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this video was brought to you by fractal design make sure to check out their new Integra M modular power supplies you can find the link in the description below as Leon guys welcome back to the channel I recently got my hands on this GTX 970 from EVGA but this isn't just your typical run-of-the-mill video card this is therefore the Wynn edition which puts it at a higher factory overclock than their Super clock or even they're super super clock GTX 970 s that makes it the fastest GTX 970 EVGA currently offers until they released their SuperDuper clock Edition before I drop this card into my x99 system to see how she games here are some specs to get you acquainted you'll notice the base and boost clock numbers are through the roof and also note the cards incredibly low TDP compared to the last generation of geforce cards making it more power efficient than that tacky lava lamp you can't let go of this is accredited to the cards GM 204 GPU from Nvidia which uses the latest Maxwell architecture less power consumption means more overclocking Headroom which as you'll see later is why I was able to push this card well beyond its factory overclocked spec I also save so much on my electricity bill I switched from Geico along with the Maxwell architecture comes support for Nvidia's newest technologies such as dynamic super resolution MF AAA and voxel global illumination by the way here's everything that's in the box and do you really care new to EVGA is 900 series cards is there a CX 2.0 cooler which is 26 percent cooler 36 percent quieter and uses 250 percent less fan power than the single blower fan reference design which literally blows it also has four times the lifespan vs. other competitors dual fan coolers the fans have been upgraded with 11 swept blades to improve acoustics ball bearings for less friction between components and a redesigned motor with stronger magnets to reach higher rpms even under load these fans are exceptionally quiet almost too quiet to the point where I really think they're up to something the plastic shroud hasn't changed much since a CX 1.0 with the exception of some tasteful metallic blue accents now to help dissipate the heat caused by such an aggressive overclock out of the box before the win edition has three individual heat sinks and four copper heat pipes as opposed to the super super clock model uses one big fin stack and just three pipes further enforcing the belief that size doesn't matter it's about quantity the card has a black PCB with no backplate unfortunately a couple SLI fingers and just two 6-pin PCI II connectors because power efficiency video outs include two dual link DVI ports DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 2.0 now I ran this card in my new x99 system with a 59 60 X that I've pushed to 40 400 megahertz on liquid so bear in mind the results you're about to see our representative of a high-end overclocked gaming rig the card was run at stock and overclocked speeds that I configured on my own using EVGA precision X great numbers all around in battlefield 4 although you'll probably want to hit a good overclock if you're gaming at 1440 I also wanted to point out at 60 percent fixed fan speed the card never got above 65 degrees Celsius in any of these tests but of course you can set a dynamic fan curve to hit your preferred balance of temperature and acoustics similar average frame rates were seen in the Metro last light synthetic benchmark though minimum frame rates took a dive just barely clearing 30 frames per second across the board Crysis 3 the soul crusher of GPUs everywhere gave our contender a run for its money as it was only able to perform adequately at 1080 and some would argue only when overclocked at that however this does demonstrate the cards headroom for overclocking as it saw 22% performance increase pushing its average frame rate well above 60 and finally here's a look at some fire strike extreme numbers so you can compare your own video card and system's results to get an idea of the percentage increase you might see from upgrading to a similar setup as the one I have here so there you guys have it clearly this card has the horsepower to drive games at 1080 on a single display especially with that overclocking potential courtesy of the Maxwell architecture gaming at 14:40 works ok for most games but you might consider EVGA gtx 980 if you're playing super intensive games like Crysis 3 or if you're a Mac settings or Die kind of gamer let me know what you guys think of this card and I'm also curious to know what is your take on factory overclocked cards in general are they worth the additional price premium and why as always don't forget to like the video if you found it helpful bookmark my Amazon affiliate link and pick up a torso chassis while you're at it you can also make a monthly contribution on patreon to keep me off the streets and out of your homes I'm Kyle housings Network thank you guys for watching please subscribe channel if you haven't 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