A hefty overclock elevates Nvidia's second-rung GPU into GTX 980 territory. Nvidia's newly-unveiled GeForce GTX 980 will be hogging the majority of the launch-day limelight, but as was the case with previous-gen solutions, it's the second-rung card that arguably makes more sense to the majority of gamers.

Priced keenly compared to the top-of-the-range part, the second offering is typically better value for money and the formula used by Nvidia to derive a second-tier specification rarely alters: take the all-singing, all-dancing GPU, give it a snip here and a chop there, and hey presto, the next card in the product line is born.

Sticking with traditional naming conventions, Nvidia's latest #2 is the GeForce GTX 970, and going by past experiences of x70-series parts, it has a lot to live up to.