MSI vs Asus 970

[Gewibrown]

(From England) should I get the Asus 970 instead of the MSI 970 considering that the MSI version is £25 cheaper. Is it worth it?

 

[Onus]

In my personal experience, which represents a statistically insignificant sample size, I've had a 50% failure rate with Asus video cards (0% with their motherboards!) and no trouble at all from MSI video cards. In your place, I'd choose MSI for a video card.

 

[dextermat]

For my part, all the asus GPU I bought where the best. Easy to overclock and stay cool.

But then it depends on the model.

 

[jeffredo]

I bought an MSI GTX 970 Golden Edition and it had fairly pronounced coil whine. Performed perfectly, but I returned it - didn't want to listen to that for the price I payed. My only other MSI experience was an HD 7850 and it was great. I've had two ASUS cards (GTX 670 and HD 7770) and they were both fine. I count the GTX 670 DirectCU II as one of the best GPUs I've ever owned.

Also, from what I understand coil whine can happen to any high performance card so getting one that is quiet(er) is kind of a crap shoot regardless of brand. For that much less money I'd probably chance the MSI.

 

[mrhippo900]

I have the ASUS Strix and its simply amazing, easy to overclock stays cool, the best part fans dont even turn on unless in high load. Literally no coil whine since i bought it.

 

[danielchew]

For that 25 pounds difference the Msi GTX970 gaming is the way to go featuring higher clock speeds and overclocking ability and more control over the cards. Since i bought the Msi there is no coil whine at all the card is really quite even at 100% fan speed i cant bearly hear it. And you can control the fans speed of you like ti using msi's afterburner app