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Item: MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
Age: Over 3 years (bought off Carb Jan '17)
Price: R2000
Warranty: None
Packaging: No
Condition: See pics for physical condition. Never OC'd, only used for gaming. Auto fan start/stop has moments where it engages 1 fan @ 100% and the other 0%. Easily solved with custom fan curve using MSI Afterburner.
Location: Cape Town CBD by day, Sea Point by night
Reason: Got my hands on a 1070
Shipping: Not keen
Collection: Preferred
Link: Buy MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4GB Graphics Card at Evetech.co.za
Great card that still performs very well in modern titles @ 1080p. Played Battlefield 1 on it for more than a year and it handled the title very well. Even achieved 60fps BF5 beta on low/medium settings.
As mentioned above there is a known issue (see MSI forum threads) with the Twin Frozr V fan design which has a silent mode when the card is below a certain temperature. Nice feature but there are certain scenarios where the fans get a bit confused and one fan gets turned on @ 100% and the other is 0%. Here's a video showing the issue, this guy just gave the 2nd fan and nudge and it fixes the imbalance:
I was never able to replicate the issue exactly, it just happened randomly during the summer months but I solved it by setting up a custom fan curve in MSI Afterburner that sets the fan speeds to 20% at 40C, 30% at 45C, etc. As long as you set the fan speeds this issue won't occur anymore. When the card is being used @ 100% it ran at 65C with a fan speed of 70% (1500RPM+/-) to give you an idea.
Age: Over 3 years (bought off Carb Jan '17)
Price: R2000
Warranty: None
Packaging: No
Condition: See pics for physical condition. Never OC'd, only used for gaming. Auto fan start/stop has moments where it engages 1 fan @ 100% and the other 0%. Easily solved with custom fan curve using MSI Afterburner.
Location: Cape Town CBD by day, Sea Point by night
Reason: Got my hands on a 1070
Shipping: Not keen
Collection: Preferred
Link: Buy MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4GB Graphics Card at Evetech.co.za
Great card that still performs very well in modern titles @ 1080p. Played Battlefield 1 on it for more than a year and it handled the title very well. Even achieved 60fps BF5 beta on low/medium settings.
As mentioned above there is a known issue (see MSI forum threads) with the Twin Frozr V fan design which has a silent mode when the card is below a certain temperature. Nice feature but there are certain scenarios where the fans get a bit confused and one fan gets turned on @ 100% and the other is 0%. Here's a video showing the issue, this guy just gave the 2nd fan and nudge and it fixes the imbalance:
I was never able to replicate the issue exactly, it just happened randomly during the summer months but I solved it by setting up a custom fan curve in MSI Afterburner that sets the fan speeds to 20% at 40C, 30% at 45C, etc. As long as you set the fan speeds this issue won't occur anymore. When the card is being used @ 100% it ran at 65C with a fan speed of 70% (1500RPM+/-) to give you an idea.
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