Now then. This is my first post, so I hope it's in the right spot 
 
I've just bought a backplate for my 780 Classified (first nVidea card upgrading from AMD 5970's) and installed it, but now my idle temps are 41 degrees as opposed to the 29 degrees I was getting without the backplate  Is this normal? I took the plastic cover off the top but left the one underneath on as it looked permanent and there is no mention of removing it on the instructions 
 
Has anyone else noticed this?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Oh, and how do you add your system specs etc under your posts?
 
Cheers.

Vlada011
Under Control Panel you have Signatures and Comments Options and you add your system there.
For Backplate I don't know... I must pay attention when backplate arrived on that too, because mine idle temps are like you say 28-29-30C without backplate.

Cheers mate.
 
Yeah, keep an eye out and let me know your temps. They are still at acceptable levels and the backplate does look awesome, but I enjoyed boasting about having my beast card at 28 degrees 

How do I hook up the fan control to a Hydrocopper?

Which way do the fans blow:  out the slot or into the case?

PKuhl
Which way do the fans blow:  out the slot or into the case?

It's supposed to be out of the back slot but some air does get blown into the case.

Got my two backplates in.  Anyone else see the backplate making contact with the soldering joints around the VRMs?
 
I really had to tweak one back plate just so it wouldn't touch.  Not sure if this is a problem or not.  I haven't tried installing the 2nd plate yet.
 
 
 
Using the new Google Plus editing tools to Spotlight and focus on the area of concern.  I hope it is clear enough.  This is before I loosened all screws and started apply side pressure to get it away from the solder.  It's still hard to tell if it is touching any or not.
 
I still can't believe the 780 Classy didn't come with these backplates.  They really are the missing piece to make this card bad-ass!  But I guess to keep it under the $700 mark...

marc_0053
Does the EK titan waterblock fit this card?

No, why would it? The classified is a custom board while the titan is nvidia's reference design.
 
EK actually makes a waterblock specifically for the EVGA GTX780 Classified. :D

I made profil for me, 1100MHz GPU and 1600MHz Memory with 110% power limit.
It's not hard OC at all but give you over 350 points more than out of box in Valley + card is overclocked out of box.
That's +107/+196. I keep that on Normal BIOS not LN2. I flashed LN2 for some skynet with 130% power limit but I keep on Normal BIOS.
Depend of voltage card will boost more or less, over 1250MHz. I keep on 1175V for now and it's stable. with 1200V she boost more. 
 

Yea I have Installed EVGA Precision 4.2.1 connected with EVGA OC Scanner 3.3.0 but for now I didn't use EVGA OC Scanner and Riva Tunner Statistic Server is installed just in case. I liked more than MSI Afterburner. You can download nice skins for Precision too.

But because I play on 1920x1080 that profile will be useful only for 10 games maybe.
For other no need to touch over default. You can try if you have good memory and 1700MHz memory but not if that is MAX.
If you can 1750MHz and more than you can save and 1700MHz but you will get maybe 100 points maybe less in Unigine Valley more than with memory on 1600MHz.
 
 
Edit: I found this Wallpaper before few days looking for some nice pictures... 1920x1080   
http://i.imgur.com/W2Z1SXv.jpg
 

Hi there people can you help me whith my back plate for the 780 classified in this post:
 
http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=2041756#2043923
 
Thanks

eduncan911
Got my two backplates in.  Anyone else see the backplate making contact with the soldering joints around the VRMs? I really had to tweak one back plate just so it wouldn't touch.  Not sure if this is a problem or not.  I haven't tried installing the 2nd plate yet.   Using the new Google Plus editing tools to Spotlight and focus on the area of concern.  I hope it is clear enough.  This is before I loosened all screws and started apply side pressure to get it away from the solder.  It's still hard to tell if it is touching any or not. I still can't believe the 780 Classy didn't come with these backplates.  They really are the missing piece to make this card bad-ass!  But I guess to keep it under the $700 mark...

I installed the 2nd backplate and the 2nd card did not have the soldering sticking up as far.

It would seem I have one card with solder too high to clear the back plates.

Good news for me, the backplates did not make my temps go up like they did on my 680 classy's.
 
ALSO
 
 
Silly question... Is it ok to leave the classified cards in LN2 mode or is it best to leave them in normal mode? 

 

eduncan911

5 LEDs BTW.

I believe that these LEDs indicate the PCIe connection/voltage of various points. Meaning, if a few are not lit, it could indicate that the card is not seated completely.

Just a guess of what these bright-as-hell LEDs are.


Thanks, the weird thing is it worked in ski for about 5 min and I went to shut down my PC and I lost all displays and had to manually shut it off. Sense than I have swapped cards in different PCI slots thinking it was the slot but the only card to give me display was the card with all LEDs lit regardless of what slot it was in. I sent the one card in for RMA already. But I'm almost certain it isn't a bad slot or connection. I reseted the cards more times than id like to mention with draining my loop and refilling it at least 10 times.

Anyone at EVGA able to advise when we might expect another shipment of these cards down in Australia? Every major pc component supplier in the country that I know of is sold out and not taking orders.