Is an aftermarket cooler actually better on the 900's?

[lachyman]

Hey there,

I was just wondering, is a non-reference cooler still that important as before? Looking at the heat output of the 980, the stock cooler seems to be just fine to me.

 

I'm asking because I was thinking of stepping my 780 up for a 980 and EVGA offers the ACX 2.0 and a stock one, which is considerably cheaper. 

Which one would you go for?

[luke_2bossly]

I buy your old 780

[Jobbe03]

Aftermarket coolers are better but the recent nvidia coolers have been good aswell. 

[Anthony10]

Well yeah... the aftermarket ones will always be better, or else it would make no sense to design them. I prefer the aesthetics of the reference cooler, so I personally would go with the reference rather than ACX 2.0 or STRIX or Twin Frozr V

[lachyman]

I buy your old 780

I'm not selling it, I'm exchanging it through the StepUp program EVGA runs.

[luke_2bossly]

I'm not selling it, I'm exchanging it through the StepUp program EVGA runs.

step up??? Tell me more plz

[BenD]

there is really no point in dumping 780's... it makes more sense to skip a generation, i might even skip the 900 series if the upcoming promising games can run smoothly on my rig, and i pay my own electrical bill, but i'm also buying my own pc parts so i'm not planning on wasting money if it's not needed

[Dubesta11]

step up??? Tell me more plz

 

If you buy a card from EVGA within a certain time limit, they will allow you to spend the extra money to trade in your old GPU for a new one. Always buy from EVGA if you plan on upgrading, or buying a new product soon.

[luke_2bossly]

sick

[luke_2bossly]

If you buy a card from EVGA within a certain time limit, they will allow you to spend the extra money to trade in your old GPU for a new one. Always buy from EVGA if you plan on upgrading, or buying a new product soon.

awesome good to know thx

[Briggsy]

toms hardware review showed some temperature throttling on the reference 980, but it was under heavy load so could be ok for those not interested in overclocking too much.

[menendez1293]

If you buy a card from EVGA within a certain time limit, they will allow you to spend the extra money to trade in your old GPU for a new one. Always buy from EVGA if you plan on upgrading, or buying a new product soon.

Just started my step up for the 980 with them. You can only choose the refrence design with them right now. That was fine with me as I plan on adding a second down the road.

[Dubesta11]

Just started my step up for the 980 with them. You can only choose the reference design with them right now. That was fine with me as I plan on adding a second down the road.

 

The new blower design is said to be quiet and cool enough, and it can actually be better for SLI cooling.