Maximum PC: Sometimes the tech world can be like a geek version of a soap opera, and this is one of those times. The main characters in this case are Nvidia and the GeForce GTX 970. If you're looking for a quick summary of events, it's this: Gamers noticed a slowdown in performance when games tried to access more than 3.5GB of memory on the GTX 970. This in turn led to Nvidia explaining a new memory architecture in the GTX 970, along with clarification of specs that were different than originally reported. In light of all this, there's a petition floating around demanding a refund for anyone who purchased a GTX 970, but to really understand what's going on, a deeper explanation is necessary.
Asus went ahead and teased an odd looking GTX 970 yesterday dubbed as GTX 970 Turbo. The information we had at the time of the news was scarce. We were just presented a photo showing that the new GTX 970 will be having a white and red shroud along with a blower style cooler. Apparently, we have more information today and to our surprise, the GPU is just like any other GTX 970 available in market. The only difference we see here are the aesthetics.
It actually looks pretty nice imo. I got myself a Gigabyte 970 G1 back in feb (from my old 580 pictures with it below) and have never been happier with a purchase. http://i.imgur.com/pBuOd5g....
The more models available the better, competition is generally always healthy for the consumer. Good to see :)
Seems like Asus is on the roll. After announcing the GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition yesterday; the company’s back with another GPU that is dubbed as Asus GTX 970 Turbo. The GPU comes with a design that is quite close to the reference design and the entire shroud is white along with accents of red. As for the cooling; the card is using the blower type cooling design, the PCB itself look short.
Looks cool!
If nvidia cards soon work with amd cards then why not.
Interesting that they've just gone with a reference design.
I went with an Asus 980 Strix, and that thing is ridiculously good. Fans don't even turn on until it hits 67degrees C. And it overclocks very nicely. I would definitely have bought a white / red edition if they offered it. :)
I have the 970 Strix. Really love the card, same thing with the fans, its pretty awesome. :D
@megatron00733 - I think it depends what you're after.. The Strix doesn't overclock as far as some but it has great cooling/silence, also only has 1 power connector on the card instead of the usual 2.
"Seems like Asus is on the roll."
"There are no details yet"
I mean, it's another blower-cooled 970 variant with no information on how it's clocked or whether it has anything exciting/different under the hood. Why bother making an article before there's some actual information on how the specs of this thing differ from other 970s?
I guess a roll of releasing notably decent+ stuff, not a roll of releasing notably amazing stuff?
That casing looks sexy! Matches my NZXT phantom case perfectly! My whole PC is white red except my black and gold gigabyte MOBO and my black and gold enermax 1200W PSU.
PCgamer:
We’re an insatiable lot, us PC gamers. Nvidia gives us the fastest GPU that’s ever been produced and what’s my response? 'What happens if I strap two together?'
