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Have the fin issues been addressed?
 
I can not wait to see how they perform, but from preliminary focus, it looks to be well.  Time will expose everything of course.  The look nice enough.

And Europe ?????????

so what is the deal with step up? I see the new cards avail online. I still have 50+ days to step up. WHen I go to choose what card I want to step up to 900 cards aren't there. sigh

From the pictures side by side, the 980 fins run length wise of the card, and the 970 run width wise, so I am curious if there is a specific advantage to one direction of the other.

I love EVGA and I was planning on getting pair of 970's until I saw that you guys decided to put blue on the ACX cooler. Sorry but you've ruined it and I don't plan on buying them now.
 
 
 
A shame honestly

I wish I could actually buy any of them but apparently their not selling any of the models with ACX 2.0.

se7enupmustang
I love EVGA and I was planning on getting pair of 970's until I saw that you guys decided to put blue on the ACX cooler. Sorry but you've ruined it and I don't plan on buying them now.
 
 
 
A shame honestly

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You're not going to see it anyway once installed, the fans/shroud face downward in standard config.

se7enupmustang
I love EVGA and I was planning on getting pair of 970's until I saw that you guys decided to put blue on the ACX cooler. Sorry but you've ruined it and I don't plan on buying them now.
 
 
 
A shame honestly

Nothing a sharpie couldn't fix.  "but a sharpie would ruin the warranty?" A dry erase removes sharpie, and the blue would be pointing in a direction you couldn't see (unless you buy an inverted tower mount).  It is kind of a petty thing to rule out an entire line up just because of that, but it is all in preference.
 
Looks like a good deal to get the 980 SC ACX2.0 over the reference 980 SC, since the base clock will already be boosted higher and there is the ACX on it.