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Which 980Ti out of Asus Strix, MSI, and EVGA.

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They are all the same price except for Asus. That one is $10 cheaper than MSI and EVGA. What I want is personal experiences with each card, which is the coolest while being the quietest, which one overclocks the best, etc.

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I've got the MSI version and i'm liking it so far. boosts to 1400+ without any overclock, and is dead silent most of the time.

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I've got the MSI version and i'm liking it so far. boosts to 1400+ without any overclock, and is dead silent most of the time.

How are temps?

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EVGA is which version?

 

is that the SuperClocked ACX2.0?

 

 

 

out of the lot i think you best bet will be MSI and EVGA

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How are temps?

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-geforce-gtx-980-ti-gaming-oc-review,9.html

http://www.overclockers.com/msi-gtx-980-ti-gaming-6g-video-card-review/

both of these have temperatures somewhere in the review.

I haven't personally tested the temps I just know the clock it reached while gaming. Never seems to overheat though and when not gaming the fans turn off in most cases.

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Well...  they are all good period.
All the opinions here are opinions as most will equally serve you.

 

My personal choice would be the ASUS because it is a triple fan card that overclocks well, and looks good too.

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EVGA is probably the quietest and can overclock good... not the prettiest PCB unless you go for Kingpin though. 

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Classified, HOF, Lightning... Take your pick

Core I7 5960X / Gigabyte X99 SOC Force / Kingston 16GB DDR4 3000 / EVGA GTX 980 Classified's In Quad SLI / EVGA 1600W G2

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I posted screenshots of MSI Afterburner/GPU-Z/HWMonitor in this thread if you want to see actual results of the Strix 980Ti:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/459846-gtx-980-ti-choice/page-2

Tldr:

ASIC 64.1%

Factory clock speed 1190Mhz

Boost: 1440Mhz

Ambient room temp: 25.6c

Max temperature: 64c

Max fan speed: 64%

It boosts to 1493 MHz at the factory 1217 MHz clock setting, 69c and 65 % fan speed. I didn't post these results yet since I've just started OCing it.

It's silent up to 60% fan speed, quiet to 70, then starts to ramp up the noise any higher. It's still tolerable at high rpm. No coil whine at all.

I'd probably choose between this, an EVGA FTW or Classified (they're all in a similar price range here). Silly money of course a Kingpin.

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EVGA, Classified or Superclocked+ depending on budget.  All three are fairly close in performance and thermals, and EVGA is the company whose customer support is not akin to jamming an ice pick into your eyeballs in terms of pain.  

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I've had the best luck with eVGA in general. I've bought multiple Asus cards DOA. MSI had coil whine issues and I had a Lightning card die on me.

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Evga, easier to watercool later on down the road

I dont believe I saw OP state once that he intends to water cool, good try tho

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I dont believe I saw OP state once that he intends to water cool, good try tho

 

 

Barely even matters anyways, almost EVERY single non reference 980 TI has a waterblock for it, or in the making for it.

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Strix best performance

Evga best cooling

Msi most quiet

All overclock for the same performance to within 3 fps

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I've got the MSI version and i'm liking it so far. boosts to 1400+ without any overclock, and is dead silent most of the time.

 

Yeah, I'm really liking my MSI 980 Ti too. Mine is the Lite Edition, so only boosts to 1240MHz... but still as close to silent as can be (no fan buzzing or anything, just the sound of air moving). And temps under gaming load are around 70-75C.

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They are all the same price except for Asus. That one is $10 cheaper than MSI and EVGA. What I want is personal experiences with each card, which is the coolest while being the quietest, which one overclocks the best, etc.

I have 2 asus 980ti strix cards in my rig and I love both and them and cant recall the last time I heard them.

Intel i7-5820k OC'ed to 4.2GHz @1.225 V; w/ Corsair H110i GTX; 2x Asus Strix 980ti's; Asus Rampage V Extreme; 16GB (2x8GB) Crucial Ballistics GDDR4 RAM; EVGA 1000P2 psu

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/8608142 boost clock of 1493MHz

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Ti HOF + 240GB SSD - 699.99

http://galaxstore.net/GALAX-NVIDIA-Geforce-GTX-980-TI-HOF-6GB-FREE-GAMER-L-240GB-SSD-BUNDLE_p_41.html


Why do you want to watercool? 

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