GTX 970 brands

[Oren Stein]

Hi, I wanna buy the GTX 970 GPU and I always like ASUS and wanted to get it when the new 970 is out. Unfortunately, it doesn't exist in my country so I gonna have to choose between Gigabyte and MSI.
Which of them is better in performance?

 

[Jameson Clark]

MSI had an issue with their initially released packaging so avoid them for a little while until those cards are flushed out.

 

[Demorthus]

The Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970 is amazing You should check out this full review + benchmarks:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-970-g1-gaming-review,1.html

 

[Adroid]

For me, it's a tie between Gigabyte and EVGA. If EVGA is unavailable I would probably go with Gigabyte.

MSI makes good products too. If I were you I would take warranty into consideration. The recent Gigabyte cards have an exceptional cooler on it, and a 3 year warranty in the USA.

Realistically, they all perform very similar. Of the 770's, the Gigabyte ran the coolest and quietest, EVGA was the best overclocker. MSI was very close in every instance. I would purchase based off of price and warranty.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The MSI Gaming 970 that I received , works perfect , stays cool and no coil whine like others have had.

 

[Adroid]

Yea reading that review - the 970 is pretty incredible.

Now the only problem is that I want to sell my 770 and buy one.

 

[SlayZombi]

Gigabyte is good, I have one of their graphics cards myself!

 

[Jameson Clark]

Yea reading that review - the 970 is pretty incredible.

Now the only problem is that I want to sell my 770 and buy one.

same, I'm planning on picking one up in a couple months and giving my 770 to my brother

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have 5 EVGA cards , 1 Sapphire , 1 MSI 970 , all still running perfectly.

 

[endeavour37a]

MSI’s GTX 900 GAMING cards are equipped with the newest Twin Frozr V cooling system. It’s quite funny that some people do not even realize that TF5 has the same technology as ASUS STRIX DC2 coolers: 0dB operation if the temperature is below 60C. It’s to worth noting though, that MSI was in fact the first company to develop such technology few years ago, so it’s not like they are copying ASUS ideas now, rather going back to what was already made.

http://videocardz.com/52922/msi-geforce-gtx-970-gaming-also-in-lite-edition

Just a bit of info about the MSI 970...
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MSI GTX 970 GAMING is probably the best card for the money, but it’s not without issues. There are some reports that the secondary fan will not stop spinning and it continues to work at full speed even after the card reaches lower temperature. There is a dedicated thread to this issue, so I suggest you at least take a look at it. MSI is already working on a fix, which should arrive in a week. From what I’ve been told, the issue can be resolved with a BIOS update.