GPU (970) cooling help

[W3dge]

Hello, I'm currently doing a build with a GTX 970 and I was planning on someday getting an HG10 n970 GPU water-cooling bracket from Corsair. My question is wether I will still be able to keep the pre-installed backplate on my card. Brackets like NZXT's Kraken G20 require that you use the CPU cooler's backplate and so you can't have a GPU backplate installed; however, the mounting situation seems different on the HG10. The cpu cooler seems to be able to screw directly to the bracket without needing the CPU cooler's backplate. I'm wondering if I am correct in this assumption as I really hate seeing GPU PCBs.

[PlayStation 2]

Did you get a GTX 970 yet

[airdeano]

if using the reference 970, yes, you can still use a backplate (for reference cards)

[GodSpoon]

Depends on the make of your card, which one did you buy?

 

if using the reference 970, yes, you can still use a backplate (for reference cards)

 

^^if you have the reference 

[W3dge]

Depends on the make of your card, which one did you buy?

EVGA ACX 2.0 , which has a reference PCB