Gainward reference GTX 970

xMishax · October 25, 2014

What do you think about it? Is it overclockable? Asking because all other versions of gtx 970 are way more expensive in my country

VMaxMuffin · October 25, 2014

What do you think about it? Is it overclockable? Asking because all other versions of gtx 970 are way more expensive in my country

It's cheaper for a reason. Overclockable? Well probably, you can overclock on the stock cooler for the 980 and the 970's stock cooler is based on similar/the same technology, just not completely made of metal. It just won't overclock very well compared to an aftermarket cooler or watercooling.

What do I think of it? Well, it looks ugly. I guess if you planned to watercool it in the future then that would be a reason to get the reference version, but otherwise... ugh. It will probably be really loud too. But performance wise it should be fine, there's really only a few FPS in overclocking usually from what I've seen.