ASUS STRIX RTX 2070 SUPER worth it?

[Jack Holmes]

I'm looking to purchase a new graphics card, specifically a card from Nvidia. I could purchase the Gigabyte 2070 super gaming oc for about £500 which has a lower boost clock than the strix but is about £140 cheaper. However, ASUS is currently running a 'trade in' program ( https://asustradeup.com/gb/en/pages/graphicscard/home ) which means I could trade in my old GTX 970 for £105 (which is about twice what it would fetch on ebay). So would the strix be worth the extra effort of sending in my old card or would I be able to achieve similar results with an overclock to Gigabyte card?

Gigabyte: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1b5-gi.html

ASUS: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-43h-as.html

 

[Jack Holmes]

After a bit more research I've found this card: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-43g-as.html. Even though it only has two fans when compared to both other cards having three, it seems to keep to decent temperatures in the reviews I've read. The ASUS trade in program would also make my effective spend £464.99 which seems like a good deal to me.

 

[Jack Holmes]

No, they aren't included. Also, the nearest price I can find for the gigabyte card that is actually in stock is £540. If I bought the strix with the lowest out of the box boost clock would there be a good chance of me getting close to the performance of the more expensive card with a manual overclock? Because as far as I can tell all the strix cards have the exact same coolers with the same TDP, with the only difference being their out of the box boost clock.
Such as https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-43j-as.html or the one with the 1770mhz boost clock that isn't available on the overclockers site.