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Which 980 ti is the best?

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So Im buying a 980 ti soon, like tomorrow soon and I have been researching like crazy which brand has the best cards, best pcb desing, if custom pcb even matters and so on. My top 3 cards that are withing my current budget are, the Evga gtx 980 ti sc (with that sexy back plate)

Gigabyte gtx 980 ti g1 gaming

Asus gtx 980 ti strix

I've been leaning more for the g1 gaming, but the asus is supposed to be better built but evga has thee best costumer service of the 3. And I an to watercool them. So so far only the evga and the asus cards have ek water blocks and the g1 gaming g is "coming soon" but no dates have been disclosed. The card is for gaming on demanding games, my rig has a i7 4790k on an asus z97 maximus vii formula being powered by an evga supernova p2 1000w

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EVGA

it is the best for NVIDIA products

(my opinion)

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EVGA - no competition

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If it was out when I was in the market for one, I would have bought the Galax HOF model. I have the G1 currently. If you are going to water cool it really doesn't matter.

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G1 is better for overclocking.

 

You can consider that.

 

Or 

EVGA is better too.

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But the evga sc, is not a custom pcb to the best of my knowledge, and I don't know if the 8pin and 6pin power delivery system is going to allow me to overclock it to say the level of the g1 gaming that has a custom pcb and 2 8pin connectors

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So Im buying a 980 ti soon, like tomorrow soon and I have been researching like crazy which brand has the best cards, best pcb desing, if custom pcb even matters and so on. My top 3 cards that are withing my current budget are, the Evga gtx 980 ti sc (with that sexy back plate)

Gigabyte gtx 980 ti g1 gaming

Asus gtx 980 ti strix

I've been leaning more for the g1 gaming, but the asus is supposed to be better built but evga has thee best costumer service of the 3. And I an to watercool them. So so far only the evga and the asus cards have ek water blocks and the g1 gaming g is "coming soon" but no dates have been disclosed. The card is for gaming on demanding games, my rig has a i7 4790k on an asus z97 maximus vii formula being powered by an evga supernova p2 1000w

MSI no competition in quiet, cool and fast hardware, EVGA close second though

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But the evga sc, is not a custom pcb to the best of my knowledge, and I don't know if the 8pin and 6pin power delivery system is going to allow me to overclock it to say the level of the g1 gaming that has a custom pcb and 2 8pin connectors

EVGA have the best customer support out of all hardware manufacturers

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Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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EVGA gigabyte or MSI

 

I got the MSI 970 cuz color theme.

 

Don't get a Strix card. EVER. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVERRR.

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From all the articles I have seen and all the reviews I have seen, the msi gaming 6g is better then the evga sc, but the gigabyte g1, asus 980 tis trix and even evga classified beat the msi card in temps, and clock speeds and performance

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EVGA gigabyte or MSI

I got the MSI 970 cuz color theme.

Don't get a Strix card. EVER. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVERRR.

Why?

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From all the articles I have seen and all the reviews I have seen, the msi gaming 6g is better then the evga sc, but the gigabyte g1, asus 980 tis trix and even evga classified beat the msi card in temps, and clock speeds and performance

Temps are not everything :P

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Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
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Why?

 

They're known to be inferior.

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they are all within a few % of each other in performance and the main deciding factor as to which one will perform the best is the silicon lottery not the actual model you chose. Choose one that you prefer with the most customization / looks best / warranty (however you weight these individually), or if you dont live in the US and prices vary widely(+$50 or more)  between each custom card choose the cheapest of them.

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EVGA or MSI for GPU. Always.

 

However in this case I have a good feeling about the zotac amp! extreme. I don't have it but I do think it has potential.

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EVGA K1NGP1N is the best.

Why? Because you didn't said your budget. 

Open your eyes and break your chains. Console peasantry is just a state of mind.

 

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They're known to be inferior.

 

In this case, the Gigabyte 980Ti is inferior too, people are still recommending it.

Open your eyes and break your chains. Console peasantry is just a state of mind.

 

MSI 980Ti + Acer XB270HU 

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There's still the MSI lightning edition that will come out probably within a month. I'm waiting to see reviews on how that will benchmark, but the pricing will be like the Kingpin.

 

 

EDIT: Nevermind, it's coming out within the week. http://videocardz.com/57482/msi-geforce-gtx-980-ti-lightning-detailed

 

Seeing benchmarks between Lightning and Kingpin will be fun, though this article says 1774 memory clock compared to Kingpin's 7010?

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MSI Lightning, EVGA KingPin or G1 Gaming 

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