Galax Launch The Manliest GTX 980 Graphics Designed by 8Pack

[KirbyTech]

Already said that, not wanting a custom PCB or something, just the cooler to mount on the card itself, like Gigabyte did with the first titan

They are not allowing that. No changes from reference board or cooler. Gigiabyte did that then but htings have changed since. Notice no custom coolers for and titans since. Well there is EK waterblocks but that is to be expectedand accepted.

[Nosfy]

Triple slot card... Only available to the UK (well EU as the will ship) from OCUK.

 

Really shitty vid though.. I mean really... he's got muscles... but they should have him talking about the bloody card not lifting weights.

 

Its it triple slot or 2.5?

[zappian]

yes, a Hugely overclocked 980 is on the heels of a stock TitanX in 1 game..

An overclocked (not even pushed that far) 970 is as fast as a stock 980 and is about the same % of it as a 980 to titan is...

Or a 295x2 is faster and costs way less...

 

Not really one game . If you see the 980 Kingpin video on vessel  you see those cards getting very close to the titan X.

Now imagine two of them , if a single 980 gets close when overclocked .

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($528.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($528.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1057.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-06 10:00 EDT-0400

 

50 bucks over a titan X , gg m8.

[C0LL0SS0S]

They are not allowing that. No changes from reference board or cooler. Gigiabyte did that then but htings have changed since. Notice no custom coolers for and titans since. Well there is EK waterblocks but that is to be expectedand accepted.

I bet there is a way to get around that "not allowed" like making coolers and sell them without the name titan X on it or something. I know that NVIDIA isn't allowing them to make it, but if they could it would be way better than another 980

[AHaskin14]

lol nice catch. probably made a mistake 

thats a pretty big mistake!!!

[ahhming]

 

 

Not really one game . If you see the 980 Kingpin video on vessel  you see those cards getting very close to the titan X.

Now imagine two of them , if a single 980 gets close when overclocked .

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($528.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($528.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1057.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-06 10:00 EDT-0400

 

50 bucks over a titan X , gg m8.

 

with the witcher 3 & batman promotion, you could sell the other 2 copies for $50 each!!.

[KirbyTech]

I bet there is a way to get around that "not allowed" like making coolers and sell them without the name titan X on it or something. I know that NVIDIA isn't allowing them to make it, but if they could it would be way better than another 980

You think a company the relies on Nvidia is going to do something that dumb and piss them off? Remember they don't care if one company stops selling their cards, won't hurt them much at all. The only after market coolers you will find are waterblocks

[Thony]

Looks good from the top and absolutely crap from the side (my opinion).

Nvidia still has the best all around looking design (my opinion).

[Dzzope]

Its it triple slot or 2.5?

The difference is nothing in your case... it means you can only use one on Matx board and have to have a board and case with enough slots on the back and spacing for it.

 

Would actually love to see a wide-flat and long card with great cooling but keep it thin.. like 1.5 slot.

[ItsAFeature]

From what I've seen this generation the HOF cards aren't particularly great at overclocking. As in they don't really do much better than most 980s from other board partners.

 

Looks just like a black version of the HOF with a terrible intro video.

 

For those who say that the 980 is almost as fast as the Titan X: compare it to an overclocked Titan X instead. It's not fair to take a card overclocked to the max and say it's nipping on the heels of the faster card when that card is running 500Mhz slower because nobody bothered to overclock it. 

[MrDynamicMan]

Nvidia doesnt allow non reference coolers on the Titan X mate.

I know, but why? How could it effect them badly? If anything better cooler=better performance=more appeal.

[MegaDave91]

 

For those who say that the 980 is almost as fast as the Titan X: compare it to an overclocked Titan X instead. It's not fair to take a card overclocked to the max and say it's nipping on the heels of the faster card when that card is running 500Mhz slower because nobody bothered to overclock it. 

I'd like to see how it stacks against my Titan X running at 1470MHz overclocked on air.

 

I'd much rather a Classified than HoF.

[zappian]

From what I've seen this generation the HOF cards aren't particularly great at overclocking. As in they don't really do much better than most 980s from other board partners.

 

Looks just like a black version of the HOF with a terrible intro video.

 

For those who say that the 980 is almost as fast as the Titan X: compare it to an overclocked Titan X instead. It's not fair to take a card overclocked to the max and say it's nipping on the heels of the faster card when that card is running 500Mhz slower because nobody bothered to overclock it. 

 

Still not worth the 1000 dollars when you can get two 980 for that price lol.

[MegaDave91]

Still not worth the 1000 dollars when you can get two 980 for that price lol.

That argument is null. Why do people incorporate price:performance ratio with Titan class cards? It simply doesn't exist.

[zappian]

That argument is null. Why do people incorporate price:performance ratio with Titan class cards? It simply doesn't exist.

 

Yup.

The thing is who bought early on the titan X , when the gtx 980 TI releases for 300 dollars cheaper and has the same performance or more since it can use non reference designs.

Well.

Its the same thing that happened with the original titan and the 780 ti.

[MegaDave91]

Yup.

The thing is who bought early on the titan X , when the gtx 980 TI releases for 300 dollars cheaper and has the same performance or more since it can use non reference designs.

Well.

Its the same thing that happened with the original titan and the 780 ti.

Basing rumors as factual...I love it.

[MEC-777]

LOL, don't let that benchmark chart fool you. Grid Autosport is NOT a very demanding game at all. It's like using Tomb Raider as a benchmark - it runs very similar on pretty much anything higher than a 290/780. 

 

I don't understand these special boutique "mad overclocked" cards. Many of them don't have THAT much more performance over other less expensive variants to justify the additional cost. Just not my thing I guess.