ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC 4 GB

W1zzard · Sep 18, 2014

ASUS just released their GeForce Strix GTX 970 OC, an overclocked version of the GTX 970 with its own custom-PCB. What is special about the STRIX technology is that it will shut off the fans completely during idle, media playback, and light gaming, resulting in a completely noiseless experience.

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newtekie1 · Sep 19, 2014

This is my next card! Time to put my GTX670s up for sale... $330...thats just insane pricing for this performance.

Anth0789 · Sep 19, 2014

newtekie1 said:
This is my next card! Time to put my GTX670s up for sale... $330...thats just insane pricing for this performance.

Couldn't agree more!

entropy13 · Sep 19, 2014

970 is the beast...shame I don't have the money lol

AndreiD · Sep 19, 2014

So... the GTX 970 is much cheaper, faster and power efficient than the 290X? ... AMD is kill.

GhostRyder · Sep 19, 2014

This card is the king of price to performance!!! I mean a couple of these in a 4k gaming machine for ~$650 would be beast!

The Von Matrices · Sep 19, 2014

This is just insane value for the price. This GTX 970 launch is game-changing, the same level as the legendary 8800 GT.

I feel bad for the people who bought R9 290X's last week at $450 thinking they were a good deal. Looks like we're going to start seeing ~$300 R9 290X's

suraswami · Sep 19, 2014

Very low power consumption, Impressive!! Take my money. Next one is the 970, ditching AMD.

Tonduluboy · Sep 19, 2014

i hope in my country this card does not go beyond $400 mark, coz i been preparing to buy this card... waiting for MSI and Shappire reviews now...

punani · Sep 19, 2014

Holyy .. this exceeded my expectations. Shame there are few games to challange this card @ 1080p so i dont see the need to upgrade just yet. And if aiming at 4K gaming with max eye-candy it seems to be barely hanging on, so with this in mind i will hold on to my $ a while longer.

The Von Matrices · Sep 19, 2014

If I'm not mistaken, this is the first GPU to ever get a 9.9 rating on TPU.

punani · Sep 19, 2014

The Von Matrices said:
If I'm not mistaken, this is the first GPU to ever get a 9.9 rating on TPU.

exact 9.9 perhaps, but then there was this one (link)

Maban · Sep 19, 2014

The Von Matrices said:
If I'm not mistaken, this is the first GPU to ever get a 9.9 rating on TPU.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_780_Ti_Gaming/29.html

Fluffmeister · Sep 19, 2014

Nvidia didn't use a torpedo W1zz, they used a nuke!

Amazing cards! :respect:

Frick · Sep 19, 2014

I'm not even remotely interested in gaming cards, but even I am flabbergasted by this.

erixx · Sep 19, 2014

The price converted to euros and adding VAT (21% in my case) gives 317 EURO
Nowhere are they selling this card near that price. AllI see is 360 Euro.
Other brands, custom designs, are about 325 Euro.
A cheapo Palit 970 standard design is for 309 Euro! (computerbase.de search)

ISI300 · Sep 19, 2014

Wow. W1zzard, I'm guessing you haven't given a lot of 9.9s for many of product releases. Maxwell sure looks awesome.

hardcore_gamer · Sep 19, 2014

Why isn't this a 10?
I'm getting two of these. Can somebody suggest an inexpensive 4K monitor ?

buildzoid · Sep 19, 2014

hardcore_gamer said:
Why isn't this a 10?
I'm getting two of these. Can somebody suggest an inexpensive 4K monitor ?

AOC ASUS and Samsung make them for 500-650$ but they are TN panel

kajson · Sep 19, 2014

I'm a bit worried for AMD, the gap performance/ power consumption was already quite big, now NVIDIA ads 1/3rd performance vs 770 at lower power and about the same price. And the 770 was already considered the best buy. Anyone slightly interested in power consumption/heat won't even consider AMD in the near future, not unless they kill their profit margins or even sell at a loss.

I can't really believe the 330/350 dollar pricepoint because that puts pressure on a lot of nvidia's former lineup as well. I've yet to spot the price drop on 770's over here in the Netherlands at least.

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So I just checked Dutch pricing and and Newegg... the 780 Asus custom 3gb cost 440 until yesterday and just dropped to 405 euro.. And is still offered by 36 companies. The 970 which offers similar if not better performance is offered at 330$ costum asus 350$. thats 257 euro- 270 euro...

Conclusion for me is, Nvidia is trying to put AMD out of business, why else would they undermine the 780 by such huge margins, surely the retailers that have 780 still stacked in warehouses are screaming murder.

W1zzard · Sep 19, 2014

hardcore_gamer said:
Why isn't this a 10?

Similar power consumption as GTX 980 reference
Only small performance gains from overclock out of the box
Memory not overclocked

entropy13 · Sep 19, 2014

W1zzard said:
Similar power consumption as GTX 980 reference

Only small performance gains from overclock out of the box

Memory not overclocked

So you'll just have to wait for a bigger, badder, OC'd 970 that has also more efficiency to give a 10?

W1zzard · Sep 19, 2014

entropy13 said:
So you'll just have to wait for a bigger, badder, OC'd 970 that has also more efficiency to give a 10?

exactly, and this is not something impossible.

Tonduluboy · Sep 19, 2014

damn just saw MSI gtx970 gaming selling at $463 in my country, Asus strix should be more higher since Asus in my country always expensive than other brands... Bad luck for me

Dawora · Sep 19, 2014

Tonduluboy said:
damn just saw MSI gtx970 gaming selling at $463 in my country, Asus strix should be more higher since Asus in my country always expensive than other brands... Bad luck for me

Asus Gtx970 Strix cost here 389e
not bad thou.. have to buy it.. cheaper and faster than gtx780

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