hallowen
Pretty good scores in 4-Way SLI Fire Strike considering you're limited to No Optional Vbios (Yet) or GPU Voltage higher than 1024mV. 
 

After looking this over and running my own 4 way. This board is in serious trouble! It's like 7k behind a rampage. That is huge!

Depends on settings and what os you used.
That 48k gpu looks like it's windows 7, but i could be wrong.
 

Yeah, I should have gotten an ASUS RVE, But I decided to give EVGA another shot first.
 
We'll see how it goes after I get up and running again as to whether or not I'll Switch.

Thanks anyway Scarlet-Tech, But I have Three EVGA GTX 680 Classifieds I've been using to test/bench with ATM.
I really need to get Four GTX 980's again in 4-Way SLI to see if I can simulate what problems I was having.

So far I like it. Would have gotten an evga to test but all they had was ftw. The x99 deluxe seem to make me think my chip was bad. And the ga-x99 soc force was alright, but it took me a while to figure out that bios error. The one where you make one change and reboot only to say...you over clock settings failed! lol This one I just set 4.7 and it actually just took. I was kind of surprised at that. I now wish they shipped that same bracket that the force board has. The one that can hold your cards in line. Going to have to get one of those. 

I have been a test dummy for many years now. And it's a damn shame as you suggested!.This is why you need a store near home. Or a better return online policy....( which of course will not change) 

The Fact that I don't have a Store anywhere near me that will let me return worthless junkpile components just infuriates me to no end, And the only thing that bothers me more than that is seeing those greedy twerps trying to sell components on Fleabay for over twice the MSRP!
 
As you may have noticed Lately, I really could give a Big Fat Hairy Rats Behind about making anymore efforts to try and build ANY Systems when you either not only can't find out the ETA of the components you know will work, But if you do It'll Cost You Far more $$$$ getting it sooner from all these Money Grubbing low-lifes out there!

 
Now that that's off my chest, I'd better go take a Pill and Chill for awhile before my Blood Pressure goes too high.........

Sup Tony!

hallowen

Q56_Monster
I have no doubt you two will figure it out ;)  keep on keepin' brothers!

 
Thanks for the encouragement Q56,
 
Despite My present State of Mind, I also have no doubt that eventually, Things have to get better!

Maybe when they do, I will use the Classified Board, or repurchase I should say.  I am going to make the trade for the time being.  Waiting is too frustrating.  I was hoping with an Extra 6 weeks of waiting, that EVGA would have figured it out.  2 minor updates later, there is still a wall there.
 
P.S.  i know companies don't like to give away their secrets, but just like the Ti Classy fiasco, (which I vowed to be patient after that, since they did make good on the BIOS for that) I have found that even if they are working on something amazing, they won't even give a clue what they are fixing.  They were saying more XMP support and higher RAM clocks, and people seem to be having a lot of the same exact issues a month and a half later.  It's disheartening.  

Wow...  Frustration will continue to grow.  :-\

All my experience with EVGA and them saying when something will happen, is ALWAYS later than they say it will be at first. Always no exceptions. 

About an Hour ago, I was wondering how I was going to get Four Classifieds at Once, But Now THAT problem is being put on the Back Burner for the time being when they actually DO get released for sale because I just found and Bought Four New EVGA GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 Graphics Cards (04G-P4-2983-KR) that became available from Fry's.com and they will be delivered this Thursday!
 
Even though I had bought those other Four lower clocked GTX 980 SC's (04G-P4-2982-KR) a month ago when they were just released, I have always wanted these as my best choice (Highest GPU/Memory Clocks) for an EVGA reference PCB 980 series and I don't Care about the ACX Twin Fan arrangement vs. the Blow-through style since I'm going to water cooling eventually anyway.
 
Now when I get those installed to play with, I'll be able to finally Kick Back, Relax and Enjoy some 4-Way SLI Overclocking/Benching Action while taking my time waiting for the GTX 980 Classifieds to be released without being so Stressed Out!

 

hallowen
About an Hour ago, I was wondering how I was going to get Four Classifieds at Once, But Now THAT problem is being put on the Back Burner for the time being when they actually DO get released for sale because I just found and Bought Four New EVGA GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 Graphics Cards (04G-P4-2983-KR) that became available from Fry's.com and they will be delivered this Thursday!
 
Even though I had bought those other Four lower clocked GTX 980 SC's (04G-P4-2982-KR) a month ago when they were just released, I have always wanted these as my best choice (Highest GPU/Memory Clocks) for an EVGA reference PCB 980 series and I don't Care about the ACX Twin Fan arrangement vs. the Blow-through style since I'm going to water cooling eventually anyway.
 
Now when I get those installed to play with, I'll be able to finally Kick Back, Relax and Enjoy some 4-Way SLI Overclocking/Benching Action while taking my time waiting for the GTX 980 Classifieds to be released without being so Stressed Out!

 

You must go berserk on cyber monday if you roll like that on regular wednesdays!
Been keeping busy myself.  Just started Z97 Stinger blocks.  Took me all night just to START a fixture plate!!  Still have a ways to go before some copper is cut, but at least you guys can see the process from start to finish there.
 

Scarlet-Tech
Nateman, I will need to get a set of Micro Blocks instead of the Classified blocks.  

I am still a while off from that :(  
I just started the Stinger blocks.  At least there aren't many needed, but just keep an eye on the progress of the Stinger blocks and you will know when the X99's are up.  

nateman_doo

hallowen
 
Now when I get those installed to play with, I'll be able to finally Kick Back, Relax and Enjoy some 4-Way SLI Overclocking/Benching Action while taking my time waiting for the GTX 980 Classifieds to be released without being so Stressed Out!

 

You must go berserk on cyber monday if you roll like that on regular wednesdays!
 
 

LOL, You wouldn't want to be near Me on Cyber Mondays!