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Hi guys, as the title says, which brand do you pref? What are the pros and cons of it?

 

I'm deciding between:

 

EVGA FTW ACX 2.0

 

MSI Gaming 4G

 

GIGABYTE Gaming G1

 

ASUS Strix

 

 

 

I've read a lot of forums, none of them gave me the pros and cons, I really don't know what/how to choose..

 

Notice that i DON'T want to overclock.

 

 

Cheers, SJX

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I want to say EVGA, only because of how solid of a warranty and service that they have.

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If you don't want to overclock just buy the cheapest.

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EVGA all the way

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Hi guys, as the title says, which brand do you pref? What are the pros and cons of it?

 

I'm deciding between:

 

EVGA FTW ACX 2.0

 

MSI Gaming 4G

 

GIGABYTE Gaming G1

 

ASUS Strix

 

 

 

I've read a lot of forums, none of them gave me the pros and cons, I really don't know what/how to choose..

 

Notice that i DON'T want to overclock.

 

 

Cheers, SJX

 

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The EVGA card has the best warranty and is pretty quiet, but doesn't perform as well. The MSI card is extremely quiet and performs decently. The gigabyte card performs very well, though is a bit louder. The Asus card is decently quiet, though doesn't perform that well.

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Hi guys, as the title says, which brand do you pref? What are the pros and cons of it?

 

I'm deciding between:

 

EVGA FTW ACX 2.0

 

MSI Gaming 4G

 

GIGABYTE Gaming G1

 

ASUS Strix

 

 

 

I've read a lot of forums, none of them gave me the pros and cons, I really don't know what/how to choose..

 

Notice that i DON'T want to overclock.

 

 

Cheers, SJX

msi gaming 4g is usually considered the best with an awesome cooler, great customer support, general quietness and finally quality components.

 

evga and gigabyte are probably next

 

with the asus card having supposedly the most coil whine and finally the most reviews of sagging 

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Asus is the last one I would consider since they sag and have been reported to coil whine.

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if you're not overclocking then get the cheapest one....

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why not. its super simple

Yeah especially with this 900 series.... Like a reference 970 i have gets 1525 boost @75C with 45% fan speed in valley

 

 

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Hi guys, as the title says, which brand do you pref? What are the pros and cons of it?

 

I'm deciding between:

 

EVGA FTW ACX 2.0

 

MSI Gaming 4G

 

GIGABYTE Gaming G1

 

ASUS Strix

 

 

 

I've read a lot of forums, none of them gave me the pros and cons, I really don't know what/how to choose..

 

Notice that i DON'T want to overclock.

 

 

Cheers, SJX

Here's a better way of putting this, if you do not plan to overclock get quietest card. I think its the MSi gaming one, don't really remember.

 

 

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So the Gigabyte Gaming G1 is the cheapest for me atm, I guess I'll decide between EVGA and Gigabyte, I really give a lot on the looks.. 

 

How about the difference between: 

 

EVGA FTW ACX

EVGA SuperSuperClocked ACX

EVGA SuperClocked ACX

 

Only the base MHz right?

More MHz = better preformance?

 

Thanks alot for help, really appreciate! 

SJX

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If you are getting the EVGA FTW, make sure you get the FTW+ (part number 04G-P4-3978-KR) and not the older FTW.  The + is the only difference in the name and is easy to miss.  Both are ACX 2.0.  The FTW+ is slightly shorter and has improved cooling.

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So the Gigabyte Gaming G1 is the cheapest for me atm, I guess I'll decide between EVGA and Gigabyte, I really give a lot on the looks.. 

 

How about the difference between: 

 

EVGA FTW ACX

EVGA SuperSuperClocked ACX

EVGA SuperClocked ACX

 

Only the base MHz right?

More MHz = better preformance?

 

Thanks alot for help, really appreciate! 

SJX

Whichever has the highest clock speed should be the one you get since you aren't overclocking.

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I guess I'll go with Gigabyte Gaming G1 because It is 400€ in my country.

 

I need to get over it because it has no backplate but w/e.

 

Thanks Guys! 

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So the Gigabyte Gaming G1 is the cheapest for me atm, I guess I'll decide between EVGA and Gigabyte, I really give a lot on the looks.. 

 

How about the difference between: 

 

EVGA FTW ACX

EVGA SuperSuperClocked ACX

EVGA SuperClocked ACX

 

Only the base MHz right?

More MHz = better preformance?

 

Thanks alot for help, really appreciate! 

SJX

 

If you plan on overclocking, the Gigabyte G1 being cheaper should make your decision, get that.

 

For the EVGA cards, the main difference is just the base MHz.  There are a couple exceptions though.  The FTW has a backplate which helps with card sag, also, in March or April, they released two new updates of the FTW and the SSC with ACX 2.0+ (+ is important) that has quieter fans, better heat syncs, better power delivery for overclocking and included support for lighting their SLI bridge (none of the other EVGA 970s are capable of making the EVGA SLI bridge light go on).

 

More MHz = better performance? Is true but this gets complicated when you start overclocking.  When overclocking, the power delivery system, efficiency of the fans/heatsync and silicon lottery (the quality of the exact chip you get) matter way more than the base MHz you buy.  For overclocking the Gigabyte G1 is the best, followed by the EVGA FTW+, however, you can get lucky and get a really good chip in an MSI or ASUS that can overclock better than most Gigabytes, completely luck of the draw though.

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I guess I'll go with Gigabyte Gaming G1 because It is 400€ in my country.

 

I need to get over it because it has no backplate but w/e.

 

Thanks Guys! 

 

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400€ are quite a bit. where do you live?

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I've seen, I would consider buying it, If it was available in my country. I can't really order parts from abroad because of shipping problems.

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400€ are quite a bit. where do you live?

I live in Slovenia. 

 

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