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Yes, I know I know. Why a 970 over the 390.. I'm not gonna be doing much gaming, only some simple CS:GO as well as some mini games like blacklight retribution and others.. plus it has a lower power consumption and it'll help with my budget... I just want to know what the best gtx 970 card is :) Any thoughts?

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best for what?

budget? temps? noise?

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1 minute ago, Enderman said:

best for what?

budget? temps? noise?

Uhm, just performance out of the box with a good budget, not the ftw 2.0+ one.. just something along the lines of my build, which is

 

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2 minutes ago, immanueltja said:

Uhm, just performance out of the box with a good budget, not the ftw 2.0+ one.. just something along the lines of my build, which is

well pick any one that fits your budget and will look good in your build

recommended brands are EVGA, asus, MSI, gigabyte

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1 minute ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

I have two evga 970s, the account 2.0 SC. Just pick based off of aesthetics and if you plan to oc, then the top or 2nd from the top cooler from each manufacturer. At the stock clock the performance and temp differences are marginal

I wanted to get an evga 970, either the acx 2+ or the superclocked one..

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I use and like the strix but really any card will work similar just don't get the turbo from asus is designed for small cases. 

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Just now, immanueltja said:

I wanted to get an evga 970, either the acx 2+ or the superclocked one..

There is an acx2. 0 SC, that's what I have.  Also an ssc but not a huge difference. I like evga because of the backplates and God tier customer support from evga

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2 minutes ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

There is an acx2. 0 SC, that's what I have.  Also an ssc but not a huge difference. I like evga because of the backplates and God tier customer support from evga

so did you get http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp43975kr

or http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr

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Do not get the Strix if you want to be able to overclock. It can't OC worth a damn.

Although it's quiet, and runs cool. I've never heard the fans on mine, except when I've messed with them in the OC software that came with it and turned them up to full blast.

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Just now, Trik'Stari said:

Do not get the Strix if you want to be able to overclock. It can't OC worth a damn.

Although it's quiet, and runs cool. I've never heard the fans on mine, except when I've messed with them in the OC software that came with it and turned them up to full blast.

Do not get the Strix if you want to be able to overclock. It can't OC worth a damn.

Bad chip or did ASUS limit the OC capabilties?

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3 minutes ago, immanueltja said:

so did you get http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp43975kr

or http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr

I have the second, pretty sure the difference is route heat pipes take and the placement of vrms on the back of the pcb. Both are great cards 

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2 minutes ago, ybriK said:

Bad chip or did ASUS limit the OC capabilties?

It's limited. The Strix is meant for quiet and cool operation, not overclocking. Although I got lucky and had one with better memory chips that can be overclocked really well compared to the more up-to-date versions of the Strix (different manufacturer on the memory chips)

I run mine at 1400MHz when I game. I tried to go above that but it started getting crashy on me.

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Strix owner here and I've had great luck with it so far. I will say I had one of the original Evga ssc models and the fans were unbearably loud and had a big issue with coil whine. I also had the gigabyte g1 version and it was great with the exception of an issue with faulty vram and coil whine. The strix has been extremely cool and quiet. I'm really happy with it.

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4 minutes ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

Not a problem, happy to help! Enjoy your new graphics card 

If i get that card, it doesn't support a dual link DVI-D connector that the BenQ XL2411Z comes with, only dual link DVI-I, so should I get an ASUS VG248QE which does support displayport, and so does the gpu, and get a displayport to displayport cable to enable 144hz?

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1 minute ago, LordSlimJimm said:

Strix owner here and I've had great luck with it so far. I will say I had one of the original Evga ssc models and the fans were unbearably loud and had a big issue with coil whine. I also had the gigabyte g1 version and it was great with the exception of an issue with faulty vram and coil whine. The strix has been extremely cool and quiet. I'm really happy with it.

I've had the same experience with my Strix. I'm impressed at what a little powerhouse it has been. Being able to run Modded to hell Skyrim (on ultra), and GTA V and Dying Light (not on ultra though) on 5760x1080p was surprising to me.

All the while never getting hot enough that I ever heard the fans running whilst actually gaming. At least not over the other 8 fans in my case that are running full blast.

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3 minutes ago, LordSlimJimm said:

Strix owner here and I've had great luck with it so far. I will say I had one of the original Evga ssc models and the fans were unbearably loud and had a big issue with coil whine. I also had the gigabyte g1 version and it was great with the exception of an issue with faulty vram and coil whine. The strix has been extremely cool and quiet. I'm really happy with it.

Hmm I see... I can either go for the evga rn or the asus.. debating on those 2

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Either the Gigabyt g1 or MSI twin frozr. Both run pretty cool and quiet and pretty good components

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14 minutes ago, immanueltja said:

If i get that card, it doesn't support a dual link DVI-D connector that the BenQ XL2411Z comes with, only dual link DVI-I, so should I get an ASUS VG248QE which does support displayport, and so does the gpu, and get a displayport to displayport cable to enable 144hz?

It had a DVI-D, DVI-I, hdmi, and display port. Or at least mine does. Or at least I'm pretty sure. You want a picture of the back? 

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1 minute ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

It had a DVI-D, DVI-I, hdmi, and display port. Or at least mine does. Or at least I'm pretty sure. You want a picture of the back? 

my card is the first card in those 2 links i sent you, looking at the specs it only has a dvi-i and displayport.

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