Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4 GB Review

Name: Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4 GB
Brand: GIGABYTE

W1zzard

on Jan 5th, 2015,

in Graphics Cards.

Manufacturer: GIGABYTE

Value & Conclusion »

Temperatures

Gaming temperatures are excellent, but no better than for other GTX 980 cards that are also much quieter.

GPU Temperature Comparison
	Idle	Load
Gigabyte GTX 980 G1	34°C	65°C
ASUS GTX 980 STRIX	50°C	66°C
MSI GTX 980 Gaming	39°C	66°C
NVIDIA GTX 980	36°C	80°C

Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings,
cooler design, and production variances. This table just serves to provide
a list of typical temperatures for similar cards determined during TPU review.

Clock Profiles

Modern graphics cards have several clock profiles that are selected to balance power draw and performance requirements.

The following table lists the clock settings for important performance scenarios and the GPU voltage we measured. We performed the measurement on the pins of a coil or a capacitor near the GPU voltage regulator.

	GPU Clock	Memory Clock	GPU Voltage (measured)
Desktop	135 MHz	162 MHz	0.85 V
Multi-Monitor	135 MHz	162 MHz	0.85 V
Blu-ray Playback	135 MHz	162 MHz	0.85 V
3D Load	1225 - 1508 MHz	1753 MHz	1.025 - 1.225 V

The card uses NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking mechanism, GPU Boost 2.0. It will dynamically adjust clock and voltage based on render load, temperature, and other factors.

For the graph below, we recorded all GPU clock and GPU voltage combinations of our 1920x1080 resolution benchmarking suite. The plotted points are transparent, which allows them to add up to indicate more often used values. A light color means the clock/voltage combination is rarely used and a dark color means it's active a lot.