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I'm not sure if this issue is specific to the 780 Classified's or only to my 780 Classified's, but on default settings and nothing overclocked at all, I'm not able to run 3DMark Fire Strike at all. Both on the stock LN2, Normal VBIOS' and both on svl7's VBIOS'. My system crashes before the Demo even starts on the stock VBIOS' and crashes near the end of the Demo on svl7's VBIOS's.

EDIT: I had to increase the Core Voltage to 1.0000V in order to run 3DMark Fire Strike successfully on the stock clocks on svl7's VBIOS'.

I was personally gonna wait and get the MSI N780GTX Lightning, but ended up getting the 780 Classified's and I don't regret it at all. I say this from a guy who always purchased an MSI Lightning every since their very first N275GTX Lightning. I've never had so much fun overclocking and benching a video card until I got the Classified's.

@svl7

What's the default core clock on your 780 Classified VBIOS, is it 993MHz?

EDIT: NM, I was able to download it and flash it.

I've heard that IC diamond can scratch the die no?

I swear by IC Diamond for it's thermal conductivity performance, but it does leave a permanent stain on both the die's and the HS/Liquid Block's surface. That's their only "Con" IMO. As for my 780 Classified's, I'm using Arctic MX-4 because I noticed how shiny and smooth the die is in the GK110 chip and didn't want to leave a permanent stain on them.

Did your EVGA Titan SC Signature GPU's come with gold-plated connectors?

I got my 2 780 Classified's last Monday, but haven't gotten around to OC'ing them yet. But the stock ACX HS on them are way quieter than my previous N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition's which literally starts screaming when their under load.

@svl7

Is your Classy VBIOS default core clock set to 993MHz?

I was going to wait for MSI to release their 780 Lightning, but ended up just getting 2 of EVGA's 780 Classified's when they became available.