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Richard Ricardo

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Ok so I've decided to go with an EVGA gtx 970 but there are so many different types. My current card is an EVGA 660ti FTW sig 2 so I thought maybe I'd get a 970 FTW but theres a FTW+ and a SuperSC ACX+ as well.

Don't know which one to get. I'm not all that interested in overclocking but if I do it will be minimal. Anyway, I don't know the difference between the ACX+ and the FTW+ versions of the card and if there are differences, how big are they when it comes to actual gaming?

Also on an unrelated note: can I keep my old graphics card in my computer as well to function as some sort of support card? I know I can't do SLI with two different types of cards but I've heard someone mention they use a second card to handle Nvidia physX on its own but I cant really imagine how that works.
 
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I have the evga gtx 970 ssc+ (the newest version), I cannot be any happier with mine. I peak speed that I can acheive is 1620MHz on the core. It is not all game stable tho. I run it all day with just a little overvolt to 1500MHz.

Others have issue with the card and I cannot blaim them. Most really like the gigabyte gaming gtx970.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125684&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=


MSI gaming is another good one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832
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The EVGA SC typically comes in last as it does here.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/14

The FTW looks better on paper but I have not had good luck with the two I have owned..... after 5 RMAs, 18 months and 20 support calls, I still didn't get one that could run at the advertised speeds. Replaced that card with Twin 560 Tis and manually overclocked them 28%

You can use an olde nVidia card as a PhysX card
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/batman-arkham-asylum,2465.html

The difference between the SC and SSC is that the problem here was corrected

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/evga-geforce-gtx-970-acx-has-misaligned-gpu-vs-heatpipes.html
 
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the only difference between the ssc+ and the ftw+ is the backplate which you can buy for $20. if you are getting an evga card then you have to get at least the ssc+ as everything under that card including the original ssc is junk.

you have to get one that was in the third round of production
04G-P4-3975-KR
notice that 3 in the 3975, these are from their third try at not making a crap card and they did suceed with those ones

they are selling for $315 right now and that is not a bad deal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088&cm_re=evga_gtx_970-_-14-487-088-_-Product
 
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just as a point of reference the newer ftw+ and ssc+ had allot of other improvements also. the acx 2.0 refers to the improved cooler but the + actually refers to a higher power limit, higher voltage, it also has dual bios and better voltage regulation
 
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I read that article and it came last I think mainly because of the noise it produced but since the SSC acx 2.0+ model, that issue has been fixed so the article doesn't really apply anymore. When you say that your card didn't run at advertized speeds, did it make a difference when gaming or was it a small difference? Are you sure that you wouldn't have had the same results with the MSI or ASUS version of the card?
 
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How do these improvements effect its standing against the MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, etc. cards?
 
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I have the evga gtx 970 ssc+ (the newest version), I cannot be any happier with mine. I peak speed that I can acheive is 1620MHz on the core. It is not all game stable tho. I run it all day with just a little overvolt to 1500MHz.

Others have issue with the card and I cannot blaim them. Most really like the gigabyte gaming gtx970.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125684&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=


MSI gaming is another good one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832
 
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Do you find it necessary to run the card at 1500Mhz? What does that do? Also, what kind of problems have other people been having with the card?
 
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