Asus has longer lasting high quality parts, but Gigabyte wins for Malaysians because of better support, or at least thats what ive been told. Asus reportedly sucks huge ass whenever you need to return your ware for warranty coverage.

Theres a reason Malaysian traders love to price Gigabyte cards more expensively than all else in Malaysia. High end Gigabtte cards are also usually using higher binned chips.

Dont quote me though. Im just a poor man who got lucky in the silicon lottery that his Leadtek GTX 970 can overclock as high as Asus. Normal people buying cheap brandds arent so lucky.

OCing GPU is still useful in situations when you want that extra frames to reach 60fps minimum, especially when you dont want to compromise detail settings.

That said, i rarely overclock GPU these days. 1.3k isnt exactly pocket change for poor people like me, so i want to keep my GTX 970 working as long as i can. Thankfully i play mostly old games.

I'm not lying. I'm a poor man... or at least, when compared to /k's 20k standard.

Nearly RM300 difference is not exactly 'okay la tu'.

But then again, only poor people like me can appreciate that much difference. I suppose RM300 is like 3 kupang for /k's general 20k population though, eh?

And the most important thing about GTA V with GTX 970:

You can play the game having MORE details in the environment, crisper image AND in 60fps, which is waaaaay more than even PS4 can deliver.

Although that much performance is to be expected of the card because its price now is nearly the same as the price of the PS4 itself.

I ain't no single brand's bitch, nigga.

My first non-low-end card is a 270X. Before that, I had HD6670 in my first PC.

In 2018 when I buy my last rig, I won't be choosing cards based on whether it's Team Green or Team Red. I'll go for what's the best performance value and durability.