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EVGA GTX 970 ACX 2.0 - Amazon @ $392.54 AUD Delivered Using AMEX or +$14.46 Postage

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ProjectZero on 04/12/2014 - 09:31 amazon.com (863 clicks)
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Hi all,

Got sent an email last night about the EVGA GTX 970 starting @ $329.99

Checked this morning and remembering the AMEX + Amazon deal.

The non SC version is US$329.99. ~ AU$392.54

The SC version is US$349.99. ~ AU$416.33

Unfortunately, the non SC version seems to only have 7 left Edit: All sold out, but the SC version didn't say how many left.

Price on staticice is from $479. Kogan has the SC version for $467.

Also, comes with a free game code for the Ubisoft "Pick your path" promotion. (Thanks for the reminder FarQ)

Merry Christmas!!!

Cheers,

ProjectZero

-EDIT- Seems like out of stock now…

-EDIT 2- Back on stock for the Superclocked ACX 2.0. Thanks for the notice somebloke!

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  • ammar on 04/12/2014 - 09:59

    Am I missing something? That's the RRP with a diving AUD?!

    • ProjectZero on 04/12/2014 - 10:06

      Not really, the RRP for reference GTX970 is US$349.99, the ones mentioned are the ones with a custom cooler (for better or for worst). There is a bit of discount, that and it is still cheaper then Australia RRP.

  • LaTerrible on 04/12/2014 - 10:01

    Not bad, but to be honest, it shows just how good of a deal the recent ShoppingExpress was:

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/172811

    • ProjectZero on 04/12/2014 - 10:07
      +3

      Yeah, I agree 100% but the reason why I put it up is because it is still slightly cheaper than the SE deal.

      • kevintalent007 on 04/12/2014 - 10:24
        +2

        Price difference is the risk of RMA - send to Taiwan

        http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2191803

        • ProjectZero on 04/12/2014 - 10:26

          You would have to do that for the cards you get in Aus as well… I suppose the only difference is you may be able to send it to the store for less and have the store on forward it to taiwan.

        • ryolo on 04/12/2014 - 11:05
          +2

          @ProjectZero:

          Actually I think Amazon covers shipping back. So it'll end up cheaper.

        • Claggs on 04/12/2014 - 20:03
          +1

          @ProjectZero:
          That's incorrect. Under Australian Consumer Law, if you've purchased the card in Australia, you can send it back to where you bought it from for them to deal with any warranty claims.
          https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights-guarantees…

          You can of course still send it to Taiwan, if you really want.

        • ProjectZero on 05/12/2014 - 08:47

          @Claggs:

          True, but going through the place you purchased it would most likely increase the wait time on the return of your item by a week or so.

          You can get it directly RMA'd via Taiwan. Regardless you will still incur one trip's postage, unless the store said they will cover it.

          Regarding Amazon covering shipping back, I'm not too sure.

  • LoungeLizard on 04/12/2014 - 10:15
    +2

    What's going on with all these different versions of the GTX970? Does my head in.

    • Overtime2000 on 04/12/2014 - 10:53
      +3

      EVGA SC, ACX, FTW…

      More like WTF…

    • bitnimble on 04/12/2014 - 11:34
      +2

      Basically, they all have the same chip (the GTX970 itself, produced by Nvidia) and the difference between the versions is the board that the chip is on as well as external things like cooling, fans, heatsinks, etc. They also may be clocked to different speeds - the GTX970 has a base clock of course, but manufacturers (Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte, etc) like to overclock them.

      In this case, EVGA is the brand/manufacturer of the GPU as a whole (Nvidia makes the chip) and ACX 2.0 is their brand name for their cooler/fan design.

      • Keeegs on 04/12/2014 - 13:54

        To further on this, SC = SuperClock. FTW = For The Win.

        SC means the card has been overclocked from factory. FTW means it's further overclocked than SC.

  • Dionysus on 04/12/2014 - 10:24
    +3

    The great thing about PC parts is that I'm never disappointed that I missed out on a deal because the price drops so rapidly anyway.

  • FarQ on 04/12/2014 - 10:29
    +2

    Dont forget the free game code for "The Crew, Farcry4 or AC:Unity"

  • Paul Atreides on 04/12/2014 - 10:30
    +1

    I don't understand people's logic sometimes, they complain why this is a deal and the fact that this was always the price.

    Thing is, price on Day-1, you had to pay shipping which brought it up (see the deal I posted), then it went out of stock. Now it's the same price, but with free shipping if you pay via amex like OP said.

    This is no different to free shipping deals. Fact is, you save X amount cos you don't pay for shipping.

    • Nousernamehere on 04/12/2014 - 13:27

      Big difference is, free shipping deals are generally opened to everyone, not just a small subset of people with a certain credit card.

      The actual deal should include the full cost in the title, then noted that shipping is free for Amex card holders.

      • ProjectZero on 04/12/2014 - 14:00

        NVM, someone already did it

    • LaTerrible on 04/12/2014 - 11:04
      +1

      This is for the ACX 2.0, which fixed that problem to the best of my knowledge (though perhaps not the coil whine).

      Or I could be wrong :P

      • daveee on 04/12/2014 - 11:10

        This. ACX 2.0 cards were near impossible to get at launch.

    • ProjectZero on 04/12/2014 - 11:05

      lol omg… what the hell is evga doing. I have 2 GTX 780 SC ACX myself and was quite happy with mine, don't know what the hell happened with the gtx 970 ACX

  • myfeetarehappy on 04/12/2014 - 11:58

    I have a EVGA GTX680 in a PC with an older Phenom II X4 960T. Thinking of upgrading to this GTX970 but wonder if my CPU will throttle the card… ?

    • educalifa on 04/12/2014 - 12:20

      Why would your CPU throttle the card??? It might become the bottleneck depending on the game you play though

      • myfeetarehappy on 04/12/2014 - 12:32

        Sorry I meant "wonder if my CPU will bottleneck the card" as you have corrected.

        I play FPS at 1920x1080 but generally have to knock some settings down for smooth framerate. Plan to move to a LG 39" Ultrawide 3440 x 1440 so my current GPU won't cope.

        Haven't yet found this question re the Phenom answered after some googling. Suspect I'll have to upgrade my PC to Intel i5 at least.

        • Paul Atreides on 04/12/2014 - 12:40
          -4

          id go an i74790k as a minimum.

          assuming you get a i5, my thought is that you'll get one card for that resolution and find that its okay, but not awesome, this will then make you think about getting a 2nd card for sli, which then your cpu will be the bottleneck once again.

        • ProjectZero on 04/12/2014 - 12:48
          +3

          @madmouse58:

          An OC'd i5 should be enough for SLi/X fire

          Top of the range i7 is just overkill.

        • hugs on 04/12/2014 - 12:51
          +9

          An i7 just for gaming is pointless. You'll have half the cores sitting idle, and hyperthreading doesn't get you squat in terms of 'fps'.

          In the majority of cases, an i3 will be good enough for gaming, and an i5 is going to be faster than that. In my budget gaming rig, I use a Celeron, and the CPU still isn't the bottleneck.

          Your advice is bad and you should feel bad.

        • Gunther on 04/12/2014 - 14:23

          @hugs:

          Battlefield 3 & 4, Crysis 3 and Watch Dogs all benefit from hyperthreading. Googlefu it.

          Technology is advancing… slowly.

        • Nousernamehere on 04/12/2014 - 14:35

          @Gunther: they may well do, but do they support more than 4 cores? Is there a substantial boost from it to justify an i7 over an i5? If not, then the i5 is more than capable compared to the i7.

        • Gunther on 04/12/2014 - 14:43
          +1

          @Porthos:

          i7 = 4 cores, 8 threads.
          i5 = 4 cores, 4 threads.

        • Paul Atreides on 04/12/2014 - 14:46

          @hugs:

          sorry, im in the boat im talking about, is your advice/knowledge coming from the internet or?

          the only reason im suggesting it is because I took someone's advice from ozb too, and now my cpu is the bottleneck (look up my posts and you'll find it).

          in the end, there will always be a bottleneck somewhere, im just letting the op know where my bottleneck is in relation to my setup, which is applicable in this scenario.

        • Nousernamehere on 04/12/2014 - 14:53

          @Gunther: …..

          Yes, I do know that. My point still stands.

        • Overtime2000 on 04/12/2014 - 16:26
          +1

          @madmouse58:

          really depends on the resolution you are gaming at
          the higher the resolution, the more likely your GPU will be the bottleneck

          I agree with the i5 vs i7 thing. In real life there won't be many situations where there's going to be much of a difference between the 2 cpu's for gaming. Most modern games played on high resolution (above 1440p) + high settings - it will be limited by the GPU.

        • Paul Atreides on 04/12/2014 - 17:06

          alright guys, seems like i was wrong, learned something tho

          thanks

        • hugs on 04/12/2014 - 21:46
          +1

          @madmouse58:

          I took a look at your previous comments: You're running two 970s in SLI — in that case, you'd probably see the benefit from running an i5, but an i7 is not going to be a huge upgrade.

          You'll probably run into RAM bandwidth issues before you really max out the clock of an i7 with gaming, so if you're actually trying to improve your performance you'd be better off going with low CAS latency RAM and getting that up to spec before you swap out an i5 for an i7.

          For what it's worth, I'm an IT system engineer by profession, and I put together gaming PCs for beer money for friends.

        • myfeetarehappy on 05/12/2014 - 23:13

          Thanks for your advice guys…plenty to think about.

    • LaTerrible on 04/12/2014 - 16:30

      http://gamegpu.ru/rpg/rollevye/dragon-age-inkvizitsiya-test-…

      http://gamegpu.ru/rpg/rollevye/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor…

      3/4 down the page you'll see 'Test CPU' and a bunch of graphs that were run at 1280x720. The low resolution is designed to remove the GPU as the limiting factor, and instead allow the CPU to run the game engine (in this case Dragon Age: Inquisition which runs on the Frostbite engine) as hard as possible, thus finding out how each CPU performs.

      In DA:I at least, there is reasonable scalability, however it's important to note that even a very modest, entry level Celeron or AMD-FX CPU is running the game pretty well. In Mordor, you could just about run an overclocked dual core Pentium G2358 and get great results.

      As mentioned below, an i5-k (4690k for example), which will overclock to 4.x very easily on air is plenty of CPU for almost any game you care to mention. Put the $150 you've saved over the i7 into the GPU and SSD and enjoy.

  • frozenkuku on 05/12/2014 - 00:03

    it shows up $449USD now
    maybe it's expired?
    can someone confirmed this ?

  • Supercool on 05/12/2014 - 13:35
    +1

    not expired.. back in stock.

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