EVGA Announces the GeForce GTX 970 HYBRID Graphics Card

btarunr · Dec 9, 2015

The Award Winning EVGA HYBRID line is now available on GeForce GTX 970. The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 HYBRID GAMING is an "all in one" water cooling solution that significantly lowers the GPU operating temperature. Best of all? The water cooler is completely self-contained, with an included 120mm radiator and fan. No filling, no custom tubing, no maintenance. Just plug in and play!

Of course, the GeForce GTX 970 HYBRID GAMING is also powered by the next-generation NVIDIA Maxwell architecture, giving you incredible performance, unmatched power efficiency, and cutting-edge features. Maxwell is the most advanced GPU architecture ever made, designed to be the engine of next-generation gaming. Inspired by light, it was designed to solve some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing.

Key Features:

Built on Maxwell - The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 HYBRID features the most advanced GPU architecture ever made, designed to be the engine of next-generation gaming.
Hydro Performance without the Hassle - All in one cooling solution that is completely self-contained. No filling, no custom tubing, no maintenance. Just plug and play.
Sleek Looks - Intelligent wiring system and sleeved tubing make this one sleek cooler without the messy wires.
Copper Base - Designed for the GTX 970 and provides maximum heat transfer.
Virtually Silent Operation - Variable controlled fans allow dynamic fan speed based on GPU temperature, and the water cooling efficiency means very low noise fans.
Built in Radiator and Fan - Helps dissipate the heat by keeping the GPU as cool as possible. Fan can also be swapped or customized.
Cooling for VRM and Memory - VRM and Memory cooling solution separated from GPU, allowing for lowest GPU temperatures, and efficient VRM and Memory cooling.

For more information, visit the product page.

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ZoneDymo · Dec 9, 2015

inb4 sue by Asetek

HumanSmoke · Dec 9, 2015

ZoneDymo said:
inb4 sue by Asetek

Nice try. If you didn't know already, EVGA is an Asetek partner.

ZoneDymo · Dec 9, 2015

HumanSmoke said:
Nice try. If you didn't know already, EVGA is an Asetek partner.

it was a joke....

Firedrops · Dec 9, 2015

"next-generation NVIDIA Maxwell"... it's already been out for almost 2 years and is about to become previous-gen. So when exactly does something become current-gen, nVidia?

k1112311123 · Dec 9, 2015

it is not the new upgraded pcb..............what a pity

why almost all the aio water cooling card are using ref. pcb or even cheaper one
giga extreme seems to be the best with insane pcb.

Estaric · Dec 9, 2015

Curious to know how this holds up against say the Gigabyte Gaming xtreme edition that is $20 less. The Water cooling side is an attractive offer though.

GhostRyder · Dec 9, 2015

Not sure I see a point to this. I saw a review for it already and yes it stays cool but for the cost difference it does not add much to it since its just a basic short PCB GTX 970. Even if it was a better version you can still achieve the same overclocks with any of the other aftermarket coolers with it still being quiet and not costing near this much (I believe the review stated its cost was $399).

Eh, though I guess its still a good product. It just feels unnecessary for this chip.

RejZoR · Dec 9, 2015

Rather silly feature on a card that's already cool as it is and thus quiet.

PP Mguire · Dec 9, 2015

RejZoR said:
Rather silly feature on a card that's already cool as it is and thus quiet.

This. They didn't like it when I said just this on their FB post either.

Animalpak · Dec 9, 2015

Firedrops said:
"next-generation NVIDIA Maxwell"... it's already been out for almost 2 years and is about to become previous-gen. So when exactly does something become current-gen, nVidia?

Next gen GPU Pascal is expect to launch in Q2 2016.

xorbe · Dec 9, 2015

It's rated 145W, total waste. Like dual-fans on 960 cards. Money grab.

peche · Dec 9, 2015

shorten PCB?

k1112311123 · Dec 9, 2015

GigabyteFanBoy said:
Curious to know how this holds up against say the Gigabyte Gaming xtreme edition that is $20 less. The Water cooling side is an attractive offer though.

the pcb and bios and heatsink cooler of gigia extreme 970 are almost the best among other 970s.
dont be fooled by the aio water cooling, most of them are using ref pcb only. the bios of them is also not for overclocking.
and never forget about the temp of vrm and vram, both are important in running stable gpu clock speed and overclocking and the lifetime of the card.

Jborg · Dec 9, 2015

My 970 overclocked to the balls barely gets to 65c lol....

Its cool looking... but IDK. To late in the game, and theres already like 100 other 970s to choose from.

thebluebumblebee · Dec 9, 2015

When new GPU's were rolling out from AMD/Nvidia every 9 months, the engineers at these companies had something to do to keep busy. The GM204 was introduced in September of last year, so those guys had to find something to do. :rolleyes:

While it is crazy to put a liquid cooler on a 150 watt GPU, I can see a benefit to using one of these in the top slot in SLI.

newtekie1 · Dec 10, 2015

Why would they do this and not make the card shorter? Seems like they missed a big opertunity there...

PP Mguire · Dec 10, 2015

The PCB is already short, just the reference style blower hangs over. If somebody wanted to they could take that off and put some heatsinks on the card to keep it small.

speedy_3014 · Dec 10, 2015

I really find it pointless to make a hybrid 970. It's a cool idea to expand on their hybrid line, but the 970 is already cool and quiet enough.

awesomesauce · Dec 10, 2015

i want to see inside thank you

FreedomEclipse · Dec 13, 2015

RejZoR said:
Rather silly feature on a card that's already cool as it is and thus quiet.

+1

The N · Dec 13, 2015

speedy_3014 said:
I really find it pointless to make a hybrid 970. It's a cool idea to expand on their hybrid line, but the 970 is already cool and quiet enough.

Agreed brother.

you have already pascal in production and still stuckking on 970 versions. also these maxwell are really cooled and lower powered. after 780(Ti) build of hybrid and classified pointless

newtekie1 · Dec 13, 2015

PP Mguire said:
The PCB is already short, just the reference style blower hangs over. If somebody wanted to they could take that off and put some heatsinks on the card to keep it small.

That's my point, eVGA should have done this themselves to make the card more appealing.

The alternative I think would have been awesome is if they made this a single slot card. Put one of the old school single slot 9800GT coolers on the card to move air over the VRM and memory, with a cut out in the middle of the shroud to allow the pump/block to just poke through.

PP Mguire · Dec 13, 2015

newtekie1 said:
That's my point, eVGA should have done this themselves to make the card more appealing.

The alternative I think would have been awesome is if they made this a single slot card. Put one of the old school single slot 9800GT coolers on the card to move air over the VRM and memory, with a cut out in the middle of the shroud to allow the pump/block to just poke through.

Unfortunately the tubes and pump make it dual slot anyways. :cry:

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