MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming OC review

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#4916688
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One is on the way! Maybe two at some point..
#4916742
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Hilbert, please...an SLI review 🙂 I'm 99,9% sure to pick two of these babies up from a local store but don't want my PC to turn into a furnace.
#4916894
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Yes.
#4916920
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Yes, should be. From what I can see MSI has released three types of the 970.. the Gaming, the OC and the Classic.
Thanks. Just ordered 2 of these for delivery tomorrow. Can't wait!
#4916921
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Enjoy, thats going to be some upgrade! 😀
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I really do think I did the right thing with 970 vs 980. There is only a few frames per second difference between the two. The price difference is something else though... It was obvious to go with the 970 especially as this is an overclocked card too with plenty of leg room for extra OC. To think only last week I was gonna buy 1 780ti for 550 and now I get 2 970's for the same money! hahaaa! Glad I waited. The extra RAM too with 1440p...
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Good to know! How's BF4 on the card?
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Damn this is a nice card indeed. Hilbert, I assume you'll be doing the 980 Gaming review as well?
Yes, MSI is shipping that one next week to us.
#4917194
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Yeah. just waiting to see the numbers on the 980 Gaming card. I feel MSI has come a long way since I last used any of their products, so I'm going to give them another chance. I just hope I don't get burned again. Good to hear.
How did you get burnt? What happened?
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Cheers for the heads up eclap re the benchies. I think im gonna sit on this for a few days and let the initial excitement of the new tech settle down. Ive gone full circle in the last few hours, 970, no upgrade, 980, no upgrade, 970 again. The custom cooled 980's dont look like they will hit the shelves until 24th Oct in Uk (OcUK) so im leaning back towards either this card, or the Gigabyte custom 970. I noticed from the Guru3d reviews that the Gigabyte card was 10'c cooler than this MSI one under load and oc'd slightly bettter, yet the MSI card seems to be more popular choice round here. Why is that? Am i missing something??
If you're indecisive about buying one I'm not surprised, I think considering you've already got a custom 780 you're not gonna see huge improvements with the 970 or 980 - might be smarter to wait for a die shrink next year.
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Yes maybe, but I have got a new plan. Why buy one 970........ when you can buy 2 🙂
Yeah, then it would be worth it! Although, would be cheaper just to get another 780 to sli with your existing 780, and performance wouldn't be miles & miles apart - then you'd definitely be set until the die shrink happens! That's if your case can deal with the extra heat of a 780 though (and your power supply).
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Well he's buying a faster card for less money, who'd say no to that.
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Well he's buying a faster card for less money, who'd say no to that.
me? More of a sidegrade really... if he goes sli 970 and sells his 780 then that makes sense to me..:)
#4918167
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I would go further with this.... Why to buy one or 2 when you can buy 4 of them 😀 Maybe not 970 because memory bus would be huge pain in 4k, but 4x980 would be awesome for 4k setup.
970 and 980 have same memory bus.
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Love the LED dragon logos on these as well.
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Hi everybody! Can one of the lucky guys that bought a MSI 970 Gaming OC answer me something really important? How silent are those cards? I´ve read that they turn off the fans when we aren´t gaming and that under gaming they are nearly silent, is that true? For me this is more important than overclocking better than other cards. Thanks for the answers in advance!!!
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Hi everybody! Can one of the lucky guys that bought a MSI 970 Gaming OC answer me something really important? How silent are those cards? I´ve read that they turn off the fans when we aren´t gaming and that under gaming they are nearly silent, is that true? For me this is more important than overclocking better than other cards. Thanks for the answers in advance!!!
Yes. By default they turn off the fans when temperature is low enough. According to every review it's really, really quiet while gaming.

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