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Performance: Gigabyte G1 Gaming or Zotac Amp Extreme (After voltage fix)

Balance: MSI TF V

Silence: ASUS strix

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The MSI TwinFrozr

Not sure how much it is in dollars, but it's pretty awesome

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MSI Twin frozr gets my vote as best all round card its had some amazing reviews

 

and my previous experience with Twin Frozr has been awesome

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Isn't there an issue with MSI 970's where the fans don't work? I mean, not just the feature where the fans don't really spin when not yet reaching a certain temp but they just stop altogether because of issues on sticker on the card? Read it somewhere in reddit, (cant post the link since reddit is not allowed in the office -_-)


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I've got msi's and its great so far

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Isn't there an issue with MSI 970's where the fans don't work? I mean, not just the feature where the fans don't really spin when not yet reaching a certain temp but they just stop altogether because of issues on sticker on the card? Read it somewhere in reddit, (cant post the link since reddit is not allowed in the office -_-)

 

from what i remember it was oposite, the fan always ran at 100% because it could get borked when removing the sticker. I ripped that thing off while the fan flexed and bent. I haven't had any issues.. might have been lucky.

 

either way, be careful when removing that sticker and you're golden, they said they were going to do something about it but i'm not sure they have done anything as of right now.

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from what i remember it was oposite, the fan always ran at 100% because it could get borked when removing the sticker. I ripped that thing off while the fan flexed and bent. I haven't had any issues.. might have been lucky.

 

either way, be careful when removing that sticker and you're golden, they said they were going to do something about it but i'm not sure they have done anything as of right now.

 

Yup I think that's the issue they had with the sticker which is weird, is this the first time they put a sticker on their gpu fans?

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Yup I think that's the issue they had with the sticker which is weird, is this the first time they put a sticker on their gpu fans?

i can't say for 100% certain that they have never done it even once before. But yes, i'm pretty sure this is the first time. The sticker is there to tell you about the no spinning feature up until a certain load/temp, so that people don't get worried thinking it's broken causing a support mayhem. They force you to remove the sticker before installing the card, making sure you can't avoid seeing the label. 

 

the adhesive on the sticker is way too strong and it covers like half the gpu, it wasn't exactly the best decision they have made.

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Performance: Gigabyte G1 Gaming or Zotac Amp Extreme (After voltage fix)

Balance: MSI TF V

Silence: ASUS strix

 

What do you (all) think of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW? I've been debating that or the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970.

I have read good and bad reviews of the ACX 2.0 cooler on the EVGA but the brand seems to be very popular and it has a higher clock speed than the Gigabyte not sure how well that translates to actual game performance.

 

I am currently shopping for components for my first PC build later this year.

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What do you (all) think of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW? I've been debating that or the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970.

I have read good and bad reviews of the ACX 2.0 cooler on the EVGA but the brand seems to be very popular and it has a higher clock speed than the Gigabyte not sure how well that translates to actual game performance.

 

I am currently shopping for components for my first PC build later this year.

the cooler is louder than the stock gtx 980 blower. trash

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I agree MSI have gone a long way & there cards are awesome quiet, low heat, great OCing, and not so expensive.

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