yeah got a backplate - i got a ftw which all come with one attached already im sure

Correct. The FTW, Classified and SC+ all come with a backplate. 

I am having an issue. I was running 1 980ti classified on a x99 classified motherboard and an EVGA 1600 t2 PS. Everything was running fine until I add a second 980ti classified. I set them to run in SLI and about 3 minutes later the first card was no longer showing up. Looked in the case and only the bottom card had lights. I removed bottom card leaving the first card still in and restarted PC. Everything is running fine with only one card. Never had issue running 2 780 sc's in SLI. Any suggestions as to what problem is?

chriswt1975
I am having an issue. I was running 1 980ti classified on a x99 classified motherboard and an EVGA 1600 t2 PS. Everything was running fine until I add a second 980ti classified. I set them to run in SLI and about 3 minutes later the first card was no longer showing up. Looked in the case and only the bottom card had lights. I removed bottom card leaving the first card still in and restarted PC. Everything is running fine with only one card. Never had issue running 2 780 sc's in SLI. Any suggestions as to what problem is?

 
It would be best to post a new thread for this.  You are in a very general thread, and your post will get lost very easily. 
 
For the time being, Could you please try SLI again, and see if it happens twice?  If it happens again, head to the Device Manager, and see if card one is showing an error.

Checked device manager and only one card shows up

So how do you determine if you have a card that is problematic, vs software conflicts?  Since getting my 980 Ti FTW last Thursday, I've had the driver crash four times, and another oddity with Rise of the Tomb Raider.  I know that one of the more recent Nvidia drivers was causing a lot of stability issues, so they pulled it.  What I grabbed was the replacement.  I also know how to install drivers clean properly, so that's not the issue.  This is also on a system that just had a clean Windows 10 installation.

The initial crashes happened while simply watching Netflix.  This has never happened with any other graphics card that I've owned so far.  Although I don't know if it's card related, even though I did have my GTX 780 in the Windows 10 machine for almost a week without any conflicts.  Basically the screen would go black, and I'd get this humming/stuttering sound that would sometimes go away on its own, and sometimes I'd have to reset the PC.

With Tomb Raider, I was trying to see if I could even run it with Very High textures, which are supposed to eat up a ton of memory.  Well, according to Afterburner, the card wasn't even using 5k vram yet before a Windows error would pop up saying that it has to close down the program due to there not being enough memory, closing the game.  This only happened when trying to use Very High textures, and it happened every time.  I don't see why this is happening either, because there are plenty of reports of people playing that game with a single 980 Ti with Very High textures.  My system ram wasn't full either, and that's not even counting the page file.  Doing multiple loops of the Tomb Raider benchmark with textures at simply High resulted in no issues.
 
Anyway, after these crashes happened, freaking me out, I decided to do a couple of hours worth of benching with Unigine Haven and Valley, as well as 3Dmark Firestrike.  With the ultra setting for everything, including tesselation and 8x AA, no problems at all.  I have yet to actually play through any games to see if they unceremoniously crash though.

Okay, I'm sure this sounds odd with everyone having issues buying a 980ti SC. But I'm trying to buy something else that seems to be being ignored.
 
Check out the VR version of the 980ti. http://www.evga.com/articles/00981/evga-geforce-gtx-980-ti-vr-edition/
 
Check out the ports.
 
Is there any way that a person can purchase one of the ports without buying the card?
 
Why?
 
I already have 2 980tis. I love them. If you check out the rest of my rig specs you'll realize I practically have an EVGA computer. I can't run any more 980s in my system as the benefit would be almost nothing due to bottle-necking. I simply can't justify buying a new videocard for a port.
 
I am willing to buy the port and have the slots in the back of my PC to run the cables back in and plug them into the port. I'm sure there will be a 3rd party version created, but I kinda figured EVGA would rather have repeat customer money than a 3rd party.
 
If there is a way to purchase the bay alone, can someone notify me?
 
Thank you.

hi guys
 
so seems the card is available for the division promo in australia with nvidia, now once you get to the page it asks you to sign in with ubisoft uplay. Does this mean it just activates onto your account and you dont actually get a "CD KEY" to keep?

jabr0ni
hi guys
 
so seems the card is available for the division promo in australia with nvidia, now once you get to the page it asks you to sign in with ubisoft uplay. Does this mean it just activates onto your account and you dont actually get a "CD KEY" to keep?

after you input key code then UBI will start down loading (33.Gb)
 
when you got the gpu, store is to give you a code card with purchase
not sure of the smart phone scan box on the box has it or the rebate info

Purchased a 980TI FTW.  So far, the card itself is very nice.  However, the controller that runs the LED lights doesn't work.  Took the card back out and looking at the 4 pin connector near the two 8 pin...the plug is very wobbly and doesn't feel snug to the PCB.  It actually moves a great deal.  This is probably why the lights don't work.  Overall the card is close to 20% faster than my GTX 980 SC, but I am doing an RMA with EVGA, rather than Newegg, and hopefully receive a brand new card that works.  Hopefully, I don't get a reburb to replace a brand new product...