GTX 970 G1 Gaming or EVGA's FTW

[WhiteSkyMage]

hey guys,

 

Looks like those 2 GPUs are leading the whole market with the factory OC and dual bios(which I kinda love to have). I however heard people saying negative stuff like: Coil Whine on G1 Gaming and Bad heatsink contact on the EVGA's GTX 970s. Is there anything of that sort? Which of the two would you suggest?

[Archangel1994]

No coil whine on my G1 gaming here so I suggest the G1 gaming because binning

[virtualTune]

all 970s have an issue with coil whine. Some more, some less. I would be more worried about the heatsink issue and lesser cooler of the EVGA

[themaniac]

hey guys,

 

Looks like those 2 GPUs are leading the whole market with the factory OC and dual bios(which I kinda love to have). I however heard people saying negative stuff like: Coil Whine on G1 Gaming and Bad heatsink contact on the EVGA's GTX 970s. Is there anything of that sort? Which of the two would you suggest?

well i know that one heat pipe does not make contact on the evga one but i believe thats only the SC and non overclocked one but not sure for the ftw because it has 5 heat pipes when the SC and non overclocked ones have 3 heatpipes but i would chose what ever has higher quality parts in it

[AMD Lover]

G1

[Darkman]

all 970s have an issue with coil whine. Some more, some less. I would be more worried about the heatsink issue and lesser cooler of the EVGA

Umm.. Jayz proved that the reddit photo for the EVGA cooler posted about it not touching is fake and his picture showed what it actually looks like. I know it's on his instagram.

[Smooth Bunz]

Honestly the G1 gaming even though i'm an evga fanboy  

[themaniac]

Umm.. Jayz proved that the reddit photo for the EVGA cooler posted about it not touching is fake and his picture showed what it actually looks like. I know it's on his instagram.

from what i know is that he only had the 980 not the 970

[Darkman]

from what i know is that he only had the 980 not the 970

He only has the 980 but I'm pretty sure they are quite similar in terms of the cooler design.

[virtualTune]

Umm.. Jayz proved that the reddit photo for the EVGA cooler posted about it not touching is fake and his picture showed what it actually looks like. I know it's on his instagram.

Umm..I don't follow Jayz on any platform. 

[themaniac]

He only has the 980 but I'm pretty sure they are quite similar in terms of the cooler design.

i'm currently watching this video

evga guy in it says that they purposely had only 2 heatpipes for the plain sc acx 2.0 but not sure about the ftw 970 but the ftw 970 actually has 4 heatpipes as i could see in the picture that was shown in the video so far

[WhiteSkyMage]

i'm currently watching this video

evga guy in it says that they purposely had only 2 heatpipes for the plain sc acx 2.0 but not sure about the ftw 970 but the ftw 970 actually has 4 heatpipes as i could see in the picture that was shown in the video so far

 

Umm.. Jayz proved that the reddit photo for the EVGA cooler posted about it not touching is fake and his picture showed what it actually looks like. I know it's on his instagram.

 

well i know that one heat pipe does not make contact on the evga one but i believe thats only the SC and non overclocked one but not sure for the ftw because it has 5 heat pipes when the SC and non overclocked ones have 3 heatpipes but i would chose what ever has higher quality parts in it

 

Well, watch the video, the FTW has another design. So the problem with "2/3 heatpipes touch" is off this topic from now on. However, I hot another concern. EVGA did not use COPPER on that heatsink. I know copper is expensive these days but it can make big difference in cooling. I wonder if Gigabyte used copper or steel. Looks like steel but I don't know what's on the contact of the heatsink with the GPU chip itself. 

[themaniac]

Well, watch the video, the FTW has another design. So the problem with "2/3 heatpipes touch" is off this topic from now on. However, I hot another concern. EVGA did not use COPPER on that heatsink. I know copper is expensive these days but it can make big difference in cooling. I wonder if Gigabyte used copper or steel. Looks like steel but I don't know what's on the contact of the heatsink with the GPU chip itself. 

i have no idea about that but chose evga if you want the best customer support you can get or gigabyte if you want a 3 fan design and a bit better cooling(i think the gigabyte has better cooling then the ftw acx 2.0 version)

[themaniac]

Well, watch the video, the FTW has another design. So the problem with "2/3 heatpipes touch" is off this topic from now on. However, I hot another concern. EVGA did not use COPPER on that heatsink. I know copper is expensive these days but it can make big difference in cooling. I wonder if Gigabyte used copper or steel. Looks like steel but I don't know what's on the contact of the heatsink with the GPU chip itself. 

one more thing on newegg the ftw version comes with a free evga torq so that could help you decide

[WhiteSkyMage]

one more thing on newegg the ftw version comes with a free evga torq so that could help you decide

Well Iooks like my sister will have a new mouse I am really going for Corsair M95 and I just don't want any other mouse. That mouse just looks like:

 

to my eyes...

[themaniac]

Well Iooks like my sister will have a new mouse I am really going for Corsair M95 and I just don't want any other mouse. That mouse just looks like:

 

to my eyes...

that made me laugh quite hard : :lol:

[WhiteSkyMage]

that made me laugh quite hard : :lol:

 

Well... Look at it carefully... I love it!

[themaniac]

Well... Look at it carefully... I love it!

its so white i can barely see it even with the night theme on curses you white evga mouse >:c

Edit: thats actually a corsair mouse *face palm*

[WhiteSkyMage]

Going back to the cards... This is the SSC GTX 970.

 

And this is the FTW GTX 970:

 

So, I think it's better... No need to worry. It has Dual Bios and 1367 MHz factory OC which is pretty much the biggest factory OC for GTX 970. Yeah i would go with that one.

[themaniac]

Going back to the cards... This is the SSC GTX 970.

 

And this is the FTW GTX 970:

 

So, I think it's better... No need to worry. It has Dual Bios and 1367 MHz factory OC which is pretty much the biggest factory OC for GTX 970. Yeah i would go with that one.

yeah it does have the highest hope you enjoy which ever one you get and could you give me a little review of the ftw with temps and OCing performance you get with it if you get it

[WhiteSkyMage]

yeah it does have the highest hope you enjoy which ever one you get and could you give me a little review of the ftw with temps and OCing performance you get with it if you get it

 

I would do a video with my full PC no worries...

However, one thing to note: As much as this card costs ($390), my CPU costs only $15 less. Can you guess which CPU is it?

[themaniac]

I would do a video with my full PC no worries...

However, one thing to note: As much as this card costs ($390), my CPU costs only $15 less. Can you guess which CPU is it?

the i7 4820k i think

[AWIERDH0B0]

I bought a Gigabyte GTX 970 G1, worst coil whine youve ever heard, so i returned it and its been on back order for a month

[WhiteSkyMage]

the i7 4820k i think

 

The next one - 5820K... close one there  - Haswell-E. Costs $375 but is a 6-core with 15MB Cache!

 

 

I bought a Gigabyte GTX 970 G1, worst coil whine youve ever heard, so i returned it and its been on back order for a month

 

Well, that's why I will not even bother buying it.

 

You know why I wanted the G1 Gaming? Because of the 3 copper heatpipes. Copper is better in heat transfer, so that means better cooling. The G1 Gaming, both for 980 and 970 has thick heatsink and with 3 fans, it will have more air moving through, meaning a lot cooler. The COIL Whine is the only thing I would really hate and as I see, every 2nd customer on Newegg is saying that this card has noisy coil whine. Jayz got away lucky.

 

Everyone thought that G1 gaming will be the best card on the market - quiet and good for OCing, well, it's not quiet anymore! Go to back to EVGA if you want a good factory OC, or just take an Asus card and give it a try, might OC, but you are not guaranteed to even reach EVGA's clock on the FTW, not mentioning the Classy. 

[themaniac]

The next one - 5820K... close one there

 

 

 

Well, that's why I will not even bother buying it.

 

You know why I wanted the G1 Gaming? Because of the 3 copper heatpipes. Copper is better in heat transfer, so that means better cooling. The G1 Gaming, both for 980 and 970 has thick heatsink and with 3 fans, it will have more air moving through, meaning a lot cooler. The COIL Whine is the only thing I would really hate and as I see, every 2nd customer on Newegg is saying that this card has noisy coil whine. Jayz got away lucky.

 

Everyone thought that G1 gaming will be the best card on the market - quiet and good for OCing, well, it's not quiet anymore! Well, go to back to EVGA if you want a good factory OC, or just take an Asus card and give it a try, might OC, but you are not guaranteed to even reach EVGA's clock on the FTW, not mentioning the Classy. 

dang it so close >:c

 

 

the strix has low quality parts on the pcb so i wouldn't recommend it but it does work but its not a "god" card as many people say