Report: GeForce GTX 980 Will Cost $599

[nikoli707]

what matters is core voltage and heat for the clocks on that said graph. for gk110 with a good air cooler, one will still hit a voltage bottleneck(1.212v) long before you hit a dangerous temp bottleneck, most stay under 80c depending on case airflow with is well within design limits. is this the same for gm204? what voltage, for now, does it appear is the max that nvidia is allowing you/us to use on gm204? would like to see the max stock overclock medium for reference gm204's compared to reference gk110's. it sure looks like according this this percentage graph that gk110 is faster clock for clock per cycle than gm204... but without knowing the overclocking limits of gm204, its hard to compare. im will assume, and like many hope, that gm204 is close to gk110, and is not like hawaii which is very thermally limited out the box which makes common overclocks extremely low.

i can get my classified gk110 to 1300mhz on the core with the stock limited 1.212v using a slighly more aggressive fan profile and say under 82c, much higher with a modded bios and higher voltages but thats a different story, and temps above 80c start to become an issue.