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The latest GeForce GTX 970 graphics cards from Colorful and Galax (formerly known as Galaxy Microsystems) have been revealed. While Galax focuses on their GC design, Colorful is going the non-reference with iGame series brand. Both the GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 will hit the market this week on Friday with prices of $299 for the GTX 970 and $549 for the GTX 980 reference models. Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Flame Wars_GM204

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NVIDIA’s GeForce GX 970 features 13 SMM units placed in 4 GPC (Graphics Processing Clusters). Since each SMM unit has 128 CUDA cores, 32 in each logic unit (32 x 4), the total number of CUDA cores equates to1664 on the die. From the first generation Maxwell core architecture, we learned that a Maxwell SMM (Streaming Multiprocessor Maxwell) unit has 128 cores compared to 192 on the current generation Kepler SMX units. The cores fused on the GeForce Maxwell generation of graphics cards were shows at 35% faster than Kepler cores but the percentage is increased with the second generation Maxwell architecture due to a mature process and architecture design that enables amazing power efficiency.

Along with that, we have a 4 GB GDDR5 memory running across a 256-Bit memory interface clocked at 1753 MHz (7.00 GHz Effective) which pumps out 224.4 GB/s bandwidth. The core clock is maintained at 1051 MHz and 1178 MHz boost clock something which I was expecting if the cards were to be able to take on the GK110 core based graphics cards. Lastly, we have the fill rate numbers which amount to 33.6 GPixels/s Pixel and 145.0 GTexels/s Texture fill rates. Now these are strictly the reference clock speeds and the custom models from both ASUS and Gainward will be clocked higher than these.

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The Colorful GeForce GTX is a custom model which makes use of a custom designed cooling system that uses dual fan configuration to cool the heatsink assembly underneath it. The display outputs include the standard dual-DVI, HDMI and a Display port. The I/O panel also comes with a boost switch which enables a second BIOS that has a factory OC configuration stored within it. The card makes use of a 8 Phase PWM supply and power is fed through dual 6-Pin connectors which will be enough to feed this 148W beast. There are two SLI goldfingers which enable 4-Way SLI. Overall, the built quality of the card is great and we expect the card would be able to pull some good numbers when overclocked.

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The second card is from my personal favorite brand Galaxy Microsystems who have now been renamed to GALAX which is the reason for the missing Y on their cards. The Galax GeForce GTX 970 GC makes use of a custom designed PCB and a large cooling assembly which incorporates dual 92mm fans and a massive aluminum fin array through which heat is dissipated by four internal heatpipes that connect to the copper base. The GeForce GTX 970 makes use of a 7 Phase PWM supply (6 Core and 1 Phase for memory). The PCB is colored blue but the components are solid and high-end which allow for more overclocking potential. We are looking at a 8+6 Pin power configuration and the card sticks to the dual slot design. Display outputs include Dual DVI, HDMI and a Display port.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 Specifications:

	GeForce GTX 570	GeForce GTX 580	GeForce GTX 670	GeForce GTX 680	GeForce GTX 770	GeForce GTX 780	GeForce GTX 780 Ti	GeForce GTX 970	GeForce GTX 980
Codename	GF110	GF110	GK104	GK104	GK104	GK110	GK110	GM204	GM204
Process	40nm	40nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm
GPU Core	Fermi	Fermi	Kepler	Kepler	Kepler	Kepler	Kepler	Maxwell	Maxwell
SM Units	15 x 32	16 x 32	7 x 192	8 x 192	8 x 192	12 x 192	15 x 192	13 x 128	16 x 128
CUDA Cores	480	512	1344	1536	1536	2304	2880	1664	2048
ROPS	40	48	32	32	32	48	48	TBC	64
TMUs	60	64	112	128	128	192	240	TBC	128
Core Clock	732 MHz	772 MHz	915 MHz	1006 MHz	1046 MHz	863 MHz	875 MHz	1051 MHz	1126 MHz
Boost Clock	1464 MHz	1544 MHz (Shader Clock)	980 MHz	1058 MHz	1085 MHz	900 MHz	928 MHz	1178 MHz	1216 MHz
Memory	1.2 GB GDDR5	1.5 GB GDDR5	2 GB GDDR5	2 GB GDDR5	2 GB GDDR5	3 GB GDDR5	3 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5
Memory Bus	320-Bit	384-Bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	384-Bit	384-Bit	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	3.80 GB/s	4.0 GB/s	6.0 GHz	6.0 GHz	7.0 GHz	6.0 GHz	7.0 GHz	7.0 GHz	7.0 GHz
Memory Bandwidth	152.00 GB/s	192.4 GB/s	192.0 GB/s	192.0 GB/s	224.5 GB/s	288.6 GB/s	336.0 GB/s	224.5 GB/s	224.5 GB/s
Texture Fill Rate GT/s	43.92	49.41	102.5	128.8	134	166	210	145.0	TBC
TDP	219W	244W	170W	192W	220W	250W	250W	148W	175W
Power Connectors	6+6 Pin	8+6 Pin	6+6 Pin	6+6 Pin	8+6 Pin	8+6 Pin	8+6 Pin	6+6 Pin	6+6 Pin
DirectX 12 Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Launch	December 7th 2010	November 09 2010	May 10th 2012	March 22nd 2012	May 30th 2013	May 23rd 2013	December 2013	18th September 2014	18th September 2014
Price	$349 US	$499 US	$349 US	$499 US	$349 US	$499 US	$699 US	$299 Reference $329+ Custom	$549 Reference $549+ Custom