Need help buying a new GTX 970!!!

[boogieboy]

Hi all how are you? hope everyone is good... i just sold my old ASUS Geforce GTX 760 DirectCU-II 2GB yesterday for $240 now don't be surprised as here new GPU's are quiet expensive on retail shelves coz taxes and duty applies when goodies arrived here. Anyways lets hop on to the real question...

Which one should i go for?

• ASUS Geforce GTX 970 Strix
  
• GIGABYTE Geforce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
  
• MSI Geforce GTX 970 Gaming 4G

All of the 3 above mentioned models comes with 4GB of VRAM

Tell me why should i go for a specif model in terms of Cooling, Overclocking, Power Consumption (TDP) and overall build quality.

 

[AddRAM]

I recommend EVGA

EVGA - Products - Graphics - GeForce 900 Series Family - GTX 970

 

[boogieboy]

EVGA not available here right now and they came and already gone so now I can't wait 2 months for it to arrive

 

[Solarstarshines]

EVGA not available here right now and they came and already gone so now I can't wait 2 months for it to arrive

Get the Windforce G1 version very powerful

 

[boogieboy]

EVGA not available here right now and they came and already gone so now I can't wait 2 months for it to arrive

Get the Windforce G1 version very powerful

yes I have my eye on it too looks pretty badass card but is it better than Asus Strix???

 

[N00berG00ber]

Id say wait till the EVGA one arrives again. VERY high quality cards. If not, get the Asus giving if it has all 5 star reviews. Asus cards have full custom PCBs, usually 10 phase power design, decent OCing capability, and the Cooler is MUCH cooler then the others so as long its in a nice ventilated case.

 

[boogieboy]

Id say wait till the EVGA one arrives again. VERY high quality cards. If not, get the Asus giving if it has all 5 star reviews. Asus cards have full custom PCBs, usually 10 phase power design, decent OCing capability, and the Cooler is MUCH cooler then the others so as long its in a nice ventilated case.

Yes I agree with ASUS designs as my last GTX 760 DirectCU-II was an amazing card and I never regret buying even a single time.. the dust proof fans I was so impressed I took it out from my PC almost after 14 months or so and there was no dust in the fans at all and not only that the all custom and smaller sized PCB with only 1 8-Pin connector was another + point with same performance and less power consumption and that black and red ROG theme perfectly gone with my PC interior... but problem is I only heard that ASUS will be available in the 3rd week of December and I believe it will take more time to arrive as XMas holidays coming along too so Import/Export business takes a lot of time and slows down hugely.

 

[N00berG00ber]

Id say wait till the EVGA one arrives again. VERY high quality cards. If not, get the Asus giving if it has all 5 star reviews. Asus cards have full custom PCBs, usually 10 phase power design, decent OCing capability, and the Cooler is MUCH cooler then the others so as long its in a nice ventilated case.

Yes I agree with ASUS designs as my last GTX 760 DirectCU-II was an amazing card and I never regret buying even a single time.. the dust proof fans I was so impressed I took it out from my PC almost after 14 months or so and there was no dust in the fans at all and not only that the all custom and smaller sized PCB with only 1 8-Pin connector was another + point with same performance and less power consumption and that black and red ROG theme perfectly gone with my PC interior... but problem is I only heard that ASUS will be available in the 3rd week of December and I believe it will take more time to arrive as XMas holidays coming along too so Import/Export business takes a lot of time and slows down hugely.

patience! but if you are going to wait, get the EVGA SC or Classified.

 

[boogieboy]

Id say wait till the EVGA one arrives again. VERY high quality cards. If not, get the Asus giving if it has all 5 star reviews. Asus cards have full custom PCBs, usually 10 phase power design, decent OCing capability, and the Cooler is MUCH cooler then the others so as long its in a nice ventilated case.

Yes I agree with ASUS designs as my last GTX 760 DirectCU-II was an amazing card and I never regret buying even a single time.. the dust proof fans I was so impressed I took it out from my PC almost after 14 months or so and there was no dust in the fans at all and not only that the all custom and smaller sized PCB with only 1 8-Pin connector was another + point with same performance and less power consumption and that black and red ROG theme perfectly gone with my PC interior... but problem is I only heard that ASUS will be available in the 3rd week of December and I believe it will take more time to arrive as XMas holidays coming along too so Import/Export business takes a lot of time and slows down hugely.

patience! but if you are going to wait, get the EVGA SC or Classified.

But but but patience is not the option right now for me

 

[N00berG00ber]

Yes I agree with ASUS designs as my last GTX 760 DirectCU-II was an amazing card and I never regret buying even a single time.. the dust proof fans I was so impressed I took it out from my PC almost after 14 months or so and there was no dust in the fans at all and not only that the all custom and smaller sized PCB with only 1 8-Pin connector was another + point with same performance and less power consumption and that black and red ROG theme perfectly gone with my PC interior... but problem is I only heard that ASUS will be available in the 3rd week of December and I believe it will take more time to arrive as XMas holidays coming along too so Import/Export business takes a lot of time and slows down hugely.

patience! but if you are going to wait, get the EVGA SC or Classified.

But but but patience is not the option right now for me

LOL i know the feeling!

 

[boogieboy]

patience! but if you are going to wait, get the EVGA SC or Classified.

But but but patience is not the option right now for me

LOL i know the feeling!

I ordered ASUS Geforce GTX 970 Strix costing me $440 will be available in 20 to 25 days

 

[AddRAM]

We await pictures, benchmarks, meltdowns etc

 

[boogieboy]

We await pictures, benchmarks, meltdowns etc

probably on xmas hopefully

 

[Dude]

congrats, very nice GPU

 

[boogieboy]

thanks dude can't wait for it to arrive!

 

[DreadStarX]

I personally run EVGA cards only. I've had incredibly good luck with them, and the support team is amazing. I had a card die on me over a weekend, (Warranty Expired Monday), they replaced my card 9800GTX+, and upgraded me to a free 200s series card, included shipping in it.

Honestly, I'd have to say Gigabyte / MSI. I personally, don't like ASUS. I've had a TON of problems with ASUS, the only thing that hasn't broken on me is my DVD Drive, and I rarely use that. My MOBO from ASUS was a piece of crap, ROG. After 9 months, I had overheating problems, sensors failed, and ended up ruining my MOBO. Couldn't get warranty on it, because I couldn't find their damn site. Point is, go with what you feel is a good choice. You can debate the stats on something till you're old and grey, but you'll never know if you don't give it a chance. Personally, I'd buy a cheaper card to hold me over, and wait for EVGA cards.

 

[boogieboy]

^ u just had bad luck with ASUS products.. I don't think they are that bad at all.. not to mention EVGA still haven't fixed there ACX coolers Copper pipes properly aligned to the GPU chip.

 

[DreadStarX]

^ u just had bad luck with ASUS products.. I don't think they are that bad at all.. not to mention EVGA still haven't fixed there ACX coolers Copper pipes properly aligned to the GPU chip.

I won't be running stock coolers, I'll have my water cooling setup

 

[boogieboy]

^ u just had bad luck with ASUS products.. I don't think they are that bad at all.. not to mention EVGA still haven't fixed there ACX coolers Copper pipes properly aligned to the GPU chip.

I won't be running stock coolers, I'll have my water cooling setup

good for you

 

[Solarstarshines]

EVGA not available here right now and they came and already gone so now I can't wait 2 months for it to arrive

Get the Windforce G1 version very powerful

yes I have my eye on it too looks pretty badass card but is it better than Asus Strix???

I have to say it is and with EVGA right now people are having sick issues atm supposedly don't know how true also Gigabyte improved their cards all around the best right now


I would say asus is cool too but the gigabyte is better Hey Noober didn't you sell your Asus 780ti because it sucked for a Kingpin just saying lol