Which 970 Card?

[JohnMcL7]

Read the reviews and you'll see that's exactly what they are. Larger, better designed fans, pushing more air at slower speeds = less noise. Where and how they're installed makes no relative difference vs the reference cooling design.

I've read the reviews but even the early reviews were using 970's with non reference coolers so there is no comparison to a reference type blower. If the case isn't clearing the heat efficiently and the cards are heating up then that = more noise particularly if other fans in the case are having to speed up to deal with the additional heat in the case.

Also it is incorrect to claim where they are installed makes no difference - an open air cooler will just recirculate the air around it, if there isn't sufficient airflow around the card that's going to cause problems particularly if it's tight against another card also producing a lot of heat.

[Agrippa]

I never said it made no difference where the cards are installed, I said it makes no *relative* difference vs cards of reference designs.

Anyway, you're certainly free to do and buy what you please, so that's what you should do.

[kopite]

I've ordered the Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 GAMING card

Now just to wait till christmas to try it

[MrRockliffe]

For 1080p or 1440p?

[LANCode41]

personally im tempted by Gigabyte's G1 Gaming edition card gtx 970