GTX 970 but which one?

[Razzaa]

Damage controlling for Nvidia ?

Nope. Damage controlling for LTT. We have enough little trolls to begin with.

[LeighPing]

Damage controlling for Nvidia ?

 

There's no need for that as it's a good card by any measure. Razzaa is just answering the question.

[Whorax]

The G1 is good.

My SLI MSI 970s never gave me any problems either and I was happy with them.

[dandrix]

Nope. Damage controlling for LTT. We have enough little trolls to begin with.

Btw wasnt really trolling, just making an innocent joke, anyway i wouldnt reccomend buying 970 after how Nvidia has screwed its customers, 970 should rival 290X at 4K, but that 0.5 GB thing prevents it from doing so.

[Razzaa]

Btw wasnt really trolling, just making an innocent joke, anyway i wouldnt reccomend buying 970 after how Nvidia has screwed its customers, 970 should rival 290X at 4K, but that 0.5 GB thing prevents it from doing so.

Again, off topic and trying to derail the thread. The OP never asks if he should buy a 290 or 970. He also didn't ask for your expert opinion on the 970 which you do not own. We have a thread related to the 970 Vram. If you want to debate 970 vs 290, please do it elsewhere.

[dandrix]

Again, off topic and trying to derail the thread. The OP never asks if he should buy a 290 or 970. He also didn't ask for your expert opinion on the 970 which you do not own. We have a thread related to the 970 Vram. If you want to debate 970 vs 290, please do it elsewhere.

Calm down.

[The Pizza Thief]

Get GTX 970: R9 290X Edition

Cuz 4GB means 4GB with AMD.

Shots fired ! Nah really, they do the exact same thing, "lacking" 0.5gb of Vram (as many say it does) and still beats that card in many benchmarks

[s3ns3]

Btw wasnt really trolling, just making an innocent joke, anyway i wouldnt reccomend buying 970 after how Nvidia has screwed its customers, 970 should rival 290X at 4K, but that 0.5 GB thing prevents it from doing so.

the card has no blame and its fine.nvidia wasn`t transparent about the specs. however that doesn`t change its performance seen in all the benchmarks.

best 290x vs best 970 http://www.thinkcomputers.org/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-970-g1-gaming-graphics-card-review/5/

yeah

[yippy3000]

I don't understand the love of the Gigabyte G1.  It is the biggest and loudest of the cards.

 

EVGA just released two new card in January.  The GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ and the FTW+.  Both cards are factory clocked higher than the G1, have similar power delivery and unlike the G1, have a 0db mode.  If you don't plan on overclocking yourself, the FTW+ is the fastest stock card you can get.

[Ramonman]

i sould go with MSI. I got i for a few days now and it is a beast! all the most recent game's on ULTRA! w/o anny problems, never goes under 50fps

[dnkgaming]

Heres whats goin on with the 970 .. http://youtu.be/spZJrsssPA0

 

[LeighPing]

Heres whats goin on with the 970 ..

 

 

I've tried really hard to get it going on with mine and it just won't happen for me. Big 30" screen, 2560x1600 resolution, ultra textures. I've pounded it on stock boost with no overclock too. It just handles it all with such ease and won't give me the reason to hate it. Not yet anyhow..

 

Hating the Nvidia scam. Now, that's a different story.

[dnkgaming]

I would still buy the card if the box said 3.5 gb vram. Every review about the vram issue still states that its a great card for its value. Perhaps thats just me tho..