MSI 970 gtx sli vs Gigabyte 970 gtx G1 gaming sli

[Devon Tibbetts]

This is my first post so be gentle . This is my conundrum I have looked up on both these cards to finish upgrading my system and their the same price (within 20$) in my area.
I want to stick with these cards cause they will match my setup the most. I'm just wondering which card would be better in a sli configuration(best preformance). This is my setup I have.

Amd 8350 proccesor
Cooler master v8 gts CPU cooler
Sabertooth 990fx r2.0
G.skill 16 GB sniper 1866hz
Corsair RM1000 R psu
Corsair 780T graphite case (black) with 6 red led fans
Corsair 180gb ssd
WD 1tb HDD

Thanks in advance guys!

 

[Winly]

the Gigabyte G1 will be ahead of the MSI by a little. the G1 is basically and OC version of the GTX 970 and with a way better cooling solution.

 

[jdw_swb]

Hold off on any GTX 970 purchases for now, as Nvidia are currently investigating a potential card fault that prevents all of the 4GB vram from being utilised effectively.

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[Devon Tibbetts]

Ok thats the first ive heard of that issue. So what about the sapphire r9 290 oc in crossfire would they be better?

thanks again

 

[Winly]

you can still get the GTX 970, I believe that will be fix with a software update, if not a revision will be made and you will get a new card. Also, the R9 requires a lot of power and it produces more heat while the GTX 970 runs cooler and doesn't need the same power requirement as the R9

 

[DRL14]

buyer beware the gtx 970 does not come with 4 gb vram only 3.5 gb vram and 0.5 gb vram which is crippled.

 

[krells]

The 970 sli still performs well as it sits. If you want to steer clear of nvidia and go with amd I would get the 295x2 since they have dropped under $700. You have a solid 1000w PSU that can handle the card. You will also run much cooler than running air cooled 290's in crossfire.

 

[Devon Tibbetts]

See I never enjoyed the amd cards or their driver control(catalyst). I use to have a nvidia card before and loved it. Even with this vram issue I still see the 970's out preforme the 290's or am I wrong.

 

[Winly]

people are making a big deal of this issue "gtx 970" the card still performs better than any card in its price range. Also, people didn't notice any problems until someone said it had a bug or misinformation about the card, then everybody follow it sayings its bad or whatever. if nobody would of say something everybody will be very happy with the card. In a nut shell, the GTX 970 is still a beast of a card.