GTX 970 Turbo

[SmilesRising]

i bought this card on black friday for around 200$ and was pretty satisfied. is this card cheap crap or is it good? i have it installed in my system atm and i love it.. what do you guys think?

[AnnoyedShelf]

i bought this card on black friday for around 200$ and was pretty satisfied. is this card cheap crap or is it good? i have it installed in my system atm and i love it.. what do you guys think?

It's a blower, but it's great for SLI.  You really can't go wrong with Asus.

[SmilesRising]

It's a blower, but it's great for SLI.  You really can't go wrong with Asus.

was it worth the money? it was a really good sale and i had a gtx 650 before..

[App4that]

It's one sexy ass card. I'd rock it. I'd love to have it for when I'm playing Fallout 4.

[SeanAngelo]

i bought this card on black friday for around 200$ and was pretty satisfied. is this card cheap crap or is it good? i have it installed in my system atm and i love it.. what do you guys think?

It's a dual blower cooler so it's more optimized for SLI, but it's not a bad card

[AnnoyedShelf]

was it worth the money? it was a really good sale and i had a gtx 650 before..

yeah, it's a bloody steal!

[stealth80]

was it worth the money? it was a really good sale and i had a gtx 650 before..

 

970 is a great card even now (although 390 is faster)

[SmilesRising]

It's one sexy ass card. I'd rock it. I'd love to have it for when I'm playing Fallout 4.

yeah thats what im playing atm the card works great for me but some member on the forum said it was cheap crap so..

[grayblizzard]

was it worth the money? it was a really good sale and i had a gtx 650 before..

Yes if you dont like it sell it now for the same price and you havent lost money, but truly the 970 is an awesome card

[SmilesRising]

970 is a great card even now (although 390 is faster)

yeah but the 970 was 100$ cheaper ...

[SmilesRising]

Yes if you dont like it sell it now for the same price and you havent lost money, but truly the 970 is an awesome card

i like it but some guy said it was crap so i asked you guys

[stealth80]

yeah but the 970 was 100$ cheaper ...

 

Oh don't get me wrong, i'm rocking 2x 970s in SLI, you got an absolute bargain. I paid £240 a month ago for my 2nd EVGA 970 which is roughly $400

 

The 390 is better by like ~5% which doesn't = $100

[App4that]

yeah thats what im playing atm the card works great for me but some member on the forum said it was cheap crap so..

Don says my PSU is cheap crap too, welcome to the club brother. Don is salty because his card died, but the funny thing is if you have problems it's user error :lol:

 

Don't mind Don, he's alright.

[stealth80]

Don says my PSU is cheap crap too, welcome to the club brother. Don is salty because his card died, but the funny thing is if you have problems it's user error :lol:

 

Don't mind Don, he's alright.

 

 

Is that the Don who appears to have shares in AMD?

 

 

[SmilesRising]

Don says my PSU is cheap crap too, welcome to the club brother. Don is salty because his card died, but the funny thing is if you have problems it's user error :lol:

 

Don't mind Don, he's alright.

haha, this forum is great. 

[App4that]

Is that the Don who appears to have shares in AMD?

If I owned AMD I'd buy Don a hooker. Not a Boulder highway hooker but a casino girl. And right after they're done she's hand him a Fury.

 

Hardest working brother I know.

 

 

(so getting modded)

[Enderman]

1) its a 970, so yes its good

 

2) it looks awesome IMO, aside from not having a backplate

 

3) it doesnt perform much better than a reference cooler, but again, its a 970, reference cooler is perfectly fine

 

4) enjoy it, dont regret it

[SmilesRising]

Thank you all for replying and answering my wonderful question. i can now go to bed and sleep peacefully

[don_svetlio]

If I owned AMD I'd buy Don a hooker. Not a Boulder highway hooker but a casino girl. And right after they're done she's hand him a Fury.

 

Hardest working brother I know.

 

 

(so getting modded)

I love how VRMs over 100*C are fine according to everyone.......................................................................

[App4that]

I love how VRMs over 100*C are fine according to everyone.......................................................................

 

Have you seen the VRM temps on the 390? I pushed into the high 90c all the time overclocking, the crossfire temps were out of control.

 

But that's the baby Jesus 390, so it's all good, right?

[don_svetlio]

The reference one is actually better-cooled...........................

[don_svetlio]

Have you seen the VRM temps on the 390? I pushed into the high 90c all the time overclocking, the crossfire temps were out of control.

 

But that's the baby Jesus 390, so it's all good, right?

Have you ever heard me say it's good? What are your Vapor-X VRMs though?

Or the reference cooler's VRMs that are on a separate heatsink?

Or the VRMs on the MSI 390?

VRM cooling is important for good OCs...........

[App4that]

Have you ever heard me say it's good? What are your Vapor-X VRMs though?

Or the reference cooler's VRMs that are on a separate heatsink?

Or the VRMs on the MSI 390?

VRM cooling is important for good OCs...........

Very true, the Nitro is not and should not be used as a means of measurement for the 390. But as for Asus they mean to have the temps higher on their cards, could be mumbo jumbo but I haven't heard people lining up to complain.

[don_svetlio]

Very true, the Nitro is not and should not be used as a means of measurement for the 390. But as for Asus they mean to have the temps higher on their cards, could be mumbo jumbo but I haven't heard people lining up to complain.

I can attest. Their fans max out at 40% for my card even if it's 80*C.

[stealth80]

I love how VRMs over 100*C are fine according to everyone.......................................................................

 

For $200 he could add an aftermarket cooler