I think that 4-5 VRM won't have much room by OC'ing at least stock versions, even if its "improved" like videocardz say.. Remember stock 570GTX VRM issues if Oc'ed too much? and this was a improved version of super tank 470GTX VRMs
570 was a terrible VRM design compared to the 470. My 470 could do OVER 1.3volts with zero issues at 1GHz core clock, a 400mhz OC from stock. Reports of 570s popping without voltage OC. Phase count doesnt always have much bearing on quality. Also take note that my titans 6 phases can handle over 500watts as well. Lets hope they've learned their lessons over time
Not if it has ~4tflops or even 4.5tflops with @ 1920SP, 970gtx with 2smx less has 3.8tflops apparently.. And that's still slower then 5.2tflops @ 780Ti..
Good to see they're sticking with the Titan cooler, it's the only reference cooler I've found to be satisfactory!
Good to see Nvidia are sticking with the Titan reference cooler. Probably the best cooler I've ever seen on a card TBH. It's going to be difficult to come up with a better version without resorting to water cooling or more expensive variations.
With 1920 cores the 980 is 3*750Ti (so ~4.2 Tflops with the 750Ti's clocks assuming core similarity). TPU graphs the 780Ti performance as ~2.5 times a nice 750Ti, and gaming never brings a GPU even remotely close to theoretical peak performance (the Tflops), so there's hope that the 980 may be able to at least keep up with a stock 780Ti at 1080p as on paper it's three times as fast as a 750Ti, which should give it part of half a 750Ti's worth of headroom over stock 780Ti, depending on the game.
I found it to be distinctly average. Maybe for SLI (although I'm not convinced) but for the single card setups, the MSI TwinFrozr cooler is 10-20C better than the reference design and a HUGE amount quieter.
I've never bought a reference cooler. Won't do so, except to put some aftermarket cooling or h2o on it. No big deal...
I'll concede that it is the best reference cooler that I've used. If you aren't overclocking, it's probably OK but for me, it's too hot and noisy once you flex the full potential of a GK110.
