coozie7 said:
The Questions:
What are your system specs? the cards in question really need a strong CPU and fast memory to give their best.
Exactly which power supply is it? Less scrupulous makers make all sorts of inaccurate claims about their products, some of which are downright dangerous to the system when loaded.
The Advice:
Right now the new GTX9xx cards are in short supply (I've not helped the situation in the UK by bagging one Tuesday
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) so I'll say to you what I've said to others here: Wait. The shortage of supply will almost certainly mean a price rise in the near future and you really don't urgently need to upgrade, hold off until the card YOU want is available and at a sensible price.
Like the MSI/Asus BTW although I grabbed this little Inno3D card:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX..., check my review: 'smug new owner'.
Listen man,
I have been creating few threads here on forums, done ton of research on net and watched ton of videos about new 900 series and i have come to conclusion.
9xx series is ment to replace 780 and 780ti so dont expect it to perform like Titan Z.
Reason to choose 9xx series is the price/performance radio. It performs outstandingly well to its price and its on the very high end side of GPUs on the planet with absoloutley remarkable performance on 1080p and a solid card for 1440p ALL ON HIGH SETTINGS.
Thats all junk facts, but now the real question, which card should i get? GTX 970 or 980?
It all depends on your buget. If you are like me, who wanted originaly to buy 780 i would go for 970. Its cheaper by a fair bit and it outperforms like beast. 980 is a great card if you are looking for SLI configurations and cheap super extreme gaming rigs. 980 alone has worse price/performance radio than 970 and i have seen 970 overclocks reaching near 980 speeds. Get 980 if you want to build something with X99 and Haswell-E that is gonna run 4k.
Now that u know if u want 980 or 970 its bit more about your own preference. Remember every aftermarket gtx 9xx is the same chip just different cooling solution.
Here is all the pros and cons of different manufacturers.
MSI: one of the best choices to go with. Solid build quality, low temperatures and no fan speed technology that makes fans spin only if it gets hotter than 60 degrees (which it rarely does). Bad side is maybe some people dont like the design.
Gigabyte: Its the best overclocker. it doesnt feature no fan speed technology, but it is a beast of overclocker. Although i heard gigabytes fans die quickly :| its also pretty long but speed are goooooood.
ASUS: Dont really recommend since it worst of the 2 above performance vise and it also doesnt run any cooler than MSI.
EVGA: For this one, turn arround. Its had some problems with incorrectly placed gpu resulting in loudness and bad performance. DONT, unless they change it.
Anyways, read the news and follow the updates on the cards.
Hope i helped u.