Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming vs XTREME GAMING

[Cats can use computers]

what are the diffrences and which one should i get?

what one is better?

[sms1202]

r9 390 

 

otherwise extreme gaming

would recommend you save up and get a GTX 980 insted

[Nacho Marco Segui]

The Xtreme is better,is has a bigger heatsink and more phases for the VRM.

[Shoob]

The Xtreme Gaming variant has a beefier cooler and better power delivery, which should allow for better overclocking. If you don't overclock, the G1 will be a better option.

 

If the price difference isn't significant and you want to overclock, get the Xtreme Gaming.

[Hemanse]

Would say it depends on the price, cant imagine there would be much of a difference in terms of performance, the XTREME brand is just the new top tier from Gigabyte, the G1 used to be that. The only difference seems to be rgb lighting and a tiny tiny higher factory overclock on the XTREME.

[TheElt]

Xtreme is just a G1 gaming on steroids, better power delivery but it seems like they come with Elpida memory chips which are awful for overclocking. The G1 is still a monster overclocker and gets better VRAM, so the Xtreme doesn't really make sense

[Hemanse]

Xtreme is just a G1 gaming on steroids, better power delivery but it seems like they come with Elpida memory chips which are awful for overclocking. The G1 is still a monster overclocker and gets better VRAM, so the Xtreme doesn't really make sense

 

My MSI 970 Gaming have Elpida memory and it overclocks better than my previous card which had Samsung, so you cant really just say that Elpida sucks, every card overclocks differently. Had a Galax 970 HOF card that would crash if i bumped the MHz by like 1, my current MSI 970 Gaming which have Elpida memory boosts to 1530MHz with +300 on the memory and that is with no added voltage.

[TheElt]

My MSI 970 Gaming have Elpida memory and it overclocks better than my previous card which had Samsung, so you cant really just say that Elpida sucks, every card overclocks differently. Had a Galax 970 HOF card that would crash if i bumped the MHz by like 1, my current MSI 970 Gaming which have Elpida memory boosts to 1530MHz with +300 on the memory and that is with no added voltage.

It's not just how much of an offset you can put on the memory, Samsung chips also have tighter timings than Hynix and Elpida so +200 on Samsung chips is more like +300/350 on Hynix/Elpida, and generally most Samsung chips will do +500. Hence why on all the top end overclocking cards and record setters on HWBot have Samsung chips.

[Hemanse]

It's not just how much of an offset you can put on the memory, Samsung chips also have tighter timings than Hynix and Elpida so +200 on Samsung chips is more like +300/350 on Hynix/Elpida, and generally most Samsung chips will do +500. Hence why on all the top end overclocking cards and record setters on HWBot have Samsung chips.

 

Sure, but for the average user it really makes no difference.

[TheElt]

Sure, but for the average user it really makes no difference.

Which is what I said about the Xtreme gaming. It's not for overclockers because it doesn't have Samsung RAM, and it's more expensive than the G1 gaming so your average jo isn't going to go for it

[VenomNZ]

On 01/01/2016 at 5:55 AM, Cats can use computers said:

what are the diffrences and which one should i get?

what one is better?

OK so for starters I'm annoyed at the people saying the extreme isn't worth it, for those who clearly don't know any better the extreme has chips that have been binned and garentee a better overclock, you can get this info directly from gigabytes website. So yes, get the extreme, I did.