saltinekracka
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Dang, just grabbed the Gigabyte card. Thanks for the link!
Really proud of you, man. Great job. Great post.
He's really excited.
Is that $20 difference from the MSRP really worth it? Trying to stay strong.
Is that $20 difference from the MSRP really worth it? Trying to stay strong.
The cooler on that thing is almost certainly better than the FE blower. $20 is really not that much of an upcharge in the big scheme of things. It's pretty typical with past generations for card manufacturers to bump the price for custom versions. People have just forgotten that with all the price weirdness Nvidia is pulling
If you were considering getting a 1070 to begin with, might as well buy this while it's in stock. I think it's very doubtful you'll find a better price on a 1070 for the next few months.
Not saying the FE is bad, but they are traditionally not the best you can get in terms of cooling performance. I won't have mine until tomorrow and I'm eager to test it out.
But regardless, my main point is that if you want a 1070 and don't want to wait until the fall, this is worth springing for if you're super price sensitive.
Alright after some mulling it over I bit.... hope I can get a decent return on this 970.
I hope Newegg is cool about the game promos as they have been in the past. I wound up getting TW3, Arkham Knight, and MGSV for free with my 970.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/SingleProductReview.aspx?reviewid=4682579
This review gives me pause tho.
Alright after some mulling it over I bit.... hope I can get a decent return on this 970.
I hope Newegg is cool about the game promos as they have been in the past. I wound up getting TW3, Arkham Knight, and MGSV for free with my 970.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/SingleProductReview.aspx?reviewid=4682579
This review gives me pause tho.
I cant speak for the 1070 version, but my 970 Gigabyte G1 definitely had bad coil whine. And yeah, I'm not really a fan of these new cooler designs. Seems much cheaper than the previous series.
Alright after some mulling it over I bit.... hope I can get a decent return on this 970.
I hope Newegg is cool about the game promos as they have been in the past. I wound up getting TW3, Arkham Knight, and MGSV for free with my 970.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/SingleProductReview.aspx?reviewid=4682579
This review gives me pause tho.
It may interests some in Europe : ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme Edition 6GB 399€ (add the code SMILE in your basket).
Out of stock, looks like
Cheapest one I can find online in France is this one: Inno3D GeForce GTX 1070 TWIN X2 - 469
Yeah that didnt last long.
There is a 980 ti G1 for 449 on amazon currently. But I expect to see several cards below 400 in the next days / weeks.
Any recommendations for a good budget one? My i5 4570k has been running a bit hot and I'm just using the stock cooler.
My card was originally supposed to be delivered yesterday, then it got pushed to today, and now it got pushed again to Tuesday, even though it's supposedly sitting at a FedEx facility not 5 miles away from my house. I'm about to pull my hair out.
In other news, that Gigabyte card still being up is shocking, especially now that it's showing up in search results. Maybe our stock woes are close to over already?
The Hyper 212 Evo is highly regarded as one of the best air coolers and isn't that expensive
I was looking in to that myself but my coworker was trying to push me on the Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling. I'll have to do some research.
So far I've only used my MSI Gaming X to run Firemark (11592 Score, 18871 Gfx, 5355 Physics, 5404 Combined) out of the box, and ARK: Survival Evolved.
That game's unoptimized as hell, but I cranked up textures, resolution scaling, and some view distance and get around 60fps most of the time, where I was getting about 30fps without those increased settings on my 7850. Can't wait to try out Witcher 3.
Was able to cancel my MSI Armor OC order on Newegg after discovering the Windforce everyone is talking about in this thread ($399) is available on the Canada site:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814125875
$519.99 CND, which is $399.99 USD. Can't wait!
The Hyper 212 Evo is highly regarded as one of the best air coolers and isn't that expensive
I've never had coil whine. How loud is it? Something that I'd hear through my headphones or would be picked up on my microphone?
Thank you!
What case do you have. In all honesty, water cooling is overkill if you have a case with good ventilation.
Rosewill Blackhawk gaming mid case. I do assume it's doing a fine job based on the great temps my two twin frozr graphics cards have gotten.
My Gigabyte G1 1070 from Amazon has shipped finally. Ordered on June 15th for those wondering. So basically a 15 day wait to get the non FEs. The price was ok ($429), not great, but it was never going to be $379 for a card that performed better than FE.
The $399 Gigabtye Windforce sounds like the best one can hope and performance should be fine given that TDP is down over previous gen.
I also ordered a G1 on June 15th. It hasn't shipped yet. The last time I talked to customer service they quoted July 28th ship date for me. I hope it ships soon!