best gtx 970

[jaaa1976]

I want buy gtx 970 card..but which is best card,,for flashing custom bios and overclock..i will use with waterblock.

[jeonjaeng]

4 minutes ago, jaaa1976 said:

I want buy gtx 970 card..but which is best card,,for flashing custom bios and overclock..i will use with waterblock.

why not a gtx 1070. The prices really havnt dropped for the 970s so it is a bit of a waste at this point

[jaaa1976]

but it will cost 300 pounds more with waterblock..its big difference ,,bacause i can buy nearly new msi gaming with waterblock for 220 pounds

[awesomeness10120]

Why not an RX 480 with a water block? It'll cost cheaper and perform the same or better.

[jaaa1976]

2 minutes ago, awesomeness10120 said:

Why not an RX 480 with a water block? It'll cost cheaper and perform the same or better.

I read about power problem with RX 480

[Imakuni]

32 minutes ago, jaaa1976 said:

I want buy gtx 970 card..but which is best card,,for flashing custom bios and overclock..i will use with waterblock.

28 minutes ago, jeonjaeng said:

why not a gtx 1070. The prices really havnt dropped for the 970s so it is a bit of a waste at this point

^This. Just get the 1070 with no block. Will get you much more performance than any modded 970.

 

12 minutes ago, jaaa1976 said:

I read about power problem with RX 480

With luck, AIB partners can fix it.

[Festive]

I would reccomend the Reference Nvidia Gtx 970. Considering you asked about the best 970 in not gonna reccomend anything that isn't a 970 since that wasn't your question.

[jaaa1976]

3 minutes ago, Festive said:

I would reccomend the Reference Nvidia Gtx 970. Considering you asked about the best 970 in not gonna reccomend anything that isn't a 970 since that wasn't your question.

I just copy from overclock.net

 

Here is a list of bad card should be avoided if you Aim for manual OC ( voltage locked to 1.212v!)

For GTX 970/980

1- Asus Strix or black edition
2-Evga 970 SC
3_ first Gen FTW 980
4-EVGA 980 classified

For 980 Ti
1- Asus Strix ( latest version is locked to 1.212v)
2-Galax Hof!
3-Zotac AMP! Extreme
4-EVGA classified
 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 is your card then. It has the highest TDP of all the 970s and a big library of custom bios online. EK should have a block for it. 

 

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc970-gtx-wf3-nickel

It be best to get the ek backplate as well so that you can dissipate the heat of the back vram chips. Not as necessary but why not? Since you'll be overvolting them anyway, might as well.

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc970-gtx-wf3-backplate-black   

 

Heh if only the G1 1070 followed the trend. But Gigabyte wanted to separate the xtreme gaming line. Since the 970 Extreme never seemed to take off. 

 

 

[jaaa1976]

I think best will be go with 1070 .. because i build new pc and have all parts..just gpu need.

 i7 6700K , asrock Z170M oc formula..

I want go for evga gtx 1070 ftw ..but not sure will fit waterblock ?

 

[RyGuy99]

On 7/5/2016 at 10:28 AM, Pohernori said:

Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 is your card then. It has the highest TDP of all the 970s and a big library of custom bios online. EK should have a block for it. 

 

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc970-gtx-wf3-nickel

It be best to get the ek backplate as well so that you can dissipate the heat of the back vram chips. Not as necessary but why not? Since you'll be overvolting them anyway, might as well.

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc970-gtx-wf3-backplate-black   

 

Heh if only the G1 1070 followed the trend. But Gigabyte wanted to separate the xtreme gaming line. Since the 970 Extreme never seemed to take off. 

 

 

Look who's finally coming to their senses! And yeah the 970 Xtreme came out WAY too late for any large scale adoption. By the time it came out the 970 was already far into its first year. Plus the only differences were RGB lighting, slightly better built components, a coating on the PCB and tinkering with the overall looks. I do have to say they took some features off the 1xxx G1 cards to make the Xtreme line look better which I don't approve of but if I had the choice I'd go for the Xtreme card anyways!