I dare you to find a place to buy a reference GPU

[Charlie Clarke]

Seriously, I am finding it really hard to find a reference gpu, not that I need one to buy, just was looking. 

 

NEW CHALLENGE - Check out my new challenge here - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/352894-what-is-the-rarest-gpu-you-can-find-for-sale-on-the-internet-challenge/

 

 

 

OLD CHALLENGE - The challenge is to link a website where you can buy a reference style graphics card, it can be any type (AMD or Nvidia) and any model. The GTX Titan is excluded because most (if not all) titans follow the reference design. Also a reference card can be made by say EVGA but must have the (in my opinion) awesome looking blower style cooler that most reference cards (above the GTX 750ti) use. 

 

Good Luck!

[MegaDave91]

Like this?

 

http://www.ncix.com/detail/evga-geforce-gtx980-superclocked-4gb-10-102000.htm

[H4X3R]

Which exact GPU model?

I can find many:

http://geizhals.at/palit-geforce-gtx-980-ne5x980015g2f-a1167956.html?hloc=at&hloc=de

 

and so on.

[Charlie Clarke]

Which exact GPU model?

I can find many:

http://geizhals.at/palit-geforce-gtx-980-ne5x980015g2f-a1167956.html?hloc=at&hloc=de

 

and so on.

try the new challenge

[Dzzope]

In UK:

970

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-205-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

 

980

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-204-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-evga-gtx-980-superclocked-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1241mhz-boost-1342mhz-2048-cores-3x-dp-1x-dvi-i-1x-h

 

There are other options but these are the closest to the reference design I found with a 30 second search.

[rentaspoon]

On a technicality

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-205-OK

http://www.gumtree.com/p/video-cards-sound-cards/gigabyte-amd-radeon-r9-290-battlefield-4-limited-edition-4096-mb-/1101187869

Ninja'd

[Tagiau]

http://www.vuugo.com/computer-hardware/computer-parts/video-cards/asus-video-cards-R9290X-4GD5.html?tracking=5108053939762Reference 290xs are shit.

[lani100]

Amd basically makes references cards and forbids manufacturers to make aftermarket coolers for the first 2 months since the card has launched. 

After that the market is flooded with aftermarket cooler cards and the reference cards will sell out.

 

So that's why they are hard to find.

[MegaDave91]

try the new challenge

Like this?

 

http://www.ncix.com/detail/sapphire-r9-290x-edition-1000mhz-c0-91870.htm

[MeDownYou]

Seriously, I am finding it really hard to find a reference gpu, not that I need one to buy, just was looking. 

 

The challenge is to link a website where you can buy a reference style graphics card, it can be any type (AMD or Nvidia) and any model. The GTX Titan is excluded because most (if not all) titans follow the reference design. Also a reference card can be made by say EVGA but must have the (in my opinion) awesome looking blower style cooler that most reference cards (above the GTX 750ti) use. 

 

Good Luck!

 

IMPORTANT EDIT - Since everyone has found a 980 Reference card extremely quickly, the challenge is to find an R9 290 or 290X (Following the same guidelines) because they look cool and are hard to find.

 

 

http://gpushack.com/collections/all-gpus-for-sale/products/asus-r9-290-ref

http://gpushack.com/collections/all-gpus-for-sale/products/xfx-r9-290-ref

http://gpushack.com/collections/all-gpus-for-sale/products/gigabyte-r9-290-ref

http://gpushack.com/collections/all-gpus-for-sale/products/sapphire-r9-290-ref

http://shop.amd.com/en-us/sellers/amazon-us/R9290D54G

 

 

multiple reference 290's what you talking about wilis?

[Charlie Clarke]

Like this?

 

http://www.ncix.com/detail/sapphire-r9-290x-edition-1000mhz-c0-91870.htm

Nice, I was looking at a used sapphire HD 7870 (or something) on Ebay. Love how they keep the reference design but add the decals. 

[BestBOTEU]

http://wellcom.co.il/catalog/product_info.php/krt-msk-sapphire-290-ddr5-pci-hdmi-p-15419?language=hedont worry its a not a keylogger, just a store in my country.