Well its about 50-60fps at 1440p 1202mhz my norm clock at defaul voltage 1.065v.

as for 8gb gtx980. I dont think its gonna happen just as gtx980ti.

Its most probably will be a full maxwell feature
same speculation ppl thought 780ti was going to come out with a 6gb but then ended up with a titan black and a 780 6gb.

as for the 4gb GTX980 at 1080p. nah tested that also on a benchrig that i am doing atm. its hits the limit and fps backs down. Things gets worse on the 2nd map. Even a friend who has a insane rig of a 5960x with 3x980 ( he had 3 titan black before with 4960x).. has the same issue. So again all this ppl who are saying its fine etc i wonder do they even play the game or just benchmark and tried a little only at the 1st map.

but this game seriously needs more fps atleast for me. those dips at fighting 50-100 urukai when it hits the 6gb limit will drop to 40fps throwing off my timing sometimes.

So really hoping for a sli fix soon to hit atleast 100fps.

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Oct 21 2014, 03:32 AM

not good combo.

upgrade your CPU soon.

my Core i5 760 on stock bottlenecks even the AMD R9 280X on Full HD. I had to OC it to some 3.2ghz onwards just to barely close the gap (a frame or 2).

Anyone hv msi gtx 970 bending in their rig? First time encounter such problem.

Ok wat. I've played the game till the final mission and left it as it is because I had to go away for work.

Running it on ultra on a R9 290x with a little bit of OC seems to be enough for me. Tolerable enough for me not to install both my GTX 980s and just continue playing.

would this be the same for i7 920?

perhaps i should advice my friend for an upgrade

well, its not the first time heavy cards sag inside rigs

try alleviate the sag by making a makeshift lift to hold the card in place properly?

im on 3GB 780, mostly played on High. with Ultra, i CAN CTD due to lack of VRAM. the times when it didnt CTD, FPS fluctuate like roller coaster

def not recommended unless 4GB or more

Not sure is it because of MSI skipping on the back plate. So far my Strix 970 is holding nicely.

This post has been edited by antaras: Oct 21 2014, 03:36 PM

my friend with ASUS GTX670 with backplate still has a slight sag

sag cant be fully countered i guess

i read a review where backplate doesnt do anything to sag but it helps the PCB from flexing only

yeah, the clock speed matters.

the new generation like Sandy / Ivy / Haswell series are a lot faster, when it comes to base and TB speed.

The drops are into the low 50s from a locked 60. I don't see how that's a huge issue?
That said, I still find it weird that the game has a hardcap of 100fps.


No bending at all. Are you using 2 screws to hold the card in place?

I mean, these are several MSI 970s and they don't sag:



This post has been edited by SSJBen: Oct 21 2014, 05:40 PM

Actually the one in the H440 case looks like its sagging a bit. Or maybe my eyes playing tricks on me.

it's sagging. you can see how the front bends downwards, it's inevitable as the power cables apply some force when arranged to come from the bottom.

yeap im using only two screw to hold it. Anything wif that??quote=SSJBen,Oct 21 2014, 05:40 PM]The drops are into the low 50s  from a locked 60. I don't see how that's a huge issue?
That said, I still find it weird that the game has a hardcap of 100fps.
No bending at all. Are you using 2 screws to hold the card in place?

I mean, these are several MSI 970s and they don't sag:


yeap im using only two screw to hold it. Need 3?

This post has been edited by reconvision: Oct 21 2014, 06:25 PM

After i plug in my power cable, my gpu sag even more makes me worry that i ammediately take out. From internet some said it might be mobo alignment but it look align to me.

I think there's nothing much you can do with the sagging issue. I old card 460 was much smaller and lighter then current gen card and it too sag.

Run horizontol with ft02, rv series.

One of the reasons y i went with silverstone.

well i guess he have a good excuse for an upgrade now

i wanted to upgrade as well, but in terms of gaming perf, my i5 2500 is still nowhere near outdated. so cant really justify the splurge


reconvision as for the sag topic, you really cant do much afaik.

good news is, your GPU PCB doesnt flex due to backplate

bad news is, your GPU will forever senget

unless you feel like buying this


http://www.cnet.com/news/powercolors-power...eight-3d-cards/

ok found out the problem. It was not my pcb which sag is actually the metal tat attach to the slot is not 90° perpendicular to my pcb. And i think i seat the gpu wrongly too. Which finally turnout my gpu is not sag. But with weight n the power cable it do sag a bit compare to before is way better now.

This post has been edited by reconvision: Oct 21 2014, 08:52 PM

Well, depends on how you attach the pcie 6/8 pin connectors, if you route it from the PSU to the back of the motherboard tray, and make it come out to the front again from the top of the GPU rather than the bottom, using some cable ties behind the m/b tray you can creatively use those power connectors to hold/pull the gpu up from sagging.

cards with back-plate tend to fare better.

yes, I have an RV05 - super annoying to setup but the concept is superb.