Chino wrote:
Personally I like the aesthetics of the Strix GTX 980 Ti. Not to mention that it comes with a higher core and memory overclock out of the box. 🙂 If I had to pick between the 3, I'd grab the Strix.

appreciate the feedback. its longer than the EVGA but it will fit. the overclocked one is over a hundred bucks more. is that OC that much "better"? i'm not a serious gamer, its more to run my new 42" 4k monitor.

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sk2play wrote:
Look at a GPU 980ti that does NOT require a OC utility to achieve your target OC . . .
Look at a GPU 980ti that does NOT have Coil whine
Look at a GPU 980ti that is quiet (in your PC case air flow)

#1: i don't know much about this. i do see the ASUS Strix comes with some OC softwareas do other brands. you're saying to get a card OC's already from factory?

#2: i see many GPU's showing up with that issue going back through 2014 releases to current crop. from asus, nvidia, evga, msi, gigabyte GPU's seem to have this and yet some users with same models don't seem to have the coil whine, so they report i was about ready to pull trigger on Strix, until i read your reply as some report this coil whine emitting from their speakers. seems its a luck of the draw as to whether a user gets the coil whine no matter what brand witht these 980Ti's.

#3: new GPU will go into a current corsair obsidian case, which has the gtx 770 in it now. its quiet, to me anyways, couple of ssd's and 5 fans, 6 counting psu fan circulation.

thanks for you reply and heads up. if ya got a 980Ti in mind let me know.

Arne Saknussemm wrote:
Hmm between the two I would say strix...like the VRM... though more is not better...often quality components beat more/cheap components...both are prety well made.

EVGA have better support if things go wrong in my understanding...not something to be ignored

The EVGA classified I would take over any of them...

appreciate your comments. i'll be able to make mind up now.

Menthol wrote:
You say it's not for serious gaming, that phrase says any 980ti will do, you have a 4k monitor so for any serious gaming you need 2 of the top end cards either 980ti or Titan X. The 980ti Strix is a great looking card, you probably will never need a warranty. There is software to overclock just about any graphics card, ASUS has there's which is very good

thanks for pointing that out. i'm armed with good feedback now. won't have to overthink this anymore. 😉