pipes80

KickAssCop
What is your ASIC score?

it's 72.1%

I am assuming you are under water?

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pipes80

KickAssCop
What is your ASIC score?

it's 72.1%

I am assuming you are under water?

no no it's stock, i don't like to use old waterblock for 780 classified

Got my classy a few days ago here in Houston at a local microcenter.
Paid 700, got it home and dropped right on in.
ASIC of 77.8 and boosts to 1404mhz right outta the box.
Fan didnt turn on when temps were lower than 60, but I made a custom fan curve to keep my gpu from hitting 70c, which now it does with my fan never turning on when below 50c.
Very happy since the most powerful card ive ever had before this was a radeon 7970.
I also have stat readouts on my keyboard display showing clocks, temp, fan usage, mem usage and fps.
I love it.

AM I NORMAL??

ooh ok . SO valley is wrong....dang i thought i was lucky

here is my 980 ti classy in valley
cant get the imge to show up in here =(  but 1587 MHz core 8642 MHz mem 4709 valley score
 
 

Is EK ever going to make revised waterblock for this? The 780ti one fits but it doesn't cover some vrm's..

Wow. Its seems that everybody can push 980ti classified at 1530 hz . And kingpin 72 acis was the same ... Kingpin is 150$ more than classify . I love the kingpin design but after look at many people score here I am very confusing .

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ltkhoi90
Wow. Its seems that everybody can push 980ti classified at 1530 hz . And kingpin 72 acis was the same ... Kingpin is 150$ more than classify . I love the kingpin design but after look at many people score here I am very confusing .

The KPE is meant for extreme overclocking (phase change, LN2, etc). Sure you can run it on air or even water (once a block is released) but all the extra components are meant for LN2. LN2 isn't for people who are tight on cash... so the KPE price makes sense. The Classified is aimed at broader market. People who like overclocking, maybe have a custom loop, and/or somebody who wants to dip their toes into extreme cooling.
 
IMO the Classy is a pretty good value, especially when compared to the $800+ Lightning (which no reviewer has been able to get over 1500Mhz). Kit Guru posted their review of the Classy: http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/luke-hill/evga-gtx-980-ti-classified-acx-2-0-review/ Seems like the backplate is doing its job. I am surprised how few reviews there have been for the Classy considering its place in the market. I guess EVGA has been pretty supply constrained.
 

I know that kingpin is not for tight on cash person like me . But I really love the kingpin , actually I dont need that much power for gaming . But look at this on my system is really cool . I just sold my 980 kingpin on local and looking for and update to 980ti . I see that newegg sell classified on ebay at 699 + ship . I live on FL and when check out I see I dont need to pay tax when I buy from ebay. Is this right ?

Yes . I love kingpin at the first sight . This is my baby when I just bring him to home . 

He and his brother =]]] 


 

Why you don't buy i7-5820K for 300-320$, if you look better you can find 100%.
Nice platform pity to stay without processor. I would seriously regret to miss X99 and i7-5820K.
I could imagine self with i7-6700K and I know that. 
But you don't need to pay 1000$ and to look 2 cores to chill most of time.
No doubt that's great processor, overclocking capability of average samples are insane but if you OC i7-5820K 20%, that's 4.0GHz exactly you will almost completely annulled advantage of Intel 4 cores in single threaded applications and get one nice CPU with 3-4-5-6 cores usage.
I suppose X99 Classified is not complicate for overclocking, CPU Core on 40, 1.150-1.200V and that's it, memory settings on fabric specification and that's it. You have nice platform for 3+ years.
But when Intel improve Skylake with 2 and 4 cores, sealed him with flux solder, with Quad Channel and 15-20MB Cache that will be completely different Skylake. EVGA probably and now have on plan X190 Micro... Maybe even with angled connectors. 
I think they will need mATX but wider as E-ATX to offer all nice function of Skylake E and powerfull PCH.
On that way MAYBE they could build more phases and install M.2 in horizontal position and made more space for 2-3 PCI-E x16 and one PCI-E x4 slot.
I'm not engineer but MAYBE everything could fit.

If your X99 Classified work 100% you should sell relatively easy.
Only is question is it that smart move now. If you want later to upgrade on Skylake E maybe we talk about period of 2.5 years. 
Broadwell E is nothing... I think that not worth upgrading if Intel decide at all to launch Broadwell E. But if they launch Broadwell E on spring... You will wait 3 years before Skylake E show up. Than Intel will launch Skylake revision i7-6790K than next generation and than Skylake E.
 
 

I think its worth putting these information in this topic.
I'm still fighting with high temperatures and throttling in my first SLI.
 
Yesterday I applied Gelid Extreme on my top GTX 980Ti Classified and its still throttling...
It takes a little longer for the card to reach 83C and it downclock little less (around 1250MHz instead of 1200).
 
Practically not a big change for me:(
I hope Evga will design AIO hybrid cooling solution for non reference 980Ti's.
Jacob told they are working on it yesterday on stream - I hope it is true.
 
One more thing - there is almost no difference if I remove case side panel - so it's not a metter of bad airflow in the case.
These cards are just too hot for sli... I wonder what temperatures MSI Lightnings hit in sli.
Next time I will for sure go with Hybrids or just try other vendor.
 
Below results taken from OC3D shows how bad Classy is...

Vlada011
Classified is good with waterblock. Do you see what ASUS done to improve temps on Strix.
They install 3rd fan and on that way they get about 6C less temperature than Classified.
But that's completely not important, reviews will not say that but all models you see on list will reach 85C.
Only is question when, after 15 or after 20 min in closed case. And they are tested on ambient temps.
To be honest on ambient temp for me is absolutely same 80 or 75C if temps stay like that,
but temps will not stay there they will go up on any non reference cards with high fabric clock.
All models you see below 79C have triple cooler and huge ugly look.
 
Look card from list...all of them are triple cooler except Classified.
 
Gainward

MSI

ASUS

GALAXY

ZOTAC

 

I totally agree with you thats why I think ACX 2.0 is little outdated cooling system for 980Ti.
That's a pity Evga didn't work on some new triple fan with still elegant design.
There are so many verions of this card with such a small difference, so they could easly put another version of it.
 
For me 6 degrees is a huge improvement because that means no throttling with fabric oc, so I'm receiving stable clocks that I paid for. 
 

weinstein888
I'm wondering where everyone is going to get the info on custom BIOS, EVBot stuff, Classy Tool, and any other OCing info on this card. Just got a couple of them and they're being watercooled. Trying to figure out where I have to go for an overclocking resource.

Overclock.net K|NGP|N Classified owner's club. You may want to look in the Titan X owners club and the Nvidia BIOS modding thread. Although, you are probably best with just the stock LN2 BIOS, EVGA ProbeIT, a digital multimeter and enough radiator real estate (140mm+280mm is barely enough for my single Classy and 4790k).
 
I have a separate question in a similar situation. I have the EK waterblock installed on my Classy. Where would the best place to place a thermal sensor so I can accurately pair GPU temp with my PWM fans? I already installed a water temp sensor on the radiator immediate to my GPU, but my water temps only vary 10C and that is obviously mixed with CPU temp so it is not the best reading. Any water cooling pro's have any advice for this?