Testseek.co.uk have collected 121 expert reviews of the Asus GeForce GTX 970 Strix Direct CU2 OC 4GB GDDR5 PCIe STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 and the average rating is 93%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus GeForce GTX 970 Strix Direct CU2 OC 4GB GDDR5 PCIe STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5.
October 2014
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121 Reviews
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The editors liked
Class leading Cooling
Power efficient
Excellent Looks
Great overclocking potential
Excellent overclocking
Mind blowing cooling and acoustic performance
Sleek aesthetics
User-realistic Display output configuration
Passive fan mode
4GB of GDDR5 memory
Tons of overclocking potential
Almost silent even when gaming
Requires only a single 8 pin power connector
Outperforms an AMD R9 290X when overclocked
Runs cool under load
The editors didn't like
Silent at low loads
Nearsilent under load
Runs cool when under the cosh
Almost as fast as a GTX 780 Ti
Efficient compared to lastgen
Mild core overclock
Only one DisplayPort output
No memory overclock
Asus GeForce GTX 970 Strix OC
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Slightly more expensive than a R9290X
Slightly slower than a R9290X
No support for triple G-Sync monitors
Only one DP
Factory overclock is a little pale compared to rivals
Core clock could be higher out of the box without compromising stability.
The ASUS GTX 970 STRIX DirectCU II OC is nice and shiny with its new layout. Not only does it look nice, it performs well. It performs on par, or above the competition while drawing significantly less power, staying cooler, and remaining much quieter. Thi...
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Published: 2014-10-20, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
When I started to write this review, the narrative was set. My take was essentially this. The Asus Strix GTX 970 is a fantastic product at a killer price. MSI's Gaming 4G GTX 970 is a little bit better, though, in a range of ways, and it costs about $20 ...
The ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC combines great build quality, fantastic cooling and overclocking with top of the line gaming performance and Maxwell's impressive efficiency at a very appealing price....
Published: 2014-10-02, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
With the incredible brand identity of the ASUS Republic of Gamers products it seems a surprise that they would choose to bring in an entirely new range of hardware, especially when the high-end graphics cards such as the GTX970 usually get the full ROG tr...
ASUS offers a really nice product with the Strix series. Granted, I am a sucker for silent products and the Strix fits that category perfectly. The thermals are a little higher than some of the competition, but overall are really good. The Strix also is ...
ASUS' motto is ‘In Search of Incredible', and after having taken a look at the company's Strix GTX 970, I'm thinking its follow-up should be ‘We've Found It'. Last week, I was left very impressed with the GTX 980, but I was totally oblivious of just how...
Published: 2014-09-22, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
best performance, best power consumption, best overclocking, dead silent, price
thermal interface
The new NVIDIA GTX 9XX series brings a new level of performance for 3D gaming, but also for power efficiency. The GTX 970 GPU that I've tested is a powerful graphics chipset nicely completed by ASUS Strix OC implementation.Starting with an impressive over...
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Published: 2014-09-21, Author: Marc , review by: hitechlegion.com
When purchasing a graphics card, there are a lot of choices, and a lot of factors, that need to be considered when looking at manufacturers; what accessories are included, what features does it offer over other manufacturer's graphics cards, does it hav...
Fantastic pricing, Passive operation in idle/low load, Very quiet in gaming, Low power consumption, Greatly improved efficiency, Overclocked out of the box, Good overclocking potential, HDMI 2.0, 4 GB VRAM, Backplate included, New software features (MFAA,
Similar power consumption as GTX 980 reference design, Only small performance gains from overclock out of the box, Memory not overclocked
The ASUS GTX 970 STRIX OC will retail at $350, a $10 price increase over the NVIDIA reference-design's MSRP. Fantastic pricing Passive operation in idle/low load Very quiet in gaming Low power consumption Greatly improved efficiency Overclocked out of the...
Abstract: The GTX 970 presents both a problem and an opportunity for NVIDIA and their board partners. On one hand its low price of just $329 relative to the performance it is supposed to attain has resulted in a popularly surge of extreme proportions. At face value...
