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r9 280x toxic or ugly cooler zotac 970?
PS:The ugly cooler is cheaper

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Ugly cooler Zotac 970

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Ugly cooler zotac 970. Faster, cheaper, and might still run cooler than the 280x.

"Graphics and gameplay are not mutually exclusive."


"Nvidia, AMD, Intel, or whatever company out there has only one end goal and that is PROFIT.


If you think these companies exist for any other reason you're gonna be disappointed my dear. CAVEAT EMPTOR"

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Ugly cooler zotac 970. Faster, cheaper, and might still run cooler than the 280x.

But the cooler sucks

Zotac GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 256Bit (ZT-90101-10P)
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But the cooler sucks

Zotac GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 256Bit (ZT-90101-10P)

 

 

You shouldn't be worrying about the cooler if you're on a budget like that...

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Plasti dip that crap.

I'm not sure why one would do that to poop. :P JK

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Ugly cooler zotac 970. Faster, cheaper, and might still run cooler than the 280x.

It won't run cooler most likely. OC'd my toxic 280x hits 56C under full load. Sapphire's coolers are top notch.

And the 280X is only $250, whereas the 970 is $310. What do you mean cheaper?

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It won't run cooler most likely. OC'd my toxic 280x hits 56C under full load. Sapphire's coolers are top notch.

And the 280X is only $250, whereas the 970 is $310. What do you mean cheaper?

Well the 970 runs pretty cool even with a shitty cooler. OP said 970 the ugly cooler is cheaper, he might be saying that it is the cheapest 970 so I am not really sure. Well in my country 280x toxic cost php16,800 ($381) while the basic zotac 970 is php15,000 ($341).

"Graphics and gameplay are not mutually exclusive."


"Nvidia, AMD, Intel, or whatever company out there has only one end goal and that is PROFIT.


If you think these companies exist for any other reason you're gonna be disappointed my dear. CAVEAT EMPTOR"

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Well the 970 runs pretty cool even with a shitty cooler. OP said 970 the ugly cooler is cheaper, he might be saying that it is the cheapest 970 so I am not really sure. Well in my country 280x toxic cost php16,800 ($381) while the basic zotac 970 is php15,000 ($341).

Weird stuff :/ I've seen some drastic price fluctuations but $130 is quite ridiculous. Overall the 970 is a faster card though, but the speed is represented by the price difference (at least on my end O.o )

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But the cooler sucks

Zotac GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 256Bit (ZT-90101-10P)

 

If you are willing to sacrifice performance for the cooler then go ahead and get the 280x toxic. Other than that you can increase your budget to get a better version of the 970.

"Graphics and gameplay are not mutually exclusive."


"Nvidia, AMD, Intel, or whatever company out there has only one end goal and that is PROFIT.


If you think these companies exist for any other reason you're gonna be disappointed my dear. CAVEAT EMPTOR"

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It won't run cooler most likely. OC'd my toxic 280x hits 56C under full load. Sapphire's coolers are top notch.

And the 280X is only $250, whereas the 970 is $310. What do you mean cheaper?

15 900 280x

15 500 970 its not a big difference just saying that 970 is chear

Btw its peso

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15 900 280x

15 500 970 its not a big difference just saying that 970 is chear

Btw its peso

like I said, price fluctuations, man. They're weird.

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The 970 outperforms the 280x by quite a bit. Has more VRam. Is more efficient. In your case is cheaper. I see little point in choosing the 280x.

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