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Yah that evga should be fine, you really shouldn't be buying a card based on its stock clock that can all be changed for free easily with evga percision x, msi afterburner, or whatever you...
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Among the normal consumer models ....

1. The number of highly negative newegg reviews (1 egg) gives you an idea of user satisfaction

Asus Strix = 6%
EVGA SC = 3%
Gigabyte G1 = 13%
MSI Gaming = 4%

2. Here's how high they overclocked

Asus = 159.0
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_980_Matrix/31.html
EVGA - Not tested

Gigabyte G1 = 159.1
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GeForce_GTX_980_G1_Gaming/30.html

MSI = 160.5 fps in BF3
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_980_Gaming/28.html

For cooling, it's hard to judge as better cooling means more noise and each manufacturer focuses on different thinbgs w/ their default fan curves. Historically for example, MSI focuses on lower noise, while Giga uses a more aggressive fan curve for lower temps at the expense of noise. Since you cana djust thes ecurves you can adjust to your preferred setting.

Personally, I'd choose the MSI...tho I really don't like the 980 .... for me it's either a twin 970s or the 980 Ti. The Ti has far greater OC ability,

EDIT:

Here we see the 980 w/ a +22.7 % (160.5 / 130.8) OC
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_980_Gaming/28.html

Here we see the Ti with a +31.4 % OC
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_980_Ti_Gaming/33.html
 
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What about the EVGA acx 2.0 superclocked? The boost clock is very high and the cooling seems okay.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-evga-gtx-980-superclocked-acx-20-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1266mhz-boost-1367mhz-2048-cores-dp-dvi-hdmi
 
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What about the EVGA acx 2.0 superclocked? The boost clock is very high and the cooling seems okay.
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I always recommend the non-reference cards over the reference ones as they are usually physically different PCs and despite popular myth, you can NOT generally OC a reference PCB based card as fast as a non-reference model simply because the non-refernce will usually contained beefed up components that handle heat and voltage better. This is not always true however and one example is the SC series.

Historically the SC is a plain reference board with a nice cooler and factory OC. The other guys, especially Gigabyte and MSI for the 900 series, have a much more beefed up PCB with larger VRM with more phases, special chokes and improved thermal solutions. Up until the 6xx series, Asus was the leader here but they have cut back in this department with the 7xx and 9xx series.
 
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Yah that evga should be fine, you really shouldn't be buying a card based on its stock clock that can all be changed for free easily with evga percision x, msi afterburner, or whatever you use to overclock. I personally would get the msi gaming if i was looking for a 980.
 
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I think I will go for the MSI gaming then since it is actually the cheapest one that I could buy haha.
 
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I agree with Dunlop, that the Kingpin version is too expensive. It's important to get the best version of a card, while not pushing the price into the category of the next tier GPU. My choice:

EVGA 04G-P4-2986-KR GeForce GTX 980 FTW ACX 2.0 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card
$499.99 after $30.00 rebate card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487089&cm_re=evga_980-_-14-487-079-_-Product

* This card has the ACX 2.0 cooler, FTW (For The Win) overclocking, and the price is right. Only downsides: No Batman Arkham code, or at least I don't see evidence that it's included. Also it doesn't come with a backplate. I couldn't find a single EVGA 980 with a backplate, but you could always call EVGA to verify.
 
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