The FTW version is also getting an update to a FTW+ version which I imagine will go from the sku 04G-2978-KR to the sku 04G-3978-KR. It doesn't appear to be available yet.
Changes with these cards include 6+2 phase power instead of the original 4+2, better cooling with copper heatpipes and full coverage on the memory, a new I/O which includes 3 displayports, a dual bios and included with the FTW+ versions will be a backplate! OMG a backplate!
Weird that you still have to purchase a backplate for the 980 Classy though???
Anyway I have a couple Gigabyte GTX 970s in SLI, but I'm a massive fanboy of EVGA and the whole reason I didn't get them this time around was due to the heatsink failure in their original ACX 1.0 cards. I have felt separation anxiety though for the past couple months and I believe once the FTW+ comes in stock I'll be all over it. I feel they really fixed the previous mistakes very nicely.
I just wanted to share this information as I hadn't seen it anywhere on the forums and I would like to know...is anyone else thinking of getting either the new SSC or FTW+ cards?
So I am a little bummed. I didn't realize that this card was coming out and I just ordered a standard 970 FTW about a week ago. It hasn't arrived yet, and I can send it back. But what kind of timeline are we anticipating for the release of the FTW+? Within the next 30 days? Or should I just buy a 970 SSC? What kind of performance difference will there be between the SSC and the FTW+?
So I am a little bummed. I didn't realize that this card was coming out and I just ordered a standard 970 FTW about a week ago. It hasn't arrived yet, and I can send it back. But what kind of timeline are we anticipating for the release of the FTW+? Within the next 30 days? Or should I just buy a 970 SSC? What kind of performance difference will there be between the SSC and the FTW+?
Buy the SSC. From what I hear it's exactly the card EVGA should have released on 970 launch. I personally picked one up myself yesterday. I don't think the FTW+ specs have really dropped but from what I read on the EVGA forum it's expected to just be an SSC with a higher clock speed.
Yes. Usually the only difference between FTW and ACX is FTW has 2 more phases and higher base clock speed, but both SSC and FTW+ will have 6+2 digital phases. From what I understand EVGA doesn't actually bin their FTW cards, only Classifieds.
Binning is a process by which it is determined how fast a chip can run. EVGA bin their Classified cards to ensure they are able to run at high overclocks. No, 2 970s can run easily in your system on 750 watts.
Gutted about this. Not long had my FTW which is a pig for boosting, but going to have a play with the bios and put stock TDP up to 180 and mac as 225, see if that improves things. Not sure the FTW+ would be compatible with my alphacool block either.
Buy the SSC. From what I hear it's exactly the card EVGA should have released on 970 launch. I personally picked one up myself yesterday. I don't think the FTW+ specs have really dropped but from what I read on the EVGA forum it's expected to just be an SSC with a higher clock speed.
Yeah I believe they are the same card outside of the FTW+ having higher clocks out of box and a backplate. IMO I'm going with the FTW+ just to get the backplate considering the cost will probably be what the SSC is with the backplate and I know I will hunt for a backplate the second I get an SSC if I went that route.
They do look great though...def the cards evga should've went with at launch even if it meant delaying their versions of the cards a month or so.
I have a feeling you can considering the old SSC users could upgrade to the new one...a little ridiculous that the old FTW is now slower than the new SSC lol
Well got to looking and for some reason Newegg is not allowing returns on my FTW. On the upside I can get a SSC through the upgrade program EVGA offers, and I have roughly 84 days for the FTW+ to release before I have to make a choice. So I can enjoy a better card for now and see what the future holds. Maybe if I am really lucky the gm200 will drop.
I was going to pull the trigger on a new SSC but going to wait for the FTW +. If the SSC had a back plate it would already be in my system. If EVGA pulls full ****** and ships FTW + with no back plate i'm done looking at EVGA for the 900 series.
I was going to pull the trigger on a new SSC but going to wait for the FTW +. If the SSC had a back plate it would already be in my system. If EVGA pulls full ****** and ships FTW + with no back plate i'm done looking at EVGA for the 900 series.
Got my SSC+ 970. Don't get it though, I thought the card was supposed to have 33% higher power limit? My card is showing only +10 max in both Afterburner (extended overclock) and Precision X on both bioses.
Got my SSC+ 970. Don't get it though, I thought the card was supposed to have 33% higher power limit? My card is showing only +10 max in both Afterburner (extended overclock) and Precision X on both bioses.
I'm not sure, but they probably updated the default power limit by 33% (so 100% is now 33% higher than before), and you can also manually increase that by another 10%.
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