Gigabyte 970 g1

[ichris1120]

So should i return my evga ssc 970 for the 970 g1? Been hearing a lot about coil noise from ssc. 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Even if you return the SSC for a G1, the G1 might still have coil whine. 

[Coombzy]

So should i return my evga ssc 970 for the 970 g1? Been hearing a lot about coil noise from ssc. 

Coil whine is a really a luck of the draw thing. If you returned the EVGA model there is a small chance the G1 will have coil whine as well. I've heard its also more common on G1 cards.

[Coombzy]

Eh, before I exchanged my Gigabyte G1 980 Ti there was no coil whine on it at all, probably because of the Windforce cooling.

The G1 apparently has the highest rate on coil whine. Like I said its a luck of a draw thing not all cards will have coil whine.

[ichris1120]

Well besides the coil whine, is there any advantages with getting the g1? I'm trying to oc my gpu, so will the g1 give more oc performance?

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Well besides the coil whine, is there any advantages with getting the g1? I'm trying to oc my gpu, so will the g1 give more oc performance?

 

Its one of the best 970 out there. 

[TheElt]

Well besides the coil whine, is there any advantages with getting the g1? I'm trying to oc my gpu, so will the g1 give more oc performance?

My G1 gets coil whine at about 400/500fps or higher, and even then it's extremely quiet with an open case, but it's all luck of the draw.

The G1 is one of the best overclocking 970s out there, if not the best. Most cards will hit 1500+ easily, 1600MHz if you get a good card, but it's hit and miss with what memory you get and it depends on card revisions IIRC. If you get one with Samsung chips you're already well off

[buddy_boyo]

If you get a good overclock on G1, it has pretty much same performance as reference 980, which is pretty crazy

[SkilledRebuilds]

Fully stable at 1550/1925 and zero coil whine, its totally inaudible when gaming (unless in a menu with 500fps then I can hear the faintest of a whine, I set a sys-wide limit of 200fps so its gone forever), but that affects more than the 970, IMO a lot of cards have THAT issue with multiple hundred fps.

 

Quiet as hell, performs as expected, nice and cool.

/I'm using a modded bios, but could do 1450/1800'ish (never finished MAX testing) on the stock bios.

[Vellinious]

The biggest problem with the ACX 2.0 EVGA cards is the power limits in the stock bios.  187 watts just isn't enough to get decent overclocks.  I could run my FTWs at around 1480 without power throttling.  Modded the bios and raised the power limit to 310 watts, now I'm game stable at 1570 / 1950 and bench well above 1600 / and right at 2000 on the memory.  Most of the EVGA ACX 2.0 970s got stuck with Elpida memory....which hurts.