I got my 970 ssc acx 2.0 yesterday, I am currently speaking to newegg about returning it, as the coil whine and fan noise is just unbearable. I loved my 680, the blower fan kept my card cooler and the fan noise was not an issue. Very disappointing.

Enaku the Strix is better then the G1.  It's cheaper overclocks better and is quieter and has cooler temps
 
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/75313-asus-geforce-gtx-980-strix/?page=10

any news for the upgrade program to acx 2.0 EVGA_Marketing.
 
I'm hesitant to return my card gtx970 acx ....

dvelope
is the SSC version of this card the one right next to the FTW version on the products page have the same cooler as the FTW model or is it the ''cheapo'' one?

The SSC should have been labeled "ACX 1.5".  The FTW has the real ACX 2.0 cooler (more efficient/quieter) while the SSC and under use reworked ACX 1.0 cooler and parts...
 
Still it's a good cooler that does the work.

Someone from EVGA should answer all of these questions.... the 970 acx 1.0 launch is a total mess.
 
Waiting one more week, if there is no info about the 2.0 upgrade, gonna sell my SLI, and buy another brand.

Hello, EVGA in some German forums I read, that in 4-6 weeks even the ACX2.0 version will see another new version of the cards, that should reduce the coil whine problem. Can you confirm this and how would one know if it is the fixed or the faulty version?

That doesn't sound right at all. My SC doesn't even go to 80C when benching with Furmark. I would RMA that card.

Doesn't sound good at all. I have had an ACX1 970 SC for about a month now and run War thunder and Elite Dangerous maxed out settings and 2560x1440 res for hours on end and the card just breaks 70 with no stability problems whatsoever. I just upgraded to the 1.1 firmware last week and haven't noticed anything so far.
 
I was a bit paranoid at first and would check temps etc regularly but after about a month I've stopped worrying. It's ran really well.
I don't have any coil whine from the actual card but the PCIE slot I'm using is right next to my xifi sound card PCI slot and you can get some noise on the mic if you ramp up the sound. Not sure if this is normal or not, or whether there is interference from the proximity of the two parts and more of a mobo issue.
 
But the card has been fantastic co far. Can't even hear it over the three 120mm case fans.

I have EVGA 970 ACX2.0 non OC and no it cannot overvolt.I checked the EVGA website and there it says that only the SSC and FTW editions can overvolt.To be honest I'm not sure if it's necessery,mine OCs to 1524MHz stable with the stock voltage so...

I think this is post related, if not please advise and I'll make a new thread.
So I bought a 970 ssc ACX 2.0 card and it sounds like a jet turbine in my case. Fan profile settings dont affect it for Precision X, one of the fans dont spin and the other is maxed out. My old 660 with the turbine is actually quieter then this card. Brand new out of the box was hearing the issue. I verified that it is up to date in regards to the firmware updates for the fans. RMA or return or?

That box looks different than the one my GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 came in.  Looks a bit fancier - Mine had an "overlay" on the right side of the box.
 
The important thing to check is to make sure the serial number visible on the box label matches the one on the card you can see through the hole in the back.  That, plus the model number, should reassure you.

Ok, So I picked up the EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 Best Buy Edition - 04G-P4-3979-KB.  From what I understand, from research is this is either a special version for Best Buy or older version released right after the heatpipe fiasco from the end of last year.  I think the heatpipe fiasco(2 out of the 3 heatpipes touched the GPU) was fixed with a new cooler heatsink design, same fans.  As I inspected my card I have a huge silver plate that covers the GPU.  Also the heatpipes are not in the U design as seen in the bit-tech.net article.  The heatpipes on mine run horizontal(front to back), you can verify by looking at the heatpipes coming from the back of the card.
 
I have no issues with the card but I am worried about the stock temps.  Mine resides at around 62c idle and go up to about 73c during full load running Unigine Valley benchmark.
I'm coming from a GTX 750 1gb and that card would throttle the clock down when idle or internet browsing. My idle temp on that card was around 30c or so.
Right now I have a custom fan profile set for 40% on the GTX 970 SSC and it is running at 37c idle and around 60c running Unigine Valley Benchmark, which seems more normal to me.
 
My question is does this specific card downclock when idle and not in full use?
Also could not find a BIOS switch on this version of the card, can anyone confirm?

logicrulez
Ok, So I picked up the EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 Best Buy Edition - 04G-P4-3979-KB.  From what I understand, from research is this is either a special version for Best Buy or older version released right after the heatpipe fiasco from the end of last year.  I think the heatpipe fiasco(2 out of the 3 heatpipes touched the GPU) was fixed with a new cooler heatsink design, same fans.  As I inspected my card I have a huge silver plate that covers the GPU.  Also the heatpipes are not in the U design as seen in the bit-tech.net article.  The heatpipes on mine run horizontal(front to back), you can verify by looking at the heatpipes coming from the back of the card.
 
I have no issues with the card but I am worried about the stock temps.  Mine resides at around 62c idle and go up to about 73c during full load running Unigine Valley benchmark.
I'm coming from a GTX 750 1gb and that card would throttle the clock down when idle or internet browsing. My idle temp on that card was around 30c or so.
Right now I have a custom fan profile set for 40% on the GTX 970 SSC and it is running at 37c idle and around 60c running Unigine Valley Benchmark, which seems more normal to me.
 
My question is does this specific card downclock when idle and not in full use?
Also could not find a BIOS switch on this version of the card, can anyone confirm?

That idle temp seems very high. Even with Precision X NOT running the fan, my 970 SC ACX 2.0 idles in the 35-37 C range, with the fan not running - running benchmarks, the highest temp I've seen was 77 c, and that's without the A/C running in my room.  If yours isn't downclocking (62 c at idle speed of 135 mhz sounds impossible); it might be if you're running two monitors?  I only run 1 1080p monitor.

MightionNY

logicrulez
Ok, So I picked up the EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 Best Buy Edition - 04G-P4-3979-KB.  From what I understand, from research is this is either a special version for Best Buy or older version released right after the heatpipe fiasco from the end of last year.  I think the heatpipe fiasco(2 out of the 3 heatpipes touched the GPU) was fixed with a new cooler heatsink design, same fans.  As I inspected my card I have a huge silver plate that covers the GPU.  Also the heatpipes are not in the U design as seen in the bit-tech.net article.  The heatpipes on mine run horizontal(front to back), you can verify by looking at the heatpipes coming from the back of the card.
 
I have no issues with the card but I am worried about the stock temps.  Mine resides at around 62c idle and go up to about 73c during full load running Unigine Valley benchmark.
I'm coming from a GTX 750 1gb and that card would throttle the clock down when idle or internet browsing. My idle temp on that card was around 30c or so.
Right now I have a custom fan profile set for 40% on the GTX 970 SSC and it is running at 37c idle and around 60c running Unigine Valley Benchmark, which seems more normal to me.
 
My question is does this specific card downclock when idle and not in full use?
Also could not find a BIOS switch on this version of the card, can anyone confirm?

That idle temp seems very high. Even with Precision X NOT running the fan, my 970 SC ACX 2.0 idles in the 35-37 C range, with the fan not running - running benchmarks, the highest temp I've seen was 77 c, and that's without the A/C running in my room.  If yours isn't downclocking (62 c at idle speed of 135 mhz sounds impossible); it might be if you're running two monitors?  I only run 1 1080p monitor.

Thanks for the reply.  I have my pc connected to my 1080P tv, not a monitor, don't really think it makes a difference though.  
 
So should I RMA this card? As of right now my GPU Temp is 63c.  

MightionNY

logicrulez

MightionNY

logicrulez
Ok, So I picked up the EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 Best Buy Edition - 04G-P4-3979-KB.  From what I understand, from research is this is either a special version for Best Buy or older version released right after the heatpipe fiasco from the end of last year.  I think the heatpipe fiasco(2 out of the 3 heatpipes touched the GPU) was fixed with a new cooler heatsink design, same fans.  As I inspected my card I have a huge silver plate that covers the GPU.  Also the heatpipes are not in the U design as seen in the bit-tech.net article.  The heatpipes on mine run horizontal(front to back), you can verify by looking at the heatpipes coming from the back of the card.
 
I have no issues with the card but I am worried about the stock temps.  Mine resides at around 62c idle and go up to about 73c during full load running Unigine Valley benchmark.
I'm coming from a GTX 750 1gb and that card would throttle the clock down when idle or internet browsing. My idle temp on that card was around 30c or so.
Right now I have a custom fan profile set for 40% on the GTX 970 SSC and it is running at 37c idle and around 60c running Unigine Valley Benchmark, which seems more normal to me.
 
My question is does this specific card downclock when idle and not in full use?
Also could not find a BIOS switch on this version of the card, can anyone confirm?

That idle temp seems very high. Even with Precision X NOT running the fan, my 970 SC ACX 2.0 idles in the 35-37 C range, with the fan not running - running benchmarks, the highest temp I've seen was 77 c, and that's without the A/C running in my room.  If yours isn't downclocking (62 c at idle speed of 135 mhz sounds impossible); it might be if you're running two monitors?  I only run 1 1080p monitor.

Thanks for the reply.  I have my pc connected to my 1080P tv, not a monitor, don't really think it makes a difference though.  
 
So should I RMA this card? As of right now my GPU Temp is 63c.  

Well, if those are the current values.... no wonder it's running at 63 degrees - it's running at full speed (what are you running at the same time?) and the fan is only running at eight percent.
 
The reason I asked about two monitors is in the past, with two monitors running off one video card, the card might not be able to downclock.  Your GPU seems to be running full speed, not idling.

That's what I thought.  Not sure why it's not downclocking.  As soon as I turn on the PC the temp goes up to 63c within about 5minutes.  Nothing is running in the background so I'm not sure what is going on.  I'm running on a clean install of Windows 10 with latest drivers from EVGA website.  And just to restate the card seems to run fine when gaming, full load temp is about 73c.  I can set an Aggressive fan profile but I don't feel I should as I am not overclocking. Also noticing that the fan does start until about 63c.  
 
 
Any suggestions are appreciated.