- 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5
- Core Clock 1050 MHz
- Boost Clock 1178 MHz
- 1 x Dual-Link DVI 1 x HDMI 3 x Mini DisplayPort
- 1664 Cores CUDA Cores
- PCI Express 3.0 x16
Just getting familiar with it
09/30/2014
This review is from: PNY GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card (G-SYNC Support) VCGGTX9704XPB
Pros:
• Nice looking card (not flashy)
• Blower type- so hot air is sent out of the back of the case
• Reference-style connections (3 DP, 1 HDMI, 1 DVI)
• Overclock +225MHz Core no problem.
• Fan can be set to run fairly silent, but at a cost to temperature.
Cons:
• Temperature gets to about 80c during benchmarking and mining, then throttling occurs
• Fan at ~45% (the automatic setting speed that occurs at ~80c) is not very quiet, and keeping the fan low leads to the temperature reaching 80c and then throttling. I'd need to set the fan to come on stronger, increasing the noise but lowering the temperature and lessening the throttling.
• Monitor connected to DP does not show PC BIOS POST- the monitor only shows information when the video driver is loaded in Windows. The secondary monitor (oriented in portrait, flipped) shows the BIOS power-on password to the side This monitor is connected using the DVI out. I haven't seen a way to change this yet.
• I don't see a utility or bios update for the card on PNY's website. Drivers for PNY redirect to Nvidia's website.
• DisplayPort output needs be active on power-up, not only in Windows. This feels hacky to me.
Overall Review:
At today's rates, GPU mining is dead- it'll take decades for the 600+ MHps to pay anything, if ever. (Not a failure of the card in any way).
The serial number is quite long with two sections, and is not (ironically) the number on the sticker that says "S/N: ...". This is only for registering online for the lifetime warranty.
At first, while benchmarking and only while benchmarking, the display connected via DisplayPort showed lines and tears in the video and the screen would blank out for seconds at a time. I was going to swap DP outputs but it seemed to be the cable- slightly loose. I need to find a decent cable that won't dislodge or connect improperly. Once I fitted the cable again, the display output was rock solid.
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- PATRICK H.
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