NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD

DagsJT · 18 May 2015 at 16:07

Ordered the MSI 970 earlier and really looking forward to it. I'm upgrading from a GTX 680 and play at 1080p so it should give me a pretty decent jump in performance hopefully.

Geeman1979 · 18 May 2015 at 16:09

Furyio said:
So much negativity or questions and uncertainty around the forum. I've been crash coursing on what the issues are, and the main seems to be a potential issues surrounding VRAM.

I'd say the "newest" games I'll play, but not for a good while (later in the year) will be GTA and The Witcher 3.

Although I also noticed a thread mentioning some new released cards potentially coming in June, so I might hang off another month see if there is any movement on prices. I typically need to be very clever with my purchases money wise, and I'm never cutting edge with tech.

A 970 still appeals to me a little more then a 290 due to power consumption and temps(I'm reading 970 stronger here) but there just seems to be so much conflict, and a bit too much fanfare in the general threads. GPU decisions used to be very straight forward, with one release being clearly the best and favourible option :'(

Don't worry about the scare mongering, the 970s are good little cards. Have a read if you can be arsed and judge for yourself.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-revisited

Gregster · 18 May 2015 at 16:26

Ayahuasca said:
I've owned both as well Greg and the 970 was a cracking card, I never experienced any stutter with it. I never got to use it at 1440p though so it may start to show stutter then.

I expect some will at 1440P with what I have read and will be good to see if 4GB is limited to 1080P as well in certain titles.

Geeman1979 · 18 May 2015 at 16:28

Limited at 1080p? Don't be silly

Gregster · 18 May 2015 at 17:09

Geeman1979 said:
Limited at 1080p? Don't be silly

We will see

Twirlywoos · 18 May 2015 at 17:17

opethdisciple said:
Just noticed these Asus 970s.

I believe they are optimised for thermals when running in SLI configurations.

They look really nice. I wonder how they compare to the reference ones.

opethdisciple · 18 May 2015 at 17:31

majnu said:
They look really nice. I wonder how they compare to the reference ones.

They should have chosen a different colour scheme, as they look very AMD to me.

Atari · 18 May 2015 at 17:52

I'm looking to purchase another 970 for the PC in the lounge. Does anyone know what the differences between the EVGA 970 FTW ACX 2.0, and the EVGA 970 FTW+ ACX2.0 are?

Link Removed - Apologies dons, wasn't sure the pricing rule applied if it's in USD.

Thanks.

Gregster · 18 May 2015 at 18:23

Atari said:
I'm looking to purchase another 970 for the PC in the lounge. Does anyone know what the differences between the EVGA 970 FTW ACX 2.0, and the EVGA 970 FTW+ ACX2.0 are?

It's the two cards at the top of the page here:

Thanks.

From what I can make out, just a different cooler (slighlty improved ACX cooler on the previous version). I would also remove that link bud, as OcUK rules don't allow competitor pricing

Atari · 18 May 2015 at 19:25

Gregster said:
From what I can make out, just a different cooler (slighlty improved ACX cooler on the previous version). I would also remove that link bud, as OcUK rules don't allow competitor pricing

Thanks, and done - wasn't sure if it applied when in USD but it's better to be safe than sorry

I'll go with the cheaper one in that case, the ACX 2.0 is supposedly quite good and I've not seen anything on a newer one so can't see the point in spending extra still.

Thanks.

Gregster · 18 May 2015 at 21:17

Atari said:
Thanks, and done - wasn't sure if it applied when in USD but it's better to be safe than sorry

I'll go with the cheaper one in that case, the ACX 2.0 is supposedly quite good and I've not seen anything on a newer one so can't see the point in spending extra still.

Thanks.

No probs and these cards run so cool anyways, it wont make a difference

[HB]Rugrat · 19 May 2015 at 13:53

Just bought myself a second 970 to run in SLI. I was terrified I wouldn't see a difference and would have wasted a load of cash - immediate improvement and looks great in my case

Atari · 19 May 2015 at 15:49

Purchased the EVGA FTW ACX 2.0 970 card last night in the end, looks similar to stock 980 speeds in some of the benchmarks I've seen and seems to run quiet and cool. It's being delivered to my parents address but I'm on holiday for a week so I'll be itching to get home and get it swapped with the MSI Gaming 970 I've got in my main rig.

I was very tempted to get the R9 290X but with the two games included, it's a no-brainer. More so considering I've got no real interest in the Witcher 3 so I can claw back £20 for that.

Geeman1979 · 19 May 2015 at 15:52

Stick the Witcher code on the MM, you'll sell it no problem.

masterk · 19 May 2015 at 16:33

I am sorry this will have been asked so many times...

But currently which is the best 970 at the moment to buy? I really dont want the hassle of coil whine, so any models that generally dont experience it would be great.....

Is there one clear winner?

Ayahuasca · 19 May 2015 at 16:37

Depends on how much you're willing to spend on one.

If it was me I'd go with this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

jonnylaris · 20 May 2015 at 02:00

whats so good about the G1 as opposed to the non-G1? Theres a £30 diff right now.

mururoa · 20 May 2015 at 08:21

jonnylaris said:
whats so good about the G1 as opposed to the non-G1? Theres a £30 diff right now.

Backplate and cherry-picked cores.

Any love for this model, guys?

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/GTX970DC2OC4GD5BLACK/

- 10-phase VRM, the beefiest among its peers by a margin

- GTX 980 pcb (the one used in GTX 980 Strix)

- Vastly improved cooler vs. Strix (5 direct contact heatpipes vs. 3 on Strix)

- 8+6 pin PCI-E (vs. single 8 pin on Strix)

It seems to me that this is exactly the same as the Dark Knight card that's available in China domestic market only... Just with a touch lower clocks by default.

opethdisciple · 20 May 2015 at 11:19

I'm tempted to grab another G1 970....

Witcher 3 all maxed at 1200p is playable, but (probably based on framerate) I feel like I need more.

Do SLI 970's run cooler over all than SLI 670's? When I had two 670's they where extremely hot and loud.

I only have a 3570k at 4.5Ghz. I feels fast enough for the moment. I doubt it will hold me back any considerable way, will it?

I have a 850 watt PSU. Will this be enough?

Ayahuasca · 20 May 2015 at 11:25

mururoa said:
Backplate and cherry-picked cores.

I'm not sure any of the 970's are cherry picked.

Maybe the KFA2 Hall of Fame Edition, but I'm quite certain the G1's aren't cherry picked. There's usually a substantial price increase for cherry picked cards.