Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 reviews and benchmarks

Yup, my bad, I was getting the connectors of the EVGA SC and the Asus Strix mixed up! Will edit my post in a bit!

Edit: Done! :o)

That Inno3D X4 is looking like a bit of a Beast...and those 4 fans should keep things nice and frosty!
 
Damn it... Got to EVGA's site when the SC edition was still available for pre-order, but got stuck in loading hell only to be told it was sold out after 10 minutes.

This launch is frustrating.
 
zoukka said:
What games out there need better cards than 970?
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Lots of games if you want 60 fps at 1440p or higher, or if you want 100+ fps at 1080p. There are plenty of games that can't be maxed out and run at a smooth 60 even at 1080p with a 970.
 
EatChildren said:
Sweet. I guess I'm just always worried with high end hardware. If it's a dud, I don't want to be shipping it back to the US.

I'm still waiting for benchy results, but a very high boost clock 1080 (like that Strix) is appealing to me even with my 980 Ti OC.
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Are you not worried about getting stung by customs? Things in Europe (or at least in Spain) have gotten really nasty regarding paying customs fees, it's very hard not to get caught.
 
Zefah said:
Lots of games if you want 60 fps at 1440p or higher, or if you want 100+ fps at 1080p. There are plenty of games that can't be maxed out and run at a smooth 60 even at 1080p with a 970.
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There are plenty of games you can't max out @ 1080p on a 980ti let alone a 970.
 
Don Lapre said:
If it goes by history the 1080 will get a price drop and the 1080ti would slot in to the 649 range for a non founder card.
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This is what I'm hoping for. It's an acceptable price range, and only $50 more than I payed for my 980 ti Classy. It'll be interesting to see how much the 980 ti Classified will be selling for by then.
 
zoukka said:
What games out there need better cards than 970?
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None of them...all of them...

The 970 can't maintain 60fps in The Division at 1080/Ultra.

I'm still using a 7970 and playing most games at 1080p/high/medium settings and mostly 60fps.

If I wanted to I could probably continue playing games at 30fps for a long time.

So it depends on what quality you want to play at.

Myself I want to easily maintain 60fps at high settings going forward for at least the next three years.
 
megateto said:
Are you not worried about getting stung by customs? Things in Europe (or at least in Spain) have gotten really nasty regarding paying customs fees, it's very hard not to get caught.
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Thats exactly why im buying my GTX1080 in PcComponentes or Amazon.es
Id rather pay the extra price in € that getting my package stopped at the customs. I have had terrible experiences with that already...
 
Izcarielo said:
Thats exactly why im buying my GTX1080 in PcComponentes or Amazon.es
Id rather pay the extra price in € that getting my package stopped at the customs. I have had terrible experiences with that already...
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I'm confused. If you are in Europe and ordering from other European countries, you shouldn't pay any extra surely?
 
arbok26 said:
There was a round up sheet of all the cards that said the strix was 3 slots? Perhaps the cooler is really thick and takes up that third slot?



The strix uses 1 8 pin and 1 6 pin (8+2 power phase). The asus strix has two versions, Normal and OC. You could just buy the normal overclock it yourself. RRP $620.

Videocardz GTX 1080 round up
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I wish they included dimensions as well. Are there any BitFenix Prodigy owners with H100i installed? Maybe I just need to buy a different case and move everything.
 
If I can't get a custom 1080 soon, it might actually be worth waiting for the 1080 Ti. With these quick cycles, not getting a card at launch pretty much means you're only 6 months out to the next cycle and you might as well wait and try to get lucky at the next launch. Sigh.
 
DOT DASH DOT said:
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I'm not even sure you'd be able to play any games with this!?

So I can't answer the question lol
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Does every card come with a complimentary bottle of MoonMist Faygo and a ticket to The Gathering?
 
e90Mark said:
With EVGA, the FTW is a bit bigger. SC is FE sized. Wasn't like that with the 9xx series.

I ordered a FTW and I'm thinking it'll either be a really tight fit, or just too big, in my air 240.
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This is why I didn't get an air 240, you're pretty much stuck with reference board designs or Hybrid. The FTW PCB & Cooler is a lot higher/width that the reference PCB.

  • NVIDIA GTX1080 FE - 4.376 inch / 111.1504 mm
  • EVGA GTX1080 FTW - 5.94 inch / 150.876 mm
 
RankFTW said:
Just ordered myself an EVGA 1080 FTW! Now to play the waiting game and hope it appears before my Rift.
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Lucky bastard. I am still waiting from the EVGA lineup to appear on Amazon. I will either pick a 1080 FTW or Classified.

Edit: Just found pre-orders on Overclockers UK; the FTW is 660$. I am not sure about ordering from them though, since I am importing and using a courier address in the UK.
 
jfoul said:
This is why I didn't get an air 240, you're pretty much stuck with reference board designs or Hybrid. The FTW PCB & Cooler is a lot higher/width that the reference PCB.

  • NVIDIA GTX1080 FE - 4.376 inch / 111.1504 mm
  • EVGA GTX1080 FTW - 5.94 inch / 150.876 mm
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Not sure what other mATX cases are out there that could house bigger cards, than a Node 804.

Also wondering if that's the final size, as those numbers are on the spec sheet for the SC, and we know that it shouldn't be the case.
 
Sir Abacus said:
I mean the core will throttle and your voltage is pretty harshly locked down so it's kind of difficult to break things with a normal air cooled setup.

The only reservation I have about hybrid watercoolers is that it's not easy to tell how good the VRM/VRAM air cooling side of things are. Combined with most (all in the 980 ti generation?) hybrids being slapped on reference cards. So you have less VRMs to begin with than most after market cards so they're being driven extra hard compared with a possibly sub-optimal VRM/VRAM air cooler.

I'd rather just stick to full air to be honest before going to a hybrid closed loop.
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Not the Gigabyte Xtreme Waterforce, that was possibly the best 980Ti card released
 
Unknown Soldier said:
If I can't get a custom 1080 soon, it might actually be worth waiting for the 1080 Ti. With these quick cycles, not getting a card at launch pretty much means you're only 6 months out to the next cycle and you might as well wait and try to get lucky at the next launch. Sigh.
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I'm starting to feel the same way. I might just make a whole new build based around Kaby Lake/Zen & AMD/NV HBM2 in a Corsair Bulldog later on.
 
Currently rocking self-modded EVGA Hybrid 980Ti SLI with a decent overclock, and while I can easily afford SLI 1080's without much of an outlay, I'm not really feeling it. Still, it's hard to not get swept up in the hype. I hope we hear something about full-fat Pascal soon, it'll make the wait much easier.
 
e90Mark said:
Not sure what other mATX cases are out there that could house bigger cards, than a Node 804.

Also wondering if that's the final size, as those numbers are on the spec sheet for the SC, and we know that it shouldn't be the case.
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True.

Manufacturers also include the full PCIe connector that goes in the mobo slot, and metal bracket in the measurements. You save a little bit in space right there with width and length.
 
jfoul said:
True.

Manufacturers also include the full PCIe connector that goes in the mobo slot, and metal bracket in the measurements. You save a little bit in space right there with width and length.
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Thanks, I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little worried. I already have a small window mod lined up as well to increase clearance.

I'd rather not buy a new case, as I do really like the Air 240, but it's definitely hampered in some ways.
 
Sky Chief said:
Not the Gigabyte Xtreme Waterforce, that was possibly the best 980Ti card released
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Indeed, that was one of many not based on reference design. I'd say it is more the other way, in that not many 3rd party 980tis were based on the reference board. That's what made them desirable for those wanting to apply after market cooling/water blocks, because they tend to be designed with reference models in mind and won't fit a lot of aftermarket cards.
 
Heads up post:

There is a fan issue with the FE cards that wasn't touched upon by any reviews that I read. You can be gaming in a situation where power consumption, temperature, and boost clock are all completely stable, yet the fan will continually rev up and down. In my case it seems to run at 2000 RPM and bounce instantly to 3000, then come back down to 2000. Rince and repeat.

The fan noise isn't particularly noticeable if is a constant 2000 or 3000, but revving up and down is really, really annoying.

It's getting documented here:

HardOCP

GeForce

It's not an issue with software tools, as it does this without them being loaded. It's not an issue that I experienced with my previous NV reference cards, so it's not something that has been typical of this fan/heatsink.
 
How are the temps on previous ftw cards? My friend is coming from a Gigabye Windforce X3 Ti and it kept temps down to the 60s on average and wants to know.

Worried it'll be a lot hotter since the gigabyte has 3 fans while the EVGA only has 2
 
Weevilone said:
Heads up post:

There is a fan issue with the FE cards that wasn't touched upon by any reviews that I read. You can be gaming in a situation where power consumption, temperature, and boost clock are all completely stable, yet the fan will continually rev up and down. In my case it seems to run at 2000 RPM and bounce instantly to 3000, then come back down to 2000. Rince and repeat.

The fan noise isn't particularly noticeable if is a constant 2000 or 3000, but revving up and down is really, really annoying.

It's getting documented here:

HardOCP

GeForce

It's not an issue with software tools, as it does this without them being loaded. It's not an issue that I experienced with my previous NV reference cards, so it's not something that has been typical of this fan/heatsink.
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Can you not set a custom fan curve and have it work at 3000 minimum rather than 2000? It will always be running a little faster but at least constant.
 
Flandy said:
How are the temps on previous ftw cards? My friend is coming from a Gigabye Windforce X3 Ti and it kept temps down to the 60s on average and wants to know.

Worried it'll be a lot hotter since the gigabyte has 3 fans while the EVGA only has 2
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Previous temps are useless, they have a new cooler revision going for the 1080 cards.
 
Weevilone said:
Heads up post:

There is a fan issue with the FE cards that wasn't touched upon by any reviews that I read. You can be gaming in a situation where power consumption, temperature, and boost clock are all completely stable, yet the fan will continually rev up and down. In my case it seems to run at 2000 RPM and bounce instantly to 3000, then come back down to 2000. Rince and repeat.

The fan noise isn't particularly noticeable if is a constant 2000 or 3000, but revving up and down is really, really annoying.

It's getting documented here:

HardOCP

GeForce

It's not an issue with software tools, as it does this without them being loaded. It's not an issue that I experienced with my previous NV reference cards, so it's not something that has been typical of this fan/heatsink.
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That is absurd. How have reviews not caught on to this?

holygeesus said:
Can you not set a custom fan curve and have it work at 3000 minimum rather than 2000? It will always be running a little faster but at least constant.
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3000 RPM should be unacceptable for any cooler. That's insanely loud.
 
holygeesus said:
Can you not set a custom fan curve and have it work at 3000 minimum rather than 2000? It will always be running a little faster but at least constant.
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You can set it to 3000RPM to flatten it out, at the expense of more overall noise for consistent noise. It's still not really loud, just hear some air moving but largely forget about it. I initially noticed it in an MMO where I don't let background music play, but it's really annoying. It really wants to spike to roughly 3000 though. If you set it at 2500 with the software utility, it still bounces to 3000, but obviously with smaller spikes. It's overriding the software setting to bounce up momentarily.

It's also quite clearly a bug that can and should be fixed, so bringing attention to it is good.

Anecdotally, with fan at 3000 (75%) and everything else left stock, I'm running high 18xx boost stable at 64C. Of course this can vary by game.

Edit: The difference between 2000 and 3000 RPM constant.. At 2000 it's not audible from my seat position 3-4 feet away. At 3000 it's clearly into "wish it wasn't making that noise" territory, but not too bothersome. At full speed it's not something I'd tolerate.
 
Just a heads-up for the watercooling crowd: Derick from EK posted over on overclock.net that EK will be making blocks for the MSI Gaming 1080, Gigabyte Gaming 1080, and Asus Strix 1080, but not for the EVGA non-ref cards. If you want an EVGA card with a waterblock, you either need to wait for the Hydrocopper, or hope that someone else makes blocks for the Classi, FTW, etc.
 
lol everything I've heard and read about the Founder's Edition is telling me it's the worst version of the 1080 and should be avoided compared to all the presumably superior third party options.

Hilarious that NVIDIA wants to keep this card available throughout the life of the product when it's clearly going to be eclipsed by the others.
 
Skux said:
lol everything I've heard and read about the Founder's Edition is telling me it's the worst version of the 1080 and should be avoided compared to all the presumably superior third party options.

Hilarious that NVIDIA wants to keep this card available throughout the life of the product when it's clearly going to be eclipsed by the others.
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Maybe they just always knew that and wanted to find a way to get people to pay $100 more at launch. Pretty bad either way :/
 
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