icecold1983
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 reviews and benchmarks
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computerbase.de is banging out these reviews. workhorses
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Pretty pointless upgrade if you were to ask me (but why would you!!).. I upgraded from a 970 to the 1080 as it is a substantial upgrade for VR.. but anything above the 970 is purely just because you have to have it.
But is it really gamers asking for that shit or is that what manufacturers think gamers want? I have never met anyone who actually likes those green/blue LEDs on everything. Maybe it's something the younger generation wants.
Dreathlock
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1% faster and 4,5db less noise than the strix. And cheaper. Looks great!
Guru3D posted their MSI 1080 Gaming X review:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-geforce-gtx-1080-gaming-x-8g-review,1.html
Seems like a great cooler, too bad it's the most expensive (air cooled) card I've seen at least in Europe. Overclocking, as expected, is disappointing.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-geforce-gtx-1080-gaming-x-8g-review,1.html
Seems like a great cooler, too bad it's the most expensive (air cooled) card I've seen at least in Europe. Overclocking, as expected, is disappointing.
Or you could just slap a cheap AIO cooler and some VRAM heatsinks on it. I did this for my MSI 980 Ti because it has VRAM heatsinks of its own. Just installed a Corsair H55 and a G10 bracket on it. When overclocked to around 1500 (haven't bothered pushing it further yet) it stays around 66 degrees in the summer and 60 in the winter while being totally silent most of the time and a lot quieter than the stock fans on load.
I plan to move the same setup to the 1080 Ti or whatever comes next.
Seems like a much better deal than the Strix.
More quiet, better out-of-the-box perfromance, no significant difference in OC headroom, cheaper.
DOT DASH DOT
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What's pointless about an extra 20-30% and twice the VR power over a ti?
Unknown Soldier
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No. People who are buying $700 GPUs aren't going to not max every game out.
This is the one I bought, and it looks like I made a good choice
Anyway, I bought it for several reasons, first general reason being that I already have a 970 Gaming card now, and I like it a lot.
The other reason is that the balance between power, noise and temperature is very important, so seeing those noise and temp benchmarks makes me very happy.
A 1080, good frametimes and multi projection will ensure good VR times ahead.
Now my only worry is the 3770k..
daninthemix
Member
Is this the quietest card so far?
If you can run 2 980s then you can run every single 1080 out there.
The FE needs 1 8-pin, most partner cards need either 1 8 pin and 1 6 pin or 2 8 pin, and a few insane cards you shouldn't buy need 2 8 pin and 1 6 pin.
Dreathlock
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So right now it looks like the strix is NOT the card to get. 
42,5db is not acceptable in my build.
Waiting for a Zotac Amp Extreme review. After that i will decide what i will buy. Hopefully the zotac will be <35db.
42,5db is not acceptable in my build. Waiting for a Zotac Amp Extreme review. After that i will decide what i will buy. Hopefully the zotac will be <35db.
Because a 980Ti at 3440x1440 or 4K isn't enough. My 980ti overclocks to 1400mhz and that's still at least 10fps slower then a 2ghz 1080.
Plus the resell rate is higher now then it will be by the time the 1080Ti comes out, this 1080 will cost me less then half price.
It's those who constantly blow their money on Titan's that are wasting their time imo.
noomi
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Damn 1 8pin only? Sweet!
Thanks for the reply, I'm thinking this will be the last time I do an SLI configuration, one card for me from now on. Will probably wait for the Ti version to hit first.
Right now my 980's are still putting in work, the only shame is that they are only 4GB
chromatic9
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MSI have some great coolers. I own the MSI 970 gaming, very quiet and cool compared to others at the time.
With these crazy prices, FE crap and limited stock just selling out, it's really hard to see if or when this will ease off. I could sell my 970 for a good price but might have to wait longer than I want to get a MSI 1070 at a reasonable price. If I hold on to my 970 it could really drop in value so I can't buy the 1070
Asus did say they'll be putting up a 1080 strix on June 4 at $619-640 but it seems they've edited it to just June 4 now, no mention of the pricing.
With these crazy prices, FE crap and limited stock just selling out, it's really hard to see if or when this will ease off. I could sell my 970 for a good price but might have to wait longer than I want to get a MSI 1070 at a reasonable price. If I hold on to my 970 it could really drop in value so I can't buy the 1070
Asus did say they'll be putting up a 1080 strix on June 4 at $619-640 but it seems they've edited it to just June 4 now, no mention of the pricing.
Resolution
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Looks like the MSI is the one to get for me, just need a word on price and release date for the US.
If they want 4k 60 then they're going to have to.
dgrdsv
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Amazon have FTW up for £589 cheapest I've seen it https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01GBX86U0/ and Superclocked for £560 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GBX8X5S/
But then you could make the argument that the 970 can also do 4K fine.
KillerDark
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Pretty tempted to get a 1080... My 780 is starting to show it's age for sure. Not sure if it's worth waiting for 1080ti for future proofing but yea... Don't care about VR at all, don't have a 4k monitor either.
DryvBy
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Literally at this point unless you're going LN2 it looks like all the Cards will reach at least 2Ghz but will be unable to hit 2.1 or higher, at least not stable for enough time.
So it'll be down to coolers imo. Gaming ACX 3.0 looks be to decent enough so that's the one I've ordered and I'll max OC it during games. Don't waste money on Superclocked cards which have the same everything else.
It depends on whether they use binned parts in the variants.
Probably not. Most of the time all the hoopla about factory overclocks and 1 billion power phases is bullshit, what matters is that the cooler can handle whatever you throw at it so the card doesn't throttle even when overclocked.
I expect that manufacturers have mostly just recycled their 980 Ti coolers for the 1080 cards and as the 1080 has much lower power consumption even the air coolers should be adequate for them whereas the 980 Tis were bordering on turning either into jet engines or just good enough to stay reasonably quiet under load.
Not really.
Turn down the settings to low and you can get 4K 30FPS.
Sir Abacus
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Having more power phases means your VRMs are cooler which means they can carry more power. Did we forget Furmark melting a 275 back in the day?
That are also preorders. That shit blows my mind.
I was under the impression the 980ti works really well with VR, I only have experience from a 970 perspective and the 1080 massively out performs this card. I wasn't aware it was twice the power of a ti in VR.
There have been benchmarks showing the 1080 can get 4k 60 on many modern games on high settings, and on max in the mid 40's.
Why does everyone think you have to max out settings in every damn game?
Depends a lot more on what quality power phase components they are cramming on the board as that can apparently vary quite a bit. Nevertheless, pretty much all cards should have enough of them for any normal overclocking needs so at this point it's more of another metric they can market. I don't think anyone has tested if the cards with tons of power phases actually have less heat on the VRMs than those that don't.
Aren't paper launches just the greatest!
It's only twice the power if the game supports multi projection. Right now though, no games support it.
Because it muddies discussion. When you say that a card can games fine at a certain resolution with no other context, I assume it means maxed. And for good reason because if not then a lot of cards can fall under that bracket like I just showed with the 970.
Are the custom cards also being paper launched or should there be ample stock this time?
There's a difference between wanting to run something with high settings and 60fps at native resolution and sacrificing most of the graphics just to get a playable experience.
True, Id just rather it be said that a card can do X resolution if you turn down some settings vs just saying that a card can do X resolution with no other details if it cant run it maxed out. One provides the whole story and another doesnt.
I would always assume paper launches unless otherwise specified, or the launch comes and there is ample supply to fulfill many orders in the early hours of launch day.
Still waiting on EVGA waterblocks information.
I don't have the link but EVGA said there will be water blocks for the FTW and Classy, just not from EK. No ETA.
ugh, this is so bullshit.
The Strix pretty much wont be available on the 4th then, just as I originally thought.
Forgive my lack of knowledge here - does this mean the FTW is "capable" of having a waterblock installed (in lieu of the fans), or will come preinstalled with a waterblock (and fans)? Man, how does this stuff even work? I ordered this card when it was seconds of being available on Amazon, and hoping now it doesn't require me to now install a waterblock system (as I don't have one and don't feel like having to purchase one).
draughn101
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I don't think they could supply enough to meet demand anyway. This is the first AIB card, it's going to sell like crazy. Monitor these forums and you could still get one at launch
AwesomeMeat
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Capable. What you will receive from Amazon is a card with only fans.