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I hope OP doesn't mind but I want to ask. From I read here looks like the EVGA SSC is like the second good choice ? I am thinking about what 970 to buy in the hopefully near future for my new build and I wouldn't want to have G1 in a case with window because imo the cooler looks like somebody built it in a shed.

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Check out Zotacs AMP extreme core edition. => http://www.zotac.com/products/graphics-cards/geforce-900-series/product/geforce-900-series/detail/geforce-gtx-970-amp-extreme-core-edition-zt-90107-10p.html

 

  • Awesome OC out of the box. Benchmarks showing it within 2 fps to gtx 980s.
  • VERY silent. Even used in some super silent builds from the guys that benchmarked Linus silent PC.
  • One of the least annoying 970 concerning coil whine, only second to the one from CaseKing (that one is a good deal slower tho).

It is on the upper end of pricing, but well worth it.

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says me. they're warmer than any other partner card, and the caps on them are minimal, refference clocks are low compared to board partners. 

 

pros as stated above though,  water blocks.

The closed cooler designs are only a few degrees warmer.

And you said the reference cooler sucks, not card, prooving your whole point invalid

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never buy refference coolers. they suck.

That's the case with AMD's R9 290/x reference coolers about it's plain wrong to say that about Nvidia's reference cooler. 

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The closed cooler designs are only a few degrees warmer.

And you said the reference cooler sucks, not card, prooving your whole point invalid

i believe you just validated my point.

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Get the G1 Gaming, absolutely love the card, runs cool, quiet, and fast. (Follow linus' tutorial on vessel or wait around a week for it to come out on youtube to enable 0 rpm mode, I just did it and it worked flawlessly)

It's @Lays tutorial

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If your overclocking, eh, and I personally don't like the cooler...

If you really want to do overclocking, please get a G1 Gaming.

 

1590Mhz G1 Gaming. Can confirm.

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1590Mhz G1 Gaming. Can confirm.

I can hit 1558MHz max on my core with no memory overclock and 1548 with a memory overclock of 8GHz effective just fine. <3 Samsung memory

Also, I didn't try 1550MHz, but might be able to get away with that.

 

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It's @Lays tutorial

 

Yeah, so I guess I followed linus' tutorial of lays' tutorial xD

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G1 gaming or the Galax HoF if you can find one

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Listen to me: 

Do the following: get the cheapes possible 970 and spend that extra money on the NZXT watercooling bracket, voila! Best cooling solution at that price point. I think the bracket costs like 20 or 30 bucks and a standard liquid cooler form them goes for 60 or a bit more. In the end you look like a badass and have the best cooling for your gup! porvided the case can support a radiator somewhere :P

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I can hit 1558MHz max on my core with no memory overclock and 1548 with a memory overclock of 8GHz effective just fine. <3 Samsung memory

Also, I didn't try 1550MHz, but might be able to get away with that.

 

Yea I've haven't messed with the memory yet. (Have Samsung memory as well)

 

The G1 is one hell of a overclocker. Im still testing 1590 but for sure 1585Mhz is stable. 1600 it achieves easily, but sadly isnt stable enough for long term gaming :(

Project Cobalt: 

CPU: AMD FX 8370 Motherboard:

Asus M5A97 R2.0

RAM: G.Skill Ares 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2133 GPU:

Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming Case: NZXT H440 (Blue)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 256GB +  2x 1TB WD Cavier Blue

PSU: Corsair 750G2 

CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220X

Keyboard: Model M + a lot of others 

Mouse: Logitech G502
 

Vintage Gaming PC: AMD Athlon T-Bird 800Mhz, Gainward nVidia Ti200 128MB, 512MB Crucial RAM DDR, Compaq ASPEN 2 OEM Board, Soundblaster Live! 5.1, Windows 98SE

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My vote is the EVGA SSC... it's the best of both worlds, overclocks like mad, still runs quiet and cool. And they are pretty cheap. I have two :)

 

Edit: Make sure you know there is a difference between the SC and SSC models.

 

 

Well I just got my EVGA SC GTX 970 ACX 2.0 card today, I have not tested it or hooked it up but let me tell you.. It's beautiful. 

 

 

I vote for the EVGA SSC, I have one and LOVE IT!!! 

I vote EVGA as well, love mine and looks amazing.

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Gigabyte G1 Gaming for its awesome cooling and overclockability .

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Twin frozr? Looks bloody sick and overclocks pretty well due to its cooling.

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So I'm looking to buy a GTX 970. Right now I'm contemplating between a Nvidia GTX 970 with it's reference cooler and a Gigabyte GTX 970. I love the way the reference card looks, but it's not about the looks, it's about the performance. Any suggestions?

I didn't troll through the 40 replies but I strongly recommend the ASUS STRIX!!!

I own two and they are awesome and don't make a sound! No coil whine in either!

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I'm in the GPU shopping boat as well and have narrowed it down to the Zotac Amp Extreme and Gigabyte G1 Gaming.

From what I've read and from the specs these seem like a couple of really good cards.

The Zotac looks freaking amazing too. Not sure which to get. I want Zotac but the price tag :/

If you can fit these cards is there any reason not to get one?

Edit: I'll throw the HOF in here as well because it's pretty much amazing too but hard to find on

Sale and the price is still really high.

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Yea I've haven't messed with the memory yet. (Have Samsung memory as well)

 

The G1 is one hell of a overclocker. Im still testing 1590 but for sure 1585Mhz is stable. 1600 it achieves easily, but sadly isnt stable enough for long term gaming :(

Samsung stuff can have insane overclocks... And since I did beat my record in valley for an overclock since it seems my gpu is wanting to break in more, a +660 offset on the memory... Stable... That is 8.36GHz effective with no artifacts, flickering, or crashing... :o But I'd never run it at that all day, so I settle with 8GHz effective daily... Except dem idle temps with three monitors. :/

 

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I went with the EVGA 970 SSC, the cooler is pretty damn good, and so are the clocks...don't even need to OC it

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I have an MSI 970 gaming edition card it's a beast and its like 30 bucks cheaper than the gigabyte

Whelp forgot to include a drain valve in my loop, there's always next time.

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