EVGA’s GeForce GTX 980 K|NGP|N Edition Has Arrived, Claims To Bring ‘Overclocking Perfection’

EVGA’s Classified graphics cards are some of the most desirable out there, but when overclocking champion K|NGP|N puts his name on one, you can bet that it’s something special. It’s for that reason that this particular GeForce GTX 980 has been hyped over the past few months, and now that it’s here, we can see that it does, in fact, offer some seriously enticing features.

At quick glance, this particular Classified doesn’t look too different from EVGA’s other ACX 2.0-equipped 980s, but it’s what’s under the hood that matters here.

To start, this K|NGP|N edition features a huge 14+3 phase digital VRM design. That’s something that will benefit the most hardcore overclockers out there, but for us regular folk, a huge benefit is that the VRM can run at up to 28°C cooler.

Adding to that improved efficiency, the card is built with a 12-layer PCB, a cooling plate that helps cool the memory and MOSFETs better, straight heatpipes (which EVGA says can improve heat transfer by 6%), and OTS, or “onboard thermal sensors” which automatically tune the card to allow overclockers to reach greater heights easier.

Rounding out the overclocking-related perks are 2x 8-pin and 1x 6-pin power connectors, an onboard BIOS switcher (for a total of three BIOSes), a K|NGP|N backplate, and also EVBot onboard, which enhances the amount of control an overclocker has over their card.

Believe it or not, we’re still not done. Also included on this card is the ACX 2.0+ cooler, which features a metal shroud, fans that automatically shut off if the card runs below 60°C, LEDs that can be configured using the PrecisionX software, and a design that allows someone to turn this two-slot card into a one-slot one for the sake of extreme overclocking, or simply to go the water cooled route.

Just in case that’s not enough digital food to eat, here are a couple of other fun facts: The card is clocked at 1,291MHz (165MHz over reference), includes a couple of accessories (like the t-shirt seen in the shot above), and also includes a number of different adapters and cables, including one to allow overclockers to monitor specific voltage points using their multimeter.

Overall, this is one hell of a card, no doubt one of the best EVGA’s ever released. If you want one, you better hope for two things: You have $749 to splurge on a GPU, and you have at least 1 EVGA product registered to your EVGA account. Yup – as if this card couldn’t be any cooler, it turns out to be exclusive!