I do feel your pain and that sux Vlad. From what you said before, you were keeping them at a safe temp but I thought it was a slightly lower rez?
How old is the card? Coupla 980's should make ya feel all better.
I bought the cards about 2.5yrs ago. With the liquid cooling solution I have the cards rarely reached above 42c (108f). BUT... since LC'ing I have OC'd from 925 stock to 1100 mghz which I run at all times. Even with the low temps, I know hardware degrades. I know that at a minimum, I have 6,000hrs on the system, with over 4,500hrs of that gaming.
As you have said about the res... my gaming res. is 5760x1080 (3 32" screens). But with recent driver updates, I have been using the VSR (Virtual Super Resolution(DSR for Nvidia folks)) and have been running 7680x1440. I guess this is sort of like a newish version of Super Sampling? I was very surprised to see see the difference. While this only raised my temps a couple of degrees, guess it was just a bit much for a system with 6,000+ hrs on it.
So as you stated, hopefully a " Coupla 980's should make ya feel all better". I just painfully ordered 2 980 hydro copper's and a half gallon of coolant to flush my system. What a pain but, the stock speeds of the 980(1291mhz) is miles above my OC'd speed(1100mhz) on my 7950, and should prove to be a great upgrade for my multi-screen setup.
Will see how I feel Thursday after my new cards and coolant get here. Maybe update after install.....
What kind of temps in a game under a load, Vlad?
Theroc44 showed me this link last night. GTX 980 Ti HYBRID. He said everytime they get a new lot in, it's gone almost immediately. I wouldn't mind a couple of these myself.
[url]www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-1996-KR'>Link
[Edited by element5, 8/11/2015 1:37:39 AM]
The max I have seen running 5760x1080 @ 1455Mhz is 48c. This is running in a system with exactly 1000ml(just about 34oz) of Thermaltake coolant. Ambient temp. is about 74f.
If you are willing to put in the DIY effort, you get a much larger clock speed(1140 vs. 1293 base) gain from the WC card vs. the hybrid cards. [edit]Though I suppose the clock gains are probably negated by the extra cores on the hybrid. Since my setup was already WC'd, it was the reason I went down the path I did.
[Edited by Vlad_the_Bad, 8/11/2015 2:38:07 AM]
I have a full tower and I would not have any place to really put those two radiator fan units. I doubt the Clear PVC pannel would take them.
Really? I have a Corsair 750d full tower and it has tons of room. I currently have a 280mm(360mm supported) up top and a 140mm radiator to the rear.
If you want to see my transition from mid tower to full tower to WC build pics, scroll down to the customer reviews(I am the "most helpful" review... yay me!! lol) here:
[url]www.amazon.com/Corsair-Obsidian-Performance-Tower-CC-9011035-WW/dp/B00EB6O4N8/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1439277039&sr=1-3&keywords=corsair+case'>Link