Introduction

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released just a few weeks ago. It is built on the same GM200 GPU as the GeForce Titan X, but has fewer shaders (2816 vs 3072). While the GTX 980 Ti's GPU is still produced on a 28 nanometer process at TSMC in Taiwan, it comes with the fantastic power efficiency optimizations of the NVIDIA Maxwell architecture, which promises lower power draw, higher performance, and reduced fan noise all at the same time.

Our review of the reference design GTX 980 Ti revealed that it is barely slower than the Titan X, which means custom designs could surpass Titan X performance at a much lower price point.



Today, we are reviewing the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC+ with the company's ACX 2.0 cooler. The GTX 980 Ti SC+ is overclocked, as the name suggests. GPU clock has been increased to 1102 MHz base clock, but the memory clock remains unchanged. The card features idle-fan-off capability for the perfect noise-free experience at idle and light loads and is priced at around $670, which is $20 more than the NVIDIA reference design GTX 980 Ti.