Best Graphics Card For $400

[Justin Hunter]

I was planning to get the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 accompanied by the i5-4690k. Is there any other graphics card that performs better then The EVGA GeForce GTX 970?

 

[Math Geek]

the high end ftw edition is one of the best 970's from what i have seen. super cooling allows for a huge factory oc plus room for more. they are over double slot wide though so make sure you have room for the extra width of the card!!

 

[Justin Hunter]

Now I'm considering the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970, would that be a good choice?

 

[Math Geek]

they are all good choices really difference is what features do you want? is it worth almost $100 to go from the basic 970 to the top of the line one? i usually end up in the middle myself. i like the evga superclocked model you asked about first if you want to save the money over the ftw edition. usually around $340 or so. good performance at a good price over the more expensive ones that offer only small increases.

 

[TofuLion]

cant speak for the other cards, but my gigabyte windforce is great. while the fans never turn off when idle like some of the other models, this doesn't pose any problem for my case, i can't ever hear it unless i put my ear up to the case. i have mine overclocked to 1526 MHz on the core (actually had it higher, but backed it down a bit) and 8002 MHz mem. i can (and have) run benchmarks for hours, while tweaking and still never hit 75C. and the one i have is actually the lower model, not the g1 gaming

 

[Justin Hunter]

Thank you for all of your input , I'm going to buy the gigabyte windforce g1 gaming

 

[TofuLion]

nice! have fun!

 

[ylpkm]

Good choice, the 970 can still run some games at 4k max (tf2, warframe) at 60fps, BL2 and Crysis 3 have some drops in high/medium settings. (i too have the gigabyte g1 970)