{"id":1091,"date":"2014-09-19T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T05:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2023-05-19T10:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T00:44:40","slug":"gigabyte-gtx-980-and-gtx-970-g1-benchmarked-evatech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/gigabyte-gtx-980-and-gtx-970-g1-benchmarked-evatech\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigabyte GTX 980 and GTX 970 G1 Benchmarked &#8211; Evatech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the drivers finally being released for Nvidia&#8217;s new GTX 9xx series, our technicians have finally had a chance to put our newest arrivals through their paces with a benchmark and temperature test. The GTX 980 and 970 are the newest additions to the Nvidia line up running on the more power efficient, DirectX 12 ready Maxwell architecture, announced today during Nvidia&#8217;s Game24 live stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already, checkout out our earlier posts where we unboxed and took photos of both the new 9xx series cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/2014\/09\/gigabyte-gtx-980-4gb-early-hands-on-photos-n980d5-4gd\/\">Gigabyte GTX 980 N980D5-4GD<\/a>&nbsp;Unboxing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/2014\/09\/gigabyte-gtx-970-4gb-n970g1-gaming-4gd\/\">Gigabyte GTX 970 N970G1 Gaming-4GD<\/a>\u00a0Unboxing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"455\" data-id=\"1128\" src=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G11-750x455.jpg\" alt=\"GTX 970 G1 Overclocked\" class=\"wp-image-1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G11-750x455.jpg 750w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G11-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G11-624x378.jpg 624w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G11.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Back1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"455\" data-id=\"1132\" src=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Back1-750x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Back1-750x455.jpg 750w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Back1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Back1-624x378.jpg 624w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Back1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-End1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"455\" data-id=\"1133\" src=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-End1-750x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-End1-750x455.jpg 750w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-End1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-End1-624x378.jpg 624w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-End1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Top1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"455\" data-id=\"1134\" src=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Top1-750x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Top1-750x455.jpg 750w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Top1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Top1-624x378.jpg 624w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-970-G1-Top1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Rig<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(All components running at stock clock speeds)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>CPU<\/strong> : Intel Haswell 4790K<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Motherboard<\/strong> : ASRock&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Fatal1ty Z97X-KILLER<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Memory<\/strong> :&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Avexir 16GB 1600Mhz Blitz Gaming Dragon<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Case<\/strong> :&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">NZXT Phantom 530 Red<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Power Supply<\/strong> :&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">SilverStone 750W Strider Plus Modular 80+ Silver<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Operating System<\/strong> : Windows 7 64bit Pro<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Storage Device<\/strong> : Samsung 250G 840 Evo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Contestants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Gigabyte GTX 780 (<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">N780OC-3GD) Driver 340.43<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Gigabyte GTX 780 TI (<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">N78TOC-3GD)&nbsp;Driver 340.43<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Gigabyte GTX 980 (<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">N980D5-4GD) Driver 344.11<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gigabyte GTX 970 OC (N970G1 Gaming-4GD) Driver&nbsp;344.11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Benchmark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Unigine Heaven V2.5 DirectX 11 1080p Preset Benchmark<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/a364.https.cdn.softlayer.net\/80A364\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HeavenBench970980.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HeavenBench970980.jpg\" alt=\"Heaven Unigine Benchmark GTX 980\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heaven Unigine Benchmark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/a364.https.cdn.softlayer.net\/80A364\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FurmarkBench.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FurmarkBench.jpg\" alt=\"FurmarkBench\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Furmark Burn In Temperature Test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As we are re-sellers of these products we wont be &#8216;reviewing&#8217; these products, simply publishing our testing data and letting the public decide. Bare in mind when looking at the benchmark results above that the GTX 970 we tested was a factory overclocked model with a non-reference cooler. In fact the GTX 980 was the only non-factory overclocked reference cooler card of the bunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the new <a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/product\/3493\/gigabyte-gtx-980-4gb\">GTX 980 <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/product\/3494\/gigabyte-gtx-970-4gb\">GTX 970 G1 <\/a>cards will be available in our <a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/custom-gaming-pc\/\">Custom Gaming PC<\/a> builder by the end of the day and available for purchase separately on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the drivers finally being released for Nvidia&#8217;s new GTX 9xx series, our technicians have finally had a chance to put our newest arrivals through their paces with a benchmark and temperature test. 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