GTX 770 or GTX 970? Thoughts?

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Konker

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Hello Good People of Toms Hardware,

I recently purchased an EVGA 770 Superclocked. This was before the 9xx series was released. Should I use the EVGA step up program to upgrade do the 970 card? I already talked with EVGA and both of the cards are the same price and it would cost me nothing to swap them out. What are people opinions on this?

Here are the 2 cards that I am talking about....

770 -http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-2776-KR

970 - http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-0972-KR
 
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What kind of issues has the 970 had? It is a new card and it is on the cheaper end for a reason, from what I am told.
 
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GTX 970
i would avoid SC , cus too much clocking

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hmm... i'm not a big fan of noise. Other that a high pitch mosquito wine coming from my liquid cooled cpu cooler (which I am in the process of replacing), my computer is silent. I recently got a noctua fan to replace my radiator fan.

and according to this site ( http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html ), The 970 specs are so much better than the 770. I am kind of iffy on these benchmarks though, because I thought the 780 and the titan were still better cards than the 9xx series
 
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well I can't get an MSI, i have to stick with EVGA because it is through their Step Up program. I have 90 days to swap out my card for another one. I bought the 770 a little over a month ago.
 
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ok, well evga will only swap my 770 with the 970 with the acx 1.0 cooler. I think that is pretty messed up. so at this point, i may just stick with the 770, unless i can convince newegg to let me exchange it.
 
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The ACX 2.0 havent been shipped in large numbers yet, there were some available but not many.
The 760 at launch at the same issue, 2/3 heatpipe contact. In this case, the maxwell architecture is better built, so the thermals are a bit more manageable, so the card can still run on the two heatpipes.

I would honestly go through the stepup program. Chances are you will get a card that will run mildly louder, but it will still kick more performance, and if it dosent, EVGA will likely return a 770 to you. Ask their customer support about that, if you arent satisfied with the card, can you step back down?
 
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hmm... I never thought about that. "evga's new step down program." XD I will have to ask them about that.
 
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How much do u have to pay for this step-up?

Sounds like to me they are just trying to get rid of the messed up batch of rushed 1.0 coolers. Thats some shady shit. But none the less If the price is right I think even with the 1.0 cooler it will still be a better upgrade for you.

You could also try doing some shady shit back to them and saying there is some made up issue with it, and try getting them to give u one with a 2.0 acx cooler.

None the less after this I would recommend never buying another EVGA product. They can preach that good customer service bullshit all they want, but They released a rush product to meet a dealine they knew full well have issues and wasn't up to par and now they try to force it on to people to get rid of them.
 
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The stepup has been around for a while now, its not EVGA trying to get rid of cards.
They had some similar issues with the 760 at launch, but they remained one of the best cards around once the issue was fixed.

Would I recommend buying one at will? No, but 25% is too much to pass up on.
 
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