970 discussion

[furiousTaher]

i know this question has been asked in this forum already.. but again, which 970gtx is best? i need to know both temperature and performance related information.
Edit: oh... fail rate percentage/warranty information also...

purpose: gaming and blender+unreal engine editor.



zotac mini 970

zotac amp e c 970.... the question is... does the coil whine problem happens with every amp card or only with 5% of amp core? how loud is the coil whine noise?


msi 970 4gd5T

970gaming.... this is out of stock


asus strix 970

turbo 970... one cooler... i dont like no one cooler.

[Fox Mulder]

Mini 970? ITX?

[furiousTaher]

the 21cm 970... i called it mini

[Ehsas]

if it's performance then gigabyte 970(loudest). the quietest and least performing is the asus and the MSI one has arguably the best cooler among these 3 and does not get as high of an overclock as the G1 one, while staying cooler and quieter, and having more performance than the ASUS one. so just depends on what you need. if you go for zotac, get the one amp core one with tri fans, much better than the ZT one.

[furiousTaher]

if it's performance then gigabyte 970(loudest). the quietest and least performing is the asus and the MSI one has arguably the best cooler among these 3 and does not get as high of an overclock as the G1 one, while staying cooler and quieter, and having more performance than the ASUS one. so just depends on what you need. if you go for zotac, get the one amp core one with tri fans, much better than the ZT one.

i am thinking about zotac one coz of the 5* years warranty thing but i need to know about the coil whine issue

[Ehsas]

i am thinking about zotac one coz of the 5* years warranty thing but i need to know about the coil whine issue

See if you can get the Amp core one then instead of ZT. not many reported coil whine problems on that one + better cooler

[Billybuoy]

I have compared penny to penny between Gigabyte, Asus and MSI before buying Asus Strix gtx 970. Gigabyte seemed to have the best out of the box performance but had to scrap it cause of its size to fit in my case (yes it's massive).

Between MSI and Asus, I just picked Asus to match my Asus build, also power consumption and noise wise it's a great pick! Though MSI looked better in many benchmarks. No regrets in buying this though, as I can overclock it to get pretty decent benchmarks (not to mention free batman: arkham knight game code). Also that back plate!

Btw, will you buy it from BD? there is Tom Clancy: Division (that's $60) free giveaway with every gtx 970 purchase from abroad afaik.

[furiousTaher]

i will buy it from BD

[Foxtrol]

why 970 now? new generation is supposed to be released by 2nd/3rd quarter of this year.

and if you buy now why not the 390?

[furiousTaher]

why 970 now? new generation is supposed to be released by 2nd/3rd quarter of this year.

and if you buy now why not the 390?

1070 ? will arrive in BD no sooner than october november.

amd is not even an option for a wannabe indie developer.

[UzuShin]

1070 ? will arrive in BD no sooner than october november.

amd is not even an option for a wannabe indie developer.

Such hate for AMD xD..

Anyway the Zotac amp extreme 970 looks like a great deal.

[furiousTaher]

See if you can get the Amp core one then instead of ZT. not many reported coil whine problems on that one + better cooler

does zotac international supports warranty for too much coil whine?




i am not talking about warranty in BD

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whats the noise decibel for that coil whine? coz my 280x vapor x has kinda one of the most noisy coolers ever.
any utube video?

[Foxtrol]

1070 ? will arrive in BD no sooner than october november.

amd is not even an option for a wannabe indie developer.

well i do not know about 3d work or game building software. is amd that bad as a development platform?

[furiousTaher]

amd gpus are bad in cycles rendering (blender) etc.

and amd cpus for game developing.... is like *******

[Trave160]

Just buy the damn GTX 970, but buy it with money's worth don't pay the extra price for small mileage bonus. Besides majority of 970 users uses 3.5gb so devs being aware of that has to nerf their game at some point to cope with that

[Fox Mulder]

200 FPS vs 48 FPS... indeed.

[furiousTaher]

200 FPS vs 48 FPS... indeed.

what are u referring to? 970 zotac mini vs amp extreme performance diff only ~5% right?

[Fox Mulder]

When working as a indie game developer, AMD is simply horrible. What I was referring to was the performance of a soft shadow technique on an Open GL based engine which happens to be ID Tech 4.5 and opposed to a GTX 660 rendering it in 200 FPS constant, Radeons fail to render even 60 frames. Idiotic fanboys, regardless of which side you are on, you only give your idol manufacturer a bad name.

[furiousTaher]

When working as a indie game developer, AMD is simply horrible. What I was referring to was the performance of a soft shadow technique on an Open GL based engine which happens to be ID Tech 4.5 and opposed to a GTX 660 rendering it in 200 FPS constant, Radeons fail to render even 60 frames. Idiotic fanboys, regardless of which side you are on, you only give your idol manufacturer a bad name.

ignore fanboys... fanboys will ruin the tech/gaming market with pre orders and stuff... like they ruin the country -_-


do you want to add any information about those 970s in BD market? product quality/vram stuff?

whats the performance difference between 970 stock/zotac mini vs 970 amp extreme... or asus strix? the benchmark says its only like 3%?

[Trave160]

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