Comments on: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC Review (** UPDATED **) https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/ Graphics Cards and GPUs News, Graphics Programming, Home of FurMark Sat, 29 Aug 2015 05:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Andy Lee https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-85586 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 05:53:31 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-85586 In reply to JeGX.

Latest bios here:

latest version “194”

don’t based on this “84.04.31.00.14”, export your current firmware from GPU-z then open in notepad, you will see the firmware version e.g. “MSINV316MH.192 Version 84.04.31.00.14”

]]> By: vt https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-85537 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:54:08 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-85537 In reply to James.

i can confirm. going to 110% completely eliminates throttling during said test.

an OC of +130@core and +400@mem also displayed no throttling.

]]> By: James https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-85531 Mon, 06 Jul 2015 14:39:24 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-85531 In reply to JeGX.

Another thing not mentioned in this review is that after the new bios update the max selectable power limit in afterburner went from 105% up to 110%. Cranking it up to 110% should completely eliminate the throttling even with a decent overclock on it. I have not run tests yet, as I just updated the bios and noticed the new power limit.

]]> By: JeGX https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-85523 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:50:43 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-85523 In reply to ElioFernandes.

Yes the MSI GTX 970 Classic PCB is standard (pcb width is 98mm) so you should have no problem to put the Arctic cooler

]]> By: ElioFernandes https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-85522 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 14:57:37 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-85522 I have one and want to put an Artic Accelero but I dont know what PCB they use in this card.

]]> By: ElioFernandes https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-85521 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 14:56:39 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-85521 Is this PCB the same as the reference one?

]]> By: vt https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-85040 Sat, 30 May 2015 14:52:25 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-85040 Apparently this variant with the latest BIOS from MSI (84.04.31.00.14) bumps the core clock to 1275 mhz at boost, while it throttles with furmark down to 1075mhz.

]]> By: alex https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-84444 Sat, 02 May 2015 16:35:05 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-84444 May I know
1. H77ma-G43 motherboard match??
yes or no.
2. 3ds max rendering with V-ray perfect??
yes or no
Thank you

]]> By: Flexy https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-79979 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 18:56:18 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-79979 On one hand I am literally “disgusted” that a company like MSI sells a card for €300 something which will throttle to 936 (which I consider a total joke), and even the 1088 with the new bios are ridiculous. Is this what they call “military grade”, a card which is basically under-dimensioned right out of the box?
ON THE OTHER HAND….I think the furmark test is an extremely bad and poor “test” and doesn’t give any information about real speeds while gaming or whether the card would throttle in real life scenarios. TBH, this furmark test is absolutely worthless for evaluating this card! I wish you had done real testing of clocks/performance in recent games rather than wasting your review on this. Just my $0.02

]]> By: actionman https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-79910 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 21:48:54 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-79910 i wonder if this graphics card has any coilwhine ?

]]> By: blair https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-79530 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:07:27 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-79530 If it throttles then no way! I thought only AMD cards ran hot and throttled lol!

]]> By: will https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-79469 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:59:53 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-79469 yes could you please upload your firmware.for some reason live update doesn’t list it in the search.

]]> By: Dmitriy https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-78810 Sun, 04 Jan 2015 14:31:42 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-78810 MSI Live Update does not find the update. Download the firmware file to Google Driva thanks.

]]> By: JeGX https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-77928 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 11:17:46 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-77928 Thanks Andy. I update the VGA BIOS and indeed with this new BIOS, the throttling has nearly disappeared. There is still some throttling, but it’s very small. Great!

]]> By: Andy Lee https://www.geeks3d.com/20141209/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gd5t-oc-review/#comment-77169 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:50:53 +0000 http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=8957#comment-77169 Hi, may i know for the MSI GTX 970 4gd5t review, can perform re-test? Because there is new bios available, which is version “84.04.2f.00.50”, i got the feedback from the user, that this card can no more GPU throtting and TDP up to 110%, max oc stable at core:1460mhz. Please advice, thanks.

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