I got a pair of Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti OC GAMING cards.
The first one was purchased new from NewEgg a week ago and has a ASIC of 75.0% The 2nd was purchased from a member here a few ago. It has a ASIC of 73.6%, so pretty close.
So without any overclocking other than what Asus did, I'm seeing significant temp differences. At the start of the test they are both about the same as seen here:
But a few minutes into the test, the 2nd card is running at 83 degrees where the existing one is at 70 degrees.
An ASIC difference of 1.4% could not account for such a temp difference, could it?
I plan to put these on water (EK blocks), but I'm concerned that 2nd card won't OC well at all given the stop temps I'm seeing.
The 3 fans on the hot card appear to be spinning at the same rate of the fans on my existing one.
And it's not a case air flow issue either and they are in an open chassis. The one running hot is on the left.
Any ideas?
The first one was purchased new from NewEgg a week ago and has a ASIC of 75.0% The 2nd was purchased from a member here a few ago. It has a ASIC of 73.6%, so pretty close.
So without any overclocking other than what Asus did, I'm seeing significant temp differences. At the start of the test they are both about the same as seen here:
But a few minutes into the test, the 2nd card is running at 83 degrees where the existing one is at 70 degrees.
An ASIC difference of 1.4% could not account for such a temp difference, could it?
I plan to put these on water (EK blocks), but I'm concerned that 2nd card won't OC well at all given the stop temps I'm seeing.
The 3 fans on the hot card appear to be spinning at the same rate of the fans on my existing one.
And it's not a case air flow issue either and they are in an open chassis. The one running hot is on the left.
Any ideas?
Last edited: