Just remove a screw and it pops right out. But, if you’re going to have a SLI configuration and your motherboard puts the cards close together, NVIDIA has provided a part of the back plate to be removable to increase air flow. I rather like the covering as it helps protect the card. On the back, the card is now covered with a plate and hides the PCB. With this one card, up to four displays can now be used. DisplayPort 1.2, of course, already had that capability. Now, there’s a single Dual-Link DVI connector, three DisplayPort 1.2, and one HDMI 2.0 that will allow up to 60Hz on a 4K display. Traditionally, two Dual-Link DVI connectors were present here with a single HDMI and a single DisplayPort. The IO plate is where things have changed a bit. Lengthwise, it’s the same with a measurement of 10.5”.
The reference card does look a lot like the reference card of the GeForce GTX 780. Things such as improved power efficiency, Dynamic Super Resolution, and VR Direct are but a few of the new features you’ll be getting should you purchase a GeForce GTX 980 or 970. Compared to Kepler, it’s more of refinement and additions rather than being a huge leap. It’s not the first Maxwell card, that honor belonging to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti. The GeForce GTX 980 is built on the Maxwell architecture. NVIDIA was kind enough to send us a card, so let’s take a look at the latest and greatest from NVIDIA. The big bad of the show was the GeForce GTX 980. At NVIDIA Game 24 a few weeks ago, they announced their next line of desktop video cards.