SlackR
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This ^ although I think after 2 980s it's time to stop and wait for the driver to catch up
2nd GTX 980
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This ^ although I think after 2 980s it's time to stop and wait for the driver to catch up
^ this...
SlackR has a very valid point, when will the software catch up to our hardware?
id speculate as soon as CV comes out..
SlackR
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PowerPlay itself is the next content addition from Frontier ... Basically RISK in space
Michael has said though that they are implementing various performance improvements with regard to judder and networking issues in the next patch... So fingers crossed.
PowerPlay itself is the next content addition from Frontier ... Basically RISK in space
Michael has said though that they are implementing various performance improvements with regard to judder and networking issues in the next patch... So fingers crossed.
The wait is excruciating as it is obvious how good this could be! I agree with both of you with this purchase of a 2nd card it would have to be wait for the support to catch up.
you have a problem there, the g1 980 is the fastest 980 on the market.
it shouldnt have judder in res.
are you using stock speeds?
overclock to 1500/8000 approx or as high as your card can go (on the g1, its high!)
we dont go lower than 73 fps in res fights, and zero judder in stations.
Actually the fastest 980 (non water cooled) on the market is the Galax HOF version (with white PCB)
nice review: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/galax_geforce_gtx_980_hof_review,19.html
nice review: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/galax_geforce_gtx_980_hof_review,19.html
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you know what i mean, the g1 is used as the go to benchmark 980 and is touted as top dawg.
thanks CMDR Accuracy
I am using stock speeds, whenever I overclock the card the driver crashes while playing Elite, but not in any benchmark tests. Before the 1.2 update FPS was fine, back to the drawing board now I suppose.
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this is because you need to increase the power limit or over voltage. (research this and be careful)
but 1550/8000 is pretty standard overclock with very little power increase
use msi afterburner
I get the same thing even at 1400 it crashes the driver when launching the game. Is 8000 when using SLI? My 980 on afterburner is only going up to 4000
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4000 is half of the actual. its just how MSI displays it.
so ya your 4000 is fine.
but if you are crashing drivers its because the power limit isnt high enough.
you should easily be able to hit 1500/8000
might require some more voltage and certainly start with the tdp/power limit to 111 or 126 (depending on what card you have it will allow either 111 % or 126% roughly)
voltage increase is safe to 1.25 -1.3
but you shouldnt need that much voltage to hit 1550/8000
so ya your 4000 is fine.
but if you are crashing drivers its because the power limit isnt high enough.
you should easily be able to hit 1500/8000
might require some more voltage and certainly start with the tdp/power limit to 111 or 126 (depending on what card you have it will allow either 111 % or 126% roughly)
voltage increase is safe to 1.25 -1.3
but you shouldnt need that much voltage to hit 1550/8000
Thanks I will give it a try.
Agree, I have 2 x 970s aggressively overclocked and see the same. Whenever I see drops in framerate there seems to be no corresponding GPU or CPU usage spikes. Got my setup now where it runs 75Hx 99% of the time with all of the eye candy turned way up.
djbordie, thank you very much for this suggestion! I overclocked my ASUS Strix GTX 980 and wow what a difference! I don't get framerate drops in EXTRACTION SITES with SHADOWS ON anymore!!! This is really, really awesome. I had no idea there was that much unused video card left over.
For anyone else considering overclocking, keep in mind that if you increase the stock voltages you'll also increase the heat generated by your video card and this can have an adverse effect on performance. See how much you can OC on stock voltages before considering overvolting your card. My card seems able to handle a fairly aggressive 1350mhz GPU clock (1425-1445mhz in-game with 'boost', whatever that is) with a 7.5ghz memory clock. I increased by power target to 110% and modified my fan curves to be 10% faster from 60c to 70c and to max out at 100% at 80c.
These numbers don't make a hell of a lot of sense to me since I don't know how graphics cards even work these days. YMMV. Also the Strix 980 (which I only bought because it was the only 980 in stock at Fry's at the time) seems to be abnormally good at overclocking for some reason, or at least that's what the internet seems to be saying.
For anyone else considering overclocking, keep in mind that if you increase the stock voltages you'll also increase the heat generated by your video card and this can have an adverse effect on performance. See how much you can OC on stock voltages before considering overvolting your card. My card seems able to handle a fairly aggressive 1350mhz GPU clock (1425-1445mhz in-game with 'boost', whatever that is) with a 7.5ghz memory clock. I increased by power target to 110% and modified my fan curves to be 10% faster from 60c to 70c and to max out at 100% at 80c.
These numbers don't make a hell of a lot of sense to me since I don't know how graphics cards even work these days. YMMV. Also the Strix 980 (which I only bought because it was the only 980 in stock at Fry's at the time) seems to be abnormally good at overclocking for some reason, or at least that's what the internet seems to be saying.