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gpu availability is up, prices are dropping, get the wife something a little better and not so combustible.

If you have no other cards for a backup then ya, it may be good to keep it for a backup. If you do that, then you can upgrade your gpu and give the wife the card your using now, unless you already have a 2xxx/3xxx nvidia card or a 6xxx amd card. You def dont need alot of gpu to surf the web, the 970 would be overkill for that. A better cpu would help her in that regard more than the gpu probably, and one with a gpu onboard would be plenty, probably, from either camp.

If you continue internal cleaning, there should be no problem.
I think a 970 is fine for games around 2015. In fact, it may be an over-spec VGA for games around that time.

Modern cards have a boost profile that automatically raises Clk when the target game starts up (ex. Doom startup 900mHz -> 1000mHz).
Nowadays, copper or silver/diamond filled ones are sold, So I recommend you to find your favorite Thermal-paste and enjoy the pleasure.
 
While evga sells OC-tolerant products, it does not guarantee compatibility with other equipment/OCtools.
 
OC became a hot topic around the Q6600 (0step), and I remember seeing many articles about OC'ing a Q68 to get it on par with a QX.
In the next situation, developed into removing(Delid) heat-spreader to check CPU internal cooling structure, and the ease of OC was inherited.
 

 
 

They have been known to catch on fire due to component failure and there's nothing that can be done to prevent it..Yours may or may not catch on fire..Roll the dice or get another card..Best to get another card.

You tend to hear more about the 900 series catching fire because a lot more of them were sold than the previous couple generations. The 970 especially was at such a great price vs. performance point that everyone and their grandparents picked one up, so naturally more people having something = more complaints online. At least in the last 10 or so years that I've been with EVGA, there's not one card with a higher likelihood of a component blowing out and "catching fire" than any other. 
 
That second pic that austin86 posted looks like a PC that went through a house fire, I've not seen a single PC go up like that from a component failure. I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen anything do damage beyond the part itself, and that's usually from a motherboard component leaving soot on an add-in card or somesuch. Generally they flash and go out in seconds, so unless you're storing flammable material in your case, it's not going to full-on catch fire. 
 
So in short, don't worry about it, your odds of it catching fire are on par with winning the lottery. Or anti-lottery as it were.

I saw there was a new revision, it had a back plate and underneath the cooler there was also a plate covering those fiery bits lol
So evga must know something...
But thanks guys for the answers.
Dont think im gonna use that card, retired my 1080Ti, that one is going into that pc, have myself now a rtx3080 Ti
Greetings
 
 
BTW why is there no stock at all at the EU shop?