2 GTX 970 Whats the differnce

[electrospective]

I was wondering what the difference between these 2 970s are. Are these the best 970s i can get?

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Super-Clocked-Graphics/dp/B00NVODXR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1444069360&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx970

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Super-Clocked-Graphics/dp/B00NVODXR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1444069360&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx970

would the SSC or the FTW be better for gaming in particular.

 

[neieus]

Maybe I'm missing something but both of those links take me to the same item page. Otherwise if you plan on overclocking the SSC or FTW would be better and the only difference between the two is a 25Mhz difference in base clock speed and the FTW comes with a back plate. Otherwise when they boost they booth reach the exact same speed on avg.

 

[Affelaffe03]

So far I can see it's the same video card...

 

[mudpuppet]

The FTW card would be better than the SSC card as it has a slightly higher clock. http://gpuboss.com/gpus/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-970-FTW-ACX-2.0-vs--9223372036823384001 It's not a HUGE difference but the backplate and covers may be different. I have a FTW myself and love it, but the SSC wouldn't be a "worse" card as in which apple is ripe and which isn't, but on a ranked list the FTW would come out above it.

Note** I picked a FTW card from Amazon Warehouse deals to get a better price on mine and have had no issues with it. I also went with FTW over a base model so I wouldn't feel the need to play with the clock settings myself and could focus on enjoying the performance I got from it.