I'm far from being a tech savvy, but that thing is, indeed, a monster.
4x8-pin connectors! And with a cooler so big that makes the card a triple slot one, that thing must be the heaviest card ever made. And if they are giving a Razer Ouroboros with it, also one of the more expensives.
Also, apparently DX 12 isn't the only thing where Nvidia is lagging. In the latest podcast from TechReport, it is mentioned that Nvidia has also problems with "preemption context switching", something that apparently is important in VR. They mention that, in the words of some people at Occulus, it is best on AMD, Pretty Good on Intel and Potentially Catastrophic on NVIDIA.
But all of this is pointless because Nvidia will likely fix all those problems with Pascal, and with DX 12 games still away, it won't be much of a problem for current Maxwell users.
Please excuse my bad English.
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