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Which GTX 760 to get, is EVGA ACX better?

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July 6, 2013 9:24:42 AM

Hi,

After my Sapphire 7850 gave me masses of problems with my first ever gaming PC build, I returned it and Amazon kindly gave me a full refund.

I was planning on getting the Nvidia counterpart, the 660 or maybe 660 Ti. But recently, the 760 was released.

I would like to get an EVGA 760 as I know their customer service is excellent, and I think they are doing a registration offer with 760's with 3DMark11 and Primal Carnage.

I have been waiting a few weeks for the 760 to be in stock for UK retailers (it took a while longer than the US), and now it is mostly in stock. But I don't know whether to get an EVGA one with ACX cooling or not.

I would definitely get the ACX, but the thing is, that is still not stocked anywhere yet. On top of that, from Ebuyer, for around £16 less than the ACX, I can get a Superclocked blower cooled one.

http://www.ebuyer.com/520366-evga-nvidia-gtx-760-sc-108...

Scan.co.uk and Amazon.co.uk have the ACX versions listed, but with no sign of stock coming soon.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-evga-gtx-760-acx-pci...

Their ordinarily cooled 760's are much more expensive than Ebuyer.

I would rather get my 760 from Ebuyer or Amazon, as I trust these the most.

So I need to know if it is worth waiting for the ACX to be stocked (I really am tired of waiting for a GPU now), and also paying around £16 more for it, and that's without the Superclock.

A few more important things - I will NOT be doing any SLI, as my motherboard only supports Crossfire. I am almost certain my case has enough air flow for an ACX fan which blows hot air into the case. I know ACX would seem like a good option here - but would I be fine being inpatient and getting a stock cooled one?

Any help / suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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July 6, 2013 9:40:03 AM

EVGA card has a great cooler ..... but their SC series has typically had great coolers..... the VRM's and PCB's however in past generations were same as reference model whereas competition from Asus, Gigabyte and MSI offer custom PCBs and more phases on the VRMs than the SC series had making them a bit more "robust". So far I have found nothing published on this subject for the 760.
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July 6, 2013 8:28:06 PM

I have the Gigabyte rev 2.0. Great card. Idles at ~34c and ~60c in most games and using heaven benchmark.
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July 7, 2013 3:23:03 AM

Okay. So do you think the stock cooler on the EVGA SC edition is good enough to cool it nicely? If it is, I will just buy it now because I don't see the point of paying more and waiting for an ACX when the normal cooler does the job.
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July 7, 2013 5:27:11 AM

TheRandomGuy7 said:
Okay. So do you think the stock cooler on the EVGA SC edition is good enough to cool it nicely? If it is, I will just buy it now because I don't see the point of paying more and waiting for an ACX when the normal cooler does the job.


I think it's worth it on the long run to buy non reference cards. It's not more expensive by the way. Here in Canada the EVGA ACX and the stock cooler cards are priced the same.
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