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You bet. Won't be many of these around.
** NVIDIA GTX 970 REFERENCE EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE FROM OcUK IN EUROPE!! **
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You bet. Won't be many of these around.
Awesome. Just got my 2nd MSI 970, but i would consider swappingYes they shall get a few from me.
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Erm it makes £20 difference which is a lot. We're not talking about a few quid here you know
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Okay I've done the maths the poster above me is quite correct, its twenty pounds (or 18 Gregs pasties) :-/
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I wonder why the reference design isn't more readily available aesthetically its much nicer with the added bonus of dumping the hot air outside the case, that's a win win as far as i'm concerned.
Isn't the 970 on a smaller PCB hence the reference cooler wont fit onto it?
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As a noob, what is the difference/advantages of having a reference card and the nvidia cooler?
Im not interested in overclocking etc, just want it to work and not be noisy i.e. Coil whine, buzzing?
Im not interested in overclocking etc, just want it to work and not be noisy i.e. Coil whine, buzzing?
A reference card exhausts out of the case via the pci slots. As opposed to a non ref card which dumps heat into the case. Hence why the ref cooler is a better choice if you intend to run sli. You can run non ref cards in sli, but the top one will always run a good deal hotter than the lower one as the air from it gets trapped in the space. This is an issue i have using non ref 780's in sli.
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What about if i only want to use this on its own, with no intention to ever sli?
This or any of the non ref 970's as a single card will be fine. A non ref model will run a bit quieter, though this new nvidia reference cooler is supposed to be pretty quiet too. You will still have hot air dumped into the case with a non ref card. But it's only a small amount and doesnt do any harm.
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Ok thanks...
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Any chance of including a free game with these ?
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Nice. Would be handy for tri-sli for sure. If this is a reference cooler then does that mean that the PCB is reference (if there is such a thing) and does that mean that there are waterblocks that fit it, even if the the blocks are from different gen gpu's e.g some 670 waterblocks?
Hi there
Good news regarding coil whine, we've requested our factory to make some changes to the capacitors on our cards, the revisions include:-
Capacitors surrounded by plastic containers which are then stuck to the PCB by glue, very similar/same to what Powercolor themselves do on PCS+ cards. This will help reduce coil whine and eliminate it. This has cost us extra but we won't be moving our retail price on this model.
A photo of the capacitor in the container:
As the OcUK 970 is a design/build request by myself I have influence over the parts used and my original specification was NVIDIA BGA + Samsung memory, so built to NVIDIA standard using only NVIDIA approved components, so the quality was already high. We've just now implemented everything we can to help reduce/eliminate coil/whine into the design.
Good news regarding coil whine, we've requested our factory to make some changes to the capacitors on our cards, the revisions include:-
Capacitors surrounded by plastic containers which are then stuck to the PCB by glue, very similar/same to what Powercolor themselves do on PCS+ cards. This will help reduce coil whine and eliminate it. This has cost us extra but we won't be moving our retail price on this model.
A photo of the capacitor in the container:
As the OcUK 970 is a design/build request by myself I have influence over the parts used and my original specification was NVIDIA BGA + Samsung memory, so built to NVIDIA standard using only NVIDIA approved components, so the quality was already high. We've just now implemented everything we can to help reduce/eliminate coil/whine into the design.
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Hi there
Good news regarding coil whine, we've requested our factory to make some changes to the capacitors on our cards, the revisions include:-
Capacitors surrounded by plastic containers which are then stuck to the PCB by glue, very similar/same to what Powercolor themselves do on PCS+ cards. This will help reduce coil whine and eliminate it. This has cost us extra but we won't be moving our retail price on this model.
A photo of the capacitor in the container:
As the OcUK 970 is a design/build request by myself I have influence over the parts used and my original specification was NVIDIA BGA + Samsung memory, so built to NVIDIA standard using only NVIDIA approved components, so the quality was already high. We've just now implemented everything we can to help reduce/eliminate coil/whine into the design.
Oh man, wish i had of waited instead of being impatient and buying my msi 970 at launch
There is no MK1 or MK2, our production line had not started yet, so we will only receive OcUK 970 reference cards with this design implementation.
Hi there
Good news regarding coil whine, we've requested our factory to make some changes to the capacitors on our cards, the revisions include:-
Capacitors surrounded by plastic containers which are then stuck to the PCB by glue, very similar/same to what Powercolor themselves do on PCS+ cards. This will help reduce coil whine and eliminate it. This has cost us extra but we won't be moving our retail price on this model.
A photo of the capacitor in the container:
As the OcUK 970 is a design/build request by myself I have influence over the parts used and my original specification was NVIDIA BGA + Samsung memory, so built to NVIDIA standard using only NVIDIA approved components, so the quality was already high. We've just now implemented everything we can to help reduce/eliminate coil/whine into the design.
Nice one!
Could be a game changer for me.
If it wasn't for that other 970 you're designing.
Or are they one and the same?
Nope that is a custom cooled overclock card, we are also enquiring to have the same implemented and the cost too for doing so. Irrelevent of how much it cost it shall be done.
We want our designed cards that I have personally designed myself to be using the highest quality components, cost is irrelevant to us we just want the best.