I’m using an eVGA GTX 970 and have had zero issues with cooling. I’m not an extreme gamer by any stretch, but my monitoring programs show the card never goes over 65C during heavy use. To each their own; the major mfgs get the job done.
I’m using an eVGA GTX 970 and have had zero issues with cooling. I’m not an extreme gamer by any stretch, but my monitoring programs show the card never goes over 65C during heavy use. To each their own; the major mfgs get the job done.It cools well enough to work, but it's not as effective as it could be due to misalignment of the heatsink with the chip. Look it up - lots of info on this on the web.
I'm an engineer, and uncorrected design mistakes like this bug me. One of the benefits of a 970, as I'm sure you know, is that it has a TDP that's only about 140-150 watts. Many of the 970 cards out there don't even need to run the fan when the card is not under heavy load (i.e. not running 3D games). Since this was the primary reason I picked the 970, I didn't want any compromises in the cooling solution - especially when the no-compromises Asus was similarly priced.