
Just like their predecessors both new cards are capable of delivering smooth frame rates at resolutions up to 2560x1600. The old GTX 780 Ti and GTX 780 have a TDP of 250W. The GTX 980 has a TDP of 165W, while the GTX 970 is rated at 145W.

The GTX 980 and GTX 970 are vastly more efficient than their Kepler-based predecessors. Nvidia designed Maxwell to deliver more efficiency and performance. The new ACX 2.0 cooler is supposed to ensure quiet and cool operation despite the factory overclock, but it should also provide additional overclocking headroom. The GTX 970 FTW is 51MHz faster than the Superclocked version. The next photo shows EVGA’s full GTX 970 line-up. The GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 features 4GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1750MHz (7000MHz effective), providing up to 224.3GB/sec of peak memory bandwidth. Nvidia's GPU Boost 2.0 takes the average GPU clock to 1178MHz for the reference GPU and to 1317MHz for the SC card.ĮVGA did not change the memory clock. The GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 works at base clock of 1165MHz, while the reference GPU base clock is 1050MHz. Today we will take a look at one of them – the EVGA GTX 970 Superclocked with the company’s trademark ACX 2.0 dual fan cooler. While most AIB partners are offering one or two 900-series cards, EVGA is going a step further, or a few steps with no less than eight different GTX 970 cards. Nvidia gave its AIB partners the green light to offer custom designs from day one, so we are already seeing GTX 970 cards with a hefty factory overclock.Īs one of Nvidia’s premier partners, EVGA was one of the first players to launch a range of custom cards. The Geforce GTX 970 and Geforce GTX 980 will replace the outgoing Kepler-based Geforce GTX 780 and Geforce GTX 780Ti. Nvidia has released two new graphics cards based on its latest Maxwell GPU architecture.
