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Nvidia 9 Series 8GB cards?

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General question, any idea when you'll be getting these bad boys in stock?

I'm in the market for a new card but I'm not sure if I should hold out since I heard they're set to be released Nov/Dec.

Also, I wonder if the 8GB 970 will have a stock cooler edition...

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With the first two you are likely to get Coil Whine, and the G1 when revs up it is like an hairdryer too (I had to send a MSI and G1 back to two different shops). Wait on a see feedback on the OC stock
 
I went G1, its super quiet infact im shocked how quiet it is. No coil whine unless it hits 7-800fps then it whines and very noticebly but i only ever hit that fps in 3d mark so for normal use its silent. Very cool running too. But ues it coil whines noticable at 700fps quite loud 1200fps and above (however your never getting anywhere near close to coul whine in games.
 
Ah, well that clears that up then. Now to just decide if I want to go for SLI G1's, Strix or the OC stock cooler 970...
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18636561

This very special NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is the only one of its kind designed by our in-house VGA Guru Gibbo making this the worlds ONLY genuine reference 970 available in the world. Gibbo's design request were very specific, genuine NVIDIA 970 cooler, yes the crazy expensive one just like the 980 cooler and a NVIDIA BGA Board using all original NVIDIA components with absolute zero cost down in the design.

Infact Gibbo improved the design by changing the containers in which the inductors are located for better quality items to help reduce and eliminate any possibility of coil whine. We also instruct our factory to only build these cards with Samsung memory. So why buy this over any other 970, well it is most likely the quietest whilst under load (gaming) due to having the NVIDIA cooler and any chances of coil whine have being pretty much eliminated with the design changes Gibbo has had implemented.

So this card is ideal for those seeking as little noise as possible and the other major advantage is the NVIDIA cooler which offers much better cooling performance in smaller enclosures or when running in 2-way or 3-way SLI.
But if it was me buying then I would just pay the extra and buy a GTX 980 when one goes on sale ;)
 
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