Gotta be a mistake.

"Surely this can't be correct." "Source is not known to be wrong."

Why that? NVIDIA turbine is excellent.
I don't know how is possible better than this.
Special now with GTX980 SuperClocked people she is even more silent because cards are colder few degrees than Titan Black and GTX780Ti.
AMD could dream this.
 
http://youtu.be/pZVQAPOSKcs
 
 
 

I agree, I would felt bad to install new card in such mess inside.
But turbine is so good and can be used on 90-100% speed if need.
It's more silent than my K|NGP|N on 80%.

Apparently it was not a mistake, Just got this info from OCUK -
 
Asus = nearly out on reference and focusing on Strix
EVGA = reference production stopped! full focus on ACX 2.0
Galax = unknown but moving production over to SOC and HOF, but might continue reference on special request.
Gigabyte = ok but moving production to only WindForce and G1 end of this month
Inno3D = Best supply but now moving over to X3 and X4 Herculez coolers.
MSI = no reference left! full focus on gamer models only
Palit = Jetstream only!
Zotac = all gone and moving over to three fan OC model.

I doubt this.

We shall see...

And possibly modify the housing to fit on a slightly smaller 900 series card that's in high demand for that cooler? Wink wink, nudge nudge.

Vlada011
Most smart people wait EVGA GTX980 Classified, Triple BIOS Security and 8+8 pin, EVBot Connector on place,
probably some nice VDDC Controller for more freedom.
She will beat GTX780Ti Classified for 2000 Firestrike.

+1

hope this is not true. I want my reference card with Titan-style cooler. I have no need for the ACX which will just throw hot air back into my case.

Dicehunter

Vlada011
Most smart people wait EVGA GTX980 Classified, Triple BIOS Security and 8+8 pin, EVBot Connector on place,
probably some nice VDDC Controller for more freedom.
She will beat GTX780Ti Classified for 2000 Firestrike.

A reference 980 can already beat a 780 Ti Classified in both standard Firestrike and Firestrike extreme but in Firestrike Extreme it will not be by 2000 even if it is a Classified.

I talk about out of box performance and I didn't saw reference GTX980 with 13.300-13.400 in Firestrike as Classified KP GTX780Ti.
I saw 980 SC model about 13.000 but Classified will bring maybe even 1000 points more, stronger VRM and that Maxwell chip can show OC capability.
Everybody say he OC well. I thought about Performance Firestrike.
What I saw over net speed of cards are
GTX780Ti reference > Titan Black > GTX980/GTX780Ti Classified (depend of sample) > GTX980 SC/GTX780Ti KP Classified (depend of sample).
But I'm not completely sure but I think few results here with KP Classified had better result than some GTX980 SC model even.
We talk about some 200-300 points and 50-80 in Extreme. Compared and with reviews and with Unigine Heaven 4.0 about 50-60 points is stronger KP Edition.
GTX980 Classified will beat everything out of box completely no matter on how good sample and driver and in every benchmark.
  

People laugh to me because I still keep 1080p monitor.
Now is 2560x1440p standard.

Fennicillin

wanako
hope this is not true. I want my reference card with Titan-style cooler. I have no need for the ACX which will just throw hot air back into my case.

With all the options for afforable quiet performance fans I don't think an ACX would at all cause problematic ambient temps. I know mine doesn't and it's running 84 Mhz over stock superclock.

Yeah but that's with your big Storm Stryker. I have this little Sugo SG-10 so blower style will be better in this case. That and I think the reference cooler looks and feels more like a premium product than the ACX

Someone official should chime in on this. If those reference cards are dc'd already lol, what are the people in the step-up waiting on them going to do? I was told that if I change my step-up option to the acx 2.0 card, I'd be placed in the back of the line. That's HORRIBLE considering I signed up shortly after the step-up went live :(
 
EDIT: Ok, so I just called to try and clear this up. I was told that production has been stopped on the reference 980s. The CSR on the phone told me that if you signed up for a reference 980 in the step-up, that is what you would be receiving (I'd assume when their alloted amounts were gone through during sign up, they'd have taken it off automatically or switched it over to the ACX cards as they had done a few days after step-up went live.) My fear was that, if the production has halted, I may end up in a never-ending limbo if they didn't receive any more reference cards for me to actually step-up to (aka, my step-up line doesn't move because no more cards are received to actually move the queue along, meanwhile those that signed up later for the ACX cards continue to move as those cards are still being produced) >.< Also, if you change your step-up to the ACX 2.0 cards, you will be moved to the back of the step-up line.
 
However, as I'm unfamiliar with how their allotment works, I'm just hazy. I guess I'll sit back and hope that I receive one eventually lol.

That is not a problem for anyone with a case that has even remotely decent airflow.