CoercionShaman
Jacob answers some of that on his Twitter page.

I should not have to go to twitter to get information of the release of the year though...

RyuConnor
I'm disappointed the Hydrocopper will not be a true single slot.
 
Could have lived without that DVI port.

Yeah dvi is getting old, but i'm still on dvi actually lel :D defiantly high up on the list to get gsync monitor.

Placed order on newegg for 1080FE
Realized that I will take at least $200 loss on transitioning to Hydro Copper
 (Selling card on ebay, fees, etc)
 
Damn it! when is hydro copper coming?

dima202
Placed order on newegg for 1080FE
Realized that I will take at least $200 loss on transitioning to Hydro Copper
 (Selling card on ebay, fees, etc)
 
Damn it! when is hydro copper coming?

 
According the Twitter page that no one wants to visit, mid to late June.

nycx360
Don't get why people buy the hydrocopper. Buy an ek block and the ref based pcb and you got the same card for less and better 2nd hand sale  or for when your loop is down as you still have the stock cooler for whatever reasons. Your paying the cost of the regular plus the block and some for a hydrocopper. Evga needs to throw in an air cooler to the hydrocopper bundle for it to make sense.

Agree with the first part about getting it cheaper, but the 2nd part about better resale, it's far from it.  Hydro Copper cards are very sought after, esp on Ebay, people fight over it more than any other.  Even after the announcement of the 1080, i sold a 980Ti Hydro locally for $700..there are a few 980Tis locally with EK blocks on still sitting there being used as coasters, lowering and lowering their prices every week.  A lot of people buy this card because they don't want to mess with putting the blocks on themselves, which can be intimidating and tedious sitting there cutting the thermal pads.  Also they retain full warranty whereas if you put a waterblock on a regular card you might get it voided.
 
Another reason to buy the HC is if you have a case like mine that mounts your GPU vertically, it's nice to see that LED logo :)
 

Asked about the availability on EK-blocks for the FTW-version (ordered two of those)... thought about getting classified instead if blocks wont get produced.
 
Then I thought about the HC and if prices for two HC's are equal to that of two FTW's + what two blocks would've cost (+terminal) then it might be a nice option.
 
I read up here that the HC will use a custom pcb, will that be same as the Classified one... will FTW also use the same pcb? How have it been in the past=
 
Lots of questions... guess none can be answered, but thoughts and speculations perhaps :)

I would like to know that also.
Is the Hydrocopper PCB based on the FTW or the Classified Version? Or has it one of itself?
 

Probably one of its own. They usually release a regular Hydro Copper and a Classified Hydro Copper.

I can't imagine they'd produce another PCB just for Hydro und Hybrid. So far the Hybrid and Hydrocopper was based on the Reference Card, this time it sure looks like a Custom. But 3, maybe 4 (Kingpin) different Customs + Reference ACX + Reference SC + Founders Edition would be overkill for a Single Release.