normal to have highest end of one range to be same price as lower end of a higher range.

I'll take reference GTX 970 over custom cooler GTX 960 any day.

If you guys look at the memory configuration the GTX 960's memory bandwidth is much reduced compared to GTX 760.

Not surprised to see the people complaining are also people who don't use resolutions higher than 4k and does not utilize 4GB VRAM.

They could've just stick to 3GB instead.

The GTX 970 doesn't work too well on 4k reso anyway.

ehhh typo there on my post - actually I was supposed to type 2K / Full HD.

SLI users would be the minority, of which I think they will often be using at 4K but whether it goes beyond 3K VRAM would depend on the game and setting, DA:I at Ultra settings should be one of those few titles that take up VRAM.

Regardless of the situation, I'm having fun with the GALAX GTX 970 HOF!

http://www.goldfries.com/hardware-reviews/...ic-card-review/

cool like silly, so tempting to spend RM 1649 on it!

The looks alone already make it nicer than the rest. When you hold it, it's rock solid. I had so much fun overclocking that baby and I'm surprised to see I get 10 fps gain from the overclock without trying too hard.

Rarely I come across any card that even allows one to overclock much, let alone gain 5fps.

no whine. super high quality components.

you know, there are people who pay $$$ to get stuff that looks good and OCs kau kau to be top of the 3Dmark list and such.

This is the card that you pay and get good stuff.

You can look at those RM 1,499 GTX 970 that's already ridiculously priced - those types you get great heatsink but no guarantee to OC well. Power draw is also limited.

Personally I wouldn't recommend this to the average consumer either BUT it's a great card and only a niche group of people will consider it.

they are those who want to be on top of the 3D Mark list for the particular range of graphic card la.

That GTX 970 is bangsawan type.

Most of us wouldn't go for it.

Yes, GALAX has distributor in Malaysia. It's AVF.

http://www.techpowerup.com/209609/specs-do...ontroversy.html

Going to be a long time.

Windows 10 needs to be released first.

150w vs 2x 180w.

that also depends on how often you run it.

If you play games like 2 hours a day, the difference on bill would be negligible.

TDP != power draw

Interestingly nVidia stats 120w for GTX 960 and I managed to get the card to reach of exceed 120w power draw.

AMD on the other hand, if it's a 250w TDP card, takes me so much effort and I can't psu hit to 250w. My R9 280X + R9 280X + FX-9590 configuration I expect 250w + 250w + 200w = 700w, with wall draw around 800w but want to breach 600w wall draw also difficult.

I run Furmark Burn In test.

Going by my watt reader and my calculation it seems so. nVidia site may say it is 120w but as you know many cards are OCed and the fan on the cooler draws some power too.

Always looking to improve my calculation and methodology. PSU load test tool near impossible to acquire in Malaysia so next best option is to run based on consumer setup.

need feedback from you guys about Shadowplay - when recording is in progress, how bad is the framerate drop?

Looks like it is less resource hogging when compared to FRAPS.

What's the recorded video size? The ones from FRAPS is huge which is a problem when one games on SSD.

size caused by duration goes without saying.

I'm just curious of the size per second. The size from FRAPS really hogs drive space.

time to get myself a GTX 970. Have to try AMD's Raptr too, see how's the recording.

5mins 2GB is reasonable.