About to buy - is this the quietest GTX 970?

jumeeno · 27 Jan 2016 at 18:52

About to press the button on a GTX 970 and have decided upon the MSI GAMING card. It needs to be silent at idle, and run relatively cool under load as it'll be within a SilverStone RVZ02 which does not have active cooling.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-259-ms.html

Are there any quieter/cooler versions which I should be considering before I click to buy?

Thanks in advance, and apologies for creating the 976,654-th thread about the GTX 970 - just after a quick answer

Geeman1979 · 27 Jan 2016 at 18:58

The EVGA fits the bill although the MSI is also a good choice, you can't go wrong with either.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...s-graphics-card-04g-p4-3975-kr-gx-269-ea.html

Jacksonn · 27 Jan 2016 at 19:15

Always been a fan of MSI products, thats where I'd put my money

jumeeno · 27 Jan 2016 at 19:30

Have heard good things about EVGA recently, its simply that the MSI colour scheme fits better!

setter · 27 Jan 2016 at 19:38

The msi also features zero fan technology so will be silent at idle too.

BinnsY · 27 Jan 2016 at 20:08

Yep have one here, zero fan at idle and issentially inaudible over my case fans when gaming.

Simon Belmont · 27 Jan 2016 at 20:17

setter said:
The msi also features zero fan technology so will be silent at idle too.

So does the Gigabyte Xtreme gaming series. I have the 970 and the fans never spin only when I game.

setter · 27 Jan 2016 at 20:26

Simon Belmont said:
So does the Gigabyte Xtreme gaming series. I have the 970 and the fans never spin only when I game.

Yep, another brand id highly reccomend as ive owned an awful lot of gigabyte cards.

jumeeno · 27 Jan 2016 at 20:29

My second choice was the Gigabyte Xtreme - I like the look of the LED fan rings.

Simon Belmont · 27 Jan 2016 at 20:37

jumeeno said:
My second choice was the Gigabyte Xtreme - I like the look of the LED fan rings.

The LED's on the Gigabyte Xtreme are imho the best GPU bing I've ever seen on a graphics card.

Randall8686 · 27 Jan 2016 at 21:12

EVGA also shut the fans off at low load. Personally have been MIGHTY impressed with my last 3 EVGA cards. my last MSI card was swimming in thermal paste and causing the card to throttle so had to re paste apart from that its been ok.

D1craig · 27 Jan 2016 at 23:52

for silence i would go for the MSI im sure the fans are bigger on that card than they are on the EVGA meaning they need to spin less to offer the same cooling.

jonessa · 28 Jan 2016 at 20:36

OC cooler edition.

Silent.

No coil whine.

Looks the danglies.

Pelinox · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:01

Why'd you want LEDs on the GPUS fans? They're facing down anyway. The likeliness of actually seeing them is rather slim.

I have a MSI edition myself, best GPU I've ever had when it comes to silence.
I had the Gigabyte WindForce X3 at one point which made a lot more noise.

jumeeno · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:05

Pelinox said:
Why'd you want LEDs on the GPUS fans? They're facing down anyway. The likeliness of actually seeing them is rather slim

So my RVZ02 case orients the card vertically, with the fans (LEDs) right beside the vented window panel.

AiiR · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:13

Had the msi which is now in my brothers build, great card and ran with passive cooling on games such as league of legends.

jumeeno · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:15

Thanks everyone for the input - sounds like the MSI is indeed the quiet card I'm looking for

AiiR · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:16

jumeeno said:
Thanks everyone for the input - sounds like the MSI is indeed the quiet card I'm looking for

Yup, gutted it didn't fit my case, had to pass it on!

murah · 29 Jan 2016 at 06:21

I bought the Asus strix 970, very quiet also has 0 fan technology. Has a back plate, looks awesome. RMA would be direct with OCUK as always so not worried there (Previous experience RMA'ing an Asus card to OCUK no problem) some games the fan doesn't even spin up at all and in the games that do i can't hear it over my case fans which are not very loud at all

stulid · 29 Jan 2016 at 07:07

That Gigabyte Xtreme card has "Titan X-grade Chokes and Capacitors for Extreme Durability" to apparently get rid of coil whine for good.

I tried the 950 Xtreme card and as well as the fans turning off at idle, there was zero other noise from it - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18697705