mandeep148 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Hi brothers, you have to read it full, if you didnt you will miss important things which i mainly wanted to say.. (same question i also i added at other website to get better Response) as i new sold Gtx 760(today price 300$ In India) Now i am thinking to Upgrade, people Suggested me Two Gpu's - Zotac Nvidia Gtx 970 (ZOTAC ZT-90101-10P) - Asus R9 290 Direct CUII 4GB i only have two options. Zotac Nvidia Gtx 970 (ZOTAC ZT-90101-10P) = Costs about 450-460$ acc. India and Asus R9 290 Direct CUII 4GB = Costs about 402$ acc, India So which one is Future Proof, Which one should i buy, as i said before, i know there is no such thing like Future proof, but there is thing "enough", i need Enough Hardware atleast for 1 - 2 years. Some people Told me that Zotac Nvidia Gtx 970 (ZOTAC ZT-90101-10P) is Not Much Powerfull as Original Zotac 970, how much different in performance? some people told me that it can run games for so much time, it get hot then it need to downclock, is that true? if its not Poweful as Original Gtx 970, then it should same as r9 290 directcu ii Asus ? and about Asus R9 290 Direct CUII 4GB, People told me that it have fake Heatsink, they said the pipe actually not Attached with Head sink Metal and it get Hot too and performance not good. and some one told that asus makes almost faulty product ?i dont know im confused,, i just need you people help like a real Brother, You have to help me, im in trouble because i cant invest money so much, i can only one time.. so Asus R9 290 Direct CUII 4GB have 4fps less than Original Full size Gtx 970,(correct me if im wrong) and if Zotac Nvidia Gtx 970 (ZOTAC ZT-90101-10P) is not much powerfull as Original Gtx 970, it means Asus R9 290 DIrect Cu ii is more powerfull?? Thanks for Reading, Please brother Suggest me Honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Zotac is OK, definitely a better choice than ASUS R9-290 - faster and more power efficient. It has slightly higher clocks than reference design GTX970, thus it's (barely) faster than stock GTX970 (basically on par to be honest). Another advantage of Zotac is that is some countries they offer 5 year warranty, after registering their product on their website. If that's available in your country, then I'd go for it. If not, then it probably has 2 year warranty and I'd choose a different brand that offers 3 year warranty (MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte). The downside of Zotac is its cooling system. Don't get me wrong, the card will not overheat or anything - it's nothing to worry about. It's just that the competitors might run somewhat cooler and/or quieter. There shouldn't be any issues with downclocking. Just curious - what are the rest of the specs of your PC? mandeep148 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandeep148 Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Zotac is OK, definitely a better choice than ASUS R9-290 - faster and more power efficient. It has slightly higher clocks than reference design GTX970, thus it's (barely) faster than stock GTX970 (basically on par to be honest). Another advantage of Zotac is that is some countries they offer 5 year warranty, after registering their product on their website. If that's available in your country, then I'd go for it. If not, then it probably has 2 year warranty and I'd choose a different brand that offers 3 year warranty (MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte). The downside of Zotac is its cooling system. Don't get me wrong, the card will not overheat or anything - it's nothing to worry about. It's just that the competitors might run somewhat cooler and/or quieter. There shouldn't be any issues with downclocking. Just curious - what are the rest of the specs of your PC? Thanks for great help, other specs are not much higher, but still its enough, would upgrade later once i fix my budget after buying new gpu, current Specs, CPU: Intel i5 2310 3.1ghz with Regular asus Mobo, 2 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance Ram 1600mhz , Corsair 650watt PSU on Cooler master k380 cabinet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) Actually the rest of the rig seems quite fine, there's not need for an urgent upgrade. CPU is definitely not worth replacing until Intel Skylake hits the market. Edited December 16, 2014 by yojo2 mandeep148 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sivispacem Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Out of interest, why only those two options? There are much better 970s out there than the Zotac one. mandeep148 1 AMD Ryzen 5900X (4.65GHz All-Core PBO2) | Gigabye X570S Pro | 32GB G-Skill Trident Z RGB 3600MHz CL16 EK-Quantum Reflection D5 | XSPC D5 PWM | TechN/Heatkiller Blocks | HardwareLabs GTS & GTX 360 Radiators Corsair AX750 | Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL | EVGA GeForce RTX2080 XC @2055MHz | Sabrant Rocket Plus 1TB Sabrant Rocket 2TB | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB | 2x ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Q Acoustics 2010i | Sabaj A4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandeep148 Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Out of interest, why only those two options? There are much better 970s out there than the Zotac one. because every gpu, in india, are 150$ more expensive.. 200$ card is 350$'s so these one what comes to my budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sivispacem Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 If the price difference is that large I'd be worried that the Zotac one was incorrectly advertised. mandeep148 1 AMD Ryzen 5900X (4.65GHz All-Core PBO2) | Gigabye X570S Pro | 32GB G-Skill Trident Z RGB 3600MHz CL16 EK-Quantum Reflection D5 | XSPC D5 PWM | TechN/Heatkiller Blocks | HardwareLabs GTS & GTX 360 Radiators Corsair AX750 | Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL | EVGA GeForce RTX2080 XC @2055MHz | Sabrant Rocket Plus 1TB Sabrant Rocket 2TB | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB | 2x ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Q Acoustics 2010i | Sabaj A4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drill Sergeant Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 970 definitely mandeep148 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandeep148 Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 If the price difference is that large I'd be worried that the Zotac one was incorrectly advertised. i can go with Zotac Gtx 970 (ZOTAC ZT-90101-10P) But i have one Doubt, that card is TOO MUCH Noticeable Smaller, is that Related to Performance? means its Small in Performance too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 No mandeep148 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZAZEL Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 It's just really compact. Great for smaller form factor builds (iTX, etc.). mandeep148 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandeep148 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) Ok thanks to all, you all really helped me, i will go for zotac Gtx 970 thanks Edit. Admin can mark this thread as "solved" Edited December 17, 2014 by mandeep148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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