NVIDIA's GTX 970 has received quite a bit of face time lately and with good reason. When paired up with a good heatsink and some slightly higher clock speeds, it can give the GTX 980 a run for its money. Meanwhile, in SLI the inexpensive GTX 970 provides an amazing amount of performance relative to the setup's cost of less than $700.

Part of the GTX 970's allure is the wide variety of cards NVIDIA's board partners have launched. Since this is a ?virtual? design, they?ve been given a free hand to stretch the limits of board design provided minimum specifications are met. As a result we?ve seen everything from typical blower-style setups to some wild cooling setups and exceedingly high clock speeds. All of these are priced well under $400 which makes them extremely good values.