carlonarducci Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hi folks Internet keep pushing me on buying hte gtx 970 msi but I am seeing lot of guys here own a gygabite or an asus any sugestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Thomas Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I have the MSI version and quite happy with it. The benefit of the MSI and Asus Strix version is that they have fanless mode so are quiet and consume less power. The Gigabyte cards typically have a triple fan cooler so are quite long, although their ITX version is tiny and looks interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlonarducci Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Ah good to know. I must choose in few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philippelamoureux Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 IMO they must all be good enough. I have a EVGA and love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Thomas Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Yes, I agree. EVGA usually solid in performance and looks good in workstation. Choose something that fits for you. I almost bought the EVGA card myself, but the MSI fitted the look of my build more in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaos M Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 A guy I know RMA'ed 2 Asus Strix's with coil whine the last month. I thought I should mention that, although this particular model has good reviews in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Or you could wait for the 8 Gb version, which should be out pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philippelamoureux Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Or you could wait for the 8 Gb version, which should be out pretty soon. This is going to be a blessing for people using gpu renderer!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 My STRIX does coil-whine a bit if I stress it a lot. Doesn't happen in gaming (because it doesn't stress it 100% all the time), but does in F@H & GPGPU. It is not bad / loud, but you can hear the card is @ 100%! It took some time it working very hard (I fold with F@H) for this to come up. It wasn't like that out of the box. I don't know if I should RMA it or not. Gigabyte supposidly has the best power delivery, but those cards are looooong. I could not fit it in my case due to watercooling radiators not allowing the length of the Gigabyte cards, and I picked it over the MSI as it had a back-plate and was predominately black instead of that flashy red MSI uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlonarducci Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Strix is here. Must admit good-built looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehdyt Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Been using EVGA products for years ( GPUs/Motherboards) . Top-notch quality and excellent customer service but they are quite expensive to get in Europe compared to the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beestee Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I have given up on brand devotion. I have had good products and bad products from most of the manufacturers out there, I just choose to do a little extra research before purchasing now. I have a Zotac GTX 970 Amp Omega and it runs great without overclocking. I had no previous experience with Zotac but it comes with a really good warranty, it had favorable reviews, and the build quality seemed top notch from what information I could find. Of what was available at the time it made the most sense to me. If all of the different brands and options were available to me I don't know that I would have chosen the Zotac, but looking back I am pleased with my purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehdyt Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I have given up on brand devotion. I do agree on this point but EVGA is the only brand I know that clearly states that overclocking will not void warranty . For those who like to play with frequencies and voltages like me this is a hard to beat selling point imho . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryannelson Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm getting the Asus version in my new WS build, I'll let you know in a couple weeks when its done. I have no real brand devotion but I've had an Asus "laptop" (17" beast...) before and I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlonarducci Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Someone knows if it si possible to use the dp port on the asus strix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadkaiser Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Sure if it has one why any reason why the DP port would not work? Yer brand devotion is pretty silly most of the graphics cards are simply vanilla cards with 'special coolers' added, I bet most of the PCB are made in one factories as well! The only comparable difference is warranty period aftermarket cooler and price and OC...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehdyt Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Yer brand devotion is pretty silly most of the graphics cards are simply vanilla cards with 'special coolers' added, I bet most of the PCB are made in one factories as well! It is not only about the product itself , have you tried ASUS customer service before ? The only comparable difference is warranty period aftermarket cooler and price and OC...... This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlonarducci Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 sending back my gtx 970 by asus due display port malfuction what I can buy back? msi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlonarducci Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 My STRIX does coil-whine a bit if I stress it a lot. Doesn't happen in gaming (because it doesn't stress it 100% all the time), but does in F@H & GPGPU. It is not bad / loud, but you can hear the card is @ 100%! It took some time it working very hard (I fold with F@H) for this to come up. It wasn't like that out of the box. I don't know if I should RMA it or not. Gigabyte supposidly has the best power delivery, but those cards are looooong. I could not fit it in my case due to watercooling radiators not allowing the length of the Gigabyte cards, and I picked it over the MSI as it had a back-plate and was predominately black instead of that flashy red MSI uses. sending back my asus due display port malfuction cannot set tne resolutin and 1 time over 3 monitor doesn't start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehdyt Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 EVGA available near by you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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