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What GTX 970 looks the best?

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Hello! I've been looking at 970's lately and I found one I really liked, the Galax 970 SOC edition and it looks beautiful. All except the "Gamer" logo that is on the top of the card and would be what I'd be looking at the entire time and honestly is a deal breaker. Can anyone recommend a GPU brand that looks good? I've already looked into performance, don't worry. It doesn't have to be a mainstream brand

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I just love MSI's Twin Frozr's design.. On all card.

After that the Gigabyte G1 card, Asus Strix, Galax..

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I'm a fan of the AMP cards... something about that yellow and aluminium styling catches my fancy.

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I would like a hydro copper, but I think EVGA only makes a 980 hydro copper

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LIke if you clicked on this thinking it was @Jerakl. :P

 

As for the card G1 Gaming seems to have had good reception.

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Zotac Amp Extreme core... You G1 ppl dont know what you're talking about :P

 

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the stock zotac card looks really sleek, as does the MSI twinfrozr V and gigabyte G1 cards. The palit jetstream looks decent as well, but I'm not a fan of the strix cooler by asus, give me a matrix or 780 based DCuii cooler instead.

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Well, as you can see everyone has they're own opinion.. Just go and search for the names that you see here and choose which one you find the best looking

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strix or reference

 

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My brother has the evga one

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Buying a video card for looks 

 

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LIke if you clicked on this thinking it was @Jerakl. :P

 

As for the card G1 Gaming seems to have had good reception.

Did you really have to tag me 3 times?

 

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Asus Strix and MSI Gaming, avoid Gigabyte if you hate coil whine and overall low quality trash product.

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Buying a video card for looks

Ain't nothing wrong with that.

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Strix hands down IMO.

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Nothing wrong with picking the best looking out of a line. Just pick a good line first.

 

I like EVGA's simple aesthetic. I dislike the lack of backplates though and I missed the opportunity to get a free one from them. Second would be Asus' Strix, less simple, but they look pretty good.

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Did you really have to tag me 3 times?

 

I might go back to classy stormtrooper at some point in time. Used that emblem for at least my first 2K posts.

i tagged you once...

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Zotac Amp Extreme core... You G1 ppl dont know what you're talking about :P

 

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this and if it has a back plate then yeah more so :)

 

but the msi ones I'm liking too

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i tagged you once...

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EVGA has the best looking cards.

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