what EVGA has done here,
more specifically K|NGP|N
and TiN, is provide you
with the best possible
power delivery, through
superior design, including
an unparalleled and beefed
up PWM along with a hefty
cooler. If you thought the
“regular” Classified was
special, this goes far beyond
and ensures that regardless
of the GPU that happens to
be on your particular board,
its potential is maximized.
At the end of the day that’s
all any vendor can offer the
end users really. Should
you have the funds, you
may have to bin these GPUs
as well just like you would
CPUs or anything else to
find the best one.
This particular sample
we tested was game stable
at 1,332MHz with no VDDC
adjustments at all. A slightly
above average overclock for
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the core we might add. Where
the memory was concerned
we ran all our tests without
any artifacts at 1950MHz.
This is a fairly respectable
overclock using the standard
cooler by any measurement.
Yes there are samples that
go higher and a particular
one we heard about that
will achieve 1,400MHz at the
standard shipping voltage.
A true golden sample that is
probably capable of taking
all the world records when
cooled with LN2. However
that should not stop you from
having fun with your very
own KPC card, regardless
of how well it overclocks on
air cooling. The true value of
such a graphics card is what
it will do with some ext reme
cooling and perhaps even
water cooling.
If you ever wanted to get
into extreme overclocking,
this is probably the card to
start with. Sure enough $850
USD may seem like a lot to
invest into a graphics cards,
but consider that with this
one you’ll literarily need
nothing else but the Precision
software to get started. You
may find the 1.21V VDDC low
(on our card it was actually
1.19V), but you can easily
find the Classified tool on
the internet along with the
extreme overclocking BIOS
(You can grab both of them
HERE) which will allow you
to increase the voltage to
1.35V and relieve some
of your power limits. As
always please keep in mind
that neither of these tools
or BIOS’s are endorsed nor
supported by EVGA. Should
you destroy your card using
either, that’ll be the end of
your card and it will not be
covered by the warranty).
If that is not enough, do
consider the EVBOT which