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AMAZING CARD! DON'T PURCHASE UNTIL THE MARK UP DROPS! READ ON FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO PURCHASE!
DO NOT PURCHASE! THIS CARD WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY IN PRICE POINT AFTER 10-15 DAYS!
Ladies and Gentlemen of Amazon, these cards are released on June 10, 2016 at a $449 price point for an early release "founders edition"
The "HYPE" is real! It is an amazing card, hence the 5 stars, it's faster than the Titan X... HOWEVER!!! READ ON!!!
This is the first time NVIDIA will be competing against partners like EVGA to sell the card directly.
This means their cooler design with the "Vapor chamber" that they try to upsell you to the $449 Founders edition for IS NOT WORTH IT EITHER!
PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THIS CARD DROPS TO THE REASONABLE $349 MSRP THAT IT SHOULD BE!
On a side note,
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE IN ANY MATERIAL OR DESIGN USED, BETWEEN THE FOUNDERS EDITION CARDS, AND THE REGULAR CARDS SHIPPED SHORTLY AFTERWARD.
The Founder's edition is another way of saying Reference Card and another way to charge those who want the card on the very first day, an extra 100 bucks.
Partners like EVGA will come out with Custom Cards with liquid cooling and so forth, for around the same price point.
These cards will come factory overclocked and superclocked, and will have different types like the "Kingpin" edition which uses premium copper for heat dissipation on the 980 Ti
Please wait, be patient for 14 days, and then order a custom card from NVIDIA partners.
That is my best advice to you Amazonians.
Good luck and happy gaming
June 2016 · Electronics