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Hi guys

 

1. What is the best 970 for Overclocking??

2. What is the best 970 which has the highest put of the box core clock??

 

Which one should I choose??

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The Sapphire R9 390 is a very good 970

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inv4 390 :P Which is better for most things.

 

 

Msi, Gigabyte G1.

Listen to what this guy said. Pretty soon there will be some R9 390(X) fanboys storming in here telling you the 970 is crap.

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Listen to what this guy said. Pretty soon there will be some R9 390(X) fanboys storming in here telling you the 970 is crap.

Nobody says the 970 is crap. But would you conciously get a worse thing instead of a better one while paying the same? I wouldn't.

As for the question that OP asked itself, get the MSI Gaming one, it's good all around, base clock doesn't matter since maxwell overclocks easily.

I still recommend getting a 290X if it costs about the same as the 390 & 970, or at least a 390.

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Nobody says the 970 is crap. But would you conciously get a worse thing instead of a better one while paying the same? I wouldn't.

I once had a build thread, No one said crap but they gave me lots of it.

I have never seen a 390 optimized for SFF builds.

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I once had a build thread, No one said crap but they gave me lots of it.

I have never seen a 390 optimized for SFF builds.

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What is a SFF build?

Small Form Factor

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Small Form Factor

That is because there are no ITX 390 versions, there are 970's like that though.

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EVGA 970 FTW is an awesome card and has been on sale on Amazon for $299. Every time the get more they sell out so you have to wait for it, it will be sold by Amazon at that price not some other reseller. Other then that I like the MSI cards followed by Gigabyte

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EVGA 970 FTW is an awesome card and has been on sale on Amazon for $299. Every time the get more they sell out so you have to wait for it, it will be sold by Amazon at that price not some other reseller. Other then that I like the MSI cards followed by Gigabyte

EVGA GTX 970 FTW is $377 on US Amazon for me
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EVGA GTX 970 FTW is $377 on US Amazon for me

Ahh my bad fellas the sale must have ended on them, a couple of days they were on sale for that much. I was gonna buy one but I got a 980 for $430 instead

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Ahh my bad fellas the sale must have ended on them, a couple of days they were on sale for that much. I was gonna buy one but I got a 980 for $430 instead

Better keep my eye out for hopefully another sale then!
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The Sapphire R9 390 is a very good 970

 

 

Nobody says the 970 is crap. But would you conciously get a worse thing instead of a better one while paying the same? I wouldn't.

As for the question that OP asked itself, get the MSI Gaming one, it's good all around, base clock doesn't matter since maxwell overclocks easily.

I still recommend getting a 290X if it costs about the same as the 390 & 970, or at least a 390.

 

 

390.

I know 390 is better bang for buck, but 390 is quite a bit more expensive in my country compared to 970. Unless you want Gigabyte for AMD and I've seen enough to know that's never going to happen. Should I go for EVGA FTW or Gigabyte G1 gaming??

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I know 390 is better bang for buck, but 390 is quite a bit more expensive in my country compared to 970. Unless you want Gigabyte for AMD and I've seen enough to know that's never going to happen. Should I go for EVGA FTW or Gigabyte G1 gaming??

 

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I know 390 is better bang for buck, but 390 is quite a bit more expensive in my country compared to 970. Unless you want Gigabyte for AMD and I've seen enough to know that's never going to happen. Should I go for EVGA FTW or Gigabyte G1 gaming??

The 390 and 970 perform nearly the same in most games at the moment so it shouldnt be a big deal for now. Personally I would go with the EVGA FTW because of EVGA's top tier customer support but both are great cards so whatever you choose should be great.
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If you plan on overclocking, the 970 is the better card.  If you plan on plugging it in and never touching it, the 390 is the better card.  There it is.

EDIT:  for 1080, if you're going with higher resolutions, the VRAM in the 390 will help  a lot.

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