NVIDIA GTX 970 Different Versions

[Guest]

• I am planning to buy a desktop and I would like to know the differences between these 3 NVIDIA GTX 970's and which one I should buy which will provide me the best performance for gaming.

 

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Maxwell) (Single Card) 

 

EVGA FTW Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single

Card) 

 

EVGA ACX Superclocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card

(Maxwell) (Single Card) 

 

 

[RichardsD]

Uh... that formatting?

 

Anyways.. this is a .. interesting post.  The first is nothing, it's just... well nothing because it has no model or manufacturer.

 

The second is the fastest out of the three, the one below is similar but lower stock clock, the first is not anything

[Guest]

@RichardsD

 

Yeah.. Sry about the formatting, the editor looked nothing like that when I was typing and the first one is just a regular GTX 970 I guess, nothing special about it.

[RichardsD]

@RichardsD

 

Yeah.. Sry about the formatting, the editor looked nothing like that when I was typing and the first one is just a regular GTX 970 I guess, nothing special about it.

 

Right, well in that case a reference one will both be slower and hotter than the second one.  

[Zweihander]

 

Uh... that formatting?

 

^^lawls

 

There is a new version of the EVGA card -- Super Superclocked (SSC)...

[Imakuni]

So, do you want me to recommend you which model(s) is(are) ACTUALLY worth it? I'll right in white, highlight it to see.

 

1. MSI Gaming 4G or Gigabyte Windforce. The one that's cheapest.

 

I don't like EVGA much, btw.

[TheMcSame]

1. Reference card

 

2. One of EVGA's overclocking cards (I think). I assume it's a binned chip

 

3. Reference PCB with EVGA's ACX cooler and a slight overclock.

 

 

Well...

 

1. Will be louder and hotter than the rest

 

2. Will probably overclock better than the other two but it comes at a cost

 

3. Not worth it, you could save money and do a slight overclock with a normal EVGA ACX card and get the same clock speeds, though you aren't guaranteed to hit them.

 

 

Honestly I think you'd be better off with MSI's TF or Gigabyte's Windforce  cards unless you can get something cheaper like a G1 or a Galax HOF (which I doubt you'd get cheaper). Of course there's always the ITX offerings as well as the lower end offerings like Palit's jetstream, Zotac "gaming edition" (not AMP), Galax's EXOC and INNO3D's dual fan card.

[Guest]

Thank You for all of your replies, one other question. 

 

Does it matter if two of them are Maxwell and one of them doesn't say anything? (I know Maxwell is better compared to Kepler and other brands but does it make a difference on these three graphics card)

 

@Imakuni

@Zweihander

@TheMcSame

@RichardsD

[TheFalseHuman]

Thank You for all of your replies, one other question. 

 

Does it matter if two of them are Maxwell and one of them doesn't say anything? (I know Maxwell is better compared to Kepler and other brands but does it make a difference on these three graphics card)

 

@Imakuni

@Zweihander

@TheMcSame

@RichardsD

All 970's are using the new Maxwell architecture 

 

Also, are you building this, or is this a pre-built system?

[Imakuni]

Thank You for all of your replies, one other question. 

 

Does it matter if two of them are Maxwell and one of them doesn't say anything? (I know Maxwell is better compared to Kepler and other brands but does it make a difference on these three graphics card)

 

@Imakuni

@Zweihander

@TheMcSame

@RichardsD

Is it a gtx 970? Then it is Maxwell.

[Doughnutnator]

Watch JayzTwoCents, he said that the G1 Gaming runs cooler, even against the new SSC.

If you can go with the G1 Gaming. You're pretty much guaranteed that you will hit at least 1500Mhz. They're good cards.