GTX 970, unsure which brand to get.

[Hemanse]

Replacing my MSI GTX 770 Lightning with a 970, im still on a 1080p (with no immediate plans to upgrade) display so 970 seems to be the best option, but there are so many damn brands to choose from, so far from what i have seen and read, evga, gigabyte and msi seems to be the top options, im leaning a bit towards the MSI, but still not really sure, my experience with my 770 lightning wasnt very good.

 

Guess there isnt a huge difference, i would like a decent overclocker, unlike my 770 lightning which had no room for overclocking and most important of all, no coilwhine, then again i also guess that comes down to being lucky.

[arronleeds]

i have the msi and its great but if you plan on overclocking the best is the gigabyte g1, thats a tank at ocing and doesnt have crappy hynix memory, it has samsung.

[Aytex]

GIGIGGIGIGIA BYTE

MSI

EVGAeyyy

ASSus has bad cooler

[SeanAngelo]

Gigabyte or EVGA

[Rampiks]

id say go msi since you already have had good experience

[arronleeds]

evga has bad cooling too imo, the  best looking 970 has to be the msi, the gigabyte is the best but it looks overbuilt and evgas all look the same....

 

also my friends ftw+ which at stock is higher than mine and its boost is over 100mhz  more than mine cant oc aswell as mine so evga are pointless. he paid £60 more than i did looool.

[gamerking]

msi just make sure you can return it some of them are duds  like a 6  asic rating  have had 3 of those so far out of about 7 cards  . but i have 2 of them now in sli both cards on there own can hit 1600mhz but stuck at 1500 in sli . gaming 4g is the best ive had only the g1 gaming from gigabyte can better .

[Catman007]

Whatever has best warranty and price really 970 on 1080p is beast

[arronleeds]

msi just make sure you can return it some of them are duds  like a 6  asic rating  have had 3 of those so far out of about 7 cards  . but i have 2 of them now in sli both cards on there own can hit 1600mhz but stuck at 1500 in sli . gaming 4g is the best ive had only the g1 gaming from gigabyte can better .

1600 how? can you link me to the bios you use brah, mine hit 1554mhz on stock, tried one bios but only got it to 1570mhz with 125% power limit.

 

my msi asic quality is 74.6%.

[wolfplayer]

Gygabyte G1 is the sexiest

[Knaj]

Gigabyte G1 Gaming for Beauty and performance

[Hemanse]

id say go msi since you already have had good experience

 

Had bad experiences but i do like the new twin frozr / zero frozr.

[WolfysTech]

GIGIGGIGIGIA BYTE

MSI

EVGAeyyy

ASSus has bad cooler

G...G...G...G....G....G....GIGGGGGGGABYYYYYYYYYTE!

[mayu]

I have Asus Strix, pretty happy with it. MSI and Gigabyte models were almost 80$ more, also Gigabyte is pretty lengthy so their overclocking potential didn't seem that much worth to me

 

If cost is same, I would personally prefer MSI Millennium Edition, the green one with back plate, Gaming version is good, but I no back-plate, and Gigabyte is too long

[Hemanse]

How does the gigabyte do when it comes to coil whine and general noise? Im pretty picky when it comes to noise, my 770 for example is quite a buzzer and i hate it.

[Hgdjf12]

the Gigabyte G1 Gaming has beauty and brawn. its also gauntlet sorted for the best overclock capabilities i dont know if the other one have that or not

 

never had a problem with coil whine on mine and its very quite

[Whorax]

I liked my MSI 970s in SLI when I had them.

[Hemanse]

I have Asus Strix, pretty happy with it. MSI and Gigabyte models were almost 80$ more, also Gigabyte is pretty lengthy so their overclocking potential didn't seem that much worth to me

 

If cost is same, I would personally prefer MSI Millennium Edition, the green one with back plate, Gaming version is good, but I no back-plate, and Gigabyte is too long

 

Here in Denmark the prices almost seem to change from day to day and from company to company, Asus strix is 390$ while MSI and Gigabyte is 420$.

[gamerking]

1600 how? can you link me to the bios you use brah, mine hit 1554mhz on stock, tried one bios but only got it to 1570mhz with 125% power limit.

 

my msi asic quality is 74.6%.

its stock bios card is also watercooled but was able to do 1600 just with very high temps on air. 80 asic on it sorry about the shit pic from my phone doesnt look as good on my pc http://imgur.com/TwSQCQB

my second card is about the same as yours is 71.8

 

i just was returning cards till i got one that did what i wanted  . i cant get the dam thing to load so there is the direct link

[mayu]

Here in Denmark the prices almost seem to change from day to day and from company to company, Asus strix is 390$ while MSI and Gigabyte is 420$.

Then I guess you have to decide if overclocking potential of G1 Gaming is worth that extra 30$

 

I will say go with which matches your rig aesthetically, if gaming bundle is included or not (but right now it's Arkham Knight, so maybe not worth it anyways).

 

Just curious have you compared it with R9 390's? How much are they?

[arronleeds]

its stock bios card is also watercooled but was able to do 1600 just with very high temps on air. 80 asic on it sorry about the shit pic from my phone doesnt look as good on my pc http://imgur.com/TwSQCQB

 

i just was returning cards till i got one that did what i wanted  . i cant get the dam thing to load so there is the direct link

nice bro nice, i tested mine on firestrike, i couldnt get it stable past 1570, artifacted like mad.

[AddonCustoms]

EVGA!!! Brilliant performance, and cooling.

 

 

evga has bad cooling too imo, the  best looking 970 has to be the msi, the gigabyte is the best but it looks overbuilt and evgas all look the same....

 

also my friends ftw+ which at stock is higher than mine and its boost is over 100mhz  more than mine cant oc aswell as mine so evga are pointless. he paid £60 more than i did looool.

Bad cooling where did you hear that?  I can be playing games in surround for hours upon hours and my EVGA 970 doesn't go above 65c (By default EVGA fans do not turn on until they hit 60c)

[Hemanse]

Then I guess you have to decide if overclocking potential of G1 Gaming is worth that extra 30$

 

I will say go with which matches your rig aesthetically, if gaming bundle is included or not (but right now it's Arkham Knight, so maybe not worth it anyways).

 

Just curious have you compared it with R9 390's? How much are they?

 

I did check out the 390, saw the Jayztwocents video where he recommended the 390 over the 970, but im still unsure when it comes to AMD, i am in no way a fanboy either way, i just like to stick with what i know, i have only once tried a AMD card a long time ago and the drivers were beyond bad

[Hemanse]

EVGA!!! Brilliant performance, and cooling.

 

 

Bad cooling where did you hear that?  I can be playing games in surround for hours upon hours and my EVGA 970 doesn't go above 65c (By default EVGA fans do not turn on until they hit 60c)

 

I dont like the fact that EVGA seems to have like 10 different versions of the 970, ACX2.0, ACX2.0+, SSC, Superclocked, Superclocked+, FTW, FTW+, i mean come on

[gamerking]

nice bro nice, i tested mine on firestrike, i couldnt get it stable past 1570, artifacted like mad.

just so everyone knows there is a new issue with the 970's you cant sli a gaming g4 with a non gaming g4 of msi cards and evga has the same thing ftw cards with ftw and blowers only with other evga blowers. im talking about the blue/white coolers to a 100me or a le editon

 

 

http://www.evga.com/support/faq/afmmain.aspx?faqid=59534 msi wont comment on this or say anything they use its a trade secret shit.  but at least evga made it public. gigabyte says they dont have this and i didnt bother with asus to email them .