Would you give up....

[Guest]

Would you guys rather have non reference card (ex Strix) would you rather have the sexy reference card, I feel like some of the reference cards are extremely under appreciated, that's kind of why I want to go with the look, and yes, I do look at my case that much, Vote here http://strawpoll.me/5211345 or post what you would pick, if you would give up the performance for the reference card, ect,  

      ~Thanks!

 Or  something like  

[TheConverter]

Because they look shit, cool like shit and overclock like shit.

[Jobbe03]

Completely depends on the card. 

 

GTX 7xx and up, reference. Any other, Non-reference

[Curufinwe_wins]

Reference cards are lame and bad (unless looking at extremely airflow limited cases /sli builds because blowers do deal with space constraints better.)

[Guest]

Completely depends on the card. 

 

GTX 7xx and up, reference. Any other, Non-reference

For this sake were using 980Ti

[007agentHP]

REFERENCE FTW

cause i like to watercool things 

[arvark]

Non reference, although the Refernce is sexy.

[Swndlr]

Reference cuz sexi

[onVacation]

Turnip. Reason: It depends: Reference cards can give you better cooling when you have a really small case with bad airflow. If that's not the case the custom cards are more quieter and provide better cooling solutions.

[LancerBG]

I prefer the look of the modern reference cards from both the green and red teams...I think they look sexy as hell. It all depends on the type of build I am doing. If I really need the heat to leave the case for example like for a lan party rig I think I would go with reference but if I had room I would go aftermarket as a general rule of thumb. 

[TheConverter]

For this sake were using 980Ti

 

Why would anyone offer 10-20% performance for a shitty looking cooler

[Tim Drake]

For this sake were using 980Ti

Omfg no

 

HOLY THROTTLING BATMAN

[Tim Drake]

Why would anyone offer 10-20% performance for a shitty looking cooler

I've never seen someone try so desperately to bait people.

 

Stop.

 

Opinion stfu

[Gale]

Non-reference cards are easier to color match with the rest of your build. They are usually black/white + red/blue/black.

[TheConverter]

Omfg no

 

HOLY THROTTLING BATMAN

 

980Ti reference during Summer:

 

[Guest]

REFERENCE FTW

cause i like to watercool things 

Good point, If you want to watercool, Its a lot easier to take the reference cooler and stick a corsair HG10

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-series-hg10-n980-gpu-liquid-cooling-bracket

[IMPERIUS]

Usually they are more or less very similarily priced, non reference give higher clock and memory speeds, better cooling and kinda look cooler imo. So non-reference all the way for me

[Guest]

980Ti reference during Summer:

 

Well you most certainly don't have central air

[TheConverter]

I've never seen someone try so desperately to bait people.

 

Stop.

 

Opinion stfu

 

The looks of it is a opinion, the performance and cooling is not.

[Guest]

Omfg no

 

HOLY THROTTLING BATMAN

You want the definition of thermal throttling?

Reference Titan X

Ahahah 

I mean, As long as it doesn't start to catch on fire , like that hot, I personally could care less because 1440p and 1080, Just maxing settings or near max at 1440 is All I would look to do, Nothing like max at 4k, And Like I said above, I could  easily save up some cash for the HG10 cooling bracket and slap that on, and it wouldn't be as horrible 

[Guest]

Turnip. Reason: It depends: Reference cards can give you better cooling when you have a really small case with bad airflow. If that's not the case the custom cards are more quieter and provide better cooling solutions.

Agree with you there, Reference cards would probably do better in my Mid, and TBH, my fans don't really kick in too much unless I do benchmarks  

Because ACX 2.0 

[Imabigmac]

I have owned a 680 reference and a 780ti reference and finally I got a 980 EVGA acx card and man I won't buy another reference card, they are just to loud. 

[Guest Johnny5g]

Reference card!!!!

[kent1147]

Non-reference.

 

For both nVidia and AMD, non-reference open air-type coolers are significantly cooler and quieter than the same video card running a reference cooler.

[TheConverter]

You want the definition of thermal throttling?

Reference Titan X

Ahahah 

I mean, As long as it doesn't start to catch on fire , like that hot, I personally could care less because 1440p and 1080, Just maxing settings or near max at 1440 is All I would look to do, Nothing like max at 4k, And Like I said above, I could  easily save up some cash for the HG10 cooling bracket and slap that on, and it wouldn't be as horrible 

 

Titan X has same TDP and temps like a 980Ti.

 

Both are 86C at normal ambient temperature, so +95C during summer.