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RIP GTX 980 Kingpin

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alcoholbob

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GTX 980 kingpin came out what, 2 months ago for $799? About to be invalidated by a product at least 30% faster for the same price lmao. This is an even worse reaming than Titan X owners got by a large margin.

Looks like it will be unveiled at Computex according to EVGA reps.
 
Even if the 980 Ti didn't come out, if you spent 800 dollarz on that card instead of 200 more for the Titan X that would still be a bad buy if you chose the Kingpin one. So the card had no sense to begin with, even with only the Titan X.

Further, considering the fact how 780 Ti came out shortly after the first Titan, well, anyone who got blindsided by the 980 Ti should blame themselves.
 
I have a hard time believing two things:

A. high end NV card users didn't see the 980ti coming.
B. those users are now complaining because they dove in early.
 
LTC8K6 said:
I have a hard time believing two things:

A. high end NV card users didn't see the 980ti coming.
B. those users are now complaining because they dove in early.
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Neither probably holds true, there's a tendency for people watching the high end NV ecosystem from the outside to ascribe a desire for value to the participants. The people buying them when they respond seem to find spending money half the value.
 
Not sure why people would spend $799 on 980Ti Kingpin when you can get 980Ti Hybrid for $749 though?
Does it have premium power supply etc?
 
Cloudfire777 said:
Not sure why people would spend $799 on 980Ti Kingpin when you can get 980Ti Hybrid for $749 though?
Does it have premium power supply etc?
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It should have custom vrm and power delivery. Kingpin is for those who plan on using a custom BIOS. You are free to install a CLC cooler for $100 more.
 
Kingpin is a dumb purchase.

How much more mhz can you seriously get out of it? 100mhz? makes no difference compared to the money it costs.
 
Yeah with the added high premium to these exotic aftermarket cards, getting burned in price/performance comes with the territory IMO. I have always avoided them.
 
moonbogg said:
Yeah with the added high premium to these exotic aftermarket cards, getting burned in price/performance comes with the territory IMO. I have always avoided them.
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i got the MSI Lightning LE for a steal on 780.

Same card and GPU and memory with no OC. clocked like a dream for a song!
 
Pandamonia said:
Kingpin is a dumb purchase.

How much more mhz can you seriously get out of it? 100mhz? makes no difference compared to the money it costs.
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Yes and no.

1. For someone considering spending $1K on a reference Titan X with its inadequate cooler, and then spending $100 to get an AIO CLC from EVGA, getting a faster 980Ti that can overclock like a champion for $850-900 in the KINGPIN card is a better option.

2. Relative to other after-market 980Ti cards though, the KINGPIN is probably overpriced. Is it going to be worth the $ over MSI Lightning, Asus Matrix, Galax HOF or EVGA's own Classified series? Probably not. However, if that card is out months before these other ones, then some early adopters won't want to wait and will grab the KINGPIN.

However, I would rather buy a KINGPIN 980Ti if I had to choose between a $1K Titan X reference.

As far as anyone who got the 980 nonTI KINGPIN, ya they should have known what they were getting themselves into. Everyone basically knew that the Titan X and 980TI would crush any 980 card and based on the rumours of Fiji cards launching around Computex (we knew this 6 months ago too), it was easy to guesstimate that NV would unleash Titan X and 980Ti also around Spring/early summer 2015.
 
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