My new 970 SSC buyed directly in the EVGA online shop:
 










BIOS selector



Conector??

 
My PC

muikku
 
What I'm not getting here?
 
Or is it reference tdp + 10% increase? 145*110%*133% = 159,5W*133%=212,135W
 
Where comes the 225W? And is google right about 8-pin connector and 150W?

The values I posted above are directly from the BIOS.

Don't know how evga marketing department does their calculation.

e__________d
Can anyone with a new SSC tell me what their fans are doing when the GPU temp is below 60? Are they perfectly still or are they moving (very slightly) every 10-15 seconds? Sorry for the cross-post.

They do not move at all. All ACX 2.0 GPUs got this update.

Someone needs to create istheevga970ftwplusoutyet.com…

Because the 31st is on a Saturday

El-Dubya
I'll just leave this here . Take from it what you will, but UK may have a later release as you mentioned.

 
I heard the same thing (that's what I meant with my previous post about "a little birdie" :P)
 
 
EDIT: I can't seem to be able to post links… :X  twitter[.]com/evga_jacobf/status/553634953372520448

Luka Megurine

El-Dubya

e__________d
Are people still uncertain about the release date? Overclockers UK have it slated for January 30th.

I'll just leave this here  . Take from it what you will, but UK may have a later release as you mentioned.

El-Dubya thank you, e__________d scared the hell out of me xD

Levifig mentioned this before me but I must have got caught in a discussion with RainStryke and didn't notice. Yep, either tomorrow or Friday (for the U.S. anyway) if Jacob meant "next week" as this week.    

Seems like a watched pot never boils.. Even price would be good enought for me. To wait or not to wait..

t3chn0m0
And when reaching around 1100rpm in the Fans, both fans are doing a humming sound. Power target in precision x and afterburner is still 110%(thought it would be 133% oo). Max stable boost clock is 1552 MHz. (+130mhz on precisionx). Asic quality is 69%.

Power Target at 100% is 201W now (resp. 222W at 110%) so evga did raise PT for the new card.
 
Otherwise I am also very pleased with my new SSC: It is very silent, no coil whine or any humming sound from the fans and it runs quite cool with custom fan curve (10% up to 50C; this prevents the card from heating up too fast and is still very silent).

Man, I really need this thing (FTW+)!!! I have a build they I sold my old GPUs (Asus 280X… the worst things ever–did it for the Doge; sold 2 cards for half what I paid for 1 about 9 months ago!!). So now, I have my 3930K rig sitting there, waiting for the FTW+… I was about to pull the trigger on the FTW when I heard about the FTW+ and wouldn't forgive myself if I had bought it (which is why I understand some of your frustrations).
 
Please, please, PLEASE: let it be today or tomorrow, and with *immediate* availability!!!! <3

d.burnette

levifig
Man, I really need this thing (FTW+)!!! I have a build they I sold my old GPUs (Asus 280X… the worst things ever–did it for the Doge; sold 2 cards for half what I paid for 1 about 9 months ago!!). So now, I have my 3930K rig sitting there, waiting for the FTW+… I was about to pull the trigger on the FTW

Never heard the old saying " A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" ?

 
Naw can't blame ya, sounds like we are close to the + coming out. I got the FTW and must say though, if they do offer a step up to the new + for me, not sure I will take advantage of it. My FTW from all I can tell is performing really well, boosts to 1404 and runs there nicely, stays cool, etc...
 
While the newer FTW+ would certainly be nice to have, not sure bottom line performance wise I would really gain anything over the bird I have in the bush here...

Personally I feel that if EVGA allows recent 970 FTW owners (raises hand) to Step Up to the FTW+ then they'd pretty much blow any other manufacturer out of the water in terms of customer service and quality products.  If they do allow this for these cards, and any of you complain about this company in the future - you're full of 'it'.  Their customer service has already confirmed that they would allow me to RMA for coil whine (not all manufacturers do), and they have a Step Up program in place (I don't know of any other manufacturer that does) - so if they also then prevent 'buyers remorse' for recent GTX 970 purchases - they win, no question, period.  Why would anyone choose another manufacturer?
 
Sure, eventually another card manufacturer may have 'better' performance by a percentage point - but you wouldn't get this quality of service anywhere else. 
 
That being said, I do hope they allow me to Step Up.  It would be a blessing.  
 
 

Got tired of waiting for the FTW+.  Returned my two "old" SSCs 970s and got two Gigabyte G1 970s.  The G1 is better than my old SSC in every possible way.  They are faster, better OC, quiter, run cooler, came with backplate, and actually light up my EVGA Pro SLI bridge.
 
I really hope EVGA is stepping it up with the FTW+ like they appear to be.
 
Blasphemy!

TahoeDust
Got tired of waiting for the FTW+.  Returned my two "old" SSCs 970s and got two Gigabyte G1 970s.  The G1 is better than my old SSC in every possible way.  They are faster, better OC, quiter, run cooler, came with backplate, and actually light up my EVGA Pro SLI bridge.
 
I really hope EVGA is stepping it up with the FTW+ like they appear to be.
 
Blasphemy!

I'm eyeing the G1 as well… I the FTW+ is not out this week and immediately available (aka I can order one tomorrow and get it early next week), I'm going with the Gigabyte… :X Never mind: just realized how freaking gorgeous the reference card is and that the Best Buy across the street has it *for immediate availability*. I'm going reference this time! :) <3

When I like some model I have no problem to wait little to get that. 
At the end I'm not without PC and want only best for self, if need 2-3 weeks of waiting, no problem.
 

levifig
Agree, that's true for things that are guaranteed "best"… Not sure we can place the FTW+ on that category yet! ;) I sure hope it turns out to be but it's still early. To be honest, the reason why I'm leaning towards the reference card is because of the same reasons I want an FTW+: design, build quality, performance. The reference card looks better, has the cooling system of the Titan and a matching build quality… From what I've been reading (only started research on this last night after posting that above), they seem to clock well, cool well (for a blow cooler), and the build quality is top-notch, using the same components has their big big brother Titan… 
 
EVGA is still close to my heart and I'd love to compare the FTW+ to the reference card at some point… :)

The reference 970 doesn't use the titan cooler, it uses the 980 reference cooler which looks similar to the titan cooler but uses a heatpipe based heatsink instead of a vapor chamber heatsink that the titan had. The reference 970 also uses the 980 reference PCB and components, not the titan, but that's not a problem as the 980 reference is a well designed card unlike the original 4+2 phase EVGA 970s.