Asus STRIX GTX 970 DirectCU II OC 4GB or EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 2.0??? which one offers more?

BlackMamba23 · Nov 5, 2014

i'm finally upgrading from my 6870 (been a while, yes) and i want to spend my money the best way possible, which of these two cards would be a better suit for me? and which offers more.

My system is still a little low on other aspects; i will be upgrading gradually in the future

i5 3570k 4.2GHz
Corsair Vengeance 8gb
MSI Z77A-G41
Seagate 1TB HD

Cheers

anbello262 · Nov 5, 2014

I don't see how your build could be a little low o.o
Top end CPU, 8gb ram, overclocking mobo...
I heard better things about the Asus Strix than the EVG, but don't really know ._.

Brighttail · Nov 5, 2014

Both are good cards... I might even offer the MSI Gaming in there. The EVGA has had issues with earlier releases so if you go that way make sure it is a newer one. The Asus and MSI both have an additional feature of Zero fan spin until the GPU gets to 50-60 C which means they are quieter. Overall the benchmarks i have seen MSI is slightly ahead of the other two. All of them should pretty much overclock up to stock 980 speeds without increasing the voltage.

rolli59 · Nov 5, 2014

Really is just a personal preference which manufacturer to go with. I personally would get the EVGA for the same price Asus only if cheaper.

rolli59 · Nov 5, 2014

Brighttail :

ACX 2.0 means the newer one!

alpacino2368 · Nov 5, 2014

BlackMamba23 :

I would personally buy the asus model. And Ill give a couple reasons why:
1) asus graphics cards have arguably the highest most consist quality of any gpu manufacturer on the market
2) in comparison to other gtx 970s it runs with no fans until a much higher temperature indicating a better build quality and meaning it will be very quiet if that matters to u
3) its normally priced lower than the evga model
4) lower tdp
5) personally like the look better

I would go with evga only on the basis of overclocking, due to the asus power design it typically doesnt overclock as well as other cards such as the evga (however its normally a very minimal difference).

Brighttail · Nov 5, 2014

Did i mention that the MSI gaming has the red/black theme and a dragon LED that lights up! hehe. of the two i'd go ASUS.

BlackMamba23 · Nov 5, 2014

anbello262 :

Thanks!, considering the prices for those parts compared to this, i thought it would be low-end and not perform as well with this card. but for me the Asus is more asthetically pleasing (with the backplate), but the EVGA has higher clock (room for more too

). I'm going to be playing The Witcher 3, Shadow of Mordor and AC Unity on it so would those few more fps be beneficial or unnecessary?

rolli59 · Nov 5, 2014

alpacino2368 :

BlackMamba23 :

I would personally buy the asus model. And Ill give a couple reasons why:
1) asus graphics cards have arguably the highest most consist quality of any gpu manufacturer on the market
2) in comparison to other gtx 970s it runs with no fans until a much higher temperature indicating a better build quality and meaning it will be very quiet if that matters to u
3) its normally priced lower than the evga model
4) lower tdp
5) personally like the look better

I would go with evga only on the basis of overclocking, due to the asus power design it typically doesnt overclock as well as other cards such as the evga (however its normally a very minimal difference).

1 Arguably is the only correct statement.
2 It is a feature/gimmick that has nothing to do with quality, only silence at low loads.
3 market day http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=186&sort=a8 more expensive.
4 N/A
5 Confirms personal preference!

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