Asus has terrible warranty service. Damn near every video card I have purchased dies in less then two years so I'd rather go with EVGA.
ASUS makes good shit. Just pray that your stuff never breaks.
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Asus has terrible warranty service. Damn near every video card I have purchased dies in less then two years so I'd rather go with EVGA.
I gotta stick with EVGA.. probably going to be a 980ti soon lol
Not sure they allow stepupsfrom "vanilla" to "ti" versions..
I cancelled my ACX order as well. I rather have the reference card. NV rep from another forum says some stores will go live with inventory @ midnight
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Which models would be based on the reference design by evga? the FTW edition?
They did for 780 to 780TI
Asus has terrible warranty service. Damn near every video card I have purchased dies in less then two years so I'd rather go with EVGA.
I ended up ordering a GTX980SC (EVGA) from the Amazon link, says it will ship in October.... Now I just gotta be patient...
how do they usually die? i'm still rocking a gtx 460 from galaxy (yea does anyone even know that brand?) from 2011 and it has never had any problems. though I haven't really tried overclocking.
It looks like there aren't any reference 970 designs. The FTW edition is an ACX cooler as well. It looks like only the 980 gets the Titan Blower this time around...
It looks like there aren't any reference 970 designs. The FTW edition is an ACX cooler as well. It looks like only the 980 gets the Titan Blower this time around...
Hmm from the pictures VideoCardz posted there is a reference GTX970 though
http://cdn.videocardz.com/1/2014/09/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-970-3-780x620.jpg
One of the reviews said that the "titan blower" actually lacks the vapor chamber, which is replaced by heatpipes this time around.
So in the case that there are no reference blower 970s, what would be the best cooler for an SLI setup?
Twin FRZR?
ACX?
Direct CU II?
So in the case that there are no reference blower 970s, what would be the best cooler for an SLI setup?
Twin FRZR?
ACX?
Direct CU II?
Seems like the "new" ACX cooler on the 970 is the same as the one on the GTX 760 but with partially anodized heatpipes, different shroud, and maybe different fans.
However despite the slightly larger die size of GM204 vs GK104 the problem still persists where only 2 of the 3 direct contact heatpipes make contact with the die (ok it slightly catches the edge now...), one of which is shared with the VRMs.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_970_SC_ACX_Cooler/4.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_760_SC_ACX_Cooler/5.html
There's also no coverage for the VRAMs (although whether or not that's necessary is another matter).
Maybe the ACX on the 980 will use the design carry over from the 770/780/780ti instead?
Good find. No 970's with blowers apparently.$329.99 - EVGA EVGA GTX 970 ACX 1.0 4GB GDDR5 256bit, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI, DP SLI Ready Graphics Card (04G-P4-0972-KR) Graphics Cards 04G-P4-0972-KR
$339.99 - EVGA EVGA GTX 970 ACX 1.0 Superclocked 4GB GDDR5 256bit, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI, DP SLI Ready Graphics Card (04G-P4-0974-KR) Graphics Cards 04G-P4-0974-KR
$549.99 - EVGA EVGA GTX980 4GB GDDR5 256bit, DVI-I, DP x 3, HDMI, SLI Ready Graphics Card (04G-P4-2980-KR) Graphics Cards 04G-P4-2980-KR
$569.99 - EVGA EVGA GTX980 Superclocked 4GB GDDR5 256bit, DVI-I, DP x 3, HDMI, SLI Ready Graphics Card (04G-P4-2982-KR) Graphics Cards 04G-P4-2982-KR
Current links to EVGA Cards. Currently only 980 non-SC is in stock. 970 is OoS, 970 SC and 980 SC ship in 2-5 weeks.
I may have to go with MSI then....as much as I hate to leave EVGA, I've heard good things about MSI's support, and I know they make solid stuff.
edit: it's funny seeing a bunch of people cross post here and on OCN right now.
I may have to go with MSI then....as much as I hate to leave EVGA, I've heard good things about MSI's support, and I know they make solid stuff.
edit: it's funny seeing a bunch of people cross post here and on OCN right now.
I had a dodgy MSI R9 card a couple of months ago. It seemed like Newegg was going to be slow to get it swapped out, so I called MSI. They told me to expect a 2-3 week process to get the card replaced. Honestly, I'm not sure how that fares against what EVGA would do, but it seemed pretty terrible to me.
Still beats ASUS....sad, I know. You'd be lucky to get ASUS to admit it was a card failure that wasn't your fault.