69.3%

74%
boosts to 1417 stock

here is a thread of all of the ftw asic scores.  your boost clock is set by the asic but it does not effect overclock per say.
 
http://forums.evga.com/GTX-970-FTW-Users-Post-Your-ASIC-and-Boost-Clocks-m2261389.aspx
 
 

FTW+ became available last night for step up at eu.evga.com. But 399 EUR ...😒 vs 345 for SSC+

SSC seems a much better choice, imo.
nothing can justify the FTW+ being 50€ more expensive than the SSC.
they charge you the backplate with 20€ and 1€ for each MHz higher GPU clock.
that's a real nonsense.

Yeah, I called up the EVGA sales department and asked what the difference is between the SSC and FTW+. At first the rep mentioned that the FTW+ had a whole new PCB with a entirely new layout... Then I mentioned... No, the new SSC that has the same upgrades and added 6 phase power. He basically told me performance wise, both will be about the same. I really don't see how a backplate and a very small increase in speed makes up for $40 difference on the US side. Especially if they put out backplates to add to the SSC for $20, which seems to be the going rate... After you add a backplate to a SSC card, you are looking at a $20 difference in price for 26MHz higher on the base clock and a FTW+ in blue letters for the price difference. I'm not seeing the value at this point, but those new backplates might cost more than I expect.

levifig

Joooordaaaaaaan

levifig

Piospi
End of a week and there is no official release.. :/

 
Uhhhh… Except I ordered one a few hours ago, it's on NewEgg and EVGA.com? :X #confused

There is more to the world then just America. :/ I personally got sick of waiting and just ordered the Gigabyte G1. Good luck to those still waiting. :)

 
 
 
Dude: I'm Portuguese (only moved to the US in '07) so I feel your pain! I'm sorry man… :(
 
Having said that:  http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487090 ;)

definitely a ****! situation £20 less then I paid for my inferior FTW card.

adamba
FTW+ became available last night for step up at eu.evga.com. But 399 EUR ...😒 vs 345 for SSC+

why do they increase the price on their own website by such a big margin? thats about 30% higher than newegg price.
 
Actually the evga price isnt that bad, is due to really weak euro now.
 
But I had to convert my price paid to euros as is no UK GBP stepup page.  So it would depend on evga agreeing with exchange rate.

RainStryke
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and now imagine how do we feel at EVGA EU, where FTW+ costs 54€ (that's ~62-63$) more than the SSC.
 
EVGA really messed this round up, imo.
 

Well, I have read up all the pages and can't figure it out... does it worth to step up from 970FTW with back plate to new 970FTW+