ASUS Strix 970 Criticisms

Valeriant

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Hey guys!
I got my ASUS Strix GTX 970 a few days ago and I want to share several gripes on it. :P

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.

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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.
 
To be fair, the 780 was meant as more of a flagship card, while the 970 is more budget friendly. Is your mobo rotated?
 
To be fair, the 780 was meant as more of a flagship card, while the 970 is more budget friendly. Is your mobo rotated?
You're right, flagship cards get premium quality build heheh. Rotated? My mobo is in normal alignment in an H440 cassis. Here it is again, with the slanting.

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You could always buy a back plate, and see if that helps the slanting.
The Strix series cards already have a backplate. I don't know if you can buy a backplate to replace this. I'm going to start searching.


My gtx 970 strix right now, macgyvered a prop :)
Haha cool, I added a prop too.


The thing is, the PCB begins to droop when the big heatpipe is. Looking at the photo above, the slanting starts not even after the PCIE slot ends... it's at the single big heatpipe and down to the rest. Meaning the slanting is also vertical of the card. The big fans, heatsink and heatpipes straining the PCB and backplate with heavy burden and causing the card to slant.

I tried to add support and also tried to tied the end of the card, but the middle section of the card still slanting... making like a curve. I tried several places and finally found a good spot to place a support to minimize the slanting looks. It's near the center and farthest of the PCIE, just after the first fan right where the big heatpipe is. This is the photo where I put the support:

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Cheers!
 
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