Quiet Build: Share your thoughts on the Gigabyte 980ti air cooled cards?

[StevenSensei]

I'm planning on buying a video card in the next 2 weeks or so as part of the last part of my first build in well over 12 years. The build is designed to be quiet and I've been looking at a lot of different cards over the last few months. Not interested in any AIO or water cooled cards. Color wise my build is black and white with the lovely brown and tan from noctua

 

I think I've settled on one of the Gigabyte windforce cards. Does anyone have any experience and/or opinions on the Gigabyte 980ti cards? More specifically:

 

GV-N98TXTREME-6GD  - XTREME GAMING Graphics Card   

 

GV-N98TG1 GAMING-6GD - G1 GAMING Graphics Card  

 

 

Is there something else I should be considering? Purchasing most likely from amazon.com and importing the card into Japan because even with the import cost it's far cheaper than buying locally. Unfortunately newegg, EVGA,  and many other online retailers are not an option. Not worried too much about price as they are all pretty close at the flagship level. 

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Br3tt96]

Gigabyte cards are far from quiet.

[thekeemo]

I dont trust their customer support

Their cards arent great either

[Amazingasian]

 

I'm planning on buying a video card in the next 2 weeks or so as part of the last part of my first build in well over 12 years. The build is designed to be quiet and I've been looking at a lot of different cards over the last few months. Not interested in any AIO or water cooled cards. Color wise my build is black and white with the lovely brown and tan from noctua

 

I think I've settled on one of the Gigabyte windforce cards. Does anyone have any experience and/or opinions on the Gigabyte 980ti cards? More specifically:

 

GV-N98TXTREME-6GD  - XTREME GAMING Graphics Card   

 

GV-N98TG1 GAMING-6GD - G1 GAMING Graphics Card  

 

 

Is there something else I should be considering? Purchasing most likely from amazon.com and importing the card into Japan because even with the import cost it's far cheaper than buying locally. Unfortunately newegg, EVGA,  and many other online retailers are not an option. Not worried too much about price as they are all pretty close at the flagship level. 

 

Thanks!

 

 

MSI cards avaliable?  They will fare much better than Gigabyte in silence.

[StevenSensei]

Lots of comments saying to pass on these....recommendations for alternatives?

[StevenSensei]

I dont trust their customer support

Their cards arent great either

 

Why? What would you recommend instead?

[DarkBlade2117]

I'd go for MSI in terms of quietness, also can we see the rest of the build? I may be able to help with making the build closer to "silent"

[thekeemo]

Why? What would you recommend instead?

MSI and EVGA

MSI for better cards and support

EVGA for good cards and excellent support

[StevenSensei]

Gigabyte cards are far from quiet.

 

From my research these cards are more quiet than the Asus Strix series which is pretty darn quiet. I know that all cards will put out noise when being used and pushed in games or rendering. What would you suggest as a quiet alternative?

[Br3tt96]

From my research these cards are more quiet than the Asus Strix series which is pretty darn quiet. I know that all cards will put out noise when being used and pushed in games or rendering. What would you suggest as a quiet alternative?

I've owned all EVGA except one Gigabyte card. The gigabyte card was soooo loud. 

 

I'd say buy an MSI or EVGA card. The Asus Matrix card is suppose to be extremely quiet.

[Curufinwe_wins]

From my research these cards are more quiet than the Asus Strix series which is pretty darn quiet. I know that all cards will put out noise when being used and pushed in games or rendering. What would you suggest as a quiet alternative?

If in US then noise ratings are as follows  Evga Kingpin (heavy triple slot) = Asus Matrix = MSI Lightning (huge triple slot >= Zotac Amp Extreme (huge triple slot) > Evga ACX 2.0 >= MSI Gaming 6G >=Strix > Gigabtye >> Reference

 

If not in US and the Palit Super Jetstream is available then it is by far the quietest 980ti on the market (of true air coolers).

[StevenSensei]

I'd go for MSI in terms of quietness, also can we see the rest of the build? I may be able to help with making the build closer to "silent"

Define r5 case (replace stock fans with NF-A14 PWM 140mm fans. 2 front intake, 1 rear exhaust)

ASUS 170 Deluxe MB

i7 6700K

Noctua NH-D15S cooler with 2 NF-A15 140 mm fans

Seasonic SS-660XP2 80+ platinum hybrid PSU. 

[StevenSensei]

If not in US and the Palit Super Jetstream is available then it is by far the quietest 980ti on the market (of true air coolers).

 

I'm in Japan....didn't even know this card existed. Looks like I can pick one up in country for about $660 / USD. I might have to dig in on some research on that card. Thanks for the tip. 

[StevenSensei]

Bah! Good reviews but conflicting information. Some list the gigabyte G1 as being more quiet than the Palit. Others list MSI as better...others as worse. I think I've come to the conclusion that all of these cards are good and I'm splitting hears and picking knits. They will probably meet my needs as they are all really close to one another in power and noise level. So I guess it's just time to pull the trigger on the card that will give me the best value and is the easiest to obtain at the price....Thanks all

[DildorTheDecent]

If in US then noise ratings are as follows  Evga Kingpin (heavy triple slot) = Asus Matrix = MSI Lightning (huge triple slot >= Zotac Amp Extreme (huge triple slot) > Evga ACX 2.0 >= MSI Gaming 6G >=Strix > Gigabtye >> Reference

 

If not in US and the Palit Super Jetstream is available then it is by far the quietest 980ti on the market (of true air coolers).

The EVGA K|NGP|N is a dual slot card. Same with the ASUS Matrix. The Lightning is more like 2.5 slot. The AMP! Extreme is slightly over 2 slots. No where near triple. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

The EVGA K|NGP|N is a dual slot card. Same with the ASUS Matrix. The Lightning is more like 2.5 slot. The AMP! Extreme is slightly over 2 slots. No where near triple. 

My bad on the Kingpin (which is just super heavy), but I didn't call the matrix a triple slot.

 

If a card is sufficiently over two slots where you can't reasonably physically put them in two slot spaced situations, they are triple slot which is the case for both the Amp extreme and the Lightning.

 

As guru3d puts it "The card itself is a triple-slot solution, it is composite heat-pipe based, the GPU is cooled by a copper base plate connected to heat pipes."

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/zotac_geforce_gtx_980_ti_amp_extreme_review,2.html