Amazon.com: Customer reviews: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW GAMING ACX 2.0, 26% Cooler and 36% Quieter Cooling Graphics Card 04G-P4-2986-KR

It is a very good card. (Real world experience review)

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2015

I mostly got this version because I love Nvidia's Reference Design for their cards and it was out of the box OC, and can still be pushed even more. It is a $500 dollar GPU. When it comes to PCs money literally buys performance. Especially in terms of CPU and GPU. So it performs amazingly in everything I have played.

My PC Hardware:
CPU: i7-4790k.
GPU: This one?.
RAM: Kingston HyperX 2x4GB.
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 120GB for Operating System (Win 10 64bit) and Apps.
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Green for games (and videos I record).

Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare; This game runs amazingly at max settings excluding super sampling. There does not seem to be a noticeable difference with super sampling on. I see about 90FPS all the time during gameplay no matter what is going on in Campaign. In multiplayer the framerate is well over 100FPS with now stutter or slowdown.

Skyrim; The game destroys skyrim. Okay that is expected. BUT it also runs rock solid 60FPS with ENB mod and Many many other graphical and physics mods active. The only Mods that hurt the framerate are those ridiculous grass mods. That drops the FPS around 40 sometimes which is a bit disorienting when in combat. Other than that it will handle any mod you throw at it with ease as far as I have seen.

Tomb Raider (2013); Runs 60 FPS MAX with 2xSSAA (4xSSAA is just weirdly demanding. There is still plenty of VRAM left, system RAM, and I have a i7-4790k so i seriously do not understand what the problem is with 4xSSAA). The only time the game drops frames is during cutscenes when the camera gets close to Lara's Hair when TressFX is on. Other than that I have played through the entire game and noticed no other performance problems. You can check out a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP5C6aYIkik You will notice the only time it drops frames is when the camera gets close to her hair.

Firestrike Demo: Scored 14,214 for Graphics Score. 11,895 for Overall Score. (Better than 87% of results it says)

Now I do not know the power draw and all of those super specific kind of things but it only has 2 6pin power connectors which should tell you it is very power efficient for how powerful it is.

The default fan profile is really quite and keeps the card from killing itself (along with throttling back).

My card boost up to 1380MHz after GPU Boost 2.0 does its thing. I have tried lightly overclocking the card's GPU which worked fine but caused coil whine. I fixed the coil whine by setting the card back to default values then simply stressing it out with games and benchmarks for a little while. That method has worked for me but I would caution against OC the card further. I have since left my card at stock. (I will probably overclock it again anyway, I am weird like that lol).

I tried bumping the RAM speed up a little. All i can see for this is do not do it lol. I do not know why but my card threw a fit and the graphics driver crashed. A LOT of reviewers of the base model 980 and all the 3rd party derivatives bumped the RAM speed up to a woping 7010MHz (10 from the base 7000MHz) and left it there. This card as you probably saw in the specs list Some said it was because of the way that power is allocated on this series (900) cards that OC the ram would take power away from the core so they just put all the OC effort into the Core. I think it is for a different reason but again I cannot be for sure.

The moral of the story is this card can handle pretty much anything @1080p you can throw at it. And it looks nice....really nice. It is pretty. It is quite at base fan profile like all the other cards with this cooler. If you have the money for this and not the 980ti/Fury X i would recommend it.

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JustAnotherGuy

My journey to the GTX980

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2015

Style: GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0Verified Purchase

I'm a conservative gamer. I even prefer to play with a controller. Hey, I grew up a console kid, no judgments from the PC Master Race. That being said, I was slow to join the darkside, but I have a lot of tech knowledge, so to not build my own gaming rig didn't make sense.

So I finally decided instead of getting a PS4 (I actually did end up getting a PS4 for xmas, but I never use it), I would build a gaming rig. I started with an R9-280, but it couldn't quite keep up with me, so I tried the R9-290. It was a good card, but it liked to run hot, and I felt like the performance was not as strong as it should be. I considered the R9-290x, but it wasn't enough of a boost to justify the change. I also considered the R9-295x.

The problem with the R9-295x is it's basically a crossfired card. The problem with crossfire (I tried it with 2 r9-290s), is it gives terrible micro stuttering (and BSOD too!). I can't abide micro stuttering or tearing at all. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

After looking far and wide for the strongest single GPU card, all the benchmarks led me here, to the GTX980. The only problem is the price is a little high. Okay, it's a lot high, so I was expecting a lot of performance per buck. I did some initial benchmarking with the card against the R9290, and I was surprised at how well... the r9-290 kept up. I actually wanted the GTX980 to destroy the R9-290. After all, the R9-290 is at a price point of around $250 to $300 bucks. So the GTX980 being twice as much at $550, I expected twice as much power. Not so.

That is not to say the GTX980 is not an amazing card. It is. And it is certainly better than the R9-290, but it is not incredibly, unbelievably better. It's about... 20% better. But where this card really shines is in a few different places.

First, power usage and heat output. This card is probably 33% cooler than an AMD card, and that's a big plus. It means I don't have to worry about it overheating and can just get my game on.

Second, I have also found it handles memory better, especially with games with high textures, like modding some games to death with 4k textures. It doesn't complain about it like a little girl. (i.e. crashing or black textures)

Third, and most importantly, it runs much smoother than the R9290. This is a measurement that you don't see on benchmarks, but this card just gives consistent performance. And what I'm referring to here is dropping frames. You can run through a crowded street, and maybe your FPS will drop, but it does so consistently. 60...55...50...45...50...55...60. With the R9290, it's like 60...10...40...50...30...10...60. It jumps all over the map! It's annoying. But the GTX980 is just smooth.

All and all, this is a 5 Star card, and I would buy it again. But to be fair, check your expectations at the door, and if you want something with similar performance but for a whole lot less, wander over the AMD camp. They have cookies. Nvidia has the cake :P

PS Thumbs up for EVGA quality too!

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Sajius

Absolutely phenomenal card - A Skyrim Modders Dream

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2015

Style: GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0Verified Purchase

Absolutely phenomenal card. I upgraded to this from an EVGA GTX 680 2GB and the difference is immediately noticeable. I run a very very heavily modded version of Skyrim that I used to get around 35-50 FPS with the performance RealVision ENB. With this card, I get 60fps everywhere (with the full RealVision ENB) with only the occasional dips in extremely populated or vegetated areas. I was also able to add 5 new graphical mods to Skyrim such as the famous FPS hungry "grass fields" mod, 4k texture replacers, and a few others, and I barely notice it at all in my frame rate. You know those absolutely insane screenshots you see of modded Skyrim? A lot of the time those shots have graphical settings so high that the game is actually unplayable, and that fidelity is only used for screenshots before the player turns down the graphics a little to actually play. Well this card can actually PLAY the game at the fidelity you see those screen caps at. This week I am going to test out Far Cry 4, Bio-shock Infinite, and both of the Metro games on Ultra with this beast. I have no doubt in my mind this thing will run smooth as butter on those titles.

When should you upgrade?:
If you currently have a 600 series card or below, then I recommend picking this (or the 970) card up as it is definitely a worthy upgrade for the price. If you have a Titan, or 780/780ti then I recommend just holding off a little bit until the next generation of card is released. Simply because it might not be that big of a leap from the 780ti to this in terms of cost justification (unless you can sell your 780 to make up a portion of the cost of this of course, which is what I did with my 680).

Noise:
This card is quiet as can be. with the ACX 2.0 design the fans don't even spin up until you need them (by design) and when they do you don't hear them at all.
UPDATE on coil while. I DID end up experiencing slight coil whine while playing high intensity games. I found out this was coming from my PSU and not my new 980. Once I upgraded fron a 700w to a gold rated 800w PSU, the whine went away.

Size:
This card is just as long as my GTX 680. But the 980 is actually thinner due to my 680 having a blower fan shroud and this having standard fin fans.

In the end, this card is great, I highly recommend it, and I wish I wasn't at work right now or I'd be home slaying dragons while counting the bugs on the rocks in Skyrim.

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5150 Joker

Awesome Video Card + Awesome Manufacturer

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2015

Style: GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0Verified Purchase

I'm not going to write a very long review because you can find the specifications and benchmarks of this card on nearly every major tech website. Instead I'll focus on what separates EVGA and this card from other manufacturers succinctly. EVGA is one of those rare manufacturers that hasn't outsourced it's support so if you're in the USA and have an issue with your video card at 2 am, you can call their 24/7 tech support and be assured someone will pick up on the other end.

My experience with their warranty service has been stellar and beyond what most companies do. For example, I previously purchased a pair of GTX Titans and after a year, one of them died on me. I used EVGA's online RMA system and since I purchased their advanced RMA warranty, they cross shipped me another one and I had a replacement in two days. Prior to that, I had an EVGA GTX 680 that had a broken component on it (purchased it like that used from someone else). I sent pictures of this to EVGA and asked if it could be repaired, even if I had to pay. To my astonishment, they simply said, "send it in to us and we'll either fix it or send you another one". Sure enough, a few days later after they got it, I checked the online system and a replacement had been issued. How can you beat that kind of service?

Now as far as the EVGA GTX 980 ACX 2.0, I bought 2 of these in SLI and run them in an NZXT H440 case which is famous for poor airflow. However, despite that, these bad boys overclock to 1520 MHz core on stock voltage (1.206v) with +400 on the memory and they don't even flinch. Temperatures are also really good, GPU 1 is 78C max after hours of gameplay and GPU2 is 68-70C max. Fans never rev to 100% either, GPU 1 maxes at 75% and GPU2 at 65% using EVGA Precision to control them. ASIC quality for mine were both 75-76% so I lucked out there.

So the price is good, the performance is fantastic (they destroy my Titans when comparing both OC'd) and the operating temperature is really good. I can't really think of any cons associated with this video card and especially EVGA. If you're in the market for a new video card, go for the EVGA GTX 980, you won't regret it.

UPDATE: 2/23/15

I took one star off because I recently learned EVGA requires people who purchase these cards to register them within 14 days of the card's *purchase date* (not shipped or received) in order to qualify for their Step-Up program. If you miss it even by 1 day, well then too bad because they won't budge. Instead, if you want Step-Up, they penalize you by forcing you to buy their 5 year extended warranty for $30/card. In my case, that would be $60 and all for simply missing the registration date by a few days. It's obviously a way for the company to earn extra money but after already giving them $550+, you'd think they'd just make exceptions and let it slide or better yet allow customers to register for Step-Up for the entire 90 day period. Normally I recommend EVGA products and services to others without hesitation but based on principle, I will strongly consider competing brands the next time I buy $1100+ worth of video cards.

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Jacob

980s Overall Experience.

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2015

Style: GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0Verified Purchase

Do you hate options menus? Do you like graphical fidelity? Do you value performance ratings over price/performance ratios without going to extremes? Then the GTX 980 is the perfect choice for you.
It's no question that the GTX 970 has a better price/performance ratio and you'll be able to pick one up for just at 200$ less, and if your budget can't handle the increased price of the GTX 980; you're not missing all too much. Realistically from what I've seen, the GTX 980 performs about 10-20% better, which isn't enough for many to justify 200$.
Likewise, the GTX 980 is to the Titan X what the 970 is to the 980. For another 500$, twice the price of the 980, you can have a Titan X and 20-30% better performance. I, myself, opted for a dual SLI 980 build rather than a single Titan X build. SLI 980s performs a good bit better than a single Titan X and cost about 100$ more. With DirectX12 coming out soon, SLI is a smarter idea than ever due to SLI scaling. Currently, dual-GPU configs realistically only run at 160-170% the performance of a single card. DirectX12 aims to make that 200% in addition to the massive performance tweaks. With dual 980s already outperforming a single Titan X, it was a no brainer to me to go for the 980s.
For those worried about the 980 only having 4GB of VRAM (and planning to SLI), don't. DirectX12 is said to also add together VRAM instead of limit it to the maximum of one card. This means that a dual 980 build will have 8GB of usable VRAM - plenty for 1440p or 4k. At 4k, Shadows of Mordor on maximum settings with the ultra texture pack only uses 6.5GB. Shadows of Mordor is an extreme example, however, as most games don't even come close to touching 4GB, even at 4k.

All of that said, you really don't need to opt for SLI with the 980. Unless you're trying to future proof for a while or plan to play in 4k in everything that has it as an option, it's unnecessary. One single 980 very, very easily gets 60FPS at 1080p max settings. The same can be said for 1440p, you'll rarely if ever see less than 60FPS at max settings. Even at 4k, you'll generally have over 30FPS.

I'm not a fan of overclocking generally because I don't trust my own ability not to destroy it; thankfully, EVGA has one of the highest stock clocks of the 980. I can safely have an overclock done by professionals without having to worry about my warranty. Additionally, EVGA's cooler design is very well done. The ACX 2.0 design acts as an intake rather than an exhaust and seems to work very well. Only with kboost on for extended periods of time have I come close to breaking 70 Celsius (with fans set to maximum). That said, unless you're benchmarking or doing something extreme like that; you'll never, ever hear your fans. In fact, on the stock fan config, the fans won't turn on until they reach 50 degrees Celsius. On maximum, however, they are quite loud. Playing Shadows of Mordor at 4k on maximum settings, the fans are barely at half speed and still rather quiet; though I'm not the type to care about how loud fans are.

I'm very happy with my 980s and I'd recommend them to anyone with a similar budget; but for those who prefer to save 200$ or 400$ in an SLI build, the 970 is a worthy choice as well.

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rensuchan

Hopefully the documented issues are solved...

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2015

Style: GTX 980 FTW ACX 2.0Verified Purchase

So after clicking to buy this card, I ended up doing more research... and come to find out that this particular model (the FTW) has had a lot of issues and a lot of people have had to RMA it, several times, before getting a working one. Sometime earlier this summer apparently they found out how to completely fix the issue and most people have gotten it solved within 1 RMA now... If you search on google for 980 FTW black screen, you'll see what I'm talking about.

Hopefully the fact that mine works completely fine so far is a sign that all of the stock on the shelves now is fixed as I gamed for several hours on FFXIV last night without any crashes, black screens, or blue screens. Granted, I've only owned the card for one night so updates will be made if this changes...

My 980 FTW is set up a bit differently than I imagine most people... I bought it to use as a powerful external GPU through the Thunderbolt 2 port of my MacBook Pro Retina. My MacBook is likely dusty on the inside and lately I've been having throttling issues with the 750m inside of it. I tried all of the suggestions about disabling turbo frequencies and etc I found on the web but nothing seemed to stop the problem in it's tracks. I knew the game would never run like it does on my GTX 760 equipped desktop though even if I fixed that problem so I started researching eGPU setups. I'm happy to say that if you follow the basic guides on setting up an eGPU on a MacBook Pro retina with Thunderbolt (2) that this card is perfectly compatible.

Performance? Wow, that's all I can say.

This is my first time investing in a GPU in the $500 range with my previous two cards being in the range about half of that. I can see why hardcore gamers spend like this for GPUs now. Even over Thunderbolt there's no need to use that desktop anymore now unless I want to play on a large TV.

Due to running my card outside of a casing in open air for the eGPU setup though, the fans are unbearably loud above about 60% speed. I used eVGA Precision X to set my target temperature to 60C while gaming and thus kept the fans from going above about 60%. I imagine this would be less of an issue inside of a case so I'm not going to dock a star for that.

So overall, I'm excited to be in the community of high end GPU owners now, and this card has helped transform the MacBook Pro retina into a capable gaming machine in addition to being my photography work horse!

Update: September 7, 2015

A note to Windows 10 users that may be experiencing crashing / black screens:

I noticed that Windows 10 was automatically installing an older driver to my computer. I didn't notice until GeForce Experience let me know a new driver was available and I wondered why since I had just installed the newest one... then I noticed it was the default driver Windows installed when it first detected my eGPU. I started getting a few random crashes because of the older driver but it's still been completely fine under the latest.

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MattD

Not worth the price.

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2015

Style: GTX 980 CLASSIFIED ACX 2.0Verified Purchase

This review is for the Classified Edition.

Pros
+ Out-of-the-box overclock is a beast. Mine was at 1430MHz.
+ Cool and quiet.
+ So pretty, I love EVGA's business like style versus the gaudy look of some other cards.
+ Multiple Bios is awesome if you're a tinkerer like me.

Cons
- For the price, incredibly disappointing further overclock potential on air. Mine couldn't even reach 1500MHz.
- No back plate included, which is dumbfounding for the price.

So far, this card has been a disappointment. With the stock cooler at default voltages, mine could only achieve 30 MHz stable over the shipped overclock of 1430. So next, I maxed the - Nvidia allowed - voltage and squeezed another 20MHz for a total stable overclock of 1480MHz. While alone not bad, it was underwhelming relative to price of the card and the "Classified" name. I've read many accounts of similar overclocks with cheaper cards, including EVGA's own SC and FTW 980's. Also, many have noted that later run Classified's don't overclock as well. Hopefully results will improve with watercooling.

It's hard to recommend this card for the price point. For over a hundred less, one can get similar, documented over air overclocking results with the FTW edition (or other makes). If you must have the best of the best, the KingPin edition has been released, not to mention the recently announced Titan X. Perhaps I'm wrong but the only niche I see left are extreme overclockers whom want the beefy VRM - vs the Hydro Copper - and can't quite swing or score the KingPin edition.

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Some Random Dude

EVGA has done it again. Top performance and cooling with decent clock speeds out of the box for a decent price tag!

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2014

Style: GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0Verified Purchase

The ACX 2.0 cooling solution is top-notch and quiet, I honestly hear my case fans over top of the ACX 2.0. I setup a custom fan profile in the EVGA Precision X software along with a low impact 10% OC on top of EVGA default "superclocked" speeds. The card has never gotten over ~61 deg. cel. during marathon gaming sessions. (Metro Last Light, Planetside 2, Skyrim, Farcry 4, Crysis 3, Titanfall) Even on the highest settings the FPS may bog down a bit but it still PLAYS SMOOTH.

Pulled a 3DMark score of 12,229 in First Strike w/modest clock speeds. This could easily get over 13K if I pushed the clock speeds up.

I'm running a Core i7-3770K @ 4.6ghz w/16gb 1866 RAM. Everything plays smooth as silk, I am extremely pleased with the card. I have a lower power/thermal footprint for a huge gain in performance (Upgraded from water-cooled GTX 480). Now, I just run the CPU in the cooling loop alone as the video card doesn't even need it.

My system:
ASUS Maximus V Gene
Intel Core i7 3770K @ 4.6ghz
16gb DDR3 1866 (PC15000)
EVGA GTX 980 SC @ 1350mhz base
ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz 1ms (GTG) LED Backlight LCD 3D Monitor
2x Samsung 840 Pro SSDs and 2x SATA HDs

IMPORTANT NOTE: You will need male to male Displayport cables if you want multi-monitor setups. The only way to get over 60hz refresh is via DVI / Displayport, HDMI does not support > 60hz refresh. Also, you will need to tweak the settings in nVidia control panel if you do use HDMI or you won't be getting the full range of color out of your display. See: http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-cards-dont-full-rgb-color-through-hdmiheres-a-fix/ for more information. Also, the latest BETA drivers have a setting under "Adjust desktop color settings" and then "Dynamic Range" where you can specify 0-255 for the full range. This will get you the deeper blacks and brightest white/colors when using HDMI.

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Olly Quality

4K Dreams? GTX 700 Series Jumpers Beware, GTX 500 Series Jumpers: This Card's For You

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2015

Style: GTX 980 ACX 2.0Verified Purchase

I currently use this card on a i7 5820K on an X99 MSI Krait Motherboard, Windows 8.1 on SSD, and 32GB of RAM. When I upgraded this card, I was running two 760s SLI, and had bought a beautiful 4K monitor in hopes that I would pioneer into the 4K Realm. I'd watched all the professional youtube videos about 4K Gaming and seen people running games at 4K on 1 980. And many games 4-5 year old games do just fine at settings that might not be Ultra, but decent enough to give you that high end gaming experience you're looking for on a PC. The multiplayer populars such as League of Legends, Dota 2, Counter Strike, and even Battlefield 4, can push at 4K on the 980 at High settings, at 60 fps and higher. But the trouble comes when we talk about AAA Game Titles such as Witcher 3 (Yeah, even with the Hair FX turned off), Far Cry, or even high end graphics games like Evolve.

I'd go into details, but I'm not a professional reviewer or a spec nerd, I consider myself knowledgeable enough to tell you the honest truth about what to expect. For a modest gamer, this card will definitely be decent for you at 1080 or 1440p, without question. If you don't feel like going to 4K, don't worry, one of these cards will be future proof for at least 5 years. But if you're that kind of person who just has a dire need to be ahead of the game.. this card is dwarfed by the 980 Ti, which stands to be the card which will be able to keep up the fight for some time.

For those in the GTX 500 Series, this card will seem like a huge leap, you'll notice the difference and by all means be satisfied. But if you're a 700 Series guy, the real improvements found in this card are its power usage which you'll notice is significantly less. EVGA's styling of this card is very good from a profile angle, and I haven't had many complaints except for the occasional screen glitch here or there, which I personally think has more to do with my monitor than it does actual issues with the card itself.

Remember, if you have a monitor that is outdated, the card won't make it more awesome, and most cases with vsync off, will make you realize how painful your refresh rate on your monitor really is (especially if coming from the 500 Series). This card is almost ideal with a high end 1440p gaming monitor like the Asus RoG Swift PG278Q or another 120-144Hz monitor that can really give you the experience of those extra frames so you can do something with it.

Overall I like it, but since I'm kind of obsessed with pushing the limits, this card isn't for me. But if you're not going to be trying to break the "4K Pixel Barrier" anytime soon, this card is definitely for you.

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hghghghg

4gigs GDDR5 is not enough need `12 gigs games keep changing the card is too old out of date 2 years ago.

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2015

Style: GTX 980 CLASSIFIED ACX 2.0Verified Purchase

4gigs GDDR 5 is not enough VRAM. games require 8 Gigs just to run at 1080p and need 4 more gigs of GDDR 5 VRAM to run 4K games
the performance is not there its out of date. too old. I do not understand why they cannot update the amount of GDDR5 to 8 gigs or 12 gigs
the games keep changing. it will not run smooth. buying 2 cards is wasting money. not happy

There is Also more problems. The drivers is a nightmare. Its bad enough video games got there own launcher that kills its own game.
like GTA V PC. Now you need primary launcher to launch all the game launchers. This is what I am talking about need a launcher for a launcher for a launcher. That is stupid. Now you have to download updates to make design launcher for the launcher to start the launcher for the launcher that will get to a launcher to start the game. I talking like I am out of my mind. Hey man I do not make these rules and design this crap. Lets see if I can make it simple for people to understand. I can understand why a lot of game designers are going with AMD graphic cards. This is why.
you going to need a ton of drivers for the drivers. No such thing for one driver,
before you install your drivers your going to need Microsoft Net Framework 2.5.2
once you get done
you will need NVIDIA GeForce Experience 2.4.5.57 driver
NVIDIA Graphics Driver 353.30 driver
NVIDIA PhysX System Software 9.15.0428 driver
NVIDIA HD Audio 1.3.34.3 driver ( why do I need another audio driver then I all ready got one for my motherboard? Stupid)
NVIDIA 3D VISION controller driver 352.65
NVIDIA 3D VISION Driver 353.30
and you will be needing
4 Microsoft Visual C++ from 2005 to 2013
all your drivers for your motherboard just to turn on the graphic card.
on top of that I had to format my Hard drive 5 times and install windows 5 times
once I install all of that. the updater that downloads drivers for what ever game you got.
GTA V PC and many other high end prime time game. They are all going to have launchers for each game.
then you need to install more drivers for the NVIDIA drivers to update each game for the NVIDIA launcher
all right
after you install all the long list of drivers that I noted
Then your going to need the latest Direct X
No longer simple as it was in 2004
No install GTA V PC at your own risk. you will be buying GTA V PC at your own risk big time. Be warned! Its own launcher will murder GTA V PC for not working. launch the launcher your going to need a NVIDIA launcher to launch the launcher GTA V PC
to do that. go to NVidia download drivers and download the latest NVIDIA GTA V PC drivers for the NVIDIA launcher.
after the download is completed and its time to install. there is a 90% chance the NVIDIA GTA V PC Drivers will not install.
when it failed the only way to correct it is to format the hard drive and install windows 7 64bit all over again and redo all your drivers
its a 2 to 3 days of work. by the time you install the NVIDIA GTA V PC driver is done then install GTA V PC
then go to the control Panel and then program the NVIDIA driver to launch GTA V on the NVIDIA launcher and set the graphics to work on the graphic card. once you get all of that done. use the NVIDIA launcher to the tab says GAMES Then Optimize it. once you set all of that
then click on launch. the launcher will launch the launcher then on the GTA V launcher create your account using the GTA V PC serial number . must give away your full name real name and age and birth date using Mods is not allowed. Cannot Sell and buy used GTA V PC
Remember the stupid story of jail lock used games off XBOX ONE AND PS4? That upset the gamers. it had to be done some place.
PC its MICROSOFT rule book. to use jail lock serial numbers on every thing. This is when people get there I.D theft stolen. adware, spyware
virus. people getting kicked out of GTA V PC account. every main stream game that comes out your going to install extra NVIDIA drivers for each game. a pre-driver for the driver for first launcher then a driver to launch the 2nd launcher that comes with the game.
your going to be calling up NVIDIA and TAKE2/ROCKSTAR Games and yell at the both of them why everything that is suppose to be done is not working. and demanding for case numbers and get cut off. and dump your 5000.00 computer in the trash can before smashing it
buying a NVidia graphic card is a waste of money. I hear that some game designers made the call to use AMD graphic cards instead.
its cheaper and going though all this jib jab taking a month calling a tone of people to get a GTA V PC to work when it dose not,
get all kinds of hardware / driver crash drama. and the launcher will murder the game. and EA, Take 2/Rockstar games, and all the main stream brand names will be demand case number and I D if you do not have it too bad. Even the NVIDIA Shield tablet did not work. well two of them. now I cannot get my graphic card to work properly and my games to launch and work.
and updates do not update. it will start to install then crash.
so forget about buying games on PC. get a PS4 that is where the games are at. its got AMD all over it and its working. there is no need for special pre drivers for the drivers for the drivers for the drivers for the driver and for the driver and deal with setting up drivers to install a pre-launcher for the launcher. you do not have to program the drivers to launch the launcher for the launcher and program GTA V to work on the graphics card. PS4 this is how it work. set up the PS4 one time on the internet and set up a account one time then update the firmware for the PS4 then install GTA V PS4 and run it. the graphics are the same between PS4 and PC the size of the GTA V PC and PS4 is the same
PS4 is the best gaming system. I am going to call NVIDIA corp level and yell at them big time and file my reports

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