ASUS will present 3 more model of GTX980Ti...
Matrix, Matrix Gold and Poseidon 
 
http://videocardz.com/570...strix-and-gold-edition
 
Under ASUS GTX980Ti MATRIX Gold people can read Fastest GTX980Ti. 
If they launch after Zotac GTX980Ti AMP Extreme and because they know 1250MHz clock that could be very fast card even faster maybe.
Best thing is because that card could use and gamers and overclockers. Gamers could use Matrix and Matrix Gold with AIR cooler or under water.
EKWB will probably immediately to launch waterblocks. 
 

 

 

 
Matrix Gold and Poseidon are best for me, that would be hard decision.
Off course model with higher clock.

To bad they did not come out with a new Blower Type Cooler Card.

I know Scarlet-Tech... I must finish some things soon and than I will see where I'm...
GTX980Ti highly overclocked was my B plan and because of that I was looked and read what we have on table from GTX980Ti...
Anyway I would try first TITAN X SC... I love more full unlocked chip than 5% stronger crippled.
Anyway TITAN X SC probably could go 50-70MHz more and than TITAN X on 1200MHz base is best card. 
OK overclockers could reach and that with overclocked 980Ti but that would not be useful for every day gaming and because of that for me is not important.
Only this options look nice... K|NGP|N Edition I will not read about that models at all, that's not for gamers... K|NGP|N for gamers recommend 980Ti Classified but she work on 1190MHz and she is slower than almost any custom GTX980Ti on market... maybe ASUS launch 100MHz faster card useful for gamers but enough strong to resist and torture under LN2, with memory defroster and other things what I will not need. I would use only highest clock.
If they say Fastest GTX980Ti and Zotac now sell cards with 1250MHz... That could be 1260-1270, who knows... if they launch 1300MHz but I doubt that would be fight for that model literally but that card is for gaming faster 11% than GTX980Ti Classified.
 
When someone offer 1150MHz GTX980Ti that cards could be binned but only to separate worse maybe, not searching for best samples.
But when someone offer 1250+ you know that 70% of cards can't stay stable in games on such clock and they need to search for samples capable to stay stable.
Special because 1150MHz you in most cases don't need voltage, but for more manufacturers could find very good chip and to offer with only little higher voltage or nothing. They have no space to give 1.3V... Max 1.2V example...And than you know only good samples are there. If so high overclocked card OC only 70-100MHz over fabric OC could be called Golden Sample because difference from stock is insane than.