Which 970 do i get?

[imdabes]

hi i want to get a 970 for my rig for gaming.
i dont know which 970 to get.
which is the best in performance?

thanks,

 

[Icaraeus]

ASUS Strix.

 

[imdabes]

i heard that that one was one of the bad ones. :/

 

[Icaraeus]

They're good, but otherwise Gigabyte has good ones if you don't want to go with the ASUS.

 

[photonboy]

My recommendations in order:

1) MSI GAMING 4G
2) Gigabyte G1
3) Asus Strix
4) EVGA ACX 2.0

Pros and Cons.

Some have backplates, and some have no fan control. The Gigabyte is awesome but it currently won't disable the fans for zero noise. Maybe we'll see an update as EVGA is working on that (think it's a firmware update of the vBIOS).

Card length difference as well (Gigabyte is longest).

Asus Strix and MSI are quite similar with both having backplates, zero noise mode, but the MSI clocks higher. Plus the Strix owl look is ugly to me.