k|ngp|n
What is the SLI problem? Been busy away from forums alot, I'll check it out.

hallowen

k|ngp|n

hallowen
Thanks Vince,
I was wondering why the Jayz two cents Video Review of the 980Ti KP couldn't get above 1520MHz, But didn't know it was a newer Nvidia Driver problem.

Not sure what his problem was, I just found these driver troubles last week.
That review was poorly done imo and seemed unprofessional to me.  I really expected more about all the features of the card like single slot capability, unique display config, pcb heater, more focus on robust memory overclocking, the fact that the card is more efficient per clock than all other Ti's, the support we are giving in the massive OC guide we posted, etc. He doesn't even understand how the nv delta clock works based on his overclocking chart. There is literally NO DIFFERENCE in real perf between overclocks on ANY card within 12mhz or less of each other. That chart showing overclocking was hilarious with cards less than 5mhz apart but KP still winning in just about every game benchmark. KP980ti should be numbero uno in every single benchmark even with a lower clock than all the other cards. He says no idea why based on his comments about why he doesn't understand some resolutions of benchmarks are scoring higher/lower. Delta just wasn't right on nv clock, if you run multiple instances with a real time clock monitor, you can see the clock in precision will change sometimes at start of bench or when setting offsets the frequency will jump 2-3 mhz with just 1 offset or not even change at all with up to 2+ offset.
That's my idea to send that card to him, he didn't ask for it or buy it on his own. I regret it now 100% now as it seems all he wanted to do was talk about his hairline, how expensive the card is, and then plug the lightning at the end :). 

 
I Agree, That is similar to what I stated in post #461 of this Thread about His Review:
 
" I stated "I Just Don't Know what to say anymore" because He didn't impress me with his "review" much at all including his reluctance to Try harder to Push for Higher Limits on Air Cooling not only with the GPU, But Also with the Superior Samsung Memory ( only just +400 more?) or to test the Card on LN2 which is MAINLY where the KPE Shines, if He had bothered to look at any of the Futuremark HOF Results.  
 
If you want to know how this 980 Ti KPE actually works on both Air and LN2 Cooling , Go read the posts over at Kingpincooling.com and get the Results/Views of Vince and Other Forum Members who KNOW how (and have), Pushed the Card to it's Full Potential in the way it was Designed to do. "
 
 

piloth
Guys this is getting ridiculous! Yesterday one of my friends kingpin died! Different system then mine. He was running heaven with the stock cooler with the stock overclock in a 4 way SLI. Computer crashed just like mine and we found that one of the cards had died.

Artifacting and again the code 43 in Windows!

Evga support says we're just unlucky and there is nothing wrong with the cards in general but I'm getting worried. We still have 5 more cards and none of them have been stressed! What if tomorrow another one fails randomly or a month from now! I can't keep rmaing cards!

Why are our kingpins failing? Are we just that unlucky or is there a problem with the card?

I'm losing all my confidence in the kingpin cards

BTW the systems were running same specs but different parts.
Both had the X99 rampage V with a 5960x and 32 gb dominator ram. They had different psus as well

Scarlet-Tech
Yeah, unfortunately, it does seem that the failure rate may be fairly high right now.  I have seen quite a few people mentioning their cards going down.  Hopefully this is just coincidence.

I have to agree that there are several people reporting this, but you guys do understand most of what you are seeing is only the people who's cards have died and not the hundreds/thousands of other people who have them with no issues?
 
I'm not saying there isn't a problem.. I'm just saying, "the squeaky wheel"

piloth
He was running a benchmark but with no overclock at all. Just the card out of the box. Temp was just below 80 I would guess.

Mine died in single card configuration with no overclock running Tomb Raider.

So basically within a week 2 out of our 7 cards have died. What makes me worried is that they have maybe 3 h of gaming/running benchmarks since we bought them.

Why do they keep failing? What's going on here. I understand that electronics can fail and you have a small percentage that needs to be RMAd but something does not feel right here.

pathfindercod

MunneY
I have to agree that there are several people reporting this, but you guys do understand most of what you are seeing is only the people who's cards have died and not the hundreds/thousands of other people who have them with no issues?
 
I'm not saying there isn't a problem.. I'm just saying, "the squeaky wheel"

There are very limited number of kingpin owners compared the other models of cards. Most of the people here are regulars and not a random person reporting a issue.

AWK16
Yes, the failure of the card seem to be on high site to be a coincident 

MunneY

hallowen

k|ngp|n

hallowen
Thanks Vince,
I was wondering why the Jayz two cents Video Review of the 980Ti KP couldn't get above 1520MHz, But didn't know it was a newer Nvidia Driver problem.

Not sure what his problem was, I just found these driver troubles last week.
That review was poorly done imo and seemed unprofessional to me.  I really expected more about all the features of the card like single slot capability, unique display config, pcb heater, more focus on robust memory overclocking, the fact that the card is more efficient per clock than all other Ti's, the support we are giving in the massive OC guide we posted, etc. He doesn't even understand how the nv delta clock works based on his overclocking chart. There is literally NO DIFFERENCE in real perf between overclocks on ANY card within 12mhz or less of each other. That chart showing overclocking was hilarious with cards less than 5mhz apart but KP still winning in just about every game benchmark. KP980ti should be numbero uno in every single benchmark even with a lower clock than all the other cards. He says no idea why based on his comments about why he doesn't understand some resolutions of benchmarks are scoring higher/lower. Delta just wasn't right on nv clock, if you run multiple instances with a real time clock monitor, you can see the clock in precision will change sometimes at start of bench or when setting offsets the frequency will jump 2-3 mhz with just 1 offset or not even change at all with up to 2+ offset.
That's my idea to send that card to him, he didn't ask for it or buy it on his own. I regret it now 100% now as it seems all he wanted to do was talk about his hairline, how expensive the card is, and then plug the lightning at the end :). 

 
I Agree, That is similar to what I stated in post #461 of this Thread about His Review:
 
" I stated "I Just Don't Know what to say anymore" because He didn't impress me with his "review" much at all including his reluctance to Try harder to Push for Higher Limits on Air Cooling not only with the GPU, But Also with the Superior Samsung Memory ( only just +400 more?) or to test the Card on LN2 which is MAINLY where the KPE Shines, if He had bothered to look at any of the Futuremark HOF Results.  
 
If you want to know how this 980 Ti KPE actually works on both Air and LN2 Cooling , Go read the posts over at Kingpincooling.com and get the Results/Views of Vince and Other Forum Members who KNOW how (and have), Pushed the Card to it's Full Potential in the way it was Designed to do. "
 
 

 
I'm disappointed with the tech scene as a whole.  I'm not a member of OCN's new review group and I can promise you, I will test the ever loving crap out of these cards.  
 
The tech youtube scene is generally so dumbed down so that normal people can understand it, it hurts on reviews for KPE, Lightnings and the likes.  The fact that Jay had an 80% card and was overclocking on air... didn't crank the memory, didn't bother to use the classified tool, nothing, is unacceptable to me.  It also baffles me that most of these reviewers have these cards and only run them on their stock fan profiles.
 
/rant
 
@K|ngP|n, thanks for yet another awesome card ( i haven't got to play with it yet ) but atleast I know how to use it.

Vipergtspa
I asked this question a few times earlier in this thread and I am also waiting to hear back from EVGA (called them 8/31/15) in regard's to what would cause this.

Anyone know what the red light on the right side of the card in between the kingpin logo on the back plate and the voltage switches indicates ? It only comes on at random times (some times after a driver crash) and needs a complete shut down to get it to turn off.
Both of my cards have had this light come on, regardless of which PCE slot they are in.

I never noticed the light before on my 980 kpe, but with the Ti's it has happened since day one. Earlier today when the red light came on with the top card it also changed all of the led's to the default white, then started to blink off and on.

I have tried four different driver's, PX installed and uninstalled with no change. I am not sure if this is an issue or not, just want to know what this light is for. Also does not seem to be linked with the LED flicker that happens every so often, my none Ti kpe did this as well.
 
When running in SLI the light will come on when the top card hit's 80C no matter what, which is hard to make happen lol. But when running each card single they will both do it regardless of temps, max is about 67C.
 
EDIT: 980TiKP_XOC.rom bios did not fix the led flickering or the mystery red light.  Also the driver will crash once the red light comes on and I exit the software.
Thanks

piloth

k|ngp|n
The card died in single card configuration with no OC running tomb raider....yet I and at least 6 other guys I know very well can push 1.9v core and 1.9v memory through a card that is rated for 1500W+ every day for hrs and hrs and never have a card die? cmon.. When did you send the card back and where did you send it too? Were any of the jumpers changed on it before it died? was it flashed to the extreme overclocking bios? Also maybe you can share whole system specs and the sw used on the card.
I'd like to see this card,  both of them actually.
The spec and ratings on this card far exceed anything you could ever do to damage it on air/water. I cringe when I see clueless maxwell users slamming the card with voltage on air without any gains, but even this shouldn't be an issue. 
FYI..first batch of these cards was 1k pieces if u wanted to know how many are made.

 
Right, full spec is:
5960x
32gb DDR4 corsair dominator 2888
2 x samsung 850 pro
Used 2 PSU, one was the RM1000i my friend had the AX1200i. We also have 3 sunflower 8pac edition rated for 2000W but they were never used with the cards.
 
Mine was sent back a week ago to EVGA I can PM you the RMA number if you want and my friend has the RMA approved but have not sent it back yet.
There was NO overclock at all! I did not touch the BIOS and it was still on the stock. Went no where near any jumpers. 
Like I said I was playing Tomb Raider with one card, he was running Heaven with 4. 
Currently I have 2 of them in SLI and they are working fine. Will try to put 3 in when I get back the faulty one from the RMA.
 
 

k|ngp|n
 
Listen, I tried 4 way on these even at stock they run a lot hotter than when in single mode. You guys need to understand that the bin of the card is HIGH and capable of very high clocks. These gpus can heat up if not cooled properly. It is a performance card all the way. I would suggest to use my XOC bios with real 100% fan speed for 4 way SLI if your keeping the air coolers on.
and for any benching at all, I would suggest at a minimum to use 100% fan speed on stock bios.
 
Pm me the rma number. A card dying when doing nothing at all is a really strange circumstance, not the norm lol. I would think about PSU and mobo as well. Be careful with your other cards and Id suggest to not run them in your configuration unless you know 100% another component isnt at fault. Psu's can kill vga's as well.
You only used one psu on the system? and your friend only used one PSU on his? Completely separate systems?
What psu and mobo was on your system when the card died?