NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 SLI

[W1zzard]

Do you think 850W would be sufficient for 2x 970s

Absolutely

 

[Durvelle27]

Absolutely

Thank you so much W1zz

 

[SteelStroke]

That should be plenty..always depends on how much total load is placed on the PSU (You know..Drives, Fans, CPU, CPU Water Cooler, etc..)

 

[GreiverBlade]

Do you think 850W would be sufficient for 2x 970s

more than enough i bet, it's what i get as recommendation (not minimum) for 2 290 with my actual setup

 

[Durvelle27]

more than enough i bet, it's what i get as recommendation (not minimum) for 2 290 with my actual setup

Thanks bud. So excited now

 

[GreiverBlade]

Thanks bud. So excited now

i know right ... i plan of a 970 Strix SLI to replace my 290 (instead of buying a 2nd 290)

 

[Durvelle27]

i know right ... i plan of a 970 Strix SLI to replace my 290 (instead of buying a 2nd 290)

EVGA 970 ACX Here

 

[arbiter]

Do you think 850W would be sufficient for 2x 970s

easy, could run 3x970's off 850watt.

 

[haswrong]

I ended up getting a pair of EVGA GTX 980 and the LG 34UM94 to go with my current set up.

please, do tell how gaming feels on this monitor!

 

[Tallencor]

what time do these go on sale?!? it's about 1 am eastern right now. i'm getting anxious!

i'm going to be one of those douche bags who will cause the early stock to deplete too fast. i'll be ordering 4 EVGA ACX SC cards. 2 for myself and 2 as gifts.

http://www.eteknix.com/evga-gtx-970-feature-manufacturing-defect/

 

[Champ]

easy, could run 3x970's off 850watt.

I'm kinda leaning toward this. It should scale but even if it doesn't, it won't ruining my gameplay. I have a HX 850 and I feel that this setup is the best bang for the buck.

 

[Debat0r]

Do you think 850W would be sufficient for 2x 970s

The 900 series aren't listed yet unfortunately, but you can normally use this tool to calculate you wattage needs.

 

[Joeh4384]

I don't really see a reason to get a 980 at all when you can stretch your budget a tad and SLI 970s.

 

[hv43082]

please, do tell how gaming feels on this monitor!

Just got my LG 34UM94 today. Nice and immersive screen but there is a 2 inch patch of purple stuck pixels. Very apparent when the screen is dark but less so in bright screen. Also the light bleed is massive in one corner. I'm quite disappointed and will be returning it. Hopefully the local electronic stores will start carrying it so I can do a quick exchange if needed to. My pair of GTX 980 is on back order (double boned) and I have to use a pair of 670 GTX's instead. They can barely handle BF4 at 3440x1440 on Medium.

 

[Nelly]

Would of been nice if power consumption was included for 970 SLI in the review.

 

[GoldenTiger]

Hey @W1zzard, are you seeing the same behavior as I outline here with two 970's in SLI (during your review for example)? One card always runs at 50mv lower than the other in SLI mode regardless of voltage settings or which card is where in the system, though both are able to run 1.243-1.2500v when placed alone. This appears to be a driver bug but I wanted to see if there's something I can do as a workaround...

I have...

1) Tried each card individually to verify they work properly on their own.
2) Tried each card in SLI in either slot (card 1 on top and card 2 on bottom, vs. card 2 on top and card 1 on bottom).
3) Pulled the BIOS file from each card and compared the CRC32 checksum to ensure they have identical BIOSes.
4) Done a full uninstall of afterburner and the drivers themselves, (even though it would make no sense, just because...), then reinstalled the drivers clean and left afterburner uninstalled, used two copies of GPU-Z to monitor (1 per card) and then run full-screen games...

...and the behavior remains identical through 2, 3, and 4. On their own each card works properly and will go to 1.243-1.250v on the core, but in SLI they power target limit at 100% even though the target is set to 110% and the card read as GPU1 without fail is always 0.05v less on the vGPU regardless of settings.

Finally, I have tried both drivers 344.11 WHQL and 344.16 WHQL and the behavior persists.

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/777448/

 

[W1zzard]

Would of been nice if power consumption was included for 970 SLI in the review.

Would have been nice if NVIDIA sent me a reference design so I can properly measure power, but they sent none, so I had to use custom boards clocked down, which work ok to represent performance, but won't work to represent power draw.

For your intents and purposes, assume 2x single card power consumption.

 

[DaedalusHelios]

Would have been nice if NVIDIA sent me a reference design so I can properly measure power, but they sent none, so I had to use custom boards clocked down, which work ok to represent performance, but won't work to represent power draw.

For your intents and purposes, assume 2x single card power consumption.

Is this an accurate assessment? http://us.hardware.info/reviews/562...way-sli-review-test-results-power-consumption

^^429 Watt^^ That is system power consumption with Haswell-E. Is there a 12V rail Amperage to consider?

 

[theelviscerator]

I am running my 970s SLI with a 4790K at 4.6GHz with a corsair HX750. Runs nice.

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/2989706

 

[RealNeil]

I am running my 970s SLI with a 4790K at 4.6GHz with a corsair HX750. Runs nice.

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/2989706

That must be a blast to game on.
I want a pair of those too.

 

[theelviscerator]

That must be a blast to game on.
I want a pair of those too.

I am playing through Crysis 3 again at 2560x1600 settings maxed. framerate running high 40s to 70. Looks gorgeous

 

[daftvader]

I bought my second GTX 970 for two way SLI and both are ASUS Strix OC editions. When I installed it I was filled with excitement to see the performance increase but no. Instead I opened up several high end games; Metro Last Light, Assassins Creed IV Black Flag, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Far Cry 3 etc... to find lag, extreme lag and its very frustrating because I don't know what's wrong and it like 300 quid wasted. It could be the driver, I am using the latest one from Nvidia but all reviews don't report any lag/issues.

 

[RealNeil]

I am playing through Crysis 3 again at 2560x1600 settings maxed. framerate running high 40s to 70. Looks gorgeous

What is that "Unsupported Hardware" notification on the upper left of your screen all about?

I bought my second GTX 970 for two way SLI and both are ASUS Strix OC editions. When I installed it I was filled with excitement to see the performance increase but no. Instead I opened up several high end games; Metro Last Light, Assassins Creed IV Black Flag, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Far Cry 3 etc... to find lag, extreme lag and its very frustrating because I don't know what's wrong and it like 300 quid wasted. It could be the driver, I am using the latest one from Nvidia but all reviews don't report any lag/issues.

Read post #7 at this link.

 

[The Von Matrices]

What is that "Unsupported Hardware" notification on the upper left of your screen all about?

It's not related to the real world. It's just a part of Crysis's HUD when you're carrying a Ceph weapon.

 

[Jurassic1024]

Big question, for gaming at 3440x1440, would 3 x Gtx 970 be faster than 2 x Gtx 980? The latter solution is about $100 more expensive.

Running one monitor, I would go with the 980's if those are the only options. Otherwise two 970's. Triple SLi is a fickle bitch.