Thus, unlike most GTX 980’s,
EVGA has managed to line
up three Display Port 1.2,
HDMI 2.0 and DVI-D ports
next to each other which in
conjunction with the single
slot configuration plate
makes for the slimmest
GTX 980 you can find and
one incredible looking
card in this guise. There
are plenty of great small
features with this card that
one certainly hopes will
be carried forward with
future generation cards.
The switches at the back of
the card for example allow
you to effectively eliminate
Vdroop and unlock the card,
circumventing several
protection mechanisms for
your extreme overclocking.
These will obviously void
your warranty and have
tape over them, but you’re
unlikely to damage the card
unless you do something
spectacularly imprudent.
In which case, perhaps it is
best that your $800 Graphics
card mimics your sensibility
as a door stop after the
inevitable mishap.
In closing one has to admit
that this card will likely be
too expensive for most, but
one can certainly see why it
costs so much. There’s just
no way to get around the
difficulty that comes with
engineering such a card and
bringing it to market ready
for extreme overclocking
with literally no need for any
kind of modification or special
software. The ability to cater
to the competitive overclocker
while providing the fastest
GPU clocks for the demanding
gamer at the same time is no
easy task and with this model,
EVGA has done it at a cost.
At the time of writing rumors
were rife with the impending
release of some new GPUs,
thus the future of this model
remained uncertain. However,
if you are able to pick it up
in retail and don’t’ mind the
pricing, you’re not going
to find a better GTX 980
anywhere.
[ TheOverclocker ]
Summary
EVGA along with its duo
has once again taken an
NVIDIA GPU and placed it
on what is easily the most
advanced PCB f