Which Gtx 970 to buy?

[sonicstormgaming]

Okay so I am making this high end build and I was for sure that the Msi Twin Frozer 970 was the best. But there is this Gigabyte one that is 30$ cheaper. Which one should I get?

Gigabyte -http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn970wf3oc4gd

MSI -http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming4g

 

[austinfett]

They have pretty close clock speeds. I honestly can't comment on those models as I use EVGA 980 cards that are slightly different. The gigabyte is a common choice but it's about 2 inches longer than the MSI card. Make sure it fits your case.

I don't know about the cooling of each card. You can google reviews and comparisons to find out as I don't have the answer.

 

[dudmont]

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42978kr
I like MSI stuff. But I've come to see that EVGA has the best of the 9x0 series video cards.

 

[sonicstormgaming]

What about the coil whine on the EVGA cards?

 

[austinfett]

What about the coil whine on the EVGA cards?

I haven't heard it once in the two weeks I've had my 980's in my build. Coil whine was more of a problem on the first version cards. I have the SC 2.0 versions, where they fixed the heating issues.

 

[sonicstormgaming]

oh well in that case I will probably get an EVGA card. Thanks a lot.

 

[dudmont]

What about the coil whine on the EVGA cards?

I've read nothing that says it happens more with EVGA cards. *shrug*

 

[sonicstormgaming]

Watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yNFwZDxHXM

 

[dudmont]

When I'm researching a product to purchase, I take with a grain of salt bad reviews. I know that people are far more likely to report bad experiences than good ones. Maybe EVGA does have a problem, I've just not read about it, and done a lot of research on this product https://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42983kr. It is a different card, sure. It's far easier for me to spend your money, than mine, but the next video card I purchase, if it's in this gpu generation, will be an EVGA.

 

[sonicstormgaming]

Thank you so much. Sorry if I made you mad, you sounded a little mad.

 

[dudmont]

Thank you so much. Sorry if I made you mad, you sounded a little mad.

I don't get mad about computers, they're too much fun