EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Kingpin Edition Launched

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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti K|NGP|N graphics card is designed for overclocking perfection. With a 14+3 power phase design, this new digitally controlled VRM can deliver up to 600A of current, all delivered through 3 power inputs. A pre-binned GPU, ACX 2.0+, and the ability to go single slot with the included single slot bracket, makes this one of the most versatile graphics cards on the planet. You can get a card customized for you with the Ultimate OC Project.

With this new card EVGA is also introducing a brand new way to purchase, by allowing you to select the best card to suit your needs. For the first time ever, EVGA is introducing a way to select your approximate GPU ASIC (approximate OC performance) Quality before purchasing. Every single piece of silicon, whether it be a CPU or GPU, varies when it comes to maximum overclocking. On GPU's, ASIC quality is one way to determine potential overclock performance. Please note this ASIC Quality DOES NOT guarantee any specific overclock performance, it is merely a guide. The higher the ASIC Quality, the higher the potential overclock performance and the rarer the GPU. Of course, this can and will vary.



Built for Overclocking

• Custom LED Control - Change the color of your card through software with EVGA PrecisionX.
• 12 Layer PCB - Robust PCB layout with extra copper for smooth power delivery.
• 14+3 Phase Fully Digital VRM - Improved efficiency, power capacity and an average of 28C cooler operating temperature.
• ACX 2.0+ Cooling + Metal Shroud - Improved cooling with lower fan power consumption and 4X longer fan lifespan. All surrounded in a premium metal shroud.
• dB Inverter - EVGA's ACX 2.0+ fan turns off below 60C generating 0dB of noise.
• EVBot Connector Onboard - Allows robust tuning and control over all aspects of the graphics card.
• Included K|NGP|N Backplate - Built on backplate with backlight allows full control over brightness and color.
• MMCP - Memory/MOSFET Cooling Plate+ provides direct contact with memory and MOSFETs reducing temperature.
• OTS - Onboard thermal sensors allow for automatic realtime extreme overclock tuning to achieve the highest OC possible.
• Probe-It Connector - Easily monitor your voltages in real-time with a Voltmeter.
• Quick Switch Triple BIOS - Easily switch between three BIOSes with the flick of a switch.
• SHP - Straight Heat Pipes offer 6% better heat dissipation than bent heat pipes with reduced thermal resistance.
• Single Slot Ready - Included single slot bracket allows you to convert to a true single slot card with waterblock.

Availability on the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti K|NGP|N will start on July 22nd, 2015.

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[micropage7]

nice, this time looks better than previous edition

 

[jboydgolfer]

seriously ?
$200 for 8% ASIC percentage? Now thats an expensive bottle of snake oil.

 

[RCoon]

Somewhere, @the54thvoid has just been awoken, and is currently swooning at his wallet, counting down the hours.

 

[the54thvoid]

Somewhere, @the54thvoid has just been awoken, and is currently swooning at his wallet, counting down the hours.

Oh come on man! But yes, I was reading this last night at midnight. I've set a date reminder on my phone and I will buy one. Yes, its a totally idiotic use of money but my own selfish indulgences will mean my Classy's finding new homes for the price of postage. So before anyone criticises me for spending stupid money on a product I won't use properly, you can swivel on my backhanded generosity. For shits and giggles I'll be attempting to buy the top one. Lol.
Fwiw, I figure the higher asic cards 'should' operate at lower voltages so on air or water, I might have some leeway.

 

[HumanSmoke]

Somewhere, @the54thvoid has just been awoken, and is currently swooning at his wallet, counting down the hours.

He isn't the only one - although I'm guessing unless you're using sub-zero cooling the gains over the standard Classified might be minimal - in which case, the latter at $700 seems more appealing.

 

[Finners]

Oh come on man! But yes, I was reading this last night at midnight. I've set a date reminder on my phone and I will buy one. Yes, its a totally idiotic use of money but my own selfish indulgences will mean my Classy's finding new homes for the price of postage. So before anyone criticises me for spending stupid money on a product I won't use properly, you can swivel on my backhanded generosity. For shits and giggles I'll be attempting to buy the top one. Lol.
Fwiw, I figure the higher asic cards 'should' operate at lower voltages so on air or water, I might have some leeway.

Price of postage you say... hehehe.

And looking at how much binning they are doing the normal classified might actually end up with some crappy chips without much headroom

 

[micropage7]

Oh come on man! But yes, I was reading this last night at midnight. I've set a date reminder on my phone and I will buy one. Yes, its a totally idiotic use of money but my own selfish indulgences will mean my Classy's finding new homes for the price of postage. So before anyone criticises me for spending stupid money on a product I won't use properly, you can swivel on my backhanded generosity. For shits and giggles I'll be attempting to buy the top one. Lol.
Fwiw, I figure the higher asic cards 'should' operate at lower voltages so on air or water, I might have some leeway.

this is one of reason why new stuff looks very hot and emptying my wallet sooner than before

 

[jabbadap]

Spoiler

seriously ?
$200 for 8% ASIC percentage? Now thats an expensive bottle of snake oil.

The higher the asic percentage the higher are their clocks with air and water. The problem with Maxwell II it's the gpu voltage, see kingpin's explanation:

Honestly speaking, I think most end users don't even realize how maxwell gpus are voltage capped at ambient type cooling. I can tell by many of the comments at OC.net, elsewhere, and also here in these card XOC bios threads. Especially compared to kepler. KP 780ti scaled great on voltage with air/water temps. Basically, more voltage = more clocks no matter what temperature.
With 980 and later gpus including titanX, the scaling on air/water has all but almost gone. I would say about 95% of all maxwell 980,titan-X, and 980ti gpus NO MATTER what vga brand pcb it is on, DO NOT SCALE with more voltage than 1.25v-1.275v at temps warmer than 25c or so. There is no magical bios that can effectively remove this.

This is exactly why almost every moderate-good asic titanX, 980, and yes 980ti clock around 1550mhz MAX AVERAGE at say 45-60C loading temps.
If you put 0c and colder on the card, you will see MUCH different behavior than what you see on air (green garbage all over screen when raising volts over 1.23-1.25vv or so)
Cards with very good ASIC value (75% and up) will tend to have the most "overclocking", but just like about every other maxwell gpu, they cannot overvolt past 1.23v-1.25v.
So highest asic cards like 80% +are almost always going to be the ones that can 1600+ on air/water, and again they do it pretty much WITHOUT overvolting over 1.23v-1.25v. Maxwell gpus with lower asic value like 65% will not be so great at air/water because these low asic gpus need voltage to scale compared to match the overclock of the high asic gpus( USING SAME USABLE VOLTAGE 1.23-1.25v)

The bios's I posted basically allow you to set a higher voltage on air/water. Some gpus can scale more, some cant, some actually will NEED more voltage than was previously needed to run same frequency. All different.

 

[64K]

Oh come on man! But yes, I was reading this last night at midnight. I've set a date reminder on my phone and I will buy one. Yes, its a totally idiotic use of money but my own selfish indulgences will mean my Classy's finding new homes for the price of postage. So before anyone criticises me for spending stupid money on a product I won't use properly, you can swivel on my backhanded generosity. For shits and giggles I'll be attempting to buy the top one. Lol.
Fwiw, I figure the higher asic cards 'should' operate at lower voltages so on air or water, I might have some leeway.

I don't think it's stupid at all. Most of us middle aged and up have worked hard to get to a comfortable financial position. As long as you take care of your financial obligations and save for retirement then spend some money and have some fun. We only live once.

 

[AsRock]

Price of postage you say... hehehe.

And looking at how much binning they are doing the normal classified might actually end up with some crappy chips without much headroom

Which is why i actually stopped buying eVGA, i have had 3 like that in the passed and never again.

 

[Bytales]

If this card would have had the full chip and 12gb of ram, it would have been a killer, and i would have taken two.
But dumbed down chips and cut RAM is not what im out for.
If Fury X would have had 8gb ram i would have taken 4. As it is im going to get only 2.

 

[Toothless]

If this card would have had the full chip and 12gb of ram, it would have been a killer, and i would have taken two.
But dumbed down chips and cut RAM is not what im out for.
If Fury X would have had 8gb ram i would have taken 4. As it is im going to get only 2.

Y'know it performs pretty much the same as a Titan X, and can overclock to out-perform?

 

[64K]

If this card would have had the full chip and 12gb of ram, it would have been a killer, and i would have taken two.
But dumbed down chips and cut RAM is not what im out for.
If Fury X would have had 8gb ram i would have taken 4. As it is im going to get only 2.

It's your business what you spend your money on and I'm not trying to change your mind but the 'dumbed down' 980 Ti stock beats the Fury X stock by 9% to 18% overall depending on resolution except at 4K where they run neck and neck.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Fury_X/31.html

and the 980 Ti overclocks a good bit better than the Fury X. 26% vs 10% according to the tests done here

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_980_Ti/34.html

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Fury_X/34.html

 

[GhostRyder]

Meh, at the price point of these cards I find I would rather buy the regular classified card. I love the idea of these cards, just not the tag associated with them. Heck if I was really going to spend 1K on a card, I would probably get the Titan over this one because even with all this I doubt the overclocks (Unless your into LN2 which is more where these are aimed anyways) are going to be that much better.

Love these chips in general, would not mind a trio of the classifieds myself (Or lightning's depending).

 

[Finners]

"EVGA KingBIN Edition"

Shamelessly stolen from another forum but it made me giggle.

 

[Cuzza]

600 Amps? That sounds completely ridiculous. Am I missing something?

Also, hi everyone. This is my first post on TPU in 3 years or so.

 

[64K]

600 Amps? That sounds completely ridiculous. Am I missing something?

Also, hi everyone. This is my first post on TPU in 3 years or so.

Welcome back. Yeah, 600 Amps is overkill but it's better to have too much than not enough. The 980 Ti K|NGP|N is more than I need or want but I just placed an order for a MSI 980 Ti Gaming. Can't wait to get it in my rig and test it out.

 

[the54thvoid]

lool,

sold out in seconds

Couldn't even get to the cart in time for any asic value....

If i start seeing these on ebay soon I'll be visiting people with hammers.

 

[HumanSmoke]

GTX 980 Ti Classified Kingpin review up at HardwareLUXX