I'm looking at the EVGA FTW, and noticed two versions. It looks like the only difference is the base, boost clock and price. Anybody familiar with these cards? It almost feels like the non reference PCB just isn't worth it this time around. The EVGA GTX 1080 ACX is $619.
The "DT" version is the exact same hardware, it just uses the standard clocks, same as the reference board. The regular FTW is factory overclocked. I imagine the DT is made of the boards that couldn't run up to snuff for the OC'd FTW.. they had to do something with them. I doubt they'll OC nearly as well as the regular FTW.
As I understand it, the breakdown goes like this:
Founder's Edition: All NVidia hardware, EVGA branded, no OC
1080 Gaming: NVidia PCB, EVGA blower, no OC
1080 ACX: NVidia PCB, ACX 3.0 cooler, no OC
1080 SC: NVidia PCB, ACX cooler, factory OC
1080 FTW DT: EVGA PCB, ACX cooler, no OC
1080 FTW: EVGA PCB, ACX cooler, factory OC
1080 Classified: EVGA PCB, ACX cooler, factory OC