Is This The Cheapest 970?

[DGB]

0_0 found it at bestbuy:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-4gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card-silver-black/9855169.p?id=1219441201895&ref=199&loc=8BacdVP0GFs&acampID=1&siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-g.yIWCheCYrq8_C5tD006Q

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, DGB said:

0_0 found it at bestbuy:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-4gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card-silver-black/9855169.p?id=1219441201895&ref=199&loc=8BacdVP0GFs&acampID=1&siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-g.yIWCheCYrq8_C5tD006Q

Why are you buying a 970? 

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Eww why are you buying a reference 970!?

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

this one is cheaper:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZOTAC-GeForce-GTX-970-4GB-ZT-90101-10P-Mint-condition-/282053404219?hash=item41abb1663b:g:WWwAAOSwGjpXTIWi

4GB of memory

lel

[LabRat]

the one you listed ( BestBuy  ) is the one I have. works great at 1920x1200 res. I had a coupon and a kickback from prior purchases..... paid $247. ........... $279 isn't a bad price for the performance.

 I really don't think prices are going to do a lot of dropping, so yes, if you want it, buy it...... ( unless there's one lying around during Black Friday )

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

bad time to buy the 970 anyway. Wait for the GTX 1070 to drop and prices on the  970 will fall even more.

They should 

[Apathetik]

6 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Why are you buying a 970? 

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Eww why are you buying a reference 970!?

For some applications, having the reference blower style cooler could be much better than having an open air cooler.

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, Apathetik said:

For some applications, having the reference blower style cooler could be much better than having an open air cooler.

very specific applications........ They are loud, they don't keep the card cool, and in my opinion they look worse. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

go for an r9 390 if you need a gpu now or wait for polaris/gtx 1070 if you can wait. 

[LabRat]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

very specific applications........ They are loud, they don't keep the card cool, and in my opinion they look worse. 

mines not loud or hot.............. just sayin'.

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

go for an r9 390 if you need a gpu now or wait for polaris/gtx 1070 if you can wait. 

I would wait for Polaris though, its almost here. 

[Hunched]

2 minutes ago, Apathetik said:

For some applications, having the reference blower style cooler could be much better than having an open air cooler.

Like that "How hot and loud can your GPU get" game, reference cards dominate the leaderboard. I just can't compete with my open cooler with 3x the fans.

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, LabRat said:

mines not loud or hot.............. just sayin'.

A 970 is not a very "hot" card to begin with......Under 70C is where my R9 380 is at ALL the time. Reference would love to be able to do that.  

[Apathetik]

1 minute ago, Hunched said:

Like that "How hot and loud can your GPU get" game, reference cards dominate the leaderboard. I just can't compete with my open cooler with 3x the fans.

lol, open air coolers certainly perform better in most cases. But my point is that sometimes, having a card exhaust its heat OUT of the case is much better than having it exhaust inside the case. Especially if you're dealing with incredibly small (and full) form factor cases.

[DGB]

9 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

go for an r9 390 if you need a gpu now or wait for polaris/gtx 1070 if you can wait. 

im not really interested in polaris nor pascal and i want to go with nvidia because it has less cpu overhead in dx12 games (CPU=FX 8350) and the 390 has a much higher cpu overhead

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, DGB said:

im not really interested in polaris nor pascal and i want to go with nvidia because it has less cpu overhead in dx12 games (CPU=FX 8350) and the 390 has a much higher cpu overhead

Nvidia GPUs have a whole other world of problems when it comes to dx12 bud. 

[DGB]

4 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Nvidia GPUs have a whole other world of problems when it comes to dx12 bud. What CPU do you have anyway? 

 

5 minutes ago, DGB said:

 (CPU=FX 8350) 

 

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, DGB said:

 

 

I edited my original post to correct for you FX CPU, You should have probably checked that. 

[DGB]

5 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

I edited my original post to correct for you FX CPU, You should have probably checked that. 

didnt f5. rip

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, DGB said:

didnt f5. rip

np