Vlada011
EVGA Hybrid series is best cooler for graphic card on the world after custom loop.
Better to say and Best aftermarket GPU cooler. Everything is on place, low temps, space for OC, easy installation, nice look,
GTX980Ti and TITAN X with Hybrid cooler are completely different graphic cards.
But Classified in combination with new EKWB Predator is cool as well. 
 

KickAssCop
Or just put a kraken on a classified. That is what I am doing. You get the dual bios, better voltage and power delivery and also better performance than hybrid.

Muezick

KickAssCop
Or just put a kraken on a classified. That is what I am doing. You get the dual bios, better voltage and power delivery and also better performance than hybrid.

I dislike the idea of making hardware changes. EVGA covers lots and lots of things in software, but hardware is where the lines start blurring.
 
I'm perfectly fine not getting that extra 10 or 12% extra performance I'd have with the classy. The Hybrid comes out of the box already overclocked to hell, and since it's liquid cooled, I should be able to push it a bit more, but even if I can't, I wont fret. 

halflife86
the backplate on my 980 ti classified gets crazy hot where I cant even touch the thing for long.  should I get a fan on it or is it fine that it heats up?

Lothar_ab
Whether it makes sense to change the mobo for bigger sli gap (80mm instead of 60)?
Rationally thinking 2cm shouldn't make any big difference, at least not as much as no gap vs 2cm gap.
Maybe some of you have made such tests in the past?
 
I'm thinking about changing the mobo from z87 mpower to z97 xpower for those 2cm ... but only if it will have significant (5+ degrees) impact on top card.
In the other hand why invest money on old platform when I can switch for skylake or haswell-e. That's a pitty that means also new memory.
 
I'm almost sure my next sli cards will be hybrids or custom loop...these beasts are just too hot.

Scarlet-Tech

d3vilMod
here is my 980ti classified. why i cant set the vcore over 1.2??? with the evbot i set 1.35 but nothing happened. Deleted!?!

Which bios switch are you on?

DirtySouthWookie
Lol u realize kpe isn't a gaming card? I'm relatively new to overclocking but with very little research I saw everywhere you can't flash different sku bios cards to different sku bios. Why can't people just read the first page??

d3vilMod

Scarlet-Tech

d3vilMod
here is my 980ti classified. why i cant set the vcore over 1.2??? with the evbot i set 1.35 but nothing happened. Deleted!?!

Which bios switch are you on?

i m using the oc bios posted by kingpin and the evbot. with every voltage that i set the temperature are 56° under stress. i can't go higher than 1512/8000. i think that there is something that cap the voltage. if i set 1.35 with the evbot on default setting under stress there is no temperature increase

d3vilMod
gpuz always display 1.2. Ab the same. the temperature are always the same. from evbot i setted 1.35 but the temperature are always the same. because at 1.2v 1512/8000 i do 17300point in fire strike with 22300point of GS. but with 1.35, from evbot, i can t go over 1512. it s really strange. i think that this vga is 1.2v locked

pathfindercod
These cards run warm on air n with the "acx 2.0 advantage" they advertise. I am running two on a Sabertooth x99 board, running a little more aggressive fan profile after a couple hours playing bf4 in 1440p with +200 resolution scale and a mix or ultra and high the top card will run at 73-75. The second card with this motherboard is a huge sli gap and it runs in the 55-60. I've precision x I can set the target to temp and set it to 70 and it does a pretty good job but it makes the gpu clock jump all over the place making bf4 jerk every now and then. If I set it to target core its steady but requires a little more aggressive fan profile.