Which 970 to get?

[Davidf4e]

I was wondering which 970 to get either evga ssc as well... evga but no backplate. i could get the 970strix it has a backplate but only one 8 pin power. halp

[Mohenjo]

Cough cough uhh i mean uhh msi is my preference but i dunno. What i said here was stupid, i was not aware that it was a bad model of the 970 

[The Official Czex]

The Sapphire R9-390 is the best 970.

[The Official Czex]

Strix cause back plate 

 

LOL 

 

The STRIX 970 is one of the worst NVIDIA GPU' s ASUS makes.

[Mew]

I could be wrong, but the backplate isn't very important. Personally, I'd spring for a card with the beefier 6+2 power phase for better overclocking because the 4+1 on some of EVGA cards are quite limited in terms of headroom.

 

 

Of course, the usual g1 or msi is better. 

[Air_YT]

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-Gaming-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B00NH5T1MS/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1449686065&sr=1-5&keywords=970

 

Gigabyte

[Nacho Marco Segui]

The Sapphire one is the best

[Davidf4e]

The Sapphire R9-390 is the best 970.

the 390 is out of my price bracket.

[Davidf4e]

I could be wrong, but the backplate isn't very important. Personally, I'd spring for a card with the beefier 6+2 power phase for better overclocking because the 4+1 on some of EVGA cards are quite limited in terms of headroom.

 

 

Of course, the usual g1 or msi is better. 

i would get the ssc acx 2.0+ as the regular sc has cooling issues.

[Arwanell]

The Sapphire one is the best

huehuehuehue

 

the 390 is out of my price bracket.

where do yoi live?

in my country 390 is 4€ more than the 970

[SPAS-ID]

why people always looking for backplate ?, its not like you gonna bend the fucking GPU, EVGA 970 FTW+ ACX2.0+

[KemoKa]

The Sapphire R9-390 is the best 970.

If Sapphire made coolers for Nvidia cards, EVGA would be out of a job

[TopDollar]

I like my Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970s, but they do have blue LED "Windforce" logos which might not go with a specific color scheme. Can easily swap the LEDs out though.

[ThinkWithPortals]

Strix cause back plate 

The Strix is one of the worst 970s...

 

...anyway OP, EVGA, Gigabyte or MSI are all solid.

[manikyath]

I could be wrong, but the backplate isn't very important

backplate is all looks, and because dust cleans off easier.

 

also, here's my list:

- all rounder: msi or evga depending on looks

- pure power: either a watercooled one, or the gigabyte one with 3 fans. (they have one with 3 fans, right?)

 

i have an asus strix, and i like it. 99% of the time i dont have more than 50% gpu load, its dead silent, and the fan stopping feature (some other brands have this as well) is a nice to have for someone thats going for 100% silence.

 

If Sapphire made coolers for Nvidia cards, EVGA would be out of a job

well, i actually like evga's looks. i would have gone for an evga 750ti if i bothered upgrading my prebuilt.

[Davidf4e]

huehuehuehue

 

where do yoi live?

in my country 390 is 4€ more than the 970

Canada but i just check and the 390x and its 10$ cheaper. but the slight performance increase wont matter as my monitor is only 60hz

[Whorax]

the 390 is out of my price bracket.

Unless you are in a country with strange out of the norm pricing, the 390 and 970 cost about the same.

 

With that being said I don't recommend a 970. An MSI and Sapphire 390 should be what you're primarily looking for, but any 390 will do as long as it's from a reputable company not including Asus.

[Mrrchao]

the 390 is out of my price bracket.

In the US the 390 is like 20-40 dollars less than a 970.

[Davidf4e]

Decided to go with the evga option thanks