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Which GTX 970 version to buy?!?!

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  • Asus
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September 19, 2014 5:24:25 AM

I'm having trouble deciding which version to buy. the cheapest (here in Norway), is about 65 dollars cheaper than the rest (EVGA ACX), and the MSI and Acus DCUII at same pricing.
EVGA GTX 970 ACX at 378 dollars, the MSI and Asus at 450 dollars. also the gigabute windforce costs about 460 dollars. help appreciated. :) 

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September 19, 2014 10:23:55 AM

ye, but it also looks like the EVGA is the noisiest model of the GTX 970. Hmm, although I don't think it will matter much in my case. I use the HAf 922 with almost all the fans slots filled except for the bottom, plus a cm 212 evo with two fans.
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September 19, 2014 10:27:12 AM

Lag said:
ye, but it also looks like the EVGA is the noisiest model of the GTX 970. Hmm, although I don't think it will matter much in my case. I use the HAf 922 with almost all the fans slots filled except for the bottom, plus a cm 212 evo with two fans.


yes so you answered your own question
scenario would have been different if you were water cooling your cpu
65$ is a good amount of money
save it
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September 19, 2014 10:44:55 AM

Sorry :p  I'm going with your solution and save the money for something else :p  sometimes I have to argue with myself to get to the already obvious answer :p  thanks for helping me make up my mind :D  (also have OCD, which doesn't help when deciding on a purchase xD).
Edit: in the end, I landed on the MSI because neither the Asus or EVGA was in stock when I purchases the card. But I must say I'm super happy that I went for the MSI!! super cool design :D 
They should however fix the "down-clocking" issue with multi-monitor setups. I thought my card was defect because I had high Idle temperatues. the solution to this was to install Nvidia Inspector.
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September 22, 2014 2:32:29 AM

there are excellent results with the MSI 970 GTX Gaming 4G (350€) OCed from 1050Mhz (base) to 1114 mhz (base).

BUT: i currently have the gainward 570 GTX phantom (OCed & silent). I've been extremely satisfied with this one. So I tend to continue with the phantom series and I saw there is the new Gainward 970 GTX Phantom OCed to 1150 mhz (base), even more than MSI gaming 4g and 15€ cheaper (335€). So for me it's clear what to buy. Any objections.... I mean any reasons why MSI gaming 4G should be preferred instead of gainward? I don't see one. Speak now or forever hold your peace.
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September 26, 2014 12:47:29 PM

I went for the Palit Jetstream 970 as has one the fastest clock speeds and lower price than most. I had there 770 4gb and was a great card. which I sold for £20 less than I bought it 6months later added £40 to get the 970.
I am now awaiting delivery and will let you know. But going by many benchmarks I have looked at seems one of the best. And have read that will over clock some more. 150mhz extra core speed taking it upto 1454mhz super fast if stable as been told. and memory will over clock happily by 250mhz to 7500mhz or maybe 7250 depending how was done. Still brillian card which ever model you go for. I will stick with Palit as my 770 was rock solid and would happily over clock for getting top bench marks
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September 26, 2014 1:08:53 PM

The best versions should be :

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB - Fastest, coolest GTX970, great reviews. Even tho it has 3 fans it has less noise than EVGA. Good overclocking potential.

EVGA EVGA GTX 970 4gb - Should be in the middle, however people have been complaining that it is a bit noisy. Have in mind a case with good airflow should fix this.

MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4GB - Best overall, this is what i would take personally. Faster if you overclock it , you get MSI Gaming App with it, just put it on your desktop and overclock the card before getting in a game with like 1 click.

Hope this helped.
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September 26, 2014 2:06:59 PM

MSI is the best choice, followed by ASUS.
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September 26, 2014 2:10:00 PM

i bought today a msi gtx 970 gaming, overclocked it easy from 114 stock to 1275 on the core and 1903 on them memory, firestrike max temp 69 degrees celsius with a fanspeed of 55% and as quit as a mouse.
very pleased with the card.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4168232
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October 5, 2014 3:29:57 AM

^ do you hear any coil whine/ electrical buzzing from the card under load? :) 
Glad youre enjoying it.
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October 5, 2014 4:21:18 AM

I can't really hear the card over all the fans in my CM 922 HAF. Also my Beyerdynamic DT 770 blocks out most of the noise. Haven't really tested it without headphones yet, will report back if I discover any noise.
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October 6, 2014 8:34:34 AM

I have had some complaint of possible electrical noise when gaming over skype. Will investigate further.
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October 7, 2014 2:43:29 AM

turns out it was my "beamform" mic that came with the Sound blaster z card that was the culprit. after swapping with different mic, the problem vanished.
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