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Hello,

 

I finally decided to upgrade my graphics but I don't know which brand. I'm currently looking at 'MSI gaming X' and the EVGA SC gaming or the FTW. 

 

I currently have a i7 4770 @3.5ghz and a gtx 760. (Will my cpu bottleneck?)

 

I plan on playing games on 1080p @ 144hz on ultra/high settings

 

Any Comments are appreciated.

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9 minutes ago, joeydutchman said:

Hello,

 

I finally decided to upgrade my graphics but I don't know which brand. I'm currently looking at 'MSI gaming X' and the EVGA SC gaming or the FTW. 

 

I currently have a i7 4770 @3.5ghz and a gtx 760. (Will my cpu bottleneck?)

 

I plan on playing games on 1080p @ 144hz on ultra/high settings

 

Any Comments are appreciated.

I would say the Gaming X is marginally more powerful, but SC/FTW are slightly cheaper and require less power connectors (I think, dont quote me on this). 

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One of the different Strix versions are available, MSI or the FTW. But basically it doesn't matter. Just get a cooler that you like and OC it yourself. With Pascal it seems like every card get's to about the same.

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I was torn between the 2 as well personally, but I went with the MSI Gaming X and have enjoyed every minute of it. 

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I recommend Asus because their triple fan config is efficent and good looking too. My experience with asus customer service was very good and unfortunately same thing didnt happen with my friend's MSI GTX 960  it was not performing well and when we sent it to service delivery was 6 days late. I have no idea about EVGA. None of my friends or I used EVGA cards.

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I just got the Asus GTX 1070 strix non-oc version. One thing I don't recommend is paying more for a factory overclock. I saved close to 50$ by getting the non-oc version (in Canada) and it boosts to 1900+ Mhz on its own anyways. Temps never go above 63 degrees and my room is fairly hot.

 

I think you will be happy with whichever one you choose. It's just such a great card. Just don't get the founder's edition and you will be happy.

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4 hours ago, TryhardNeon said:

I recommend Asus because their triple fan config is efficent and good looking too. My experience with asus customer service was very good and unfortunately same thing didnt happen with my friend's MSI GTX 960  it was not performing well and when we sent it to service delivery was 6 days late. I have no idea about EVGA. None of my friends or I used EVGA cards.

EVGA has the best customer service of any GPU vendor hands down. If you thought Asus was good (surprising tbh), EVGA blows them out of the water.

 

I do second the Strix recommendation.

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46 minutes ago, Daveeede said:

EVGA has the best customer service of any GPU vendor hands down. If you thought Asus was good (surprising tbh), EVGA blows them out of the water.

 

I do second the Strix recommendation.

As I said i did not have any experience with EVGA and Asus's customer service is good at least in my country. Actually when I saw the EVGA 1080 I was blown up by design so I think  joeydutchman should go for Asus or EVGA.

 

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I'm on board with 1070 as well. I will be upgrading in a month or so and I'm leaning towards EVGA FTW.

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EVGA 1070 FTW! FTW!

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I know you already decided on the EVGA which is definitely a solid choice but if your priority is noise, I'd go for the MSI Gaming X. I had originally purchased that one and had very minor coil whine under load so I decided to ask Newegg for a replacement, since they had none in stock I was refunded and figured I'd purchase the 1070 FTW from EVGA and with just my luck, it has more coil whine and the fans seem to make a sort of whirring noise when they turn on which wasn't present at all on the MSI variant. I got a replacement from EVGA and the same issues are present, so I kind of wish I stuck with the first MSI Gaming X card I got. 

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I know you already decided on the EVGA which is definitely a solid choice but if your priority is noise, I'd go for the MSI Gaming X. I had originally purchased that one and had very minor coil whine under load so I decided to ask Newegg for a replacement, since they had none in stock I was refunded and figured I'd purchase the 1070 FTW from EVGA and with just my luck, it has more coil whine and the fans seem to make a sort of whirring noise when they turn on which wasn't present at all on the MSI variant. I got a replacement from EVGA and the same issues are present, so I kind of wish I stuck with the first MSI Gaming X card I got. 

Im planning to buy the EVGA card at a local shop.  If I don't like it or has issues then in able to exchange it for a different product or for money back. I will keep the things you said in mind about the EVGA card.

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13 hours ago, Daveeede said:

EVGA has the best customer service of any GPU vendor hands down. If you thought Asus was good (surprising tbh), EVGA blows them out of the water.

 

I do second the Strix recommendation.

Unless you have had Asus customer service it's pretty hard to say which one is better. 

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