Gtrizzyy
I am really curious what the huge fuss is about with this card unless for benchmarking,but then water hydro solution would be better. The I/O kills me on this card. I currently have triple Asus 144hz monitors (the 1080) and 1 Rog swift ( trying to get the other 2). It seems like 1440p is the sweet spot as 980 is overkill for 1080p and 4k is really bad on graphic intensive games. If everyone is trying to get the Rog Swift then why a huge fuss about this card on 1 Swift... when any 980 will run it really well. You cant have this card and run triple ROG Swift and I opt for more of an immersive  gaming experience. 

I'm holding out for whatever card MSI is waiting to make a Lightning version of.  990 or 980 Ti or 980 8GB (or the Ti might be 8GB off the bat).  Whatever.  Plus once AMD drops their new cards NV is going to do a price cut. 

nice!
how did newegg do on the packaging?
 

hallowen
Newegg packaged them fairly well and did manage to get them to me using Newegg next day shipping, But Now, I have work to do......
 

 
LOL, me too, got to go put a bulb in the porch lamp for the little demons

crap! crap! crap!!!!!!!!!

enacku

Pgcmoore
crap! crap! crap!!!!!!!!!

 
LOL,
 
  at least the UPS guy showed up with the wife's anniversary gift for Sunday,
 
was sweating that one too!
 

JerkMan
I had the UPS customer center hold it for me and I picked it up after work, which was 5 minutes away. Happily, I will not be able to install them as I think my wife's water just broke...

damnit maan!  get that woman to the hospital,,,  and congrats!

TRICK OR TREAT!!
 
Although I KNOW I shouldn't be Showing you Guys photos of my Special "GPU Only" Water Block Cooling Mods that I have been using for Testing/Benching with my EVGA GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 Graphics Cards and others in the past, But Since it's Hallowe(e)n , I though I might as well show you the Physical Difference in Size and Totally different Circuitry Components shown (with the Factory Air Coolers Removed) between an EVGA GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 with a GPU Only Water Block Mod, and the Same Block on an EVGA GTX 980 Classified ACX 2.0.
 
And Yes, They Do work very well.......
 
Top of Pic is an GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0.....Bottom of Pic is an GTX 980 SC Classified ACX 2.0
 

 

 

hallowen
TRICK OR TREAT!!
 
Although I KNOW I shouldn't be Showing you Guys photos of my Special "GPU Only" Water Block Cooling Mods that I have been using for Testing/Benching with my EVGA GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 Graphics Cards and others in the past, But Since it's Hallowe(e)n , I though I might as well show you the Physical Difference in Size and Totally different Circuitry Components shown (with the Factory Air Coolers Removed) between an EVGA GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 with a GPU Only Water Block Mod, and the Same Block on an EVGA GTX 980 Classified ACX 2.0.
 
And Yes, They Do work very well.......
 
Top of Pic is an GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0.....Bottom of Pic is an GTX 980 SC Classified ACX 2.0
 

 

 

OMG! How wide is Classified? Is it curved, or it is photo issue? Look @ edited photo: 

Pgcmoore
AWESOME, did you take any of the bare PCB, could be the first ever look on the web if so!!!
 
sorry, after a closer look , is that plate over the pcb part of the stock / cooler 

Underneath the Factory Heat Sink (Plate) is pretty much the same as an EVGA GTX 780Ti Classified Kingpin Edition looks like, But I had already re-installed the Plate before I took any Pics and added the GPU Water Blocks, Which BTW I bought last Year on Ebay for $25 each.
 
Since I am CONSTANTLY changing to New Graphics Cards on an almost Monthly Basis, I Just got Tired of spending Hundreds of Extra $$$ for Full Cover Water Blocks every time a New PCB design came out, Then finding out that the old ones I bought wouldn't fit the New PCB Design, So I improvised a Little........  

hallowen

Pgcmoore
AWESOME, did you take any of the bare PCB, could be the first ever look on the web if so!!!
 
sorry, after a closer look , is that plate over the pcb part of the stock / cooler 

Underneath the Factory Heat Sink (Plate) is pretty much the same as an EVGA GTX 780Ti Classified Kingpin Edition looks like, But I had already re-installed the Plate before I took any Pics and added the GPU Water Blocks, Which BTW I bought last Year on Ebay for $25 each.
 
Since I am CONSTANTLY changing to New Graphics Cards on an almost Monthly Basis, I Just got Tired of spending Hundreds of Extra $$$ for Full Cover Water Blocks every time a New PCB design came out, Then finding out that the old ones I bought wouldn't fit the New PCB Design, So I improvised a Little........  

Outstanding!! I think I may go the same route with my new next build, 

DENTNU
 
WOW! That is awesome you still using your chiller ? Any chance you can post a pic of your whole setup ?
 
Thanks  

ATM it doesn't look Pretty, But It's Functional enough for my Testing/Benching Needs!
 

Smokey the Bear
They're five inches wide.
 
Halloween, how is your performance? I'm waiting on a cross shipment RMA for mine... Sucky. Not stable at stock, and increasing voltage worsens it. How's yours?

I've skipped the Stock Air Cooling Testing and got the Two Classifieds in 2-Way SLI up and running on Water Cooling right out-of-the-box this evening at Factory Stock Clocks So I haven't really had a chance yet to do any more testing at higher Clocks/Voltages, Plus I still have to eventually try the 3rd party Bios's along with the Classy Voltage Tool software and then test with the EVBot Controller once I get the P37 Firmware flashed for use with the Classifieds.
 
IMO, and Judging from past experience I think they would have some of the same problems like my previous GTX 780Ti Classified Kingpin Editions did on just the Factory Air Cooling, So that is why I went with at least the Water Cooling before I start really pushing for Higher Clocks/Voltages, But more Testing will determine how much that will help.  
 
  

hallowen

Smokey the Bear
They're five inches wide.
 
Halloween, how is your performance? I'm waiting on a cross shipment RMA for mine... Sucky. Not stable at stock, and increasing voltage worsens it. How's yours?

I've skipped the Stock Air Cooling Testing and got the Two Classifieds in 2-Way SLI up and running on Water Cooling right out-of-the-box this evening at Factory Stock Clocks So I haven't really had a chance yet to do any more testing at higher Clocks/Voltages, Plus I still have to eventually try the 3rd party Bios's along with the Classy Voltage Tool software and then test with the EVBot Controller once I get the P37 Firmware flashed for use with the Classifieds.
 
IMO, and Judging from past experience I think they would have some of the same problems like my previous GTX 780Ti Classified Kingpin Editions did on just the Factory Air Cooling, So that is why I went with at least the Water Cooling before I start really pushing for Higher Clocks/Voltages, But more Testing will determine how much that will help.  
 
  

Very curious to hear the results of that.
 
I'd assume neither of you have any issues increasing your voltage then. Just wanted to double check.
 
I definitely plan on going under water the moment there's a nice fc block out for it. Hopefully that won't take too long!

 
UPS tried to deliver my Classified at 12:30 pm, but no one got home until 1 PM. I'm thinking to myself, "it figures". Now I have to wait until Monday.  

XrayMan
 
UPS tried to deliver my Classified at 12:30 pm, but no one got home until 1 PM. I'm thinking to myself, "it figures". Now I have to wait until Monday.  

Finally your upgrade is close.
GTX980 Classified look almost same as GTX780Ti Classified without cooler.
EVbot Connector, Voltage Read Points, 8+8 pin.