Gainward GTX 970 Phantom vs Gigabyte GTX 970 WindForce X3

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Hi,
I am unsure whether to buy the Gainward GTX 970 Phantom or the Gigabyte GTX 970 WindForce X3 video card. I think from a performance point of view they are almost identical, but what is important for me right now is to come to a decision about which of them is suffers less heating.
I also saw this review: http://cdn.eteknix.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gainwardgtx970_graphs_acoustics.png
It has a comparison on the aspect of the level of noise it creates, and the Phantom is even quieter than the G1 Gaming, but it's about a GTX 980 card.
- Price is not a factor here.
So what do you think? Which card is better?
 
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Well. I read a plenty of reviews because i want to buy gtx 970 also. So... Gigabyte gtx 970 gaming g1 cards are made around cheerypicked chips which you can see on their page. Gainward has my friend but gtx 770 and is great cooler with low noise. If i'm not mistaken the same cooler is on gtx 970. Overall you'll be good with either so buy wichever is cheaper...

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How do you know it and how can you show it?
I don't know who is better (temps&noise)
 

kvragec

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Well. I read a plenty of reviews because i want to buy gtx 970 also. So... Gigabyte gtx 970 gaming g1 cards are made around cheerypicked chips which you can see on their page. Gainward has my friend but gtx 770 and is great cooler with low noise. If i'm not mistaken the same cooler is on gtx 970. Overall you'll be good with either so buy wichever is cheaper...
 
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