Overclocking is an interesting hobby and while I include some sort of overclocking with every Motherboard and Video Card review I adhere to a strict set of rules so that my results can be replicated by most anyone. Of course I have been known to change things up from time to time and may do my overclocking tests with a Single Stage Phase chiller for some added clockspeed. As you can imagine every overclocking and cooling method has its advantages followed by an even larger list of disadvantages but, that is the hobby and as Tyler Durden once said: ?You determine your own level of involvement.?

In this article I?m going to use an EVGA GTX 980 Classified the way EVGA had intended and overclock the card using LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen). Of course the card is extremely solid without LN2 and offers better performance over reference designs with a full EVGA warranty but, I want more.

Keep in mind that overclocking does void your warranty and is one reason why I?d always recommend factory overclocked card whenever possible. The Classified is factory overclocked and thus supported by both EVGA and NVIDIA. What you don't normally see if what is under the heatsink and why the Classified is designed to deliver much more.