Wow this is grate EVGA
I have 70 day to step-up
The only thing is I just got my FTW 970 like a month ago and  got a 4 year in store product replacement
when I had my 670's I was doing a update flash and the power went out and the cards died
took them back and got 2 new card over the counter.
So with the IPR I don't have to ship my card to EVGA .
So is it worth it for me I got back plates on my cards  the new FTW+ is faster out of the box
but can't I o/c my FTW to the FTW + clocks
So what made you mind up to step-up plus I want to see some reviews
 
And I from Canada do I have to pay duty on top of the shipping and tax
 
 

xitchl
GJ!
 
What's about the coil whine problem? Has it been fixed with the new FTW+?

Not sure if the coil whine has necessarily been "fixed", but it seems like it has only been a real problem for some. My FTW had coil whine at high framerates when I first got it, mostly at 500+ fps in game menus. Any coil whine seems to be completely gone now.

Clocks on the ftw & ftw+ are the same. what has changed in order of importance imo is the two additional power phases & 33% more power for those power phases "ftw was hitting the TDP"  think of it as an 6 cylinder engine that was only running on five cylinders. After that the straight heat pipes across the board =better cooling & the the memory and transistor cooling plate which degrades the heat an additional 47% for the transistors & 14% for the memory. Last & least important is the back plate. It adds addition cooling especially if you have air in your case hitting the back plate. All this to me equals a card that is well thought out and with 100% hindsight should have been on the original ftw & ssc. Hope this helps...
 
& for those that care the rear ports were also changed. 
 

billythekid2014
Wow this is grate EVGA
I have 70 day to step-up
The only thing is I just got my FTW 970 like a month ago and  got a 4 year in store product replacement
when I had my 670's I was doing a update flash and the power went out and the cards died
took them back and got 2 new card over the counter.
So with the IPR I don't have to ship my card to EVGA .
So is it worth it for me I got back plates on my cards  the new FTW+ is faster out of the box
but can't I o/c my FTW to the FTW + clocks
So what made you mind up to step-up plus I want to see some reviews
 
And I from Canada do I have to pay duty on top of the shipping and tax
 
 

 
No one has the FTW+ yet, maybe some will get it today as it just came out yesterday. The additional power phases may or may not "fix" the coil whine...we will have to wait and see.... op meant after "breaking in the gpu" the coil whine went away....Here is a great read about the coil whine and how to get rid of it...
 
overclock.net/t/1094728/possible-fix-for-coil-whine
 



So you already have the new FTW+? Or is it still the FTW and you got a replacement without coil whine?
 
I guess the new FTW+ with its new design will also decrease this issue?

IAmTheNorwegianGamer
 
 
But that is the only difference between SCC and FTW+, Backplate and higher mhz on core? 
 
Thank you!

 
Yes ;)

xitchl

Premise

xitchl
GJ!

What's about the coil whine problem? Has it been fixed with the new FTW+?

My FTW had coil whine at high framerates when I first got it, mostly at 500+ fps in game menus. Any coil whine seems to be completely gone now.

So you already have the new FTW+? Or is it still the FTW and you got a replacement without coil whine?
 
I guess the new FTW+ with its new design will also decrease this issue?

No, I have an FTW currently, though I am stepping up to the FTW+ :D. Also, I never had to get a replacement. The GPU just needed to be broken in to eliminate the coil whine. I let my PC sit on the menu of The Witcher at something like 700 fps or even higher, I don't remember.

sahafiec
while the SSC is much better than SC but for the same price, why is FTW+ 10$ more expensive than the FTW?
this doesn't make any sense as FTW+ gets 40$ higher price than the SSC for 26MHz more and a 19.99$ backplate.
the star in my opinion is not the FTW+ but the SSC...

With the overall improvements, you are paying $10 more than the FTW for a backplate and a great revision. For someone buying outright, the ssc may be the better deal, but for someone with any other card that can step up, the FTW+ is the best option by far.

the_real_maverick

sahafiec
while the SSC is much better than SC but for the same price, why is FTW+ 10$ more expensive than the FTW?
this doesn't make any sense as FTW+ gets 40$ higher price than the SSC for 26MHz more and a 19.99$ backplate.
the star in my opinion is not the FTW+ but the SSC...

You're paying $30 for a guaranteed 26mhz bump if you buy the backplate separate.  That's basically it.

But say the backplates are $19.99 directly from EVGA and $30.00 from Amazon like they are now, you're only paying $10 for the higher clock speed.

Edit: My mistake, that would actually be $20. I could have swore it showed $380 for the FTW+ when I went to start a step-up. I think you can still step-up to the SSC from an FTW if the FTW+ isn't worth it to you.

antandbetty
Jacob, you mentioned faster.... Specs show the same clocks as the original FTW?
 

EVGA_JacobF
Faster, improved cooler and backplate 
 
 

 He means that the new FTW+ has a higher power limit, and will not throttle like previos FTW model
Also the new FTW has a new heatsink, a plate over the pcb, and the backplate

seahawkgfx

d.burnette
Oh man, decisions decisions...
 
My new FTW is performing very well, boost clock is 1404 MHz, practically 0 coil whine, runs nice and cool...

Same here 1379 constant and silent. I also got the free backplate on it.....

Yeah I got the backplate as  well... what to do.

CanPcfstV3g
Waiting for this model to become available for purchase aswell to build my first desktop Pc in 7 years. Any idea when will it be added to the store?

Will it fit into the Corsair Air 240 btw? I read on a forum that the Evga Gtx 970 is one of the few cards on the 970 serie that can fit into Air 240 but i want to be sure.

Well the card is 26cm and max for 240 air is 29cm. No problem

That’s great news! Big thanks to EVGA for making it possible, to step-up from the 970-FTW to the FTW+. That’s what I call “costumer friendly service” =)

I hope the PCB of the FTW and the FTW+ will be the same, just with the 6+2 phase design?!
Don't want to wait for a new coller for the FTW+ - still waiting for a cooler for my FTW :/
 

The ftw+ and ssc models, now are like they should been from the beginning. With 8pin+6pin and higher power target! My new ssc boost higher than my old ftw. :) (1405mhz, and no throttle)

Scarlet-Tech

muikku

The PCB differs.. Saw a picture of it somewhere, the core has been moved a bit towards the rearports if i remember correct.
 

Good way to stop the con artists from buying a FTW+ then pulling the warranty sticker from a FTW, switching coolers around, lol then asking for a refund. Taking that!

EVGA stopping the crooks, one genius change at a time.

Probably moreso to fix the cooler... since the one they originally had wasn't hitting the core with all the heatpipes. though I'd guess this new design is probably a test board meant to scale up to the next big maxwell.
 
I'd still like to see some 970's from EVGA with reference titan-style coolers though. that design is nearly flawless.