** ONE VERY SEXY GRAPHICS CARD!! **

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Gibbo

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Hi there


If a graphics card was sexy this would be it, KFA's flagship WC product using BitsPower custom designed block, the aesthetics on this card are pretty stunning and as they bin the GPU's one can expect some very nice overclocks on these considering the custom water-cooling setup. :)



KFA2 GeForce GTX 980Ti "Hall of Fame WC Edition" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (98IRH5DHH3WT) @ £719.99 inc VAT

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KFA2 Hall of Fame edition cards are born from top quality components and exemplary innovation to achieve one sole objective—to break records. The KFA2 GTX 980 Ti HOF exemplifies this and sets the definitive standard as the world’s best GTX 980 Ti graphics card.

Working in-conjunction with Bitspower, KFA2 has developed a water cooling solution designed to fully unleash the raw potential of the GTX 980Ti HOF graphics cards with the unprecedented cooling capacity needed for extreme overclocks.


Features:
- VR Ready
- DirectX 12 Ready
- VR Ready
- 6144MB VRAM
- Custom waterloop cool required!

Specification
- GeForce 980Ti
- GPU: GeForce 980Ti
- Core Base Clock: 1203MHz
- Core Boost Clock: 1304MHz
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 6144MB GDDR5
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
- Memory Bus: 384-bit
- CUDA Cores: 2816
- DirectX 12: Yes
- DVI Port: 1x Dual-Link DVI, 3x DisplayPort & 1x HDMI
- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Power: 2x 8-Pin
- 600W PSU Required
- 250W TDP
- Warranty: 2yr


Only £719.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
It is as you say sexy but I can't pick cards that go 100% against my theme. Unlikely I'll ever build a white PC with favs being blue/red/black, hence my Gaming in sig. For those who lap up the HOF, Gibbo may struggle to keep this in stock ;)

Considering it's the WC edition - with block and backplate included one would assume from the photos - it's a top clocker @1.5/2GHz easily. I'm already jealous and would love to see SLI benches :D
 
Sorry just can't see whats sexy about that HOF logo.

I bet it performs a beast, just not the nicest looking thing IMO
 
If they bin the GPUs and they know you're going to be custom watercooling the card I don't understand why it isn't clocked higher.
 
Darkman said:
If they bin the GPUs and they know you're going to be custom watercooling the card I don't understand why it isn't clocked higher.
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So why is not ever overclocked 980Ti clocked higher? I've not come across any 980Ti that cannot do 1400+ boost with ease, so in theory all OC editions could be clocked at this.

Manufacturers are not interested in huge OC out the box, EVGA Classy and KingPin also great examples.

Leave the OC to the customer.
 
What a great looking card. Would look awesome in my black/white case. (Too pricey for me as I don't have custom WC yet).

Looks so awesome!

BTW... what are those things that look like coins in the webpage pictures? Are they there for a purpose?
 
Scougar said:
What a great looking card. Would look awesome in my black/white case. (Too pricey for me as I don't have custom WC yet).

Looks so awesome!

BTW... what are those things that look like coins in the webpage pictures? Are they there for a purpose?
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Just illustrating how well polished the block is, there is no coins in the block. ;)
 
Darkman said:
If they bin the GPUs and they know you're going to be custom watercooling the card I don't understand why it isn't clocked higher.
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the vast majority of people who speak to me about watercooling on a daily basis are only after noise reduction and aesthetics.

I think maybe 1/10 people who have a WC enquiry at OcUK have any interest in performance gains from watercooling.

Back in LGA775, WC was essential to get big overclocks stable.

but now you can pretty much reach the ambient temperature stability ceiling of most processors on a decent air cooler or AIO.


This is all terrible as I should be doing my best to sell people as much watercooling as I can but it is the truth.

Scougar said:
BTW... what are those things that look like coins in the webpage pictures? Are they there for a purpose?
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As Gibbo mentioned, it is to show the surface of the contact area. The smoother it is, the better the thermal conductivity.

Most WC manufacturers love to do this on their blocks to show the manufacturing tolerances they are able to achieve :)
 
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rjk said:
the vast majority of people who speak to me about watercooling on a daily basis are only after noise reduction and aesthetics.

I think maybe 1/10 people who have a WC enquiry at OcUK have any interest in performance gains from watercooling.
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Actually for those with more than one GPU the need for watercooling is needed to avoid throttling. Most people with a single 980Ti or Titan X are happy enough with temperatures. I believe you should buy the best single GPU you can afford and push that, for 144hz or 4k sure buy another. As long as you know some titles don't support SLI or performance is far from ideal, making the decision to buy the best single GPU a wise one.

Back to temps; case in point is my stock 980TI's as the temps are often ok stock gaming (76/62) but overclocked power limit (set to 81C) is lightly limiting the clocks even though I have 2 PCIe slot gap and I don't touch voltages. This is why I don't OC any more unless I have to, and I play all games with maximum settings on my Swift.

Once I am able to buy full blocks for my cards I shall no longer have this problem and existing custom loop can easily handle the heat with ease. Imagine stepping up to the best of the likes of this HOF, sometimes water is needed and a worthwhile consideration - either custom loop or hybrid - to get the best performance you paid for and without the hassle over Nvidia's Power Limit kicking in for benchmarking and having room to overclock.
 
rjk said:
the vast majority of people who speak to me about watercooling on a daily basis are only after noise reduction and aesthetics.

I think maybe 1/10 people who have a WC enquiry at OcUK have any interest in performance gains from watercooling.

Back in LGA775, WC was essential to get big overclocks stable.

but now you can pretty much reach the ambient temperature stability ceiling of most processors on a decent air cooler or AIO.


This is all terrible as I should be doing my best to sell people as much watercooling as I can but it is the truth.



As Gibbo mentioned, it is to show the surface of the contact area. The smoother it is, the better the thermal conductivity.

Most WC manufacturers love to do this on their blocks to show the manufacturing tolerances they are able to achieve :)
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I bought a Water Cooling loop case etc and new setup just to get this GPU :) well two of them.

But it is quiet as far as i can tell as I have no vga with my 5820k.

So i got my loop for these cards sometimes I do think backwards :)
 
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