Best GTX 970 model

[joshuawi99]

Hey guys what is the overall best GTX 970 model in terms of temps noise and overclocking cabability?

I will SLI two of them soon so thats important too!

 

Thank you!!!!!!

[Guest]

G1

[Nacho Marco Segui]

EVGA Hybrid or Gigabyte Extreme

[Flowey]

7 hours ago, joshuawi99 said:

Hey guys what is the overall best GTX 970 model in terms of temps noise and overclocking cabability?

I will SLI two of them soon so thats important too!

 

Thank you!!!!!!

If that's not rude, may I ask why you'd want to SLI two GTX 970 now?Or do you already have a 970 and just want to add another one?

[WilliamMing]

or maybe you can wait for Nvidia Pascal....maybe comeout about April or longer... but it will smash other gpu...(i think)

[joshuawi99]

Oh i just saw that the Gainward Phoenix is for sale (bucks less)! Looks like a good deal

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/4096MB-Gainward-GeForce-GTX-970-Phoenix-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_1013941.html

[joshuawi99]

1 minute ago, Flowey said:

If that's not rude, may I ask why you'd want to SLI two GTX 970 now?Or do you already have a 970 and just want to add another one?

I will buy one for now and another in 2 months

[Flowey]

6 hours ago, WilliamMing said:

or maybe you can wait for Nvidia Pascal....maybe comeout about April or longer... but it will smash other gpu...(i think)

I'm not a fanboy myself but I sure hope Pascal doesn't kill Polaris, otherwise well GPU market won't even have competition. And that, my friends, isn't good for anybody.

[Emillionaire]

I have the MSI GTX 970 Twin Frozr myself, but if i could then i would have bought a EVGA. 

But i can recommend the Twin Frozr edition. Honestly, i do not think that there is a huge diffrence. But i would go with one with two fans or more. 
 

[joshuawi99]

3 minutes ago, WilliamMing said:

or maybe you can wait for Nvidia Pascal....maybe comeout about April or longer... but it will smash other gpu...(i think)

Pscal is around Q3/Q4 or later this year so not worth for me cause i need the hardware now

[DaltonM]

I suggest choosing based on customer service and warranty. The performance difference between the cards wont be significant and you definitely won't notice. 

 

 

[Flowey]

7 hours ago, joshuawi99 said:

I will buy one for now and another in 2 months

7 hours ago, joshuawi99 said:

I will buy one for now and another in 2 months

 

Well if you need it now alright go for it, but if you can wait until Polaris/Pascal, do we don't know if they'lbe gaming oriented GPU, are coming somewhere around the late summer mark.

 

Because honestly, SLI/Crossfire has BAD SUPPORT IN GAMES.Single GPU over dual for me anyday. IMO

[Mattyp92]

1 minute ago, Flowey said:

I'm not a fanboy myself but I sure hope Pascal doesn't kill Polaris, otherwise well GPU market won't even have competition. And that, my friends, isn't good for anybody.

I am an nvidia fanboy (only used AMD once out of my last 5 cards and it was for cryptocoin mining) and even I want AMD to be at least close to nvidia every generation for the same reasons.

[xLmarley]

I have dual asus strix 970s in sli and they run slightly cooler than my friends 970s from msi but we have different cases so that doesnt really mean much.    neither of us have had any problems.

[Chirag Borawake]

SLI doesn't scale well in most of the games. If you are gaming on a 1080p monitor, single 970 would be enough for pretty much every game to max out, for at least a couple of months. I would suggest you to get one 970 now, and save some money. Once you are ready to buy a new one, sell out the 970 you have and get a new one, whichever it is.

[vanished]

Wow, no one's said something like "the best 970 is a 390" yet... not bad, maybe people have learned to accept that some people actually want nvidia cards  

[Flowey]

7 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Wow, no one's said something like "the best 970 is a 390" yet... not bad, maybe people have learned to accept that some people actually want nvidia cards  

Well, some people actually have trouble bringing each month to closure, so I guess people understood that sometimes, that few bucks at the end of the year is helpful.

[tokk2]

Honestly, for the pricepoint you might as well go higher up and instantly go for a 980ti. Probably gonna be cheaper/not much more expensive and be easier to manage and performance without OC is super similar. IDK just a thought. 

 

OT: EVGA 970 4GB ACX 2.0+ SSC for OC potential 

[joshuawi99]

The Gainward seems like an amazing deal atm!

 

[Flowey]

7 hours ago, tokk2 said:

Honestly, for the pricepoint you might as well go higher up and instantly go for a 980ti. Probably gonna be cheaper/not much more expensive and be easier to manage and performance without OC is super similar. IDK just a thought. 

That's a pretty good deal actually. not that I'd go for it or anything, but if you wish to SLI somewhere down the road that's a good starting point. Even if you end up reselling that card in like 7-8 months.

[NicekillBG]

R9 390

[joshuawi99]

1 minute ago, Flowey said:

That's a pretty good deal actually. not that I'd go for it or anything, but if you wish to SLI somewhere down the road that's a good starting point. Even if you end up reselling that card in like 7-8 months.

But these Gainwards are 3 Slots cards. Do they fit on my Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3. These are pretty thick but i cannot find the actual thickness to compare it to msi...

[joshuawi99]

1 minute ago, NicekillBG said:

R9 390

They have to much TDP for me atm. I do not want to spent 150 bucks for a 1000W PSU in Crossfire rlly. The 970s i can do easy 750 W PSU.

But hey thanks

[vanished]

1 minute ago, NicekillBG said:

R9 390

and there we have it

[NicekillBG]

Just now, joshuawi99 said:

They have to much TDP for me atm. I do not want to spent 150 bucks for a 1000W PSU in Crossfire rlly. The 970s i can do easy 750 W PSU.

But hey thanks

you can do it with a 550w psu...