When nVidia announced their 10th generation Maxwell architecture it was hotly anticipated and back in February we got to see the first GPUs based on it: the GM107 based 750 and 750 Ti. While those products offered much in terms of power efficiency, they were but a taste of what was to come. After months of waiting and delays, nVidia has finally released the first of its GTX 900 series based on the GM204 GPU core. ? and today we have the pleasure of reviewing the ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC (http://technologyx.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3d9b6193ffd32dd60e84fc74b&id=317ac5b544&e=312ec141fb) . We'll start with an overview of the GPU and its cooler as well as the new features introduced with the 900 series and then it's down to the nitty-gritty with some performance benchmarks and game tests.