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Vasto on 05 November 2014

I would say go to Newegg and Amazon and just read the reviews. This is what I do for pretty much everything I buy for my pc.

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 05 November 2014

If you are looking for like the best overclocking, I say get the Gigabyte Windforce or the MSI Twin Frozr. I got the Asus one cause its good at overclocking (but not as great as the Gigabyte or MSI) and its silent cause it turns off the fans on low idle situations and games that don't require much horsepower like sc2 and LoL. And it theory, the fans should last longer cause they aren't spinning most of the time until I play high end games

Just make sure your case fits cause these are very long cards! (11 inch+)

Edit: Oh, less than 11 inches, then you should go with the Standard referenc cards cause they are 10.5 inches. Evga are pretty good warrenty but I like Asus ones the best cause they never failed me! But thats just from my experience

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disolitude on 05 November 2014

I like Gigabyte myself but I'm sure MSI and Asus are top notch.

Hell even Zotac GTX 670 I had was rock solid.

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green_sky on 05 November 2014

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I'm probably going with the MSI myself.

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Mummelmann on 11 November 2014

Good choice, I'm getting a GTX 980 (gigabyte or Zotac most likely) in a couple of months or so!

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Badassbab on 11 November 2014

I got the MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 970 and not only is it small but very quiet. If you don't like overclocking it comes with a gaming app that does it for you. Think OC for noobs. Has three options: OC/Gaming/Silent. OC overclocks it, Gaming is default and Silent downclocks it to save energy and reduce noise (so good for general PC use and your electricity bill).

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SubiyaCryolite on 11 November 2014

the-pi-guy said:

So I wanted to make an update. Got the card yesterday and installed it immediately. And tried it out on a bunch of stuff.

Demoed some benchmarks

Before - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8948685

After - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8949485

Playing games and using emulators has been a very different experience. I've been able to play games at 1080p, max settings and 60 fps easily.

Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0

FPS:	99.6
Score:	4167
Min FPS:	35.5
Max FPS:	166.6

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Platform:	Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz (3499MHz) x4
GPU model:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 9.18.13.4465/Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 10.18.10.3907 (4095MB) x1

Settings

Render:	Direct3D11
Mode:	1920x1080 fullscreen
Preset	Custom
Quality	Ultra

Is that with 8xMSAA?

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SubiyaCryolite on 11 November 2014

I made the mistake of getting a model will a reference cooler (on the cheap cheap). It has no coil whine but it hits the thermal ceiling of 80 degrees Celsius way too fast. Granted living in a tropical country doesn't help but I feel this may impact performance in the future (throttling). Am I overreacting?
I'm considering getting this for the card http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HHMJIIO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2F4VXF0R2XDRA&coliid=I1BW056ATGTFXA

I bought a aftermarket cooler for my CPU and that stays at a cool 23 to 37 degrees celcius.

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SubiyaCryolite on 12 November 2014

the-pi-guy said:

SubiyaCryolite said:

the-pi-guy said:

Is that with 8xMSAA?

No AA for the Unigine benchmark.

Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0

FPS:	56.6
Score:	2369
Min FPS:	17.5
Max FPS:	109.5

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Platform:	Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz (3499MHz) x4
GPU model:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 9.18.13.4465 (4095MB) x1

Settings

Render:	Direct3D11
Mode:	1920x1080 8xAA fullscreen
Preset	Extreme HD

I see, heres mine. Not sure if I should blame the CPU or temps XD

Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0

FPS:	51.8
Score:	2166
Min FPS:	9.7
Max FPS:	107.1

System

Platform:	Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:	AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (4008MHz) x4
GPU model:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 9.18.13.4448 (4095MB) x1

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Render:	Direct3D11
Mode:	1920x1080 8xAA fullscreen
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