what 970 to get

Richard-h2 · 2 Jan 2015 at 11:35

ok so been looking and tempted to go out and get my self a 970 card

OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive**

OR

GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive**

Will the Infinity Black Edition keep quite while working hard or would the Other be better.

also the clock speed are better on the Infinity Black Edition is this just down to the tweaking so not an option with the other one ?

Cheers

Richard

Relentless81 · 2 Jan 2015 at 11:38

Gigabyte for me everytime, owned a fair few cards now and never a problem with any of them, currently own the G1 and it runs everything I ask it to brilliantly

JamesM · 2 Jan 2015 at 12:13

Out of those two, i'd go with the GALAX card.

If your going to overclock and push the card with volts the GALAX card doesn't provide much more in voltages compared to other cards such as the Gigabyte and MSI

mickyflinn · 2 Jan 2015 at 12:14

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1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99

ALEXAROTH · 2 Jan 2015 at 12:45

go for the MSI for an extra cool, virtually silent card

almighty15 · 2 Jan 2015 at 12:53

Get the cheapest and BIOS mod it.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 2 Jan 2015 at 12:58

Galaxy and Gigabyte have UK based RMA.

Richard-h2 · 2 Jan 2015 at 13:20

Ok ..

so one thing I do not want is to spend close to £300 and then end up with coil whine

Now the other comes with a more positive it wont have any or RMA .. what about the others ?

james.miller · 2 Jan 2015 at 13:25

Ive just received the Galax 970 infinity. I Cant hear any coilwhine unless the fps passes about 1600. its silent in gaming

Sencha · 2 Jan 2015 at 13:26

Was just making the same choice today. Went for the Galax.

Trustdesa · 2 Jan 2015 at 13:54

OcUK 970 Reference.... No noise, No whine, No heat, No problems!

opethdisciple · 2 Jan 2015 at 13:55

Relentless81 said:
Gigabyte for me everytime, owned a fair few cards now and never a problem with any of them, currently own the G1 and it runs everything I ask it to brilliantly

+1 G1

Richard-h2 · 2 Jan 2015 at 13:55

Just the Fact any Coil Whine and its replaced .. Id hate to spend and have that

I do want it to be quite as the pc is on the desk ... did think it was strange to have this but its seams people do now and I am liking it .. more so as I have a white case so looks the part ....

mmm well I have a few days to think while the offer is on

Richard

8 Pack · 2 Jan 2015 at 13:59

Galax Infinity is the best built for sure and great looking. OC is purely the silicon lottery but the Galax gives it teh best chance to OC with 980 PCB great PWM and strong cooler with back plate.

Jarrastafari · 2 Jan 2015 at 14:35

As well as the words "inspired by 8pack" on the backplate

Relentless81 · 2 Jan 2015 at 17:08

My G1 doesnt whine but its powered by a Seasonic X Series PSU which has powered 3 Gigabyte cards and not one of them whined

Ixon · 2 Jan 2015 at 18:16

I've gone for the Galax Infinity in this new X99 rig i'm currently building myself, as i don't want coil whine & don't want to take the gamble.

The R290 i have in my sig suffers slight coil whine with any mouse that uses 1000Mhz polling rate on desktop, I've had to buy a mouse where i can adjust the polling rate down to 500Mhz to stop it whining.

varkanoid · 2 Jan 2015 at 19:26

james.miller said:
Ive just received the Galax 970 infinity. I Cant hear any coilwhine unless the fps passes about 1600. its silent in gaming

1600fps ?

Richard-h2 · 2 Jan 2015 at 19:29

Well I have a recommended PSU from the list so Hope that's a good start but yes would be so annoyed with my self if I got a card and had the problem.

Richard

james.miller · 2 Jan 2015 at 19:40

varkanoid said:
1600fps ?

yes, 1600 fps. what's the issue? do you not understand?