in a dilemma to choose between asus strix and zotac omega amp! gtx 970 , how do these 2 compare to each other?

extreme amp! is nice too but the price

well good thing is i have tons of space to work with, i don't have a windowed side panel so the looks doesn't really matter to me. just that the cooler is really huge and ridiculous like you said, will it sag?

thanks for the input, gonna be hard choosing these 2 since zotac carries extra 2 years of warranty

is it the reference pcb version?

This post has been edited by DreamScars: Oct 7 2014, 12:17 PM

price of asus strix 970 so far rm1399, might rise due to our currency fluctuation. , can take a look at techview's thread.

wow so neat , mine is a mess inside haha. how long is the card?


i just purchased a zotac amp omega 970 from them, very nicely wrapped when i received it

This post has been edited by DreamScars: Oct 9 2014, 11:44 AM

pardon my messy cables the card is only 267mm long so pretty much fits in any case. downside being a 2.5 slot card.

ya haha really heavy.. and i thought asus 280x is already heavy, then come zotac omega

To think those who bought a brand new 770, 780 or 780ti last month..

hmm guys.. after idling awhile in fifa 15 menu the core and mem clock fluctuates up and down and stays like even if i closed the game and stayed idle unless i did a restart of my system.
is this normal or something i should worry about?


This post has been edited by DreamScars: Oct 9 2014, 11:32 PM

already did that and seems like it went back to normal after i minimized everything and did absolutely nothing, now it stays low and no longer spikes. (spiked for a whole hour this noon, probably because i left the browser maximized.)
thanks for your suggestions anyway

hmm i'm using chrome, not sure about firefox though.

thanks for the advice, though i can't seem to find this power management in the settings, i'm on the latest driver.

rm500 wow.. now that's cheap. sell your 760 here and purchase 770/780 in sg

This post has been edited by DreamScars: Oct 10 2014, 12:47 PM

Can't convert that way right.. haha. for some reason zotac prices here are closer to US price.
Zotac 970 - $329.99 = rm1199
Zotac 970 amp omega $379.99 = rm1349
Zotac 970 amp extreme $409.99 = rm1499

msi's are heavily marked up though/
MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G 970 - $349.99 = rm1499

my guess is we are probably expecting rm1349 ~ rm1449 for the new MSI GTX-970-4GD5T-OC here which is $339.99.

This post has been edited by DreamScars: Oct 10 2014, 03:35 PM

im gonna throw myself at the wall if that happens
surprisingly asus and giga quite cheap this time.

I ran unigine heaven with my zotac 970 omega and max temp reaches 79c on default factory oc. Isn't that a little high? Kinda regret my purchase :/ . I heard Asus MSI and gigabyte stays well below 70c.

i tried ramping up the fan speed to around 2.3k rpm which is 76% of its max speed and only manage to bring it down to 76c. at auto it reaches 79c with 67% fan speed.

edit: tried 83% fan and still 76c. oh well

This post has been edited by DreamScars: Oct 12 2014, 08:13 AM

my rig is in the living room so.. no aircond, but i ran the tests at midnight 12am and 7am in the morning. rooms temp shouldn't be that high.


i'm using a corsair carbide 400r. with stock fans 2 intake at the front and 1 exhaust, do you think that cables will be a problem for airflow? gonna organise it. (i can add a side fan if needed.)

i see . i did read that the amp omega doesn't direct hot air out of the case through the front vents so maybe i'll have to add a side intake fan, will that help?

okay, thanks for the info. at what temps should i be worrying? because at this point i'm worried that i can't even oc much because of the temps. the factory oc out of the box is slower than msi, asus, giga and palit's offering while being hotter at the same time.

This post has been edited by DreamScars: Oct 12 2014, 08:20 PM

guys thanks for all the suggestions, i re-route all the cables and turned the psu facing downwards. guess i'll add fans later on.
temps are unchanged so i guess this is due to the surrounding temps, i don't have an aircond. and i will probably replace the thermal paste in the future to see if it helps.

Using zotac 970 amp omega, so far no issues but temp is definitely on the higher side compared to other brands but nothing to worry about. (not aircond room)

Noise is quiet during idle and does fairly well under load. (the card under load is quiet compared to sapphire 6870 on idle)

No coil whines in any games i've played so far except for when i'm exiting unigine heaven 4.0.

I'm interested in how zotac will honour its 2 years extended warranty after the 3 years local warranty expires.

This post has been edited by DreamScars: Oct 28 2014, 12:04 PM