GTX 970 3.5 GB problem

[zaelu]

It has a rather good layout. Try to remove the case lateral cover and run a few tests with it like that and see if the temperature lowers.

 

The place where it sits is vented enough? I mean no walls (even furniture) very close to it or that creates a box around it (like under a desk etc).

 

If you can run some tests with the case opened and placed horizontally with the open side up.

 

If temperature goes down this way it may be that the case is choking itself with grills from fans. I cut all open usually. Like they do now on power sources where they remove the small grill in front of the internal fan and replace it with a wide metallic protection grill. If you don't care about warranty or "looks" and you don't have kids/cats that might get inside the case... you could cut the meshes in front of the fans out from the case. For this I use a small cutting tool (it must be super sharp so you won't struggle a lot with it). If you do this and let the internal parts inside you should be ultra careful on bits of metal falling on the electronics and forgetting them there... there is a risk of short circuit! The edges will remain sharp and twisted... and dangerous for hands. So to avoid cutting yourself there you have to straighten the edges up as much as you can and then cover the edges with bits of ducktape (paper ducktape or ducktape with insertions are very good). But if you can work on the case with all parts out is better. You can polish the rough edges very good and then clean the case of small bits of metal that may fall.

[Bodo]

Well, I was offered a return which was good of Scan. I'm not going to go through with it. Dissapointing how nvidia dealt with this but I'm over it.

[Witchking]

It has a rather good layout. Try to remove the case lateral cover and run a few tests with it like that and see if the temperature lowers.

 

The place where it sits is vented enough? I mean no walls (even furniture) very close to it or that creates a box around it (like under a desk etc).

 

If you can run some tests with the case opened and placed horizontally with the open side up.

 

If temperature goes down this way it may be that the case is choking itself with grills from fans. I cut all open usually. Like they do now on power sources where they remove the small grill in front of the internal fan and replace it with a wide metallic protection grill. If you don't care about warranty or "looks" and you don't have kids/cats that might get inside the case... you could cut the meshes in front of the fans out from the case. For this I use a small cutting tool (it must be super sharp so you won't struggle a lot with it). If you do this and let the internal parts inside you should be ultra careful on bits of metal falling on the electronics and forgetting them there... there is a risk of short circuit! The edges will remain sharp and twisted... and dangerous for hands. So to avoid cutting yourself there you have to straighten the edges up as much as you can and then cover the edges with bits of ducktape (paper ducktape or ducktape with insertions are very good). But if you can work on the case with all parts out is better. You can polish the rough edges very good and then clean the case of small bits of metal that may fall.

 

Thanks. Will check it out and see if it helps. The case is located like 1-2ft from the wall. But the setup is in the basement, so the coldest room in the house. Temps room is around 20.5C. GPU idle temp is 27-28.

[StandingCow]

The issue is waaay overblown imo.

 

From:

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/755740-How-can-I-test-for-the-VRAM-3-5-Issue

 

"Won't be an issue. I'm hitting 3.9 - 4 GB usage in AC unity @ 1440P and not seeing any issues."

[T_A]

Some guys got 20% refund from Amazon on the GTX 970

you can read about it here , including the chat with service rep.