EVGA's GTX 970 lineup is one of the most extensive among NVIDIA's board partners and their FTW version is arguably the fastest available. Considering we?ve already looked at examples from ASUS, Gigabyte, PNY, GALAX and even EVGA, this isn't an idle boast at all.

The back-story behind EVGA's Maxwell lineup is an interesting one since it has been beset by wild successes and some very public speed bumps. Their GTX 970 cards have been in high demand since they combine a low price with awesome performance and legendary customer support. However, many early adopters reported coil whine on their cards, an issue that EVGA readily admitted to and has since rectified. We reported on this last week and found that revised cards have made their way into the channel so you can buy with confidence. Fan speed profiles on the new ACX 2.0 cooler weren't optimized either; idle noise was far too loud at launch but a new BIOS was rolled out that put things right.