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MSI or Asus for GTX 970?

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I am looking to setup an two 970s in SLI but I can't decide on which non-reference card to go with. I have narrowed it down to either MSI or Asus but I welcome any suggestions.

Keep in mind i live in Australia and its pretty hot down here so temps are a pretty big issue, noise not so much. 

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they are pretty much equal so get the cheaper card.

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Some may call me a MSI fanboy.

but MSI

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One makes you broke, the other you can get more of and have a midnight snack from the fridge when hungry again. Once you go Nvidia, you go broked, turn into an Elitist, or get the incorrect amount of VRAM.


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I got the non-gaming MSI and i couldn't be happier.

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Msi afterburner is really good for overclocking so thats one thing to consider, but you can actually use it with the asus card xD. Honestly Id just buy whichever one has the cheapest card. I looked through the reviews on the non reference cards from MSI and ASUS on newegg and they were mostly positive.

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Somewhat unrelated note: Id get that baller ass 970 from gigabyte. The large one and the mitx has 3 display ports which is perfect because these maxwell cards are so beast why not push them with some surround 120 fps gaming :D also gigabyte cooling designs are really nice

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thanks for the replies all :) 

 

i heard that the msi 970 has potentailly more overclocking headroom not sure how it stacks up against the asus 970 tho. any thoughts?

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I would 2nd the gigabyte g1 970 :

Almost everyone seems to agree it is the best of the bunch.

Almost everyone is getting 1500Mhz overclocks without touching the power/VOLTS. Mine runs under 65c at 1506MHz AND +300mhz memory clock. And that not even uncommon!

In short, the card is a beast.

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Get the Gigabtye G1 or Asus Strix. They both have backplate. Which the MSI one hasn't.

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