Or could keep the one from the company that doesn't have legendarily poor product support if something goes wrong.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 reviews and benchmarks
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Or could keep the one from the company that doesn't have legendarily poor product support if something goes wrong.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
If anybody was wondering which card I own, it's the Gainward GeForce® GTX 1080 Phoenix. The non-factory OC'd variant with an advertised core boost of 1733 Mhz, and memory at 5000 Mhz, so more or less a founders edition with Gainward's fan and without the premium price.
It automatically boost clocked up to (with fluctuations) ~1900 MHz core out of the box. Using Afterburner to force it higher it's currently sitting at boost core 2050 - 2101 MHz (the odd dip just below 2050) and 5200 MHz, stable during long sessions of The Witcher 3, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, and Battlefront.
It automatically boost clocked up to (with fluctuations) ~1900 MHz core out of the box. Using Afterburner to force it higher it's currently sitting at boost core 2050 - 2101 MHz (the odd dip just below 2050) and 5200 MHz, stable during long sessions of The Witcher 3, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, and Battlefront.
I'd keep the FTW. For looks (not sure if it matters to you) and EVGA customer support/stepup alone. Who knows, at the current rate Nvidia is pushing out cards you might be able to step up to a 1080ti within 3 months time lol
Gonna pull the trigger I think, looking at ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 ROG STRIX GAMING 8GB GDDR5X right now, have an hour to decide so it comes tomorrow. Yay or nay!? £699.98 from Novatech. Any better prices? Found on Scan for 4 quid cheaper, seems like everywhere else is out of stock.
finalflame
Gold Member
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1250667 yo boys, we got played.
For $1200 (would probably translate to 14 000 SEK), yeah, I don't think so.
finalflame
Gold Member
I'm guessing the 1080 Ti will be out shortly for $799/$899 FE and perform almost identically.
Yall got played when you were willing to shell out $700+ for a mid range gpu.
This is why the titan is able to be priced the way it is.
finalflame
Gold Member
Best performing GPU at the world at the time of release is not "mid-range", no matter how you try to sell it. Everyone knew there would be a Ti, but with nVidia's schizophrenic release schedule for the Tis the past couple of years nobody had any way of knowing whether it would land this Fall or next Spring. With the Pascal Titan X out in a week, it STILL means the 1080 is the second best performing card out there. Hardly "mid-range".
How? It's almost twice the price. I'm hardcore. I have tons of expensive toys. And still, a 1200 GPU that will be 30-40% faster at best. I just can't do it. It's out of my wheel house for wasting money.
And Titan is priced the way it is because it's a middle ground between a commercial and consumer GPU. For some reason gamers are willing to pay a crazy amount for them and think they are better than they are. Look at resale on titan GPUs. It's like they are gamer status symbols or something. Their value remains much higher than their performance compared to the market.
finalflame
Gold Member
I considered it at one point, but decided to go small form factor and a single GPU instead. I did watercool it, though.
The Titan x won't hurt the price of the 1080. Sell them both, eat $150 bucks and get a Titan X if that's your thing.
Just the hassle though.
Fuck this. I'm just going to go for the cheapest AIB card available when I have the money next month. I was originally planning on getting a high end card like the Asus Strix or Zotac Amp Extreme but there prices here in the UK are REALLY taking the piss.
I'm now looking at an MSI Armor OC or a Palit GameRock for £578.99 or £595.98 respectively from Ebuyer.
Most of these cards overclock to 2050MHz on average anyway, and they're both around a hundred quid cheaper than the high end cards at least. They'll probably just run a little bit hotter, maybe 5 or 10 degrees at the most.
I'm still pretty pissed off that NVidia are releasing a FOURTH FUCKING CARD when nobody can buy the FIRST FUCKING CARD THEY LAUNCHED yet. Unbelievable.
I'm now looking at an MSI Armor OC or a Palit GameRock for £578.99 or £595.98 respectively from Ebuyer.
Most of these cards overclock to 2050MHz on average anyway, and they're both around a hundred quid cheaper than the high end cards at least. They'll probably just run a little bit hotter, maybe 5 or 10 degrees at the most.
I'm still pretty pissed off that NVidia are releasing a FOURTH FUCKING CARD when nobody can buy the FIRST FUCKING CARD THEY LAUNCHED yet. Unbelievable.
If I had two 1080s I'd wait for the TI. I highly doubt Titan X will beat them on compatible games.
Even at the same price, I'd take the Gamerock over the ASUS or Zotac.
dr_rus
Member
I was saying all along that the GP102 Titan and possibly a 1080Ti (or whatever they'll call it; might as well try calling it 980Ti because why the fuck not with a second Titan X?) were coming soon'ish. People seemed to think for some reason that NV will wait for Vega or Navi while there's no reason for NV to wait for anything - they'll just grab the market completely for themselves while AMD is absent from it and then adjust the prices after Vegas launch. Hell, at this rate they may be able to launch Volta alongside AMD's Vega.
Yup make that money. I'd argue Nvidia realizes that most of the 1080 buyers wouldn't buy a Titan X and the remainder (the high end of the high end) will just sell their 1080s and upgrade anyways. It's a no brainer. Take the profits in the blue ocean of sole seller in the high end space.
CraigerGamer
Member
Yep. I don't mind selling my 1080 and then getting the ti. My old card would not run 1440 ultrawide @100hz, my 1080 runs it flawlessly. Doubt I will even need the extra power the ti version will bring.
RamaTheVoice
Member
Went ahead and got the MSI. Gonna install it on Sunday and can follow up with some impressions if anyone's interested
thebigmachine
Member
Damn that sucks. Doesn't the item require a signature because of its price?
Yea. The leasing office signs for packages as part of my rental agreement. The Fedex email says it was signed my "LOffice", but I went to the office and there is no package there.
The leasing office aid says that no one was in the office at the time the package was supposedly delivered .
Just fuckery all around.
DJSebolski
Member
Had the same issue with Fedex. They claimed they left the package at the front door. Probably delivered it to the wrong address. Happens all the time.
lostsupper
Banned
You can request the name of the person who signed for it.
Mineshaft_Gap
4077th
Is there a shootout of the partner cards?
Between the Asus Strix, Gigabyte G1, and EVGA FTW which should I pick? They're all available near me.
EVGA is 680, Gigabyte is 650 and Asus is 700
Between the Asus Strix, Gigabyte G1, and EVGA FTW which should I pick? They're all available near me.
EVGA is 680, Gigabyte is 650 and Asus is 700
The ASUS and EVGA cards are 8+6 and 8+8-pin, respectively, which gives them a theoretical edge in overclocking. I'd go for the latter as it's a little cheaper while not being notably worse, plus I've never read a positive anecdote about ASUS' customer support. Really, the only reason I picked up a STRIX myself is that I grew tired of waiting.
Hairworks?
Uni on Everything!
Member
What's the difference between the cards with 8 + 8 pin and 8 + 6 pin power connectors? Does one always use more power than the other? Or is it just for people who want to OC more?
I'd get the Gigabyte, they are all going to reach the same range of clocks anyway. Or the EVGA for better support.
CybernatonEvolution
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I did by going to LED settings in Precision X and using the "Demo" option instead of static ON/OFF.
jfoul
Member
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.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW DT GAMING ACX 3.0
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW DT GAMING ACX 3.0
- Product: 08G-P4-6284-KR
- Clocks 1721 /1860
- Bios: 2
- Power Type: 8+8-Pin
- Phase: 10+2
- Max Draw: 215W
- Price $649.99
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0
- Product: 08G-P4-6286-KR
- Clocks: 1607 / 1733
- Bios: 2
- Power Type: 8+8-Pin
- Phase: 10+2
- Max Draw: 215W
- Price: $679.99
demigod
Member
No thats disabled. I get around 45-51fps on single card but only 54-57fps with SLI.
So I turned off ingame AA and my FPS went higher in Rise of the Tomb Raider. Going to mess around with settings later when I get home.
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
Generally more power is for better overclocks. Pascal doesn't seem to care.
It really doesn't. I logged stats during an hour of 1440p maxed out + modded Watch Dogs gameplay and my FTW was sitting at 60% TDP on average being thermally limited lol.
Uni on Everything!
Member
Cool good to hear.
DJSebolski
Member
At this rate can we expect 1080ti in September/October?
Went ahead and got the MSI. Gonna install it on Sunday and can follow up with some impressions if anyone's interested
I'll definitely be interested! I'm either getting one of these or a Palit GameRock.
It may have that as a release date, but don't expect to buy a 1080, 1070, 1060, Titan X or 1080Ti until 2019 the way things are going lmfao
Twice now I've had a weird issue where the card stays at its regular (not boost) clock all the time, even when it's not doing anything, so it's constantly running hot as if it were under load.
The last time I was able to twiddle with the settings in the Control Panel and it clocked down, but maybe it was just a one-off, because this time nothing seems to be stopping it short of a full system reboot (which is what made it go wonky in the first place).
EVGA FTW, latest Precision XOC.
The last time I was able to twiddle with the settings in the Control Panel and it clocked down, but maybe it was just a one-off, because this time nothing seems to be stopping it short of a full system reboot (which is what made it go wonky in the first place).
EVGA FTW, latest Precision XOC.
Mineshaft_Gap
4077th
144Hz monitor?
For a lark, turn it down to 120Hz and see what happens. IIRC this is a known issue Nvidia has done fuck all to address.
Yes, but changing that doesn't fix it. It's only a single monitor, that issue is said to present itself on multi-monitor setups, but the symptoms are exactly the same.