ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC 4 GB

[ne6togadno]

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.

dont forget that over those 350$+??$ shipping you have to pay vat and import taxes.
here is how eu pricing would look like
current 290x eu pricing
no reason to upgrade from yesterday's top performers unless you really really need that power saving/noise reduction

 

[evilacg]

Thanks for the today's reviews.
However it seems like NVIDIA decided to officially supporting the GTX 970 for only 3-way SLI, just like they did on the GTX 780 which also officially supporting only 3-way SLI. But maybe it is possible to mod the driver to support 4-way SLI just like some enthusiast did on the GTX 780.

GTX 970 Technology Support:
NVIDIA SLI® Ready Yes (3-way)

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/specifications

If that's true, then these might need to fix:

You may combine up to four GTX 970 cards in a multi-GPU SLI configuration. AMD recently switched to transferring CrossFire data via the PCI-Express bus, in order to handle 4K frames. NVIDIA's SLI has no such limitations, so there is no reason to use PCIe.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/3.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_970_SC_ACX_Cooler/3.html

 

[Air]

Card looks amazing on all fronts. Maybe a little needlessy wide. Wont fit some itx cases.

Any chance we will see referente 970s in the market?

 

[hardcore_gamer]

exactly, and this is not something impossible.

Makes sense.

 

[ne6togadno]

Card looks amazing on all fronts. Maybe a little needlessy wide. Wont fit some itx cases.

Any chance we will see referente 970s in the market?

http://www.computeruniverse.net/products/90569809/palit-geforce-gtx-970.asp
http://www.computeruniverse.net/products/90569805/gainward-geforce-gtx-970.asp
not exactly ref coolers but both fit strictly in 2 slots.

edit: msi also have blower type offerings
http://www.techpowerup.com/205439/msi-announces-geforce-gtx-980-and-gtx-970-ocv1-series.html

 

[Air]

http://www.computeruniverse.net/products/90569809/palit-geforce-gtx-970.asp
http://www.computeruniverse.net/products/90569805/gainward-geforce-gtx-970.asp
not exactly ref coolers but both fit strictly in 2 slots.

Sorry, i meant the nvidia ref cooler, the "Titan" one. I would gladly pay a little more for it.

 

[ne6togadno]

Sorry, i meant the nvidia ref cooler, the "Titan" one. I would gladly pay a little more for it.

if i understood well pr there wont be nvidia 970 ref (for now).

 

[terroralpha]

Just bout 2 EVGA GTX 970 ACX SC. can't wait until they get here!

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)

those prices are the result of insane import and sales taxes. that's the price of socialism.

 

[DtrollMC]

Wow can play 4k30fps and only costs $350!!!!??? Holy shit I just found my next card.

 

[apoe]

Even though I don't need an upgrade for the games I play... time to replace the GTX 760!!! Almost +70% performance improvement over the 760 at $330. omggggegegeg excited.

 

[Nabarun]

Just bout 2 EVGA GTX 970 ACX SC. can't wait until they get here!



those prices are the result of insane import and sales taxes. that's the price of socialism.

In India that's about 30% (and then some). Not socialism.

 

[erixx]

^LOL thanks Nabarun, I thought the yanks only mixed up liberalism and freedom, now also taxes with political color! As if any modern state with roads and infrastructure and security can exist without taxes. Only Kim Jong 1 could manage that! hahha

 

[Air]

Can you set the fan to always on using a custom fan profile in these Strix cards?

 

[Nabarun]

Can you set the fan to always on using a custom fan profile in these Strix cards?

+1

 

[PeterMac]

Nice card but 47C at idle too much for me, maybe it is possible to enable fun below 65C on this Strix someone know that ?

 

[rrrrex]

I still can't believe that they improved perfomance/watt value so much without any tweaks. Someone have to compare screenshots of 7xx and 9xx series. If AMD will not make the same, the next console generation will get Nvidia GPUs.

 

[Thumby]

I ALMOST ORDERED A 780TI FOR $650 A WEEK AGO, THANKS GOODNESS I DIDNT!

Ordered this 970 strix from memory express...here in Canadian dollars its $379 + 5% ...nice!

BTW, they are selling the 980's for over $625 canadian... +10 frames for + 80% $$ didn't make any sense to me. For that money, you could almost get 2 of these 970's.

 

[Nabarun]

Here they are asking for US $592 for a freakin reference 970

 

[chencxm]

Can you set the fan to always on using a custom fan profile in these Strix cards?

W1zzard, could you address this question please? Is it possible to set a custom fan profile using e.g. precision X so that the temperature is lower when idle and doesn't exceed 60 °C when gaming?

My main concerns re. this card are: 1) only one DP, 2) custom fan curve? 3) width

 

[chencxm]

Also, W1zzard, could you review the Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970 if possible? I want to stick with Gigabyte, but this time, unlike the gtx670, they decide to charge a $40 (13%) premium over the nvidia MSRP. I would like to know if the performance and/or thermal/acoustic justify the price increase. Thanks! There are reviews on other websites, but temperature and noise data mean little when the setup and methods of measurement differ.

 

[W1zzard]

W1zzard, could you address this question please? Is it possible to set a custom fan profile using e.g. precision X so that the temperature is lower when idle and doesn't exceed 60 °C when gaming?

My main concerns re. this card are: 1) only one DP, 2) custom fan curve? 3) width

I'm actually not sure, ASUS does not use a custom fan profile with 0% fan speed for the TRIX functionality. I'll have to look into this next week.
3) is answered in my review, page: "the card"

Also, W1zzard, could you review the Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970 if possible? I want to stick with Gigabyte, but this time, unlike the gtx670, they decide to charge a $40 (13%) premium over the nvidia MSRP. I would like to know if the performance and/or thermal/acoustic justify the price increase. Thanks! There are reviews on other websites, but temperature and noise data mean little when the setup and methods of measurement differ.

Haven't heard from Gigabyte regarding a review, which means it won't be happening before mid-October (going on vacation end of next week)

 

[7950 Flex]

I actually ended up buying the MSI 780 ti Gaming a while back because of the review you did on it and that 9.9 score
The card was great when I first got it. It was silent and I could not hear it at all and came with a good overclock and it looked pretty nice.
But then it started making this really loud noise so I sent RMA'd it and the replacement they sent me was broken (going to different color screen every ten seconds).
After sending the replacement back they sent me a brand new card in sealed box. I popped it in and it worked fine but had some coil whine. At first I was going to RMA it yet again
but I did not because I was just too tired and annoyed of dealing with it and not being able to play my games. Besides the coil whine the card worked fine for a while. Unfortunately, the card failed on me
this week. I finally replaced my 6 year old 24 inch TN dell monitor with the ROG Swift PG278q and was able to play on it with the 780 ti for about a week before it failed. I sent the 780 ti in for RMA yet again
and in the meantime I'm using a Gigabyte R9 270 to get by =/
Apparently there are a number of horror story reviews on Newegg for the MSI 780 ti Gaming. They complain of the coil whine (which wasn't too terrible for me) or worse... the card spraying an oily subtance all over the inside of their PC which luckily has not happened to me yet.
I feel that the card deserves the 9.9 review as it was very silent and performed well but quality control does not. I wonder how many more times I'm going to have RMA this product.

This new monitor that I got has a 1440p resolution and while I can play any game just fine on it with the one 780 ti, I still want more power. These new maxwell GPUs from Nvidia are great but their launch frustrates me just a little bit because I spent $700 on the 780 ti just a few months back
and now I could get 2 970s for that price and would be nearly double the performance (in most cases). But I guess that's just how this industry works and these GPUs are cheaper because they are cheaper to make right. Also, the prices of some of the 700 series cards have gone down substantially on newegg today.
The 780 can now be had for $330, same as the 970s. My 780 ti is now $559.00 but I don't think I'll be spending that much. I may order a second one if it goes down to $400.

The MSI rep that has been helping me this whole time should have my card tommorow and he will test it and tell me where we can go from there. I will probably try and whine my way into a refund or different card as replacement. I do want the new maxwell gpus but much more than that I don't want to have to go through this again.

I have a question though about the new software features from Nvidia. These features like MFAA and DSR and the new lightning tech they got only apply to the new 900 series cards or will they work with the 700 series as well? I assume it's 900 series only.

 

[Tonduluboy]

feel bad for u 7950 flex
Go for gigabyte? since i wanna buy gigabyte soon...

 

[Tonduluboy]

Here they are asking for US $592 for a freakin reference 970

Join the club, ASUS has always or usually the most expensive pc items in my country... So far my MOBO is the only one Asus brand for the fast few years.
Check this current price in my country ASUS ROG MATRIX NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 TI PLATINUM 3GB
USD$900 not including postage!!!

add $100 more, i can buy 3 zotax GTX 970!!!

 

[Nabarun]

The Zotac non-ref 970 seems quite cheaper compared to the Asus one here. Would be nice to see a review from W1zzard. I'm concerned about the noise since the fans look smaller compared to those in MSI/Asus.