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HoloDust on 03 October 2014
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JEMC said:
Conina said:

I really like it so far. Most games are at least twice as fast as with my old GTX580 and I can use 3D Vision for many games again.

DSR (dynamic super resolution) is a nice and uncomplicated way to enhance the graphics of older games which didn't support antialiasing, GTA IV for example.

The card is quieter than my GTX580... but that's not an achievement. ;) The more expensive 970-models are probably way more silent, especially when idling.

I only overclocked it slightly with the MSI Afterburner tool... 100 MHz core clock + 200 MHz memory clock, so ~10%. I haven't tested the OC limits... and probably wont as long as all games are fast enough.

Thanks!

If you see big gains upgrading from a 580, imagine what I could see coming from a 5850.

I was interested in the noise and heat because this is one of the few 970 with a cooler that exhaust the heat out of the case, important with my P183 and its limited airflow. I don't recall the GTX580 to be called noisy as was the 480, so I don't think it will make more noise that my current card.

And if that and the problems the other cards have aren't enough, it's also one of the shortest cards as well as cheaper than the rest.

I'll have to decide between the PNY and the MSI one, whenever they become available.


Have you considered this one?

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_geforce_gtx_970_strix_review,1.html