Move from 970 to 980

[TheGentry]

As the VRAM issue has arose what 980 would you pick personally I'm looking at the SOC I know it's out of stock but highest clocked and good reviews

 

[Swagger187]

EVGA SC Reference, oh wait I own one

 

[DarkXavier]

The Palit 980 looks tempting..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-016-PL&tool=3

 

[TheGentry]

Apart from being expensive and not as high clocked why that card, I know you get the benifit of reference being silent but that seems about it

 

[ChrisD.]

EVGA cards come with a bump up to 5 years warranty now.

 

[TheGentry]

The Palit 980 looks tempting..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-016-PL&tool=3

Palit does look good and at the price a steal just seem build quality doesn't look as good

 

[Ayahuasca]

Clock speed is irrelevant really unless you won't be overclocking further yourself.

I'd be looking for one with a backplate, good cooling and extended warranty.

 

[Swagger187]

Apart from being expensive and not as high clocked why that card, I know you get the benifit of reference being silent but that seems about it

EVGA cards come with a bump up to 5 years warranty now.

Clock speed is irrelevant really unless you won't be overclocking further yourself.

I'd be looking for one with a backplate, good cooling and extended warranty.

These! I like EVGA as a company, they are helpful and support is great. The warranty is all a nice bonus.
Plus I don't overclock so I brought the SC reference as it is done for me and the cooler is a beauty. Exhausts heat out of the back of my mid tower

 

[TheGentry]

Well with the 980 100mz seems to add 3-4 fps on benchmarks at higher resolution

 

[ubersonic]

EVGA cards come with a bump up to 5 years warranty now.

Plus it's transferrable, which will increase resale value compared to some other brands.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Well with the 980 100mz seems to add 3-4 fps on benchmarks at higher resolution

Will you be overclocking further yourself?

 

[Neil79]

The Palit 980 looks tempting..

The Palit Jet 970 was awful, cheap build, cheapo fans, hot, bad overclocks. Worst cards I've ever used, so doesn't speak highly of the 980

 

[TheGentry]

That seems good but expensive what are your thought on the SOC and MSI

 

[TheGentry]

The Palit Jet 970 was awful, cheap build, cheapo fans, hot, bad overclocks. Worst cards I've ever used, so doesn't speak highly of the 980

My thought as I said,ncr used palit and it's no a big brand like the others

 

[ChrisD.]

That seems good but expensive what are your thought on the SOC and MSI

Why are you ignoring EVGA?

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Gigabyte G1 Gaming.

A big, cool, overclocked beast of a card.

 

[Neil79]

Why are you ignoring EVGA?

The problem with the EVGA it doesn't seem to overclock as high as other cards and also uses 6pin power connections rather than the more clockers 8pin. That's why I didn't for it my self, still great support though. Unlike Galax I would've had new fans by now if it was an EVGA card

Gigabyte G1 Gaming.

A big, cool, overclocked beast of a card.

Fantastic card that one! TheGentry would be impressed

What is the Windforce non G1 like though?

 

[Ayahuasca]

Overclocking is just down to chip lottery mainly unless the cooler is really bad, I've seen people with the cheapest cards get brilliant overclocks and people with expensive ones get lower clocks.

 

[ChrisD.]

The problem with the EVGA it doesn't seem to overclock as high as other cards

I'm getting 1620/2050 or so on mine, and there's room for more. Seems fine to me?

 

[Geeman1979]

Most of my cards have been EVGA and not had a bad clocker yet. The warranty support speaks for itself.