{"id":1096,"date":"2014-09-17T15:35:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T05:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2014-09-19T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T06:17:27","slug":"gigabyte-gtx-980-4gb-early-hands-on-photos-n980d5-4gd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/gigabyte-gtx-980-4gb-early-hands-on-photos-n980d5-4gd\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigabyte GTX 980 4GB Early Hands On [Photos] N980D5-4GD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first shipment of the eagerly awaited Gigabyte GTX 980&#8217;s arrived early ahead of Fridays launch and and much to our dismay, there was no driver CD in the box. In its place was a sticker asking us to visit Nvidia&#8217;s website to download the drivers, where the drivers have yet to be released.<\/p>\n<p>So instead of bringing you benchmarks, we will have to settle for some photos instead.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Update<\/strong> : This card is now\u00a0available to select across our range of Nvidia powered <a href=\"http:\/\/evatech.com.au\/customcomputer.php?cat=gamingpc\">custom gaming desktop PCs<\/a> and to purchase separately <a href=\"http:\/\/evatech.com.au\/24-below\/3493-gigabyte-gtx-980-4gb.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a364.https.cdn.softlayer.net\/80A364\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1099\" alt=\"GTX-980-Gigabyte-2\" src=\"https:\/\/a364.https.cdn.softlayer.net\/80A364\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-2.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-2-750x455.jpg 750w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-2-624x378.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here we can see the GTX980 on has 2x 6 pin power connectors where the GTX 780 and 780 TI both required 2x 8 pin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a364.https.cdn.softlayer.net\/80A364\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" alt=\"GTX-980-Gigabyte\" src=\"https:\/\/a364.https.cdn.softlayer.net\/80A364\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte.jpg 900w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-750x455.jpg 750w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-624x378.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1x DualLink DVI-I \/ 1x HDMI and 3x DisplayPort connectors replace the GTX 780&#8217;s 1x DVI-D \/ 1x DVI-I \/ 1x HDMI and 1x Display Port.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a364.https.cdn.softlayer.net\/80A364\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1101\" alt=\"GTX-980-Gigabyte-3\" src=\"https:\/\/a364.https.cdn.softlayer.net\/80A364\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-3.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-3-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-3-750x455.jpg 750w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GTX-980-Gigabyte-3-624x378.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nvidia reference cooler is pretty much identical to the early reference coolers on the GTX 780.<\/p>\n<p>This card will available to pre-order on our website this afternoon with the first units shipping this Friday. Once the drivers are freely available (hopefully also Friday) this and any other GTX980&#8217;s we can get our hands on will be added to our custom PC options.<\/p>\n<p>Benchmarks are now live, along with the GTX 970 G1 factory overclocked N970G1 Gaming-4GD also from Gigabyte. Check them out <a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/2014\/09\/gigabyte-gtx-980-and-gtx-970-g1-benchmarked-evatech\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first shipment of the eagerly awaited Gigabyte GTX 980&#8217;s arrived early ahead of Fridays launch and and much to our dismay, there was no driver CD in the box. In its place was a sticker asking us to visit Nvidia&#8217;s website to download the drivers, where the drivers have yet to be released. 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