ASUS STRIX 970

[Biology]

so im back at this frustrating effing... argument between al gtx 970.

blahhh. i do plan to do dual SLI in the future

MY build

 

i7-4790k

corsair h105

gigabye z97x-gaming7

g.skills ripjaw x 2x6 1866/2133/2400 (one of those ,or dominator platinum)

evga 750w B2

 

so i heard...

g1 - bad in sli and really loud - but best performance

msi - middle groud - but annoying coil whine?

asus strix - quiet of all

 

my question is, since the fan dont run under heavy load, will that cause the strix to over heat? i mean it will 

heat up while running games like LOL but the fans arent running?

which is the best GPU for me?

[givingtnt]

I reccomend the g1 or the strix. they are both pretty much equal

[NeCoNLive]

I have 980MSI gaming and no coil whine at all!!!

[Doughnutnator]

The G1 gaming isn't noisy at all, is a very silent card.

[Ribozyme]

I would go with the strix. Passive fans are awesome! Don't worry, if the load gets high enough the fans will spin up. I think they start spinning beginning from 68 degrees celcius. I don't know much about SLI though. Reference designs would work best I guess. But a GPU is much more heat tolerable than most people give it credit for. It does not care if it is 60 degrees or 90 degrees. If it should get too hot, computer will shut down before any harm is done. Most of the time I set my GPU fan as slow as possible so temperature hovers around 90 degrees.

Cool temperatures are overrated, don't sweat it too much

[FreeDiver]

 

my question is, since the fan dont run under heavy load, will that cause the strix to over heat? i mean it will 

heat up while running games like LOL but the fans arent running?

 

Correct me if I am wrong but the fans probably kick on at a certain temperature, not load %. 

[timemachine]

Correct me if I am wrong but the fans probably kick on at a certain temperature, not load %. 

 

 

EVGA kicks on at 40c , i think the Strix does that as well.

[Biology]

I would go with the strix. Passive fans are awesome! Don't worry, if the load gets high enough the fans will spin up. I think they start spinning beginning from 68 degrees celcius. I don't know much about SLI though. Reference designs would work best I guess. But a GPU is much more heat tolerable than most people give it credit for. It does not care if it is 60 degrees or 90 degrees. If it should get too hot, computer will shut down before any harm is done. Most of the time I set my GPU fan as slow as possible so temperature hovers around 90 degrees.

Cool temperatures are overrated, don't sweat it too much

Umm and g1 performance vs asus and msi aren't really that far by margin anyway right ? I mean they can't be plus 20 30 60. Prolly just like decimals right ?

[Ribozyme]

Umm and g1 performance vs asus and msi aren't really that far by margin anyway right ? I mean they can't be plus 20 30 60. Prolly just like decimals right ?

Stock differences between the cards are 2-3 frames at best. The differences in clock speed don't matter because you only need to slide up one slider yourself in MSI afterburner way beyond the frequencies that any of the manufacturers offer The 900 series are known to overclock to 1400-1500mhz quite easily, how awesome is that!

 

[anthonyc813]

no coil whine at all on my Strix and I don't hear the fans at all even after 12 hours of DA:I per day over the holiday weekend.

[anthonyc813]

I reccomend the g1 or the strix. they are both pretty much equal

LOL your profile pic gif had me laughing for 10 minutes! hahaah

[roctrebira]

I have the 970 strix and just alawys run it at a 50% fan speed cause you cant hear it at all and there is coil whine but it has been getting less noticable over time.

[Spev]

so im back at this frustrating effing... argument between al gtx 970.

blahhh. i do plan to do dual SLI in the future

MY build

 

i7-4790k

corsair h105

gigabye z97x-gaming7

g.skills ripjaw x 2x6 1866/2133/2400 (one of those ,or dominator platinum)

evga 750w B2

 

so i heard...

g1 - bad in sli and really loud - but best performance

msi - middle groud - but annoying coil whine?

asus strix - quiet of all

 

my question is, since the fan dont run under heavy load, will that cause the strix to over heat? i mean it will 

heat up while running games like LOL but the fans arent running?

which is the best GPU for me?

Just so you know the EVGA 970s have the same exact "0db" feature as the Strix, for some odd reason they don't advertise it.........just thought I would throw that into the mix.

[Real_PhillBert]

EVGA kicks on at 40c , i think the Strix does that as well.

The Strix cards fans kick in at 60c.

 

Although I set up a different fan curve on my 980 so it idles down at 36c instead of mid 50s.