KM not showing as a link.. do you get that from a msft resale vendor? i'm downloading this 90 day of the latest LTSB to try: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-10-enterprise
GeForce GTX 970
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make sure to use a program like winhasher to check that the values match what was posted earlier
also, for a product that was supposed to be eol like 6 months ago it sure has a lot of recent security updates being pushed by wu
i feel really positive about this
edit: I was looking at the wrong product. Security updates until 2025 for Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB!!!
this forum is the greatest. i'd love to give back more!
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I found a couple of explanation of the power settings in Nvidia control panel. While I don't know if it's correct it is interesting. The setting is defaulted to Optimal Power. Looks like the settings has an impact on when and if we are rendering frames outside of games, but I don't know if that's significant for us.
From https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4trvuk/power_management_modes_difference/
It might be a little different for mobile GPUs, so I can't comment on all the power modules.
However, for desktop GPUs (at least my 970 with latest driver) there are 3 power options, optimal power, adaptive and prefer maximum performance.
Prefer max performance: Locks the GPU into a higher voltage and higher clock state, your GPU will stay at its '3D application/game' clocks in all situations and not lower itself into an idle state
Adaptive: The GPU will reduce clock speeds and voltages when it isn't under heavy load, i.e. when browsing the web/watching a video
Optimal Power: Basically everything adaptive does, however if your GPU is doing nothing (i.e. on the desktop) Optimal power won't keep re-rendering the frame over and over, if it's the same frame it'll just pull it from memory and display that frame
From https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4x15ax/optimal_power_adaptive_or_highest_performance/:
Optimal Power
Maximum power saving. It effectively stops the GPU from rendering anything in idle if the desktop isn't changing. Moving your cursor around for instance will trigger a render. Other than that, it's the same as Adaptive.Adaptive
Lowers the clock of the GPU and memory when idle and in games (when usage is low). It's basically the same as Intel's Speedstep and AMD's Cool'n'Quiet.Maximum Performance
Clocks will not be lowered when in games, this will of course increase power consumption and heat. It will lower in idle, however if you launch Google Chrome for instance, the GPU will run at maximum clocks while it's open.Generally, I recommend Adaptive. For some games you have to specifically tell it to run full throttle in order to avoid stuttering.
6 days later
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Gurm The Zotac literature says they use some kind of "4k on a 1080 display" technology
It's NVidia DSR, which renders the game at a higher resolution (4k) and downscales it, similar to how you can play a 4k video on a 1080p display and it looks sharper.
https://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/dsr/technology
I've never used it (I rarely game) but I can't imagine this post processing incurred by such technology does anything good in terms of eye strain or even input latency.
a year later
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Hey,
I'll try out a system with MSI Z97 Board, Intel I5 Haswell and with a MSI GTX 970. OS is Win 10.
The system gives me a bit eyestrain at the beginning, however I'll do more tests to check the GTX 970 for me. Although the system is old, it's the most powerful I have so far.
Hey some Bios Data:
VBios: 84.04.36.00.F1
Mainboard Bios: E7917IMS V1.3
would this information helpful vor the Nvidia experts here?
8 days later
Sorry for the Tripple Post.
My Setup with the GTX 970 definitely gives me eyestrain. However not as bad as Intel devices.
13 days later
I bought a Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, the same model used by AgentX20, and thankfully I can use it without eye strain. Thanks man. I can now retire my GTX 760...actually I think i will keep it as spare. Graphics cards that doesnt cause eye strain is rare, so I think i will just keep this.
Kray How do I do that?
Get GPU-Z - https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
When you run it the main tab should show VBIOS info.
Also would be great if @AgentX20 could do the same on his 970 for comparison.
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My 970's VBIOS version is 84.04.2F.00.80
For those of you who have a good 970 what hardware and OS are you using? The more detail the better. Anyone using it on Linux?
I'm running the latest Windows 10 build and the latest Nvidia drivers. I am using the Nvidia control panel to reduce the brightness on my Dell 2407 to cut out PWM (not that I've had any real issues with that on this monitor).
The apps I avoid due to causing eye strain are Chrome > V68, and Prepar3D (flight sim) V4. Firefox was bad for a time but seems more useable nowadays. Also F1 2019 under DX12 might cause some strain as well, but I refunded it so cannot test further.
Harrison I was googling last night as I'm new to the world of overclocking and flashing GPU's. Gigabyte released their own flash utility on the website which in theory you should be able to flash with an older rom? It's risky but if you 100% know which variant of the card you have and it's the original ROM for that card it may work? Maybe somebody more experienced in this field can chime in. 
Harrison The techpowerup site have a database of VBIOS to download. Also the GPU-Z tool allows you to dump your current VBIOS. Maybe worth doing that before making any changes. If in doubt I'd post your card setup there and they may be able to help.
I would be very interested to know if downgrading to a 'working' version would make a difference.
