Looking for a 7970 stuck which one to pick

[bro20000]

Have been using the graphics off my 3770k and i want to get a 7970 now am stuck which one to get thou.
My choices

Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II or a VTX3D HD 7970 X-Edition
was looking to get a msi lightning but out of stock
Which one is best.

[mav2000]

For AMD cards, my preference is as follows:

1. Asus
2. Sapphire/MSI

I would suggest the Direct Cu, but if I had the option then I would surely go for the MSI lightening, as that seems to be the most robust solution right now. Since its not available, go for the Direct Cu.

[bro20000]

Just got a msi lightning well made up got to store and they came instock.

[Martin.v.r]

MSI Ligtning/asus CUII is to xtreme overclock,is bad on air/watercooling It is to NL2

[bro20000]

I will be running it on chilled water.

[Martin.v.r]

buy a org
watercooling here whit mode xspc chipset block
http://hwbot.org/submission/2280558_

[bro20000]

A Amazing card run really cool 28idle 55Load really impressed how fast these are. Put my old 580 to shame.