Myst3ri0n
I was about to get the Asus GTX 780 Ti DCU II however, the temps are not characteristic of DCUII coolers, in this case the ACX is much much cooler on air
This is why I want to wait for this Kingpin, higher stock clocks and the same if not lower temps with ACX on air, and the cool factor
 
I just don't like the classified AF style fans, the SP fans look much nicer on the KP and probably cool a lot better at such a close distance
Asus DCUII Ti is a let down in my opinion, all that custom pcb work and subpar outcome

Szeged

GunslingerOCS
lol @ MSI gaming  cards, totally worthless for benching.

 
yes they indeed are, but he was asking about for purely gaming on air without overvolting. And in this area, they excel. I would never recommend one for anyone into benching lol.
 
You gonna be grabbing some kingpin cards gunslinger? I know i will be, patiently awaiting the release date hint hint evga.

Szeged
good thinking :P the msi would be good for gaming, but who knows, maybe you will get into watercooling and benching eventually. I used to only game and build my rigs for gaming, but now i do maybe an hour or two of gaming a week and benching the rest of the time.

darklyspectre
I stopped being interested in the kingpin since I know its gonna be getting ****ed over badly by nvidia anyway. 

Sajin

Szeged
He means the nvidia greenlight garbage that is plaguing the current 780ti classified.
 
The 780ti classified is supposed to be able to do 1.5v, but it will black screen and restart your computer at anything over 1.4v because nvidia put overclock protection/overvolt protection into the cards, so basically they cant go as high as advertised in most situations for benchers.

http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2094056

Szeged

Sajin

Szeged
He means the nvidia greenlight garbage that is plaguing the current 780ti classified.
 
The 780ti classified is supposed to be able to do 1.5v, but it will black screen and restart your computer at anything over 1.4v because nvidia put overclock protection/overvolt protection into the cards, so basically they cant go as high as advertised in most situations for benchers.

http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2094056

 
yeah i was talking to vega about it over on OCN
 
it seems that a lucky few people have gotten cards that can do past 1.4v and see their cards true potential, while the rest of us are stuck with cards that will shut down once 1.4v has been reached.

Myst3ri0n

darklyspectre

Szeged

Sajin

Szeged
He means the nvidia greenlight garbage that is plaguing the current 780ti classified.
 
The 780ti classified is supposed to be able to do 1.5v, but it will black screen and restart your computer at anything over 1.4v because nvidia put overclock protection/overvolt protection into the cards, so basically they cant go as high as advertised in most situations for benchers.

http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2094056

 
yeah i was talking to vega about it over on OCN
 
it seems that a lucky few people have gotten cards that can do past 1.4v and see their cards true potential, while the rest of us are stuck with cards that will shut down once 1.4v has been reached.

this.
 
And since EVGA still doesn't know how to evade nvidia greenlight that means that
1. limited like the classified just binned chips.
2. Doesn't come out and gets cancelled(unlikely)
3. EVGA decides to allow hardmodding of the card to go past nvidia's greenlight.

Well, for these guys maybe the voltage "limitation" may be an issue, but for gaming and a mild overlock on air (initially, even if i WC I'm not going nuts), I don't think I'll run into any issues, and have a setup to bring tears to my co-workers eyes.
Man I love the SP style fans

For gaming a 780 ti would be more than enough. a classified/kingpin shouldn't be run stock or with a "mild" overclock. it should eat power. Especially the kingpin. It's sad how we won't be able to hit that "ermergard look at this worldrecord breaking" 1900ish mhz because of the voltage lock on the actual card for customers while EVGA still uses it as a advertising point. .

 

god I wish EVGA would just give a big middlefinger to nvidia for their greenlight **** and sell AMD cards too. A 290X classified with no voltage limit would be hot.