I was thinking about replacing all of my three current 6970s (in Crossfire) for one 970. The reason being that even in this day and age I frequently run into games that don't support Crossfire. If I get a 970, it won't be water-cooled even though the rest of my system is. I don't think there is any point in buying a water block for a video card as quiet as a 970, and I don't plan on overclocking the card much, if at all, but I might buy a factory overclocked version.
Here is my current rig:
Any responses will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Here is my current rig:
- Fully Water-cooled System
- Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHZ Quad Core 8MB (overclocked to 4.6ghz) - (Water-cooled)
- Three XFX Radeon HD 6970 Video Cards in Triple Crossfire (Water-cooled)
- Asus Maximum Extreme IV Motherboard
- 16GB Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR-1600 RAM
- OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD SATA Hard Drive
- Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA Hard Drive
- 1500 Watt Power Supply
- Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Case
- LED case lighting (red)
- Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit
Any responses will be appreciated.
Thanks.