Recent content by Syn247

The reference board kills this card for me (plus the scarcity of it and the reports that the pump is actually louder than most would have expected). With the EVGA hybrid you're just trading one limit for another (temp for voltage/power). I went with G1s in SLI and I'm fine--top card gets into...

It's a P8Z77 V-Pro. Not sure what the slot numbering is, but they've got about one video cards' worth of space between them as-is. The bottom PCIE slot is not 8x capable so it's a no-go, otherwise I'd love to have even more space between them. I don't believe there's any heat-related issue; the...

It's likely the driver and/or a combination of the driver and the stock BIOS not sending adequate voltage for transition states between low and high clocks. Have you tried increasing the voltage in MSI Afterburner/EVGA Precision X yet? Just put it at +87mV, test the same scenarios that have...

I'd say a typical 980 OC is more like 1450-1480. Anything 1500+ is pretty good even with a custom BIOS forcing max voltage. I just don't want anyone to get too discouraged chasing 1550+ :)

I will add that I had Chrome closed (as in killed all executables in Task Manager) during the benchmarks because I have had issues with Chrome causing the TDRs in the past. I also have the hardware acceleration setting in Chrome disabled which has alleviated all Chrome-related driver crashes...

I bought two Gigabyte G1 980 Tis from B&H Photo last week to run in SLI inside a Corsair 760T full tower case. They replaced my outgoing MSI 980 Gaming 4G SLI setup. Just wanted to share my initial impressions/experiences with the setup. Initial impressions The cards appear to be well-built...

The popular default answer people like to give is that reference is best for SLI, but it's only best for SLI in small or poorly-configured cases. If you have a full tower case with adequate airflow, plus a motherboard with PCIE connections spaced out (which is almost all of them nowadays), you...

Yes you need an SLI bridge. You can buy them online or at various retail stores (Fry's/Microcenter more so than something like a Best Buy). You should also check to see if your motherboard came with an SLI bridge. Look up the model number online and if the package contents include it, start...

If you haven't bought the 4k 60hz monitor yet, I'd strongly recommend going with the XB270HU instead. 1440p 144hz IPS G-Sync is the best combination on the market right now for gaming. I will never go back to a 60hz monitor. There's a huge difference in motion fluidity, even with G-Sync on, when...

The point I am trying to make is that while yes, your internal case temps will go up with open-air GPUs in SLI compared to reference blowers, it will not go up enough to detrimentally impact your other components (again assuming you have adequate airflow in a properly-sized case). I don't...

True, the rest of your case will be warmer, but as I noted earlier as long as you have adequate cooling it will not be detrimental to performance of the other parts. Regarding noise, there is just no comparing the stock blower coolers at over 60% fan speed to additional case fan noise. Those...

Agreed on the reduced barrier to entry. It's easy to forget how much more it cost "back in the day" to have a solid gaming setup. The floor for a PC build with just 'average' gaming performance in the mid-late 2000s was around $800-1000, whilst now as you said you can get a 1080p setup for...

Every person needs to find a point where they feel comfortable with their setup for the amount of money they are willing to spend. Using myself as an example, in the last two years I have experienced significant personal income growth and a side effect has been that I am now constantly looking...

The non-reference cards cool better even in SLI than reference, assuming your system is set up appropriately to handle the added heat. I am currently running 2x MSI 980 Gaming 4G cards in SLI precisely because the GPU cooler is sufficient enough to run them both @ 1450+mhz core. The reference...

Posted this same question on /r/Nvidia -- Is it safe to assume that this Gigabyte G1 model will be one of the better overclocking cards? I know it's all speculation until they're out in the wild, but extrapolating from the 980 offerings it seems like the Gigabyte G1 and MSI Gaming 4G were...