970 which brand ?

[Executor]

I've sold my 2 7970 due to crossfire issue and headache, im about to get a 970 it seems a pretty good card for his price, I was wondering whichj brand ? Ive heard this one http://www.ncix.com/detail/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-970-oc-6d-102012.htm

 

from gigabyte is a good deal, or maybe another brand is better ?

[Wano97]

Gigabyte and MSI are both very good.

[Lotus]

Seems fine. Really, the difference between brands isn't all that great so long as they have decent aftermarket cooling solutions. However, the price difference can be. The best bet is usually whichever one is on sale for the cheapest.

[TheGamingBarrel]

Gigabyte cards are suffering from coil whine, but are the best, the second best and no coil whine are the ASUS Strix cards

[PixelPips]

The Gigabyte one is one of the higher rated 970's, but Asus cards and MSi are both pretty good. From my experience, avoid PNY and EVGA, but that's just me.

[BarisERY]

the best looking one.

[Lord Pantaloons]

EVGA has an outstanding warranty and fantastic customer support but due to my experience with them I can't suggest their hardware. Other good ones are Asus and MSI, another option is Zotac and they have made a strong showing with the 9xx series but I have no experience with them.

[Executor]

I'll compare prices between gigabite asus and msi but the gigabyte one seems to be pretty well overclocked already

[aidenrelkoff]

Gigabyte or EVGA. MSI makes great products (except for some of there MOBOs that have a failure rate of 5% in the first year...) but there customer service is CRAP.

[Executor]

 

• Gigabyte GTX 970 Gaming (coolest card, highest factory OC, best look with LED and backplate, little bit of noise in games, very long card though!)
• Asus GTX 970 Strix (very silent card, fans don't turn when idle or in light games, backplate, marginally slower than Gigabyte)
• MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G (same factory OC as the Asus one, quieter than the Gigabyte card, red theme, no backplate I believe)

There's not much difference though really, just go for what fits your build. 

 

Interesting, I'm gonna take a look and compare the prices

[Executor]

MSI could match my red theme, seems to be a really good one 

[Executor]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832&cm_re=msi_970-_-14-127-832-_-Product

 

farcry 4, alright good deal lol

[s3ns3]

and no coil whine are the ASUS Strix cards

first comment on newegg on the strix- coil whine

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Get teh gigabyte G1 !!

[Executor]

I'll probably get the msi one : http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832&cm_re=msi_970-_-14-127-832-_-Product

 

what do you guys think

[BaSkA]

The Gigabyte G1 is definitely the best from factory and potentially the best overclocked. However, it's sold out everywhere and really expensive right now so... either wait or go for ASUS Strix or maybe the Gigabyte version without back plate.