hey like the look of the msi hydro copper but still no 4/way cards O:( so i have decided to order 2 htc vive's to night from newegg and just play with vr on 4 titanblacks in surround sli . ran the test's from steam and holding about 104 fps whin in vr so to hech with new cards . i spend my monney on vr headsets one for me and one for the wife. we all i think got cards good enuff to do this anyway .  maybe if enuff of us do the sam nvida will open it up and unlock things and let us play it's are monney anyway lol . have fun.

KrlosParra
Just got an answer from Jacob. I guess we can put this one to rest for a couple of months then.

Well that is disappointing. I have been die hard EVGA for over ten years. I have gone with an Asus motherboard now as EVGA has not come out with a new X99 for several years, and the one they have was unavailable. Now it seems I will go with a different video card as well. EK does not make a full cover for the FTW, I live 1000 miles from the nearest Microcenter, so it looks like if I want to finish my build before fall I will need to go a different direction. Like many here, I would be willing to wait if there was information about a release date, but I don't want to keep waiting for something which may never materialize.

Well i am done waiting, EVGA doesn't take watercooling serious anymore. MSI and EK looks like a good one.. farewell.

The card was spotted at GamesCom and the author of the article says possibly expect end of September/Early October. Article here if you read Dutch:

be.hardware.info/nieuws/48997/evga-presenteert-geforce-gtx-1080-hydro-copper-en-classified

"The Hydro Copper is a completely new graphics card, which Hardware.info EVGA according to the first party worldwide with pictures. Exact details are not known yet , except that one would expect the card at the end of September or early October." -translated from the article with Google Translate.

Completely new like a hydro copper Kingpin ? 😜

That is a interesting theory, and one I would love to see!

jxm1013
The card was spotted at GamesCom and the author of the article says possibly expect end of September/Early October. Article here if you read Dutch:

be.hardware.info/nieuws/48997/evga-presenteert-geforce-gtx-1080-hydro-copper-en-classified

"The Hydro Copper is a completely new graphics card, which Hardware.info EVGA according to the first party worldwide with pictures. Exact details are not known yet , except that one would expect the card at the end of September or early October." -translated from the article with Google Translate.

I hate this. I hate the fact that we have to find out by other means rather than EVGA mentioning something.

EVGA you vile temptress!
I almost wanted a zotac arctic storm, but now you gotta shove this under my nose?
 
What does the backplate look like?

I just ordered two 1080 FTWs. EK won't have their full block until some time in September. Will the Hydro Copper have some performance advantage over the FTW? If the Hydro copper is available before the EK block I would want to step up to that, unless there is no performance advantage.