Anusha

He said it'll be faster than 1 SSD. That's the point.

no overclocking for current Xeons right?

This is valuable information as I am testing SLI right now.

Don't use Driver Sweeper. Use Display Driver Unintaller (or DDU for short). You can grab it from here. It will boot into safemode and remove everything. I have had very good results with it.

Sadly you've got nothing here that I need.

I ended up getting the MSI card. it had nothing to do with I still haven't tuned it to the max but it seems I cannot hit base clock 1300/memory clock 8000. there is some coil whining at certain places of benchmarks, but not all the time. i'm wondering if i should send it back and get another card. i can easily do that within a month. maybe settle for the Strix or something else. the max temps observed with the stock cooling setup of my case is 76C. I don't think the fans were running at full speed though as fan speed is controlled using CPU temps and CPU temps don't reach high enough to make those fans run at full speed. If I added more fans to the side, I might get better temps, but I don't think I have to do it right now as I'm happy with anything under 80C. the noise is amazing. it is like night and day compared to my old Palit GTX 670 Jetstream card which was rather a Jetscream. I was afraid the width of the case would be a problem, but I could close the side panel without much issue. the panel would push against the 6-pin power cables which don't bend easily.

Ordered the MSI card. Should arrive tomorrow. It would be a tight fit in the case though. And I think I killed my chances of going SLI.

it's not enough for 1440p. and my card it too loud and heats up a lot. i tried removing the heatsink and cleaning up/ replace the thermal paste, but the stupid screws Palit has used are impossible to unscrew without me buying some special tools. anyways, the video card feels out of place compared to other components in my rig. the problem with SLIing is that the current card is thicker than two slots, so i cannot install a 2nd card in the Maximus VII Gene board that i have. besides, i don't think the GTX 670 cards with blower style coolers were good. and i have a 650W PSU, which is stretching two far with two GTX 670's even if the board allowed me to install a second card. basically i want a new card. i can wait to see AMD's response or NVidia's response after that, but i know that the launch prices of any card won't be reasonable here in Japan, and the prices won't drop until the next big thing comes out. for example, the GTX 980 sells for $700 or more. GTX 780Ti prices were somewhat on par with USA prices throughout the year, but they didn't drop once the 900 series came out unlike in USA where you can get a 780Ti for around $420. here it is still hovering around $600-700 mark. sucks! luckily for us, the 970 was released at a very low price so even after the premium, they are somewhat affordable. to save on the prices, i have to go for the second hand highend cards of the previous generation. those are sold by guys who upgrade to the newer generation at any price. the 290 and the 780 I've listed in the first post are such cards. They are in immaculate condition as per the rating the shop selling the card. (People sell it to the shop and the shop sells at a higher price. It would be cheaper to directly get it from the person, but the shop offers limited warranty and it is worth the extra $20-30 because you never know what the quality of these used cards are). i found a R9 290x for $333 brand new, but it has a crappy cooler. custom one, but no better than the stock cooler. slightly quieter but still hits 94C. shame! otherwise i would have gone for it. as of right now, i'm set on the MSI but i lose SLI. hopefully i will never want to SLI.

I have the stock fan configuration. The fan not he side panel towards the front of the case brings in cool air so it is good for the graphics card. The manual of the case itself says that it is better to go for cards with blower style coolers. The issue is, the ones currently available on the GTX 970 seems to be utter crap - not temps and noise wise. I am unsure whether to go with the Palit. If not I'd have night it already...I guess. If it was available with the NVTTM cooler, it is an instant buy.

I probably will upgrade in a year so there isn't a big risk because I get a 1 month warranty as well so that I can return in case of an issue.

If I get the MSI, that's like saying goodbye to SLI right? Especially in that small case

So you guys justify paying almost 60% more for the GTX 970 for better power consumption and 5-10% more speed? Maybe even 20% when overclocked.

Hi guys, I currently have a GTX 670 card in my rig. I am hoping to upgrade soon, but I have a small case - the Silverstone SG09 and I don't plan to change it. I originally wanted to get a GTX 970 but they aren't that cheap here. So I am looking at other options as well. Palit GTX 970 blower style: $407 Galaxy GTX 970 EXOC: $416 MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G: $425 Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X: $370 PowerColor R9 290 PCS+: $370 Gigabyte R9 290-OC (used but very good condition): $269 GTX 780 Twin Frozr 4S OC (used but very good condition): $354 I understand that the only way I might be able to SLI in thie case is if I go with Palit card. There is slim chance that I would SLI though. I would definitely overclock, but I am quite sensitive to noise as well. And the case is only about two feet away from my ears, so the noise will be a concerning factor. I would be able to sell my GTX 670 for around $150. Not anymore unfortunately. What would you choose if you were in my position.