So I purchased a 970 FTW less than a week ago and have had it sitting unopened ready to be installed.  Should I return it and wait for the FTW+ to be released?  I could care less about the faster clock but I do like the upgraded cooling and power phases.
 
I also purchased a 970 Superclocked for my sons rig a few weeks back as the reviews were pretty good.  No coil noise (that I can tell) and runs at 75 degrees celcius at full load - might try stepping it up to a SCC to get the upgraded cooling.

Doom4life
So I purchased a 970 FTW less than a week ago and have had it sitting unopened ready to be installed.  Should I return it and wait for the FTW+ to be released?  I could care less about the faster clock but I do like the upgraded cooling and power phases.
 
I also purchased a 970 Superclocked for my sons rig a few weeks back as the reviews were pretty good.  No coil noise (that I can tell) and runs at 75 degrees celcius at full load - might try stepping it up to a SCC to get the upgraded cooling.

It'd be in your best interest to do both, however 75 degrees is really no big deal. Besides EVGA offers three year warranty standard and you can extend it within 90 days. If he's patient, may as well step up to the SSC just for the additional benefits.

Darn, I JUST bought a 970 FTW at full price thinking it was the best 970 I could get. I didn't know FTW+ was in the pipeline and wasn't really clear on the benefits of the new SSC until I registered and started reading these forums. Don't get me wrong, I love my card and for me it's not worth the hassle of returning it, but it would be awesome if I could upgrade it to the FTW+ sometime down the line. Hopefully the people that make that decision are reading this thread :)

Yep got my new FTW here about 3 weeks ago, loving the card but I am watching this site closely, if they offer a step up to the FTW+ for us FTW owners,  I will jump on it.

I wonder if the FTW+ will be a beast of a card. It will prob be like $400. I wonder if they will do the same like they did with the SSC being the same price of SC. *cross fingers*

I've got about a month left to step-up from my FTW to the FTW+, if such an offer will be made available. I'm not one who wants to spend time tweaking/OCing my video card. I just wanted the highest clocked, most stable card out of the box. So far, my FTW has performed well, but it couldn't hurt to upgrade to the + version, if possible.

I'm curious when the FTW+ will be released and if possible to be available on the step-up  program since my step-up will expire on the 30th of January 

mr. wolf
I've got about a month left to step-up from my FTW to the FTW+, if such an offer will be made available. I'm not one who wants to spend time tweaking/OCing my video card. I just wanted the highest clocked, most stable card out of the box. So far, my FTW has performed well, but it couldn't hurt to upgrade to the + version, if possible.

According to what I saw from the cached web page on EVGA's European website the FTW+ had the same clock speed as the FTW. I guess it could've been placeholder, not too sure.

the FTW usually have a slight higher voltage than the SSC

Just went into step 2 and finished queue on step up for my SSC... Still deciding if I should wait for the FTW+ or not, there's not enough to decide, and if I cancel my queue now then Ill have to wait much longer :/