Which GTX980Ti to get

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Timmah!

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Since my graphics card broke just last week and i am not holding my breath its going to be possible to fix it (gave it to a guy, who promised to try somehow, probably by removing heatsink and applying new thermal compound), i am considering to get a new GPU... most likely 980Ti.

Now my preferred shop has bunch of reference designs and then Gigabyte G1. MSI 6G Gaming, Gainward Phoenix and Evga Superclocked ACX+... seems like Gigabyte is 30cm long, therefore wont fit my case (Fractal Design R2), i am not that high on Gainward, since the broken card was Gainward:p, thus i see it to be either MSI or Evga... which brand would you prefer?

MSI has better factory overclock and is about 15 - 20 EUROS more expensive (but at the price point i dont really care anyway i guess...) Evga seems to have really good reputation. At the moment i am leaning more toward MSI, cause SPEED, but i am willing to reconsider, if there are relevant reasons to do so...

I would want it to be as fast as possible, cause its not meant for gaming, rather for use in rendering software to produce architectural visualisations and TBH, no matter how fast its going to be, it will never going to be enough...but the faster it is, the less i will need to wait...
then again i need it to be reliable, it will take me quite a some time to recoup the money i invest into it, so it would kill me, if it broke like my current card...

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tential

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G1 is my pick. Are you sure it won't fit in your case with the hdd cages removed? It wouldn't fit in my case with hdd cafe in (r4) but with it out I clearly have enough room lol.
 
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How much space do you have? Because all the 980 TIs are going to be on the long side. The Gigabyte is 11.61" (29.5 cm), but the EVGA is still 11" (28 cm) and the MSI is 10.59" (27 cm). If space is a big concern, you might consider Fury X; it's noticeably shorter than a 980 TI.

That said, I have the MSI 6G 980 TI and it's a great card. Can't speak to reliability since I've had it less than a month, but it seems rock solid and it runs everything I throw at it with ease. I've had EVGA cards in the past and they've always been reliable as well. Frankly, I think either one would be a great choice.
 
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tential

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Ya agreed atomic they're all good cards that you listed besides the Gainward which I don't know about.
I'm just a fan of that g1 mega cooler lol.
 
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Timmah!

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Thanks!
Did not consider taking out the HDD cages, maybe that would help. Otherwise i think 29cm is the max i can fit. Fury is no choice for me, cause the soft i use is CUDA based - its going to get OpenCL support in the future, but dont know when exactly and i need it to work until then too. So no AMD for me sadly.

If my hand was not forced by circumstances, i would definitely wait for that OpenCL version to see whether it runs faster than CUDA version and decide to buy based on that...
 
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tential

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Take the hdd cages out. It's worth it. I just took mine out last week and it's a drastic improvement in airflow in my case. And I only have the 2 stock fans. The next fan I installed would blow directly across my gpu further helping to keep it cool.

You'll fit any card and have better Temps it's a win win. You can still keep the bottom hdd cage if yours are separate I'm on mobile and can't check.

I'm removing my other hdd cage if I get a way to hook my ssd to the back of my mobo. Otherwise I'll eventually upgrade to m2 sata when I get a board with more express lanes.
 
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I picked up the Asus Strix and so far I love it. Stock fan profile is very conservative but extremely quiet and handles heat just fine if your ambient is reasonable (<80F). If you overclock it, just set a manual fan profile with AB and you will see how capable the DCU III cooler really is. Also, I have absolutely no coil whine which is a must since noises drive me nuts. I was lucky enough to grab one from Newegg on July 8th and can at least say it has been a solid card so far. I've been running BF4 on ultra at 1440p and averaging 80-100fps in multiplayer.
 
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Headfoot

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I only buy cases now with back/bottom HDD slots so that the cages dont get in the way of airflow and long cards
 
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96Firebird

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In the end, all 980 Ti's will perform almost the same, especially if you are going for max overclock which is just gpu lottery (excluding extreme models like the K|NGP|N).

I'd say get whatever card works for you, keeping in mind your brand preferences (I see you don't like Gainward, so don't even bother looking at their cards).
 
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I'm a fan of fewer, larger fans, less things that can mechanically go wrong (and large fans are typically quieter because they can more larger amounts of air at lower RPMs). That's why I went with the MSI G6 Gaming, and I've been really happy with it.
 
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Gainward must not sell in the U.S. I had a gainward ti4600 back in the day and I just haven't seen them since.
 
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