MSI 1070 TI Titanium Vs Duke

[idefvx]

Hello cummunity! I can not seem to find much information about this, so I thought I'd ask. As the title suggests, I am making my first build by the end of this year, and for the GPU I was going to use, was the 1070 TI Titanium by MSI, until I found the 1070 TI Duke, which has 3 fans instead of two. It is also currently about 10-30$ cheaper. so I tried to find out some information, but I couldn't really find anything useful besides the statement "it's an OK GPU." so, what GPU is better and why? noise and thermals are my main concerns. Thank you for your time!

 

[Karadjgne]

The Duke is a thinner card overall. It uses 3x fans because the heatsink is thinner but wider than the normal 1070ti heatsinks. Normally this lack of surface area would make for lower thermal ability, but the 3x fans make up for that lack. The titanium isn't much of anything more than the regular Gaming 8G, except it has a metal theme instead of the red, and the leds etc.

If you have a mini itx or micro tower case, where cooler height could be a restriction, the Duke would be a much better option, but if you are planning on screwing the OC to the walls, the titanium has a better cooling ability