as a gamer, no upgrade until i see the impact of directX 12 on games with the arrival of windows 10. Some games running with directX 11 are going to have patches in order to be compatible and run with directx12 like The Witcher 3 and Batman Arkham Knight. (see : The Witcher 3 and Batman Arkham...
this card is for water-cooling. you don't need to spend money on a good cooler since your are going to water-cool this card.i guess the price will be a little lower then reference card.