980 Ti Gigabyte G1 Newegg Preorder.

From the Guru3D review:

GeForce GTX 980 Ti in its reference design will offer five display connectors; Gigabyte offer six. This does come at a cost, as you can see there is no air exhaust now. All heat will be dumped inside the PC, good ventilation as such is a must.
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I would think this *could be* a potential downside to this card at least in some instances. How desirable is it, really, top have something that dumps heat into the PC? That makes me scratch my head a little bit. I'd rather trash the sixth display connector for an air exhaust myself but I defer to the experts.
 
Q-BZ said:
From the Guru3D review:



I would think this *could be* a potential downside to this card at least in some instances. How desirable is it, really, top have something that dumps heat into the PC? That makes me scratch my head a little bit. I'd rather trash the sixth display connector for an air exhaust myself but I defer to the experts.
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yes this worries me as well
I did pre-order this morning though

I will monitor temps when I do get the GPU, if it stays at around 70c when gaming.. I'm ok with that.

may also get a stronger exhaust fan for my side panel on the case.

those who do get the card early, enjoy it! and give us some user reviews please lol
 
A49ER08 said:
yes this worries me as well
I did pre-order this morning though

I will monitor temps when I do get the GPU, if it stays at around 70c when gaming.. I'm ok with that.

may also get a stronger exhaust fan for my side panel on the case.

those who do get the card early, enjoy it! and give us some user reviews please lol
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I hasten to add: I'm not doubting their design prowess. These guys aren't idiots and I know these G1 style cards have been popular.
 
DPI said:
Even if Fiji gets close to 980Ti performance, it won't have any OC headroom left since AMD will have already used it all just to keep up with stock Nvidia. And then there are the famous AMD drivers..
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Single GPU AMD drivers haven't been a problem in a real long time. It's really CrossFire where I run into issues, and even those have been a lot better.

I'm glad we're going to see new releases soon.
 
Q-BZ said:
From the Guru3D review:



I would think this *could be* a potential downside to this card at least in some instances. How desirable is it, really, top have something that dumps heat into the PC? That makes me scratch my head a little bit. I'd rather trash the sixth display connector for an air exhaust myself but I defer to the experts.
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Air exhaust wouldn't work on this fan design anyways. For the air exhaust to be functional you need to use a blower-style fan, which they obviously aren't using with a triple fan design.
 
Guru3D suggests the 970 and 980 G1's are almost as quiet as MSI and Asus cards, but other review sites shows a complete different story---G1s are loud as hell. *head hurts*
 
seanclayton said:
Guru3D suggests the 970 and 980 G1's are almost as quiet as MSI and Asus cards, but other review sites shows a complete different story---G1s are loud as hell. *head hurts*
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I would probably go with MSI since two big fans are quieter than 3 small ones, regardless of what noise benchmarks say.
 
Q-BZ said:
From the Guru3D review:



I would think this *could be* a potential downside to this card at least in some instances. How desirable is it, really, top have something that dumps heat into the PC? That makes me scratch my head a little bit. I'd rather trash the sixth display connector for an air exhaust myself but I defer to the experts.
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Any air exhausted would be minimal in any case. You would get better exhaust by removing the cover plate of the next PCI-E slot.

I've currently got two 970s with the Windforce cooler and after a BIOS mod to drop the idle RPM they are silent at idle and CPU fans are louder at load. The new 980 Ti will have a fan off mode at idle so that fixes this minor issue. The coolers on my 970s have performed tremendously well.
 
seanclayton said:
Guru3D suggests the 970 and 980 G1's are almost as quiet as MSI and Asus cards, but other review sites shows a complete different story---G1s are loud as hell. *head hurts*
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IMO the G1 970 was very quiet even overclocked, best air cooled cards as far as noise/temp goes I've ever used in SLI. The only way I could see them potentially being loud is if they're starving for cool air.
 
My 980 G1 is a beast: silent and can oc to 1.6Ghz.
It is only one sample but I am impressed.
 
RadXge said:
My 980 G1 is a beast: silent and can oc to 1.6Ghz.
It is only one sample but I am impressed.
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how loud is it at load? anything to compare to?

I wonder if these in sli will temperature throttle since the top card will be a few degrees higher.
 
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Placed an order for one. Might of been one of the last one's they had in stock. Shortly after they were gone. Was thinking about the EVGA SC+ but the lower temps I seen from this card are worth the the few extra dB. Plus I had Gigabyte Windforce GTX 670 that was rock soild for years. This shitty EVGA 970 FTW+ is going back what I mean by that is the GTX 970 in general not sure what my buddy was thinking when he told me to buy that for possible SLI.
 
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Did anybody had any issues with their Gigabyte G1 cards (970/980 or even the 980TI) at 2160p with AA enabled? When I had a shitty Gigabyte GTX 780 Ghz Edition some games will produce a black screen with AA enabled at 3840x2160 and I had to either open the Task Manager to quit the game or even restart the entire PC because of it. I would like to buy this card but I'm afraid that Gigabyte failed to fix this issue if it's still persisting on their 900 series card.
 
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Did anybody had any issues with their Gigabyte G1 cards (970/980 or even the 980TI) at 2160p with AA enabled? When I had a shitty Gigabyte GTX 780 Ghz Edition some games will produce a black screen with AA enabled at 3840x2160 and I had to either open the Task Manager to quit the game or even restart the entire PC because of it. I would like to buy this card but I'm afraid that Gigabyte failed to fix this issue if it's still persisting on their 900 series card.
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No such issue with my 980 G1...
IMO, Gigabyte would not be the prime suspect for such odd issue. Can be game related or maybe just a faulty card.
 
Found this over at EVGA boards. Sound clip of a few 980Ti

http://www.computerbase.de/videos/2015-06/geforce-gtx-980-ti-partnerkarten-lautstaerke/


From that video sure as heck seems more than 3 dBA difference bewteen the G1 and the EVGA with the first 2 reviews below. Not sure if will matter much once in the case closed with other case fan's etc.


The guru3d.com review of the Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti G1 @ 1291 MHz Boost with 20~21 Degrees C room temperature


Idle Temp - 35 C
Load Temp - 69 C (said this was the highest Temp not an avg)


Idle dBA - 33 (Fan stay off for loads under 60 C) also (should be silent but case fans room noise so lowest they can achieve)
Load dBA - 41


The hexus.net/ review of EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC+ ACX2.0+ @1190 MHz Boost


Idle Temp - 47 C
Load Temp - 76 C


Idle dBA - 33 (should be silent but case fans room noise so lowest they can achieve)
Load dBA - 38
Fan stay off for loads under 60 C



Also have this review http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/evga-geforce-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-2-0/

23C room Temp

Idle Temp - 29 C
Gaming Temp - 65 C
Furmark - 74 C



With fanless cooler on CPU no case fans at all from 1 meter away they came up with. Room Noise 28 dBA

Idle dBA - 28
Gaming dBA - 33.3
Furmark dBA - 34.5


http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-980-ti-g1-gaming-soc-review.html

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/83819-evga-geforce-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-20/

I might be 100% accurate but this is from what I seen looking though those reviews feel free to add or change anything that is needed.
 
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That 48 dBA from the review is probably right from hearing that Video. Still not sure where guru3d only listed it as 41 dBA. Maybe different fan speeds wonder if that video is at max speeds. I keep reading mixed reviews even down to the 980/970 either they are really loud or they are quiet but I believe that has to do with the max fan speed people have set ?

I don't think it will fly in my system if it's really that loud in the video. Might have to look again at the EVGA or whenever the MSI is released. That Inno3D is nice but not even sure where to buy one. If I have to wait 2 weeks or so I don't mind will be busy anyways.

It still in packing stages so not even sure if it will ship before the release date will have to wait for some more reviews before opening.
 
Someone with sli was getting 8 degrees higher with side panel open at stock voltage. Was afraid of that. Aio for me if i can get my hands on one
 
I already purchased the G1 on newegg. It's not in yet, but after hearing it on that video... i'm kind of regretting it. I'll just have to wait and hear how horrible it sounds in my case.
 
OrAnGe said:
I already purchased the G1 on newegg. It's not in yet, but after hearing it on that video... i'm kind of regretting it. I'll just have to wait and hear how horrible it sounds in my case.
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it shouldn't sound that bad as a single gpu as it should keep things cool without running fans that fast. I just don't like the idea of two of them in sli dumping heat all over the case and one having to run its fan much faster to keep it from heating up too much that it throttles.
 
I doubt the Gigabyte will be that loud. My 970s certainly aren't. I don't think the fans even run at 100% in any situation
 
From what I found out that video is showing the cards at 100% Fan speed. I've been trying to find out what owners thought on the fan speed/noise and one has said fans at 60-70% and wasn't able to hear it and keep the card under or at 60c.

I'm sure we will get more answers in the upcoming days so just keep looking out. I was also linked to this video and hopefully he has a review on it soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXyQaV5ZmZA&t=54m32s
 
The G1 is a beast and will unlikely disappoint if you follow this:
1) Determine the fastest speed that your ears can tolerate.
2) Overclock given this constraint.

I found that the noise at 80% was acceptable with my GTX 980.
YMMV.
 
I said screw it and ordered it, should be here on Friday. I was going to get the Hybrid but I'm not going to wait for EVGA to replenish stock and I'm expecting the classified to be more expensive than the hybrid.


Also JayzTwoCents posted a review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2-gCXscH04

It sounds silent.
 
Dextar said:
I said screw it and ordered it, should be here on Friday. I was going to get the Hybrid but I'm not going to wait for EVGA to replenish stock and I'm expecting the classified to be more expensive than the hybrid.


Also JayzTwoCents posted a review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2-gCXscH04

It sounds silent.
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Wow, that sounded much better than the other video. Now i'm only scared how well it will cool when vertical in my FT02. I've read when the gpu is above the heatpipes on these cards, they don't cool as well when oriented vertically. I've also read that these heatpipes were made to work in all orientations and that is what the wicking is for. I guess i'll see who is right. I can't believe how hard it is to get information that is not conflicting these days.
 
I'm torn between getting the Gigabyte model or waiting to see how the STRIX Asus version does, my 980 just can't do 60fps at 1440p on Witcher 3 now
 
After watching AMD announcement of no benchmarks and ridiculous comparisons against their 7x series, I just pulled the trigger on the G1 from B&H. It should be coming this Friday.
 
Well I just got mine installed today. Don't let the reviews fool u this card is as quiet or more so than the 970 version it replaced.

This one has to go back though because some smacktard set something on the box that was so heavy that it bowed the backplate and fan shroud. Card still works but now I have to wait for newegg to get more in stock.
 
Glad to hear it Chuck! Excited to finally be rid of my 680 Reference 2GB card and on to something that lets me turn on all the eye candy again.
 
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