Reference Blower or Aftermarket Blower cooler? (GTX 970)

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DatGameh

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The very question I am asking is right on top.
(There is another question too. Read below)

So I need a blower cooler for my PC chassis for reasons (So I will not accept any "why not open air" answers).
I decided that I should look for the reference design.
But in the internet, I see that there are aftermarket blower coolers as well.

This includes the "Asus Turbo" and the "Gigabyte Twin Turbo".
The thing that concerns me is that these cards are using short PCBs, which might not have as much features.

So here are the questions:
Should I get a reference blower cooler or aftermarket blower cooler?
Do short PCBs in this case provide any cooling or performance increase/decrease?
 
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If you're satisfied with the temps on your stock cooler then just go along with that but if the temps were too high in idle or load then go for the aftermarket cooler, it will decrease the temps for sure.


Nope.
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If you're satisfied with the temps on your stock cooler then just go along with that but if the temps were too high in idle or load then go for the aftermarket cooler, it will decrease the temps for sure.


Nope.
 
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There aren't any feature difference between the cards of the same model meaning all 9xx have the same features regardless who makes them. You have to remember that Nvidia sells the GPU's but the board makers design their own PCB layout in most if not all cases. Also when it comes to advantages to cooler once again that all comes down to how the cooling is implemented by the manufacture and if you look at some of the cards recently manufactured by EVGA you'll see they have hybrid 970's now also. No matter which way you go about it though the features are the same the only thing different is the implementation of the board design and overall appearance.
 
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Well, I don't have a GPU yet (I'm going to build the PC in the future) so I can't really say if I am satisfied or not.


What do you mean, "nope"? No difference?
 
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Well, when I see short PCBs, there are usually lesser capacitors than there is in the reference PCB. This should have some performance impact of some sort... Does it?
When I talk about performance, I don't really talk about the microchip itself since it is the same in all brands. Instead, I focus on the other areas like overclocking headroom and memory performance. Is there difference in this area?

And about the cooling, I am talking about the most common form of cooling compared to the reference:
A blower cooler that cools a short PCB. The heatsink being small, and having about 2 or 3 heatpipes.
Basically, I am comparing this with (the mentioned) "Gigabyte Twin Turbo".
But other GPUs include:

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-970-4GD5-OC/dp/B00OC2CFYG
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121926&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-121-926-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133620&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-133-620-_-Product

So from what you see, is there any significant difference? Gigabyte says that the cooler is "20% cooler", although this might not be so trust worthy.
 
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There is no performance increase. Just temp matters in cooling.

 
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