i wonder if they pushed the card to maximum OC....does not look it

 

The outside 2 heatpipes barely touch the core lol. Is this like the 970?

Overall the PCB looks sexy.

If only we can get a classy pcb shot, Or a zotac amp extreme pcb shot to compare.

 

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Originally Posted by Menta

i wonder if they pushed the card to maximum OC....does not look it

If it's anything like my 970 strix, probably so

 

Probably not, but I usually don't gauge a card's ability to OC from a review considering they get cherry-picked samples.

 

Very hard to choose between the 980 Ti HoF, Asus Strix and Classified. Custom PCB goodness and improved cooler as well on this bad boy.

 

Hopefully it doesn't sag

 

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Originally Posted by aDyerSituation

Hopefully it doesn't sag

No don't be silly its got a "GPU fortifier" to prevent sagging lol. Love the marketing names companies come up with for simple things.

 

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Originally Posted by KuuFA

No don't be silly its got a "GPU fortifier" to prevent sagging lol. Love the marketing names companies come up with for simple things.

My 970 is by far the grossest thing to look at. It sags terribly.

 

Already looks better than that loud Gigabyte.

 

No comparisons to FuryX in that review

 

Those extra heatpipes... was this cooler even designed for GM200? Looks more like it's meant to be compatible with Fiji.

 

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Originally Posted by Serandur

Those extra heatpipes... was this cooler even designed for GM200? Looks more like it's meant to be compatible with Fiji.

Dude, good one.

 

This will be hard decision between the Classified and the Strix. Honestly I will probably go with the Strix as I do not plan to watercool and the cooler design is so much better.

 

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Originally Posted by aDyerSituation

Hopefully it doesn't sag like grannies honkers

LOL

 

just clicked on the source link and looking at the first page i must ask, do this guy know anything?

has both the reference 980 and 980TI as using 2x8 pin power connectors.

 

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Originally Posted by Menta

i wonder if they pushed the card to maximum OC....does not look it

this is the reviewers forum post:
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The new DirectCU III cooler is larger than its predecessor so we expect a lower temp on GPU and VRM. That usually means better overclocking.
Asus GTX 980 Ti Strix Gaming has a factory overclocked GPU that runs at 1317MHz (1418MHz real) while the memory works at 1800MHz (7200MHz effective). If you increase the voltage by more than +25mV, the real frequency goes to 1443MHz.
Using the new GPU Tweak II I overclocked the GPU to 1350MHz with stock voltage. Adding some voltage helped the GPU run at 1380MHz (1506MHz real) while the memory stabilized at 2050MHz (8200Mhz effective).

Now benching . Graphs coming up!

1506MHz boost seems respectable to me.

 

That's a big PCB.

 

Do EVGA customs use a proper VRM controller like ASUS and Galax do?

 

The extra heat pipes should still be able to pick up heat from the block on top. At least they're routed correctly. They'll be picking up the least amount of heat but they're also closer to the center of the card where it's harder to dissipate, leaving the thicker and more important pipes room to run to the outside of the radiator, carrying most of the heat and dumping it faster..

 

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Originally Posted by subyman

That's a big PCB.

It really is. Doesn't make sense to me.

Back in my day you only had to worry about card length, but now it seems you have to worry about how tall the card is as well. The non-reference MSI and ASUS PCB heights are just getting absurd and I strongly prefer how Gigabyte gets it done.

 

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Originally Posted by looniam

just clicked on the source link and looking at the first page i must ask, do this guy know anything?

has both the reference 980 and 980TI as using 2x8 pin power connectors.

I don't think so, pretty sure reference 980ti is a 6-pin and an 8-pin instead of a pair of 8-pins

 

i'm looking at pictures and not seeing how is VRAM supposed to be cooled. so far the only card that i saw does it properly is gigabyte g1, there all important components - core, vram, vrm have direct contact with main heatsink. MSI GAMING has secondary heatspreads for vram and vrm, and Asus doesn't have any cooling for vram at all?!

 

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Originally Posted by DNMock

I don't think so, pretty sure reference 980ti is a 6-pin and an 8-pin instead of a pair of 8-pins

yes the reference 980 and 980TI are 6+8 . . i was going to rip on the author (a little) for taking the card apart and not talk about the voltage controller but at least there is an image:


with a watermark over it.

 

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Originally Posted by looniam

yes the reference 980 and 980TI are 6+8 . . i was going to rip on the author (a little) for taking the card apart and not talk about the voltage controller but at least there is an image:


with a watermark over it.

That doesn´t appear to be the VRM controller, but the "ROG IC" instead.
Looks like it´s on the back side of the PCB, but unfortunately the pictures were taken with a potato.

 

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Originally Posted by Glottis

i'm looking at pictures and not seeing how is VRAM supposed to be cooled. so far the only card that i saw does it properly is gigabyte g1, there all important components - core, vram, vrm have direct contact with main heatsink. MSI GAMING has secondary heatspreads for vram and vrm, and Asus doesn't have any cooling for vram at all?!

Probably going to be the same like the 980 Strix. Just little heat spreaders on the VRAM under the cooler.