Which is the BEST gtx 970 version ?

[Alonyamin]

Hi,
Im about to buy gtx 970 and i wanted to know which version is absolutely the BEST.
I have heard of ASUS STRIX,MSI, GIGABYTE G1 OR WINDFORCE, EVGA SSC ACX OR FTW.
Please help me out

 

[KNARF XD]

Hi,
Im about to buy gtx 970 and i wanted to know which version is absolutely the BEST.
I have heard of ASUS STRIX,MSI, GIGABYTE G1 OR WINDFORCE, EVGA SSC ACX OR FTW.
Please help me out

1. which psu do you have?
2. the 390 is better than the 970. (higher performance and more than double the vram)

 

[SPgamer007]

I'd pick the gigabyte G1 anyday,out of those.

 

[Alonyamin]

I have the seasonic M12ii bronze 620w.
I prefer NVIDIA, i know theyre support and software are better.

 

[Luminary]

The Gigabyte and MSI are the best performers. The Gigabyte, though, have a much higher failure rating that the MSI.

For the best combination of performance and reliablility the MSI GTX 970 is one of the best choices you could make:

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $328.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-02 09:18 EST-0500

Here's a great article comparing the performance of the STRIX, Gigabyte, and MSI cards: http://www.overclock.net/t/1516121/gtx-970-comparison-strix-vs-msi-gaming-vs-gigabyte-g1

Also, for 1080p the GTX 970 currently has a slight edge in performance over the R9 390. It's a great choice for gaming and much more energy efficient.

 

[Alonyamin]

And what do you think about the EVGA models ?

 

[NightAntilli]

There is no 'best'. Example, EVGA FTW outperforms EVGA SSC, but is also significantly more expensive that it doesn't really justify the price tag of the FTW in my view.

I second KNARF with the PSU & R9 390 comment.

 

[Luminary]

And what do you think about the EVGA models ?

EVGA are also very good. My second choice in the 970 lineup in fact. Gam3r01 did a great job of generalizing the different 970's here:

"EVGA: Superior service, solid quality, decent clock speeds and cooling.
MSI: Great cooling, great OCing, solid service.
ASUS: Very quiet cards
Gigabyte: Highest clock speeds, best OCer, highest failure rate.

My recommendation: MSI Gaming."

 

[Alonyamin]

Can i run the Gigabyte gtx 970 windforce with my 620w seasonic psu ?
It has a dual bios which i heard is really good.

 

[Luminary]

Yes, the Seasoinc 620w is a great PSU and will run a GTX 970 just fine.

 

[maddogfargo]

'Best' is subjective and depends on what you need.

For example:

The Gigabyte G1 Gaming is a great overclocker and has one of the best coolers, but it is also huge and won't work well for small builds.
The EVGA cards like the SSC with the ACX 2.0 are also good overclockers and has a good cooler, are the most compact and work better in small builds.
The ASUS and MSI cards fall somewhere in between these for size and performance.

 

[Alonyamin]

So final conclusions:
Gigabyte G1 or WInforce
The msi
EVGA ssc acx 2.0 or ftw.
Im gonna buy today one of this cards
Which one you would go for ?

 

[gregyoung]

So final conclusions:
Gigabyte G1 or WInforce
The msi
EVGA ssc acx 2.0 or ftw.
Im gonna buy today one of this cards
Which one you would go for ?

All are great cards.

I love Gigabyte motherboards but have never used their video cards, although their new Extreme Gaming cards looks very promising.

I have heard very good things about MSi but have no experience with any of their hardware products.

I'm currently rocking an EVGA card right now, I have hard very good things about their CS but have only owned it for about a month. The card is an awful overclocker but thats the Silicon lottery.

 

[Luminary]

If equally priced, the MSI.

If I could get the EVGA SSC ACX 2.0+ for less than the MSI, I'd choose that.

Both are fantastic choices and the most reliable models of the GTX 970.

 

[Alonyamin]

I think ill go with the g1,the msi twin frozr v is very good but i saw more comments about people prefering the g1 so i think ill go with that one

 

[Luminary]

Very good, it's one of the best performers out of the box. Hope you get a good one. 😉

 

[KNARF XD]

I have the seasonic M12ii bronze 620w.
I prefer NVIDIA, i know theyre support and software are better.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cwyy23
msi r9 390 gaming 8g
better than those 970's
your psu is fine for this card.
and no, just no, the software and drivers are on the same level and amd's support is way better, nvidia dropped support for kepler when they launched maxwell, and will probably do the same when pascal comes out (which comes out in 2016) forcing maxwell owners to upgrade.
and i haven't even started on gameworks and the 3,5 gb of vram...