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Guru3D.com » News » Gigabyte Releases GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC Graphics Card

Gigabyte Releases GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC Graphics Card

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/29/2014 03:16 PM | source: | 17 comment(s)
Gigabyte Releases GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC Graphics Card

Yeah, that's not to confuse with the G1 Gaming we reviewed last week. The  GTX 970 WindForce OC under a new SKU code (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) and slightly different specs. For example the clock speeds are set at a 1114 MHz core with 1253 MHz GPU Boost and 7.00 GHz memory opposed to the 1178 MHz core and 1253 MHz GPU Boost of the G1.Gaming. 

The card otherwise is the same mostly, it has the WindForce 3X cooling solution and is GeForce GTX 970 based with its 1664 CUDA cores, 104 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface. The memory amount in use is of course 4 GB of memory. So basically the same, just slightly slower clocks and as I just realized, it is lacking a backplate.

  • WINDFORCE 3X cooling system
  • Flex Display Technology
  • Powered by NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU
  • Integrated with industry's best 4GB GDDR5 memory 256-bit memory interface
  • Features Dual-link DVI-I / DVI-D / HDMI / DisplayPort*3
  • BASE: 1114 MHz / BOOST: 1253 MHz
  • System power supply requirement: 550W (with one 6-pin and one 8-pin external power connectors)



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#4925298 Posted on: 09/29/2014 03:43 PM
Hopefully these ones dont have that OC nightmare problems.

CK the Greek
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#4925312 Posted on: 09/29/2014 03:57 PM
I currently own 2 460s and never had problems..I like GB as a company. I hope though that they won't have an issues...(if any previous product has)

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#4925315 Posted on: 09/29/2014 04:00 PM
Hopefully these ones dont have that OC nightmare problems.
What OC nightmare? on the G1? im about to buy a GTX970, and would like to know if the G1 has any problems.

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#4925319 Posted on: 09/29/2014 04:09 PM
Lol this is super lame. The longer heatsink will make the card sag. If they wanted the WF cooler, they should have atleast put a backplate.

Whoever buys this enjoy your sagged GPU.

IMO the G1 Gaming 970 is still a no brainer.

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#4925351 Posted on: 09/29/2014 04:42 PM
What OC nightmare? on the G1? im about to buy a GTX970, and would like to know if the G1 has any problems.


I think he was referring to the ghz edition of the 780 ti. Right? Riiight?

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