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And if so...how much should I expect
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 16:23:57
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And if so...how much should I expect
I don't know how anyone could answer your question. We have no idea what you use it for and why you are considering it. Another factor is the rest of your system. If it is an older system, you may not see much gain. If you're not overclocking your CPU, you could realize a larger gain by overclocking both the CPU and the GPU. But again, we have no idea based on what you provided.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 16:25:19
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Overclocking is more of an E-peen thing than anything else IMHO. I have tested my cards with an overclock of 1580 in games compared to its normal 1200 boost and only gained 3fps at most. Now that's with a 980ti sli setup. I would imagine you would see similar results with a 980.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 21:04:52
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Overclocking is more of an E-peen thing than anything else IMHO. I have tested my cards with an overclock of 1580 in games compared to its normal 1200 boost and only gained 3fps at most. Now that's with a 980ti sli setup. I would imagine you would see similar results with a 980.
+100. I get well over 60+ FPS on a single card. Imagine when I run 2x 980s SLI? I'm golden for another 2 years while I wait on Volta.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 21:33:51
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If you are playing on 4K and want to maintain 60 FPS. Then yes overclocking is worth it. I found out today how big of a difference overclocking made in Doom. I would say I must've gained up wards of 10 FPS.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 21:55:35
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Leave it stock for maximum stability. 
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 21:59:11
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Overclocking can be Fun, in and of itself. If you do not like to solve puzzles or do experiments, OC is probably not for you. However, EVGA Precision X can allow you to set a custom fan curve and Max out the two slider (Power + Temp) Easy, simple and done with no fuss. You get a Cooler GPU and a little more power
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 22:29:15
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If you are playing on 4K and want to maintain 60 FPS. Then yes overclocking is worth it. I found out today how big of a difference overclocking made in Doom. I would say I must've gained up wards of 10 FPS.
You're not going to get 60FPS on a single 980 at 4K.  We will even use Doom as the example: 
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 22:42:31
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I went from 2-way SLI 980 SC to 2-way Titan X SC for the 4K monitor upgrade last year
I agree 4K with one 980 would be painful
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 22:46:10
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If you are playing on 4K and want to maintain 60 FPS. Then yes overclocking is worth it. I found out today how big of a difference overclocking made in Doom. I would say I must've gained up wards of 10 FPS.
You're not going to get 60FPS on a single 980 at 4K.
We will even use Doom as the example:
I just beat Doom. I run it on 4K no DOF or DOF AA. Most all ultra settings. 60 FPS with 5 or 6 monsters on the screen. I have a 980 ti classy by the way. 1497 core/ 3903 memory. Battlefield 4 all high settings constant 60 FPS. Shadow of Mordor most all ultra settings 60 FPS.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/21 23:12:22
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If you are playing on 4K and want to maintain 60 FPS. Then yes overclocking is worth it. I found out today how big of a difference overclocking made in Doom. I would say I must've gained up wards of 10 FPS.
You're not going to get 60FPS on a single 980 at 4K.
We will even use Doom as the example:
I just beat Doom. I run it on 4K no DOF or DOF AA. Most all ultra settings. 60 FPS with 5 or 6 monsters on the screen. I have a 980 ti classy by the way. 1497 core/ 3903 memory. Battlefield 4 all high settings constant 60 FPS. Shadow of Mordor most all ultra settings 60 FPS.
1st off, you're comparing a TI vs a reg 980, which is Huge difference with having 2 extra GB of VRAM, plus your card being a classified, it's already overclocked, a wider bandwidth, and much more, to pound the crap out of a reference 980. 2nd, i'm not sure how you're getting 60FPS...: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/doom_pc_performance_review/10The link above shows a great comparison of a 980TI and a FuryX from low to high settings, showing that at the lowest settings, you're getting 52, and in the article quotes:
Going up to 4K we can see AMD actually taking the performance lead from Nvidia at low, medium and high settings, with Nvidia taking the performance crown at Ultra. Neither of the two GPUs was able to achieve a constant 60+ FPS at 4K, meaning that 4K gamers will need to turn down the games resolution scale option to play the game with a 60+ FPS framerate.
The fact that you have a 980TI classified might be why you're possibly getting 60FPS. I would like to see some screenshots as I'm very curious to see what you're doing to get 60FPS. There is no way a reference 980 will keep up to your 980TI classified. Take note that I used Doom as the example because you brought it up in your first post on here.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/22 11:53:47
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I have it over clocked. I also have my cpu set to handle Physx. The CPU is an EE it is overclocked too. I also have a 950 Pro SSD. Maybe all three of those things lead to me getting 60. Either way I do get 60 FPS. I even get 60 FPS on Witcher 3. I just have to lower some of the settings. I forgot to say if you want to see the 60 FPS add me on Steam. I broadcast all the time. Steam name is: soulvacaine
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/22 15:18:20
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I push all my GTX 980 Cards to run at 1490MHz-1501MHz 7x24 Using EVGA Precision X.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/22 19:20:42
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I have it over clocked. I also have my cpu set to handle Physx. The CPU is an EE it is overclocked too. I also have a 950 Pro SSD. Maybe all three of those things lead to me getting 60. Either way I do get 60 FPS. I even get 60 FPS on Witcher 3. I just have to lower some of the settings. I forgot to say if you want to see the 60 FPS add me on Steam. I broadcast all the time. Steam name is: soulvacaine
That's cool. But, the 980 still won't keep up to a TI Classified. Lol.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/22 19:49:34
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I like overclocking and running benches as much as the next guy, but for games I would rather have the proper card or cards for the resolution and settings I desire instead of pushing my cards for a few fps.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/22 19:56:11
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I like overclocking and running benches as much as the next guy, but for games I would rather have the proper card or cards for the resolution and settings I desire instead of pushing my cards for a few fps.
While that is true, sometimes you just want to enable that little bit of extra eyecandy and still maintain your preferred min frame rate. In my case, the combination of overclocking the CPU and GPU gives me a solid 30% performance increase...for free and without pushing the envelope. That is pretty much true across all modern hardware at stock clocks.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/23 13:42:30
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Free performance, why not! Plus you learn about hardware.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/23 21:07:53
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I like overclocking and running benches as much as the next guy, but for games I would rather have the proper card or cards for the resolution and settings I desire instead of pushing my cards for a few fps.
While that is true, sometimes you just want to enable that little bit of extra eyecandy and still maintain your preferred min frame rate. In my case, the combination of overclocking the CPU and GPU gives me a solid 30% performance increase...for free and without pushing the envelope. That is pretty much true across all modern hardware at stock clocks.
That might be in your case, 30%, but not everyone's PC is going to provide the same results.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/24 00:13:31
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I like overclocking and running benches as much as the next guy, but for games I would rather have the proper card or cards for the resolution and settings I desire instead of pushing my cards for a few fps.
While that is true, sometimes you just want to enable that little bit of extra eyecandy and still maintain your preferred min frame rate. In my case, the combination of overclocking the CPU and GPU gives me a solid 30% performance increase...for free and without pushing the envelope. That is pretty much true across all modern hardware at stock clocks.
That might be in your case, 30%, but not everyone's PC is going to provide the same results.
From completely stock clocks to typically attainable overclock on both the GPU and CPU, ~ 30% would be typical. Some a little more, some a little less. Whether the game is CPU or GPU bound. I'm not sure what you're arguing. Sure if you cannot over clock your CPU your OEM motherboard, you wouldn't have the same results. But that would put it outside of my envelope of both.
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/24 00:50:55
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I like overclocking and running benches as much as the next guy, but for games I would rather have the proper card or cards for the resolution and settings I desire instead of pushing my cards for a few fps.
While that is true, sometimes you just want to enable that little bit of extra eyecandy and still maintain your preferred min frame rate. In my case, the combination of overclocking the CPU and GPU gives me a solid 30% performance increase...for free and without pushing the envelope. That is pretty much true across all modern hardware at stock clocks.
That might be in your case, 30%, but not everyone's PC is going to provide the same results.
From completely stock clocks to typically attainable overclock on both the GPU and CPU, ~ 30% would be typical. Some a little more, some a little less. Whether the game is CPU or GPU bound. I'm not sure what you're arguing. Sure if you cannot over clock your CPU your OEM motherboard, you wouldn't have the same results. But that would put it outside of my envelope of both.
What am I arguing? I stated (in another way if you'd like) that overclocking may give various results. That's it. Are we good here?
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Re: Should I even bother overclocking a plain GTX 980?
2016/09/24 10:19:08
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I like overclocking and running benches as much as the next guy, but for games I would rather have the proper card or cards for the resolution and settings I desire instead of pushing my cards for a few fps.
While that is true, sometimes you just want to enable that little bit of extra eyecandy and still maintain your preferred min frame rate. In my case, the combination of overclocking the CPU and GPU gives me a solid 30% performance increase...for free and without pushing the envelope. That is pretty much true across all modern hardware at stock clocks.
That might be in your case, 30%, but not everyone's PC is going to provide the same results.
From completely stock clocks to typically attainable overclock on both the GPU and CPU, ~ 30% would be typical. Some a little more, some a little less. Whether the game is CPU or GPU bound. I'm not sure what you're arguing. Sure if you cannot over clock your CPU your OEM motherboard, you wouldn't have the same results. But that would put it outside of my envelope of both.
What am I arguing? I stated (in another way if you'd like) that overclocking may give various results. That's it. Are we good here?
I was always good with my post. It's why I asked what you were arguing. That there will be 'various results' is kinda obvious. 'Pretty much true' means there are exceptions. I'm good with that. 
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