Comparison of GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 video card vs ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black video card by specs and benchmarks. GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 runs at 1.076 GHz+ 2 % base clock speed and has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, while video card ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black runs at 1.076 GHz+ 2 % base clock speed and has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory. The weight is different, -- vs --. The TDP of the first video card is 145 W-2 %, and the second is 145 W-2 % . Compare the benchmark results to find out which video card is better.