Question 1

Does it come w/ an SLI bridge??

Accepted Answer

It does not, you can use an old SLI adapter on these and just take a bit of a bandwidth hit or spring for the new HB SLI bridge. This is a big heavy card, your going to want a lot of space if you intend to SLI them and possibly some support to prevent sag.

Question 2

This card versus the non-xtreme version. Which would be a better deal performance and reliability wise?

Accepted Answer

The biggest difference between the two is the warranty and the rigor of the testing process for the board and components. I think the 5 year warranty for the Xtreme (vs 2 years for the non Xtreme i think) makes it worth the price delta alone.

There's a slight overclock difference, but it's also fairly likely you'll be able to overclock the non-Xtreme card to match the Xtreme with 3rd party software like MSI Afterburner. BUT what you do get with the Xtreme is peace of mind. If you're lucky with the component lottery, performance MIGHT be equal, but you'll definitely get higher reliability from the Xtreme version, which has been tested at the higher OC speeds. There's also minor aesthetic differences, with the Xtreme showing more copper on the backplate.

Whether or not this is worth the extra money is up to you. Knowing that my card is still covered under warranty when year 3 rolls around was good enough for me.

Question 3

Does this card have gsync?

Accepted Answer

The card supports GYNC the question is, does your monitor? I use a GSYNC monitor and the card works great with it. All new and older Nvidia cards support GSYNC, the real question is your monitor support GSYNC.

Question 4

So are there actually 3xHDMI?

Accepted Answer

No, it only has 2 HDMI and 3 display ports, least mine does. Shows it on the pic here. Don't know why people says it does....

Question 5

Where is the third HDMI port? I only see two in all the pictures?

Accepted Answer

There is 2 HDMI ports in the back, the 3rd HDMI port is the VR link at the front of the card.

Question 6

This thing looks like it takes up three PCIe slots.  Can I put four of these on an 8 slot MOBO?

Accepted Answer

It takes up 2 and a half slots

Question 7

Is this card good for liquid cooling?

Accepted Answer

No. You're better off getting one with a water block installed so you don't waste money on the nice air cooler.

Question 8

Does this card support SLI?

Accepted Answer

Yes. However with this high end of a card you will not see much difference with an SLI configuration.

Question 9

Anyone back-order this card around 04-13-2017? How long did it take for yours to be shipped?

Accepted Answer

They are in stock right now 04/21 @ 4:35am US eastern time. They get stock regularly. use Firefox and download check4change. Use it to notify you when the page updates.

Question 10

Does the card sag at all after hooked into the PCI slot?

Accepted Answer

I purchased a Mnpctech horizontal machined-aluminum (black) support for mine, as my Z97 board slots are not reinforced.  This is one heavy a$$ card.  This is one item, that Newegg seems to not have in their inventory for some odd reason...

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