GTX 970 Back plates?

[Sir Asvald]

I know that the R9 390 is the better (I want the features of Nvidia, I've got an AMD card 7950) card but I'm wondering which card comes with a back plate. 

[theninja35]

If you're talking about a "back plate", then there are a few cards.

 

I know the MSI 100Million Edition does, the bronze one comes with one, too. I think Strix does, the G1 might come with the typical Gigabyte backplate, and sometimes EVGA includes them.

[Kryptyx]

You can buy one and add it yourself.

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, Kryptyx said:

AFAIK none of them come with a backplate, I could be wrong though. You can buy one and add it yourself.

 

3 minutes ago, theninja35 said:

If you're talking about a "back plate", then there are a few cards.

 

I know the MSI 100Million Edition does, the bronze one comes with one, too. I think Strix does, the G1 might come with the typical Gigabyte backplate, and sometimes EVGA includes them.

Oh I fail!  I meant back plate.

[RazrLeaf]

Asus Strix and Mini, Gigabyte G1 Gaming and Xtreme Gaming, MSi Gaming 100ME, and Zotac AMP! Extreme, AMP! Extreme Core, and AMP! Omega Core.

 

I haven't had a chance to check on cards that aren't available in the US market, but I think there are a few others from the likes of Galax and Inno3D.

[Sir Asvald]

5 minutes ago, RazrLeaf said:

Asus Strix and Mini, Gigabyte G1 Gaming and Xtreme Gaming, MSi Gaming 100ME, and Zotac AMP! Extreme, AMP! Extreme Core, and AMP! Omega Core.

Oh Thank you!  Oh I thought EVGA would have one.

 

[Synawke]

2 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

Oh Thank you!  Oh I thought EVGA would have one.

 

some of their cards come with one. some dont. you can always buy one for like $20 and add it

[Sir Asvald]

3 minutes ago, Synawke said:

some of their cards come with one. some dont. you can always buy one for like $20 and add it

To much for a back plate. Would you choose the EVGA 970 ACX 2.0 SC over other cards?

[RazrLeaf]

On ‎2‎/‎24‎/‎2016 at 4:09 PM, Abdul201588 said:

To much for a back plate. Would you choose the EVGA 970 ACX 2.0 SC over other cards?

The major (hardware) advantage to EVGA's card is the use of ball bearing fans, and the physically smaller size. I would also choose it if it had a >10% price advantage.

 

When I was shopping, I wanted a backplate, and a 970 that would be compatible with an EK water block, if I decided to liquid cool down the line.  Wanting to preserve the best water cooling potential made me go with the Strix, as it was the only 970 that had all of it's memory modules on the same side as the GPU.