and I'm still standing around, girl walks up and I tell her that I'm looking for a 980. Told her about what the guy said and she proceeded to tell me that it's first come, first serve, and that until the people come back to get the card it's up for grabs.
I ended up buying it of course.
Beautiful card, powerful, quiet, cool, etc. No complaints so far. I ended up having to go back and end up seeing the msi gaming 980. I had no idea they even had a gaming version. (I really wanted the gigabyte g1.)
So my first question is this: Should I just return it and grab the gaming version when I can? I have 30 days to return. I attempted my first overclock just now and have reached the gaming version's speeds. No temperature change or anything, although I haven't tried to game on it yet. Is there a difference between factory overclocked cards and ones that are OCd by software such as After Burner? BF4 was the only game so far that really gives the card a go. It got up to 77C and stayed there. Here is the AB configuration, I only changed the core clock speed. Is there anything else I should change?
I bought the ref card for $549, I believe the gaming version is $579.
Sorry for the long winded story, anxious to hear your thoughts!
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