ARIANET cards

[ruairi.C]

So I assume arianet cards are cards made for/by aria. What I have to ask is are they the same as all other reference cards (I'm looking at the 7970) and if so how are they so cheap but mainly will they perform the same as any other reference model?

[seumasbeathan]

Performance wise they should be more a less exactly the same

[jamesriley94]

They are exactly the same. They're reference models - ie - the card and cooler is all made by AMD.
The only part Aria actually do it make the box.

Personally though - I'd only buy one if you're planning on watercooling, because the stock coolers are loud.

And they can sell them so cheap because they're free to? They're too small for the competition such as MSI and Asus to lower their prices, and due to the brand names, people will still buy the more expensive alternative if it means them getting a proper brand - even though they're getting the same product. Overclockers do the same thing - they'll even slap on a waterblock on theirs for you.

As I said though, dont buy the reference design AMD unless you are watercooling. Get a quiet aftermarket cooler or just simply get a 670

[Ghosthud1]

im sure arianet stands for what's cheapest in house at the moment, they could send you any card with any branding.

performance wise you're still getting the same pcb and chip ^.^

[ruairi.C]

So the 7970 reference model is loud? Well in that case I won't be getting that I'll fall back on to the gtx 670 I guess. What's the best 670 then? I heard the KFA2 is really quiet. I guess that's this one:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-018-KF
well that's the OC one but it's that one with that cooler right?

Or the other one I was thinking of is the MSI PE GTX670 but I heard Tom said that under any sort of load it gets very loud though but don't quote me because I could be wrong.

What do you think?

[jamesriley94]

As a proud owner of the KFA2 670...

buy it

It's silent, and performs really well, you wont regret it

[ruairi.C]

@jamesriley94 How quiet is it under a load? Have you tried it on any somewhat intensive games?

[jamesriley94]

Considering even when the fans are locked at 30% the card doesnt go above 70 degrees on heaven or BF3 - so the card is silent.

[Aria_RawZ]

Originally Posted by Ghosthud1

im sure arianet stands for what's cheapest in house at the moment, they could send you any card with any branding.

performance wise you're still getting the same pcb and chip ^.^

Correct.

We send any card we have cheapest at the moment. Sometimes you may get a MSI OC Twin FrozR, other times a standard ref brand from any of the known GPU manufacturers. We cannot list them as that brand and sell cheap due to competitors complaining at said manufacturer about our cheap sellout. These are for those people looking for the best bang for buck.

[ruairi.C]

@jamesriley94 and others. Can you change the volts on the gtx 670. I know you can with the MSI ones and that MSI afterburner only accepts over volting on MSI gtx 670's. Can you overvolt other ones (such as the kfa2 one) and if so how?