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** NEW IMPROVED EVGA 970's ARE ON THERE WAY!!! **

Gibbo

Gibbo

Gibbo

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Hi there


EVGA new 970's with improved heatsinks for upto 5c better cooling amongst other new features and finally a backplate on the FTW+ card.

Arriving next week at OcUK:


EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC rev2.00 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR) @ £299.99 inc VAT

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The new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980/970 is powered by the next generation NVIDIA Maxwell Architecture, giving you incredible performance, unmatched power efficiency, and cutting-edge features.

Maxwell is the most advanced GPU architecture ever made, designed to be the engine of next generation gaming. Inspired by light, it was designed to solve some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing. For the first time, gaming GPU's can dynamically render indirect light using the new VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination technology). Scenes are significantly more lifelike as light interacts more realistically in the game environment.

The GTX 980 is the worlds fastest GPU and the GTX 970 offers the most advanced performance in its class. Each delivers 2x the performance of previous-generation card, bringing new gaming experiences to virtual reality, and ultra resolution 4k displays.

Enable the detail of 4k monitors, on a 1080P display. DSR produces smoother images by rendering a game at a high resolution, then downscaling it to the native resolution of the display using advanced filtering.

GeForce GTX 980 and 970 cards support tear-free, super-fast NVIDIA G-Sync monitor display technology including 4k. Together, these technologies provide the most immersive and competitive gaming experiences possible.


Features:-
- dBi – dB Noise Inverter turns fans off below 60C, generating 0dB of noise during idle!
- QSD BIOS – Quick Switch Dual BIOS allow you to switch to secondary BIOS with the flick of a switch.
- MMCP – Memory MOSFET Cooling Plate reduces MOSFET temps by 47% and Memory by 14%.
- OPT – Optimized Power Target offers 33% more power over reference.
- SHP – Straight Heat Pipes reduce GPU temperature by almost 5C!
- EVGA ACX 2.0 Cooling: With optimized swept fan blades, double ball bearing and an extreme low power motor, EVGA ACX 2.0 delivers more airflow with less power, unlocking additional power for the GPU.
- Voxel Global Illumination Technology (VXGI)
- NVIDIA® Super Resolution technology
- NVIDIA® GameWorks technology
- NVIDIA® GameStream technology
- NVIDIA® TXAA Technology
- NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0
- NVIDIA PhysX® Technology
- NVIDIA FXAA Technology
- NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync
- NVIDIA Surround
- Support for four concurrent displays including: Two dual-link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2
- Microsoft DirectX 12
- NVIDIA® 3D Vision® Ready
- NVIDIA SLI® Ready Technology
- NVIDIA CUDA® technology
- PCI Express 3.0 support
- OpenGL 4.4 support
- OpenCL support
- NVIDIA SHIELD Ready
- NVIDIA G-Sync Ready


Specification:-
- GeForce GTX 970
- GPU: GeForce GTX 970 (GM204)
- Core Base Clock: 1190MHz
- Core Boost Clock: 1342MHz
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 4096MB GDDR5
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
- Memory Bus: 256-bit
- CUDA Cores: 1664
- DirectX 12: Yes
- DVI Port: 2x Dual-Link DVI, 1x DisplayPort & 1x HDMI
- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Power: 2x 6-Pin
- 450W PSU Required
- 150W TDP
- Warranty: 3yr


Only £299.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW















EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW "Plus Edition" ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3978-KR) @ £319.99 inc VAT

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The new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980/970 is powered by the next generation NVIDIA Maxwell Architecture, giving you incredible performance, unmatched power efficiency, and cutting-edge features.

Maxwell is the most advanced GPU architecture ever made, designed to be the engine of next generation gaming. Inspired by light, it was designed to solve some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing. For the first time, gaming GPU's can dynamically render indirect light using the new VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination technology). Scenes are significantly more lifelike as light interacts more realistically in the game environment.

The GTX 980 is the worlds fastest GPU and the GTX 970 offers the most advanced performance in its class. Each delivers 2x the performance of previous-generation card, bringing new gaming experiences to virtual reality, and ultra resolution 4k displays.

Enable the detail of 4k monitors, on a 1080P display. DSR produces smoother images by rendering a game at a high resolution, then downscaling it to the native resolution of the display using advanced filtering.

GeForce GTX 980 and 970 cards support tear-free, super-fast NVIDIA G-Sync monitor display technology including 4k. Together, these technologies provide the most immersive and competitive gaming experiences possible.


Features:-
- Backplate!
- dBi – dB Noise Inverter turns fans off below 60C, generating 0dB of noise during idle!
- QSD BIOS – Quick Switch Dual BIOS allow you to switch to secondary BIOS with the flick of a switch.
- MMCP – Memory MOSFET Cooling Plate reduces MOSFET temps by 47% and Memory by 14%.
- OPT – Optimized Power Target offers 33% more power over reference.
- SHP – Straight Heat Pipes reduce GPU temperature by almost 5C!
- EVGA ACX 2.0 Cooling: With optimized swept fan blades, double ball bearing and an extreme low power motor, EVGA ACX 2.0 delivers more airflow with less power, unlocking additional power for the GPU.
- Voxel Global Illumination Technology (VXGI)
- NVIDIA® Super Resolution technology
- NVIDIA® GameWorks technology
- NVIDIA® GameStream technology
- NVIDIA® TXAA Technology
- NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0
- NVIDIA PhysX® Technology
- NVIDIA FXAA Technology
- NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync
- NVIDIA Surround
- Support for four concurrent displays including: Two dual-link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2
- Microsoft DirectX 12
- NVIDIA® 3D Vision® Ready
- NVIDIA SLI® Ready Technology
- NVIDIA CUDA® technology
- PCI Express 3.0 support
- OpenGL 4.4 support
- OpenCL support
- NVIDIA SHIELD Ready
- NVIDIA G-Sync Ready


Specification:-
- GeForce GTX 970
- GPU: GeForce GTX 970 (GM204)
- Core Base Clock: 1216MHz
- Core Boost Clock: 1367MHz
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 4096MB GDDR5
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
- Memory Bus: 256-bit
- CUDA Cores: 1664
- DirectX 12: Yes
- DVI Port: 2x Dual-Link DVI, 1x DisplayPort & 1x HDMI
- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Power: 2x 6-Pin
- 450W PSU Required
- 150W TDP
- Warranty: 3yr


Only £319.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
Wow, £300 without a back plate.

Is the plus edition the same but with a back plate? £320 is more expensive than the Gigabyte G1...any reason to go for this over the G1, Gibbo?
 
Had one and what a pile of poop lol very tiny and tacky compare to the G1! Gibbo even said they look cheap and nasty!

The other problem is the fan is a jet engine as it kicks in at 60c so starts at high rpm to cool the card down.

My first and last Evga card.....
 
Thanks for all the complimentary comments guys...

On the issue of the price I will raise the recent exchange rate fall of the pound against the $. The prices of both these products are actually really competitive but as they are being bought at the new rates the price looks a little high just at the moment.

i feel once you see the pricing settle down you will view the pricing as far more competitive.

Some of the changes we have made to these models are really positive giving great extra room for overclocking. I will try and get some further data published tomorrow on the new cards.

Ben
 
abui1806 said:
Evga is so overrated and overpriced.
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JustCallMeVlad said:
Not really. No one buy it but Fanboys these days. Their cards are crap
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There is an element of truth there. You pay over the odds for a product which isn't better in comparison, doesn't mean it's crap. I'm sure the cards work fine. You're just paying more for the EVGA sticker across the top of it :D
 
snips86x said:
There is an element of truth there. You pay over the odds for a product which isn't better in comparison, doesn't mean it's crap. I'm sure the cards work fine. You're just paying more for the EVGA sticker across the top of it :D
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TBH I think youre paying for the customer service and warranty?

Although Evga customer service was spot on for me offering a brand new sealed card if i RMAed within 30 days to them, the card itself is really tatty and nowhere near worth £300!!

I paid £258 for the first model and it looks like a lower end model compare to the G1! Anything above £200 deserves a backplate imo!! If most of AMD can sell their cards with backplates then how come these greedy swines cant? I mean ive seen 7850s with backplates for crying out loud, it should come as standard!

Then theres the plastic shell, why not metal? The packaging is filth! It comes inside a plastic container in a box! No foam no antistatic bag, nada, plastic container in a box lol!

Evga to me, are just charging way too much for what they give you, you can grab a much better quality card for the same price so why bother?
 
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Kelt said:
Agree. When I looked over the OCUK reference 970, with it's metal casing, I was very impressed with the quality of it.
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Yes.

Go and look (not that you need to I;m sure) at the KFA2 970 at about the same price, night and day, even the 'cheap' ones like the Inno3d @ £260 are better than this rubbish. Wouldn't touch EVGA these days, they've gone the Corsair PSU route, build up a good reputation then cheap out.
 
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