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EVGA ACX 2.0 cooler problem?
I was considering upgrading my graphics cards and getting two EVGA GTX 980's in SLI with the ACX 2.0 coolers.

But I read that these coolers have problems and one of the three heat pipes is misaligned and not connected to the GPU.

When will EVGA release a new batch of these cards with this problem fixed?
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October 17, 2014 5:39:13 PM

The ASUS STRIX uses quality components and they advertise their cards with this lovely marketing line "Super Alloy Power components for buzz-free choke operation", which is probably 90% bullcrap, but still, it's the one I'd go with. MSI definitely use quality components with theirs too, TwinFrozr V is brilliant, I'm a huge fan of it and you will still be covered under the MSI warranty in the rare event of your card failing after overclocking. To be honest, those are the only two I'm personally looking at though as the Gigabyte is just a little too long for my case so I haven't checked it out in great detail and EVGA are completely out of the picture for me.

The MSI is quite a bit cheaper than the ASUS too, atleast over here.
October 17, 2014 5:18:31 PM

I read good things about the Geforce GTX 980 Gigabyte G1 and the MSI.
October 17, 2014 5:16:04 PM

So other than EVGA, what other (possibly better) brands might you recommend? I heard that the GTX 980 ASUS STRIX is getting rave reviews, as is the MSI TwinFrozr.
October 17, 2014 3:21:10 PM

I was gonna pull the trigger on an EVGA GTX 980 but read about the issues so I went with the Gigabyte G1. Hope all works out good!
October 17, 2014 2:48:42 PM

17seconds said:
anti-duck said:
I'm disappointed with EVGA's QA this time around, the ACX 2.0 does do its job, but worse than just about every single competitor, plus they have seriously cheapskated on the components. This is the GTX 970 -

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_970_SC_ACX_...
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_O...
http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/news/4/0/40210_04_msi_s_...

You can clearly see a difference in quality, and I would assume it's pretty much the same story with the EVGA branded 980's; I'm staying well clear of EVGA this generation.

So you're finally seeing the light, huh? It's not just this generation, but the past several. EVGA uses all reference PCB components in general on all of its cards below the top-of-the-line FTW and Classified series. That goes for all those SC and SSC ACX models.


Yeah, I was holding out for a GTX 970 FTW specifically but then I saw an EVGA employee confirm that the FTW version this time around uses the same generic components as all of their other 970's, with the only difference being a metal plate covering the GPU. It's always the same with EVGA lol, I always think "they'll get it right next time around :) " and then they shoot themselves in the foot lol. I've seen the light, no more EVGA for me :p 
a c 670 U Graphics card
October 17, 2014 2:37:00 PM

anti-duck said:
I'm disappointed with EVGA's QA this time around, the ACX 2.0 does do its job, but worse than just about every single competitor, plus they have seriously cheapskated on the components. This is the GTX 970 -

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_970_SC_ACX_...
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_O...
http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/news/4/0/40210_04_msi_s_...

You can clearly see a difference in quality, and I would assume it's pretty much the same story with the EVGA branded 980's; I'm staying well clear of EVGA this generation.

So you're finally seeing the light, huh? It's not just this generation, but the past several. EVGA uses all reference PCB components in general on all of its cards below the top-of-the-line FTW and Classified series. That goes for all those SC and SSC ACX models.
October 17, 2014 2:24:04 PM

I'm disappointed with EVGA's QA this time around, the ACX 2.0 does do its job, but worse than just about every single competitor, plus they have seriously cheapskated on the components. This is the GTX 970 -

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_970_SC_ACX_...
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_O...
http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/news/4/0/40210_04_msi_s_...

You can clearly see a difference in quality, and I would assume it's pretty much the same story with the EVGA branded 980's; I'm staying well clear of EVGA this generation.
a c 670 U Graphics card
October 17, 2014 2:19:39 PM

If you look at that photo, would you rather have one heatpipe gap in contact with your GPU or two? Two is going to be less efficient, so there is some logic in what they are saying. Just picture if it was centered, there would be two heatpipe gaps with contact instead of just one.
a c 920 U Graphics card
October 17, 2014 2:14:31 PM

I'm glad I bough the 970 Gaming MSI.

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