#4916498

Anarion

2014-09-19 12:09

VRM is somewhat hot on that MSI. Gigabyte had coil whine and fan issues so I ordered Asus Strix.

#4918309

Calmmo

2014-09-21 04:26

So anyone here notice/hear any coil whine? There were reports from a couple of G1 970 owners on a fairly popular 3d-related website and I've been wondering.. Could be just an isolated issue if no one else here's had it!..?

#4919136

Netherwind

2014-09-22 13:48

Great! Another kickass 970 which makes it even harder to choose. This card is available in Sweden but in very small quantities though shipments are incoming in about 2 weeks which is too far off. I love the backplate on this card and the fact that it's cooler than the MSI which seems to have hot VRMs. But if there are problems with the cooler then its a big no-no.

#4919229

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2014-09-22 15:19

Yeah. I guess the only unknown now is the Palit Jetstream version. Its availible now and is cheaper than the others, but dont know if its cooler is any good or has a custom pcb and/or upgraded power phases (like the Asus and MSI)

We got a sample in and will review it soon.

#4919258

Netherwind

2014-09-22 15:59

Yeah. I guess the only unknown now is the Palit Jetstream version. Its availible now and is cheaper than the others, but dont know if its cooler is any good or has a custom pcb and/or upgraded power phases (like the Asus and MSI)

Guru3D liked the 780Ti JetStream so I assume the 970 version will be as good that one. I did own the 780Ti version for a week or so but returned it since the cooler was so large (3 slots) and fairly noisy.

#4919285

Rich_Guy

2014-09-22 16:25

Oops wrong thread :P

#4923320

Calmmo

2014-09-26 19:29

I am just wondering, what made you give the 970 from Gigabyte 4 stars whilst the MSi and Palit's 970 have 4.9 stars?

It's just bulletin thread rating. Since you liked the reviews you can rate them 5 and up the score :P

#4923355

ScoobyDooby

2014-09-26 19:54

So far using the G1 I am having a bit of trouble getting it to boost up to 1500. Even with power boosting it still seems to struggle to reach a stable performance at that speed. Then again, I did notice that boosting the memory too far (past 3950mhz in my case) also caused some issues.. when I lowered this, they ran much better. Always possible the ones I got just don't have as good OC potential as others, but that's life. Anyways, your results may vary obviously.. but overall, they are still very great cards and are pretty darned quiet until they get past 60% on the fan.. you will start to hear them more after this point. And, to state the obvious, they look friggin ominous in SLI.

#4923378

ScoobyDooby

2014-09-26 20:23

Hey Just wondering can you do a full length measurement in mm? from the PCB edge starting at the i/o port up to the other end (the edge of the metal shroud). Only if its okay if not its cool.

I posted this here

#4923382

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2014-09-26 20:31

I posted this here

You state 31 cm, but I just measured again. Mine is close to 30 cm as mentioned in the review, I re-measured both the 970 and 980 both have the same length. You need to measure from the connector plate, and not include the connectors that actually reside outside of the chassis. http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12834

#4923399

ScoobyDooby

2014-09-26 20:58

You state 31 cm, but I just measured again. Mine is close to 30 cm as mentioned in the review, I re-measured both the 970 and 980 both have the same length. You need to measure from the connector plate, and not include the connectors that actually reside outside of the chassis. http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12834

That is what I had done.. as it is installed in my system, I took a tape measure and went from the back plate (connector side) to the very end of the card and got 31cm. Perhaps my tape measure is off or I misread it.. My apologies if my measurements were off.. Did not mean to mislead!

#4936846

d5aqoep

2014-10-14 08:43

Nice looking cards there.

#4970332

kakarot

2014-12-01 22:19

Late but nice review guys. Picked up two of these bad boys and lover them. This review was the one of the reasons for me picking these over the others. The other was the findings here. By far the best cooler with the best vrm cooling and the bios is quite interesting allowing for a much higher power limit than others

#4973083

MrH

2014-12-07 15:48

I will be buying this card in January and I can't wait, it should be a nice upgrade from my GTX 680. It's huge though, 12" compared to my 10" 680, but I should have the room.

#5169364

kakarot

2015-10-07 16:41

Hey you can adjust it or kill it via geforce experience

#5169442

kakarot

2015-10-07 19:07

That is up to you to decide. It should definitely be faster with much less power draw and no cf issues to worry about. If you can't notice the difference in what you use it for then maybe its best to save your $$