Gigabyte vs. EVGA

[XPGHawk]

Continuation of the title: I am stuck between the Gigabyte GTX 970 (g1 gaming variant) and the EVGA GTX 970 (sc, ftw variants)

 

I can't seem to find many cons to either of the two cards on the internet so far and so now I am here asking you guys which you would chose for 1440p gaming. Will be playing BF4, Far Cry 4, Skyrim with a lot of mods , some racing sims and such and i will overclock the card. Heavily and will eventually buy a second one and put both under water. Anyways, which card would you chose for overclockability, cooling capabilities, and overall best performance?

[Interfectorem]

I would go with the 970 G1 Gaming solely based on the fact that the GPU chips are cherry picked and I assume that it will overclock better and give better performance. However it might be hard to find a waterblock for the 970 G1 Gaming, since EVGA mostly uses reference PCBs (I think). Either way, both are still a GTX 970 and whichever one you end up picking, you won't regret.

[Suffokation]

G1 Gaming all the way.

[Epic_Nex]

gigabytes is slightly better but when i mean slight i mean, you cant tell a difference, i would just go with whichever is cheaper

[Spev]

EK is coming out with waterblocks for a lot of the EVGA cards in January, I know I will be picking one up for my FTW 970.

[Tacitus]

EK is coming out with waterblocks for a lot of the EVGA cards in January, I know I will be picking one up for my FTW 970.

 

Given how popular the G1 edition has been they'd be stupid not to make a waterblock for it.

 

As for OP. I decided to get Gigabyte's card. It runs cooler, quieter, overclocks better. It also has the bonus of better VRM cooling, something often overlooked.

[XPGHawk]

I would go with the 970 G1 Gaming solely based on the fact that the GPU chips are cherry picked and I assume that it will overclock better and give better performance. However it might be hard to find a waterblock for the 970 G1 Gaming, since EVGA mostly uses reference PCBs (I think). Either way, both are still a GTX 970 and whichever one you end up picking, you won't regret.

Yea thanks for the input. Appreciate it and forgot gigabyte g1 gaming were cherry picked.

Given how popular the G1 edition has been they'd be stupid not to make a waterblock for it.

As for OP. I decided to get Gigabyte's card. It runs cooler, quieter, overclocks better. It also has the bonus of better VRM cooling, something often overlooked.

Very good point about the VRAM. Otherwise thanks for the input, i will be going with 2 gigabyte cards