gtx970

[thunderrails]

Out of all of them, which is the best one?

[Hatsune Miku 「 」]

EVGA FTW edition IMO, got a nice binned chip which I could OC. If you don't want to overclock go for it because it has the highest base clock.

[lani100]

Out of all of them, which is the best one?

The best of all must be the Galax HOF edition or EVGA FTW Edition.

But a normal card I would say Asus or Gigabyte.

[athesean1]

i would say either the gigabyte g1 gaming because of performance and overclockability or the asus strix for its silent performance

[thunderrails]

Im looking at normal gpu cards. What's the news on the msi card?

[asker509]

Msi is the best overall IMO great overclocking potential, pretty silent, and nice passive cooling but it has no backplate

[thunderrails]

Msi is the best overall IMO great overclocking potential, pretty silent, and nice passive cooling but it has no backplate

Is the back plate a good thing or bad thing?

[lostatlas]

I had just gotten my Asus Strix GTX 970 4 days ago. Was an upgrade from a XFX 5850HD so the difference in power i felt was insane. Overclocked it so base clock is 1375mhz & memory is 7700mhz. I tried it with games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2/3, Battlefield 3/4, Diablo 3 RoS & The Crew, all with max settings (ultra @ 1080p) and it ran really well. I am still waiting for Crysis 3 to be downloaded and still thinking whether should i try the latest Modern Warfare: Advance Warfare. During idle and on simple games like Dota 2, fans won't spin as temperature won't go above 60c, and mind you, i'm living in a tropical country where its >36c all year around. Overall, brilliant card. 

[asker509]

Is the back plate a good thing or bad thing?

Bad thing it's not a big deal but it's a nice addition

[Acerpwns]

Bad thing it's not a big deal but it's a nice addition

no the backplate is a good thing it stops the GPU form sagging and putting unnecessary strain on the PCI-e slot but its not a big deal if you dont have it

[furiify]

I want to go for a 970, too. But I can't decide which one I should pick. I've compared all the retailer's Graphicscard's and I can't find a big difference in performance. So I am asking myself which one has the best durability and lowest noice level. And since I've heard about those "coil whine" problems I wonder which retailer offers the best in being quiet. Have you already made some experience? And which one would you recommend?

[thunderrails]

I've been watching all of the videos Linus put out on his YouTube channel and I still think the Asus is the best one yet. I'm good at figuring out things, if I locate where the whining is coming from I'll post it here and on YouTube. I think it's a pci vibration or a fan isn't balanced right in the housing

[furiify]

I've been watching all of the videos Linus put out on his YouTube channel and I still think the Asus is the best one yet. I'm good at figuring out things, if I locate where the whining is coming from I'll post it here and on YouTube. I think it's a pci vibration or a fan isn't balanced right in the housing

 

I don't think it's a poor based fan. If it would be a poor based fan, every retailer would've done a mistake with the fan. That would be pretty uncommon.

As far as I know it's because of vibrations and some electronic components. I've read about it here :

http://www.computerbase.de/2014-10/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-test-roundup-vergleich/4/

Sorry - It's german only. If you scroll down, there's a table where you can find the noise levels. Here's a translated picture :

 

 

As you see, every retailer has problems with coil whine. Some have pretty high coil whine, others have low coil whine.

[asker509]

no the backplate is a good thing it stops the GPU form sagging and putting unnecessary strain on the PCI-e slot but its not a big deal if you dont have it

My bad got it mixed up

[BigChimp97]

I'm in the same position between the MSI and the G1 Gaming