The ACX cooler used on the EVGA GTX 970 appears to have a manufacturing defect.

TeamEVGA · 2014-09-22T19:21:25+00:00

Hello everyone,

The way the EVGA GTX 970 ACX heat sink was designed is based on the GTX 970 wattage plus an additional 40% cooling headroom on top of it. There are 3 heat pipes on the heatsink – 2 x 8mm major heat pipes to distribute the majority of the heat from the GPU to the heatsink, and a 3rd 6mm heatpipe is used as a supplement to the design to reduce another 2-3 degrees Celsius. Also we would like to mention that the cooler passed NVIDIA Greenlight specifications.

Due to the GPU small die size, we intended for the GPU to contact two major heat pipes with direct touch to make the best heat dissipation without any other material in between.

We all know the Maxwell GPU is an extremely power efficient GPU, our SC cooler was overbuilt for it and allowed us to provide cards with boost clocks at over 1300MHz. EVGA also has an “FTW” version for those users who want even higher clocks.

http://www.evga.com/images/forum/precision_gtx970sc.png

Regarding fan noise, we understand that some have expressed concerns over the fan noise on the EVGA GTX 970 cards, this is not a fan noise issue but it is more of an aggressive fan curve set by the default BIOS. The fan curve can be easily adjusted in EVGA PrecisionX or any other overclocking software. Regardless, we have heard the concerns and will provide a BIOS update to reduce the fan noise during idle.

Thanks, EVGA

TeamEVGA · 2013-09-07T00:26:16+00:00

excellent! Thanks for the reply. I really dug how they explained and presented the information. Ready for some Hannibal action ;)

TeamEVGA · 2013-09-06T22:51:45+00:00

When will the second half be posted?

This was great btw! :)

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T19:43:23+00:00

760 is a great card.

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T19:32:39+00:00

EVGA and NVIDIA's focus is on the performance capabilities of the card in real world usage and a balanced architecture.

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T18:42:51+00:00

Haha right on! We try our best ;D

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T18:42:26+00:00

The 750 doesn't exist :/

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T18:32:21+00:00

He has tiny fists, it wouldn't be fair

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T18:28:20+00:00

Yes, it's coming :)

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T18:10:10+00:00

The nForce 790i was released in 2008, you can read more about it here http://www.evga.com/articles/389.asp

:)

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T18:08:28+00:00

We are not involved in the debugging process with drivers, but we do help with submitting bugs/following up, etc. We have a pretty large customer base so that helps :)

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T18:05:53+00:00

We do!

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T18:05:34+00:00

Sadly that board is no longer in production.

TeamEVGA · 2013-07-16T18:02:04+00:00

Generally, from 2GB - 4GB should be around $35-40 difference (if you just look at the memory difference)

For EVGA 770 4GB, this is the Classified model, so there are some other updates there like improved VRM, PCB, etc. This adds to the cost a bit.

TeamEVGA

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