Asus Strix vs Gigabyte 970??

WhyIsHeSoSick · Sep 24, 2014

Hello, I'm new to the forums but big fan of the site. since the reveal of the new Nvidia GPU's Ive been intrigued. Write now im itching to make a purchase but a having a problem figuring which GPU to get. My 2 possibilities are The Asus Strix 970 orrrrr the Gigabyte 970. Can someone please show me the right path.

bignastyid · Sep 24, 2014

Well they are both good. I would probably go with the Strix for how quiet it can be.

Dark Lord of Tech · Sep 24, 2014

I have the MSI on the way looking forward to testing it's limits.

Dazinek · Sep 24, 2014

The Strix turns off the fans when the temp is below the set level... Personally I love that effect. So my vote is the Strix.

WhyIsHeSoSick · Sep 24, 2014

bignastyid :

OK. So its quiter but what about the heat waves in comparison. I never overclocked a GPU. Im trying to make my first attempt with the 970.

Dark Lord of Tech · Sep 24, 2014

The MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G graphics card features hybrid cooling, the cooler has two 10CM fans that work independently. The MSI GTX 970 Gaming Twin Frozr V design also has what MSI refers to as Zero Frozr technology, when the GPU is under 50C the fans stop spinning for silent operation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vuh132EsuA

WhyIsHeSoSick · Sep 24, 2014

which is faster out of the box, MSI, Asus, or Gig??

Dazinek · Sep 24, 2014

So I didn't research fully up to standards.. SR-71 knows whats up... Both the MSI and Asus do the same thing with the fan effects, they turn off when under the set level of temp.

Go with the MSI or Asus.. Whatever one looks more appealing to you

JackNaylorPE · Sep 24, 2014

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-geforce-gtx-970-strix-review,1.html
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-970-g1-gaming-review,1.html
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-geforce-gtx-970-gaming-review,1.html

Asus (1114 Core) OC's to Boost Clock: ~1443MHz / Memory Clock: 8002 MHz with a noise level of 39 dbA under load, 69C GPU temp / 83.9C highest PCB temp
MSI (1325 Core) OC's to Boost Clock: ~1501MHz / Memory Clock: 8002 MHz with a noise level of 39 dbA under load, 68C GPU temp / 77.6C highest PCB temp
Gigabyte (1176 Core) OC's to Boost Clock: ~1516MHz / Memory Clock: 8002 MHz with a noise level of 39 dbA under load, 60C GPU temp / 56.5C highest PCB temp

So while I'm normally an MSI 1st, Asus 2nd on GFX cards of late.... the 970 looks to be Gigabyte's win .... at least with the ones Guru3D got. Those PCB temps are incredible.....my water cooled 780s have comparable VRM temps.

MSI is highest clock in the box at 1325
Giga hit highest OC
Giga has best temps
Everybody same noise level

EDIT: Rethinking this a bit..... while it is impressive the temps the Giga hit, I was thinking originally that their clocks at which these were measured were so far apart..... during the thermal measurements, the MSI is clocked 13% faster so it should be expected that it will be higher.

WhyIsHeSoSick · Sep 24, 2014

Man im so freaking wired right now. Im just gonna do an Eeny, meeny, miny, moe

JackNaylorPE · Sep 24, 2014

More than likely you'll buy first one that comes in stock

These cards are frakin amazing .... when was the last time you saw a card OC 43% and scale 88% in SLI ... for me it was last year but I was dreaming at the time.

WhyIsHeSoSick · Sep 24, 2014

JackNaylorPE :

Yeah i chose to go with MSI for the higher clock. Its really funny though how all the EVGAs are out of stock on NEWEGG but everything else is open for purchase. LOL. It seems they have built a pretty reliable fan base.

JackNaylorPE · Sep 24, 2014

I wouldn't take an EVGA card for free. Dunno why everyone's buying a defective card.

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/evga-geforce-gtx-970-acx-has-misaligned-gpu-vs-heatpipes.html

sora · Sep 24, 2014

The MSI is definitely the best GTX 970 out of the three.

WhyIsHeSoSick · Sep 24, 2014

JackNaylorPE :

lol. thats a big mistake evga has overlooked.

JackNaylorPE · Sep 24, 2014

sora :

They had the best 780 Ti too .... at release, everybody put the Asus 1st, MSI 2nd and EVGA last, but MSI retooled and boosted their clocks making it a toss up between the Asus and MSI..... once they retooled, I used the Asus on water and MSI on air builds because it was so much quieter.

bignastyid · Sep 24, 2014

JackNaylorPE :

If it was free i'd take it, an throw an after market cooler on it

So I wonder who at EVGA is currently looking for a new job?

JackNaylorPE · Sep 24, 2014

The funny thing is whereas Asus Gigabyte and MSI all were using custom PCBs and beefed up VRMs on their cards since the 5xx series (w/ few exceptions), the EVGA SC series has always used a reference PCB / VRM. Ya'd think not having multiple PCB layouts to mix up would have eliminated the potential for mistake

Better hope EK didn't based their 970 water block design on EVGA's actual PCB rather than the cooler

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