There are three coolers and various OC states involved

Sep 19, 2014 13:34 GMT  ·  By

By now, I'm pretty used to EVGA's attitude regarding new graphics card releases, but to those of you unfamiliar with the company's practices I can only say hold onto your hats.

Why? Because the company has, once again, gone completely overboard with the launch of new video boards.

NVIDIA launched two, you see. The GeForce GTX 980 and 970 Maxwell graphics cards. OEMs, like MSI and ASUS, also took it easy, more or less.

EVGA decided that quantity was just as important as quality though. So not only did it play with the clocks, but it unveiled several differently cooled boards as well.

All in all, there are fifteen new GeForce 900 cards bearing EVGA's brand right now. Seven of them are variations of the GTX 980 and the other eight are GTX 970 cards. They are combos of different clock speeds and cooling modules.

The one that stands out the most is the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper, since it's water-cooled. Its clocks haven't been disclosed yet though, and neither has been its price. It definitely won't be of just $549 / €549.

That means that the strongest fully detailed board is the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Classified ACX 2.0, with 1,291/1,405 base/boost MHz.

EVGA GTX 900 Maxwell graphics cards (9 Images)

EVGA GTX 980 and 970
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro CopperEVGA GeForce GTX 980 SuperClocked
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