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Which GTX 970's ?

chaparral said:
You want REF blowers for three cards in tri-SLI..

I would highly recommend you buy three GTX 970 that has the titan coolers...;)
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I normally would go for radial blowers too, but if those GTX 970's don't get that hot then I assume or hope that the ACX coolers will still be efficient?. I'd really like to get some cards that are a baster than stock 1150MHz, but I don't know if I'd be better of trying to OC those Gainward cards with radialblower to the same EVGA Superclocked speeds.

I have 1x120 side fan, 1x120mm fan on the HD cage and 1x80mm bottom mounted af where all take is fresh air.
 
In all honesty i'd look somewhere else.
Compared to Msi/Giga sku's - Evga sports lower heat dissipating capacity as well as louder cooling solution, very basic pcb, subpar volt regulator module (budget Richtek sku), cheapo overall power delivery components, prone to electric noise as noted here by Bit-tech.

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EVGA's cooler isn't quite as effective, and is a touch louder too. This is to be expected given its smaller dimensions, and to be clear it's still a quiet cooler – air noise won't be a distraction using this card.
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EVGA's ACX cooler does a good job at keeping the card cool, but it does so while producing too much noise. We tested other custom design GTX 970 cards, and they are all significantly quieter than the EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX, some even running completely passively in idle.
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The Richtek 8802A is a cost-effective voltage controller without I2C, so there is no advanced monitoring.
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What may be a distraction, however, is noise from the power circuitry. As we said, EVGA doesn't use any upgraded components for its power phases, whereas ASUS and MSI both use higher end parts.
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l2ez4m said:
In all honesty i'd look somewhere else.
Compared to Msi/Giga sku's - Evga sports lower heat dissipating capacity as well as louder cooling solution, very basic pcb, subpar volt regulator module (budget Richtek sku), cheapo overall power delivery components, prone to electric noise as noted here by Bit-tech.

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Well problem is that MSI's new cooler design makes 3 way sli impossible with the fixed bridge, and it's cooler is so wide that it will collide with my side mounted fan.
The Gigabyte card is just too long to fit in there, and the Windforce coolers have a terrible reputation for dealing with 3 way SLi.

I really only see two options. Either the EVGA GTX 970 ACX 1.0 (which is the only one available in Denmark) or the Gainward GTX 970 with a radial blower fan.

Still then I see this picture of 3x GTX 780SC ACX based cards in 3 way SLi and wonder if it is possible ?
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I'd really like to have the speed of the GTX 970 Super clocked cards and I wonder if the Gainward cards can be OC'ed from base clock 1050Mhz to at least 1165MHz per card to mach at least the Superclocked speeds.
 
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I haven't looked so I might be talking gibberish, but surely these cards run just as hot as 780's etc? Don't they just go up to the default 80c and then stop boosting?
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Yeah these 970s generally overclock high so I would say you are good for 1200mhz and beyond.
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Yea I hope so !

On the other hand I see people running 2way SLi with the EVGA ACX coolers where they are right below eachother and they seem to run fine. Hmm shouldn't it be the same with 3 then ?. The bottom card still get fresh air and the two in the middle gets air form 1x120mm on the side and 1x120mm on the HDD cage...

Arghhh I don't know what to buy :confused: I really want the Superclocked cards with the better performance.
 
Hi there

Gainward, Palit, Galax all use the same radial fan on their basic 970's.

We are getting our own 970 produced which will use Titan NVIDIA cooler, watch this space. :D
 
Gripen90 said:
Just placed my order on 3x Gainward GTX 970 with the radial blower :)
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Not from OcUK then? I like the Gainward ref model, but OcUK don't stock them. I intend on buying from OcUK because of their great customer service and I'm also looking for a GTX 970 using a radial/blower type cooler. I might end up with the Palit model which looks identical to the PNY version... I don't like the colour scheme of the Galax version... Or even their new silly name lol
 
PowerPie5000 said:
Not from OcUK then? I like the Gainward ref model, but OcUK don't stock them. I intend on buying from OcUK because of their great customer service and I'm also looking for a GTX 970 using a radial/blower type cooler. I might end up with the Palit model which looks identical to the PNY version... I don't like the colour scheme of the Galax version... Or even their new silly name lol
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I was thinking of waiting for the ones with "Titan" cooler. But since I've already sold my exiting cards (sending them out monday) I can't really wait for them to get in stock.
So I decided to go for the Gainwards which were in stock at a danish retailer for £264 ea.
 
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