mp5mafia :
Maybe you right as I did not really followed much on G1s though. My Msi gpu can run stable 1531Mhz core and 8292Mhz on Vram. This is pretty much where most people will get limited by the amount of heat you can get rid of your gaming room?
my msi 970 hits 1560mhz, my friend has a g1 970 and it can hit 1600mhz with an unlocked bios.
but thats a 970, the msi 970 has a 1x8 and 1x6 pin, the g1 has 2x8 pin.
msi 980ti has 2x8 like the g1. the best thing he can do is find benchmarks of the two and see which ocs better, but if he doesnt want to oc, he should get the cheaper one, id only ever go with msi or gigabyte for gpus, imo evga is overpriced.