** GREAT PRE-ORDER ONLY DEAL: OcUK NVIDIA GTX 970 REFERENCE CARD!! **

[Gibbo]

HI there


OK as a PRE-ORDER ONLY deal to keep interest whilst we await our next batch due first week of February we shall offer the worlds on NVIDIA genuine reference 970 cooled card on a 980 PCB at sub £300. The catch is it is pre-order ONLY and you won't get the card until early February. When the stock lands the price will increase back upto £335.99

Our target is to sell 500 units between now and end of this month, so do not miss out as prices are only going higher and higher, so this is an exceptional deal for what is the worlds on genuine NVIDIA reference cooled GTX 970 available online.



OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £299.99 inc VAT

This very special NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is the only one of its kind designed by our in-house VGA Guru Gibbo making this the worlds ONLY genuine reference 970 available in the world. Gibbo's design request were very specific, genuine NVIDIA 970 cooler, yes the crazy expensive one just like the 980 cooler and a NVIDIA BGA Board using all original NVIDIA components with absolute zero cost down in the design.

Infact Gibbo improved the design by changing the containers in which the inductors are located for better quality items to help reduce and eliminate any possibility of coil whine. We also instruct our factory to only build these cards with Samsung memory. So why buy this over any other 970, well it is most likely the quietest whilst under load (gaming) due to having the NVIDIA cooler and any chances of coil whine have being pretty much eliminated with the design changes Gibbo has had implemented.

So this card is ideal for those seeking as little noise as possible and the other major advantage is the NVIDIA cooler which offers much better cooling performance in smaller enclosures or when running in 2-way or 3-way SLI.

Finally of course this card is perfect for when Half Life 3 is finally released at some point in the future and of course the latest GTA V game which is now confirmed!

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:-
- 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:-
- Genuine NVIDIA 970 Cooler with Visualizer
- Genuine NVIDIA 980 PCB
- Samsung memory guaranteed
- Coil Whine reduction technology: We specify the capacitors/inductors to be enclosed in plastic containers as it helps reduce/eliminate coil whine
- GeForce GTX 970
- GPU: GeForce GTX 970 (GM204)
- Core Base Clock: 1050MHz
- Core Boost Clock: 1178MHz (Upto 1268MHz Boost)
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 4096MB Samsung GDDR5
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
- Memory Bus: 256-bit
- CUDA Cores: 1664
- DirectX 12: Yes
- DVI Port: 1x Dual-Link DVI, 3x DisplayPort & 1x HDMI
- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Power: 2x 6-Pin
- 450W PSU Required
- 145W TDP
- Dimensions: 268.6 x 98.4 x 40 mm
- Warranty: 3yr


Was [£335.99] Inc. VAT

Only £299.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW











Don't miss out, were only offering it this low to keep interest and demand whilst we await our next batch, once we take delivery the price will increase £36.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Got an update, factory is preparing to send to forwarder end of this week, so ETA with OcUK is end of next week.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo can you clarify on the above?

And will these be in stock and shipped before end of next week?

Yes the factory have now responded, they won't support any modifications.

So on any cards purchased from now, we cannot offer this, those who did purchase are fine, but going forward modification will void the warranty.


P.S. Cards are in Hong Kong and will be collected by our forwarders this Friday.

 

[Gibbo]

so when they get delivered to customers?

We should receive delivery early next week, so customers end of week.

 

[Gibbo]

This is off topic Gibbo but please can you tell me why my posts have all of a sudden gone down to zero and before i was on 245?

No idea, guessing one our moderators have done it, maybe due to spam, best check with them.

 

[Gibbo]

showing as in stock! fingers crossed for a Saturday delivery!

It would only be Saturday delivery if you chose it.

Saturday delivery is an optional premium service which cost more. We don't offer free upgrades on exclusive items shipping from far east.

People who pre-ordered saved £35, can't have your cake and eat it.

 

[Gibbo]

well I thought a company with supposedly good customer service might have upgraded from next day to Saturday delivery as a gesture of good will as the card is 3 weeks later than what was initially stated on the website, maybe I was wrong...

Our service is great, but delays on exclusive items coming far the far east can happen and if we had not discounted the item we would have course upgrade the shipping. But as the item was heavily discounted a free shipping upgrade is simply not possible I am afraid.

If you paid the full price we would happily upgrade you or refund the difference.

 

[Gibbo]

I shall update the description as Samsung is no longer available now but they are SK Hynix so OC range should be similar of 3800-4400MHz (7600-8800MHz).

Zotac, Manli, PNY, Inno3D are all same factory, this batch were built by Zotac as are a true recognised European partner so just makes warranty claims in 3rd year easier for us and the packaging is improved also.

 

[Gibbo]

Im happy with mine so its all good. The overclocks i acheived are plenty good enough and the temps are well within the safe range. I also havent noticed any whine when running unigine heaven 4.0 and my power supply is getting on a bit now. The only thing i will say is i wouldnt recommend running the fan at full speed as it makes more noise than i am comfortable with anything up to 80% is acceptable.

But that is why the NVIDIA cooler is best, it gives you that flexibility and the stock profile is designed for silence so fan is designed to keep the GPU at 80c or below under load on stock profile which is pretty much silent, identical to NVIDIA spec.

 

[Gibbo]

'Extended warranty' Does that mean the 3yr or 5yr that Zotac offer on other cards?

3yr on these, Zotac won't give 5yr on a none official SKU as they don't offer it to other customers as it is my design and request, they just throw it in their generic packaging, but the warranty is 3yr which is great.

 

[Gibbo]

Just wish the 970 came with 4gb of useable memory don't know why as I would probably never use the 3.5gb of memory but I think its still a bit of a deceptive too advertise it as a 4gb card. However the cooler looks fanttastic

We advertise what NVIDIA advertise, that is how things will always be.

 

[Gibbo]

Ok cool! Just kinda misleading by them using "extended warranty" on the box imo, unless they mean 2 years + 1 extended year on top (3 years).

2yr-3yr and product description very clearly states 3yr.