Hey guys!
I got my ASUS Strix GTX 970 a few days ago and I want to share several gripes on it.
First, the logo was upside down! Gah! Okay, that was just my luck.
So the second one is paint. I already owned an ASUS Strix GTX 780 and I can then compare it to the 970. Both GPUs' fan casing has a black metal brush on it and they are different. Under the same light, side by side, you can see the 780 has a dove feel and not to shiny. I prefer the 780's brush.
Pic: Oh and I botched the Strix plate logo there. Grr.
Third, build quality. The Strix GTX 780 is a sturdy card and it's so awesome looking, right there in the middle of the mobo 90 degree straight line. Strix GTX 970 on the other hand, is slanting/ drooping. It lacks an additional hard metal bracket on the center like the 780, the PCB starts to bend near mid length due to the heatsink and fans weight. I don't have a Strix GTX 980 but I can see 980 has the metal bracket just like the 780.
I kind of disappointed with the build quality of Strix 970. I can tolerate the brush but the card slanting is annoying. Now I know that Strix's backplate doesn't help much against slanting, actually that hard metal bracket on the 780 is and should be added to the 970.
And that's my trivial quibbles on ASUS Strix GTX 970. Cheers.
I got my ASUS Strix GTX 970 a few days ago and I want to share several gripes on it.

First, the logo was upside down! Gah! Okay, that was just my luck.
So the second one is paint. I already owned an ASUS Strix GTX 780 and I can then compare it to the 970. Both GPUs' fan casing has a black metal brush on it and they are different. Under the same light, side by side, you can see the 780 has a dove feel and not to shiny. I prefer the 780's brush.

Pic: Oh and I botched the Strix plate logo there. Grr.
Third, build quality. The Strix GTX 780 is a sturdy card and it's so awesome looking, right there in the middle of the mobo 90 degree straight line. Strix GTX 970 on the other hand, is slanting/ drooping. It lacks an additional hard metal bracket on the center like the 780, the PCB starts to bend near mid length due to the heatsink and fans weight. I don't have a Strix GTX 980 but I can see 980 has the metal bracket just like the 780.
I kind of disappointed with the build quality of Strix 970. I can tolerate the brush but the card slanting is annoying. Now I know that Strix's backplate doesn't help much against slanting, actually that hard metal bracket on the 780 is and should be added to the 970.
And that's my trivial quibbles on ASUS Strix GTX 970. Cheers.