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[Shifty Capone1]

I am just going to assume the Asus Strix won't be going in Amazon tomorrow? I just want to pre order!

 

[wumster3000]

Oh my god.

Can't believe people trying to convince others the reference card is as good as the better AIB ones. It's actually worse than any of the AIB cards out there.

Lol at the guy saying 'only the cooler is worse'. Do you seriously not realize the significance of that?

Also, the guy with the 1080 FE should return it now. He's obviously not 100% happy now and that feeling will only get worse in the future. Do yourself a favour man, take it back, buy a superior non-reference card, pocket the change.

I can agree with this. I am not happy reading some of the post in this thread and around the internet. I really do appreciate everyone here that has given their opinion and have shared facts on the matter. I am thinking hard about it. I have the card right next to me and it's so hard not slapping this baby inside my machine. I'm just looking at it now not knowing what the F I should do. I am leaning heavily towards sending it back. I haven't opened the GPU box to view the contents inside because I know once I see it, it's going in.

People that bought the FE had plenty of warning that it would be the 1080 that costs the most and performs the worst. Probably no sense in telling them to send it back now.

You cut me real deep Jim.

 

[draughn101]

I am just going to assume the Asus Strix won't be going in Amazon tomorrow? I just want to pre order!

Who knows? I thought a Saturday release date was pretty weird.

 

[DOT DASH DOT]

Might as well buy a GALAX clown card at this point too :^)

I should post this everytime it's mentioned!

 

[Flandy]

I should post this everytime it's mentioned!

what the fuck is that abomination?

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

I am just going to assume the Asus Strix won't be going in Amazon tomorrow? I just want to pre order!

It might, who knows. But you should know that they may have risen the price...

If the rumors of Asus raising the price of the STRIX is true then they've just lost a sale from me now and in the future.

I don't understand why they would do this when they had to have priced the card for a profit in the first place and they have a LOT of popularity atm. They could have dominated this series release easily along with the price/perf that they had which would have translated to much more sales in the long run. Now, if they do this, they will just lose a lot of faith and popularity with many potential customers who will just go with a cheaper similar performing card anyway because the OC potential of this series of cards looks to be minimal in real world results anyway. They had a really good wave of PR going and it would have only gotten stronger from word of mouth so why on earth would they throw sand bags in it's path?

I don't know, maybe my anger is coming from the fact that I run a business myself but I try to run it as fairly and just as possible. Which works btw.

 

[DOT DASH DOT]

what the fuck is that abomination?

It's the Galax 'reference blower' lol

 

[hohoXD123]

I can agree with this. I am not happy reading some of the post in this thread and around the internet. I really do appreciate everyone here that has given their opinion and have shared facts on the matter. I am thinking hard about it. I have the card right next to me and it's so hard not slapping this baby inside my machine. I'm just looking at it now not knowing what the F I should do. I am leaning heavily towards sending it back. I haven't opened the GPU box to view the contents inside because I know once I see it, it's going in.


You cut me real deep Jim.

How long are you planning to keep the GPU for? If you're gonna keep it for several years it would be silly not to return it.

 

[wumster3000]

How long are you planning to keep the GPU for? If you're gonna keep it for several years it would be silly not to return it.

If there is a jump like the 980 to 1080 with their next card, i'll more than likely buy it. Or if AMD can pull me back to them.

 

[TheExodu5]

I can agree with this. I am not happy reading some of the post in this thread and around the internet. I really do appreciate everyone here that has given their opinion and have shared facts on the matter. I am thinking hard about it. I have the card right next to me and it's so hard not slapping this baby inside my machine. I'm just looking at it now not knowing what the F I should do. I am leaning heavily towards sending it back. I haven't opened the GPU box to view the contents inside because I know once I see it, it's going in.


You cut me real deep Jim.

If you don't mind spending extra money and really want it now, you could also buy an aftermarket cooler once they're out. They're generally not cheap though.

 

[Onemic]

Oh my god.

Can't believe people trying to convince others the reference card is as good as the better AIB ones. It's actually worse than any of the AIB cards out there.

Lol at the guy saying 'only the cooler is worse'. Do you seriously not realize the significance of that?

Also, the guy with the 1080 FE should return it now. He's obviously not 100% happy now and that feeling will only get worse in the future. Do yourself a favour man, take it back, buy a superior non-reference card, pocket the change.

Read his posts. He isnt

 

[demigod]

I can agree with this. I am not happy reading some of the post in this thread and around the internet. I really do appreciate everyone here that has given their opinion and have shared facts on the matter. I am thinking hard about it. I have the card right next to me and it's so hard not slapping this baby inside my machine. I'm just looking at it now not knowing what the F I should do. I am leaning heavily towards sending it back. I haven't opened the GPU box to view the contents inside because I know once I see it, it's going in.


You cut me real deep Jim.

And here i thought you were happy with it. If you dont plan on adding a block or AIO to it i suggest you return it.

 

[shark sandwich]

I should post this everytime it's mentioned!

This is the most hideous computer component I've ever seen. Like they started with the ugliest blower cooler they could conceive of, then decided to decorate it by putting a CG juggalo decal on it.

 

[Shifty Capone1]

Who is buying all these Founders cards? They keep popping up and selling so quickly

 

[Haroon]

Who is buying all these Founders cards? They keep popping up and selling so quickly

It's me. I've been buying all of them to keep you away from buying a cheaper card.

 

[Cartman86]

Who is buying all these Founders cards? They keep popping up and selling so quickly

I have no doubt it's devs, installations, movie studios etc. who are doing VR stuff.

 

[paskowitz]

Looks like Zotac is going to sell the AMP! EXTREME with a waterblock out of the box.

I hope I am not the only one, but I feel like just about every single custom 1080/1070 is damn ugly. Like worse than previous generations.

Asus:

980 Ti Strix vs 1080 Strix (not that bad...)

Gigabyte:

980 Ti G1 vs 1080 G1 (WTF happened?)

980 Ti XTREME vs 1080 XTREME

EVGA:
980 Ti Classified vs 1080 Classified (because armor plating is so hot right now)

It isn't that hard...

*gold color not withstanding

 

[x3sphere]

Looks like Zotac is going to sell the AMP! EXTREME with a waterblock out of the box.

I hope I am not the only one, but I feel like just about every single custom 1080/1070 is damn ugly. Like worse than previous generations.

I concur. It's like all the manufactures tried to be more edgy with their designs. Not even a big fan of the FE - I preferred the old Nvidia reference design, more elegant even if it was getting a bit old.

 

[Weevilone]

Try FurMark for synthetic benchmark.

For regular benchmark, I'd try Unigine Valley at 4K Ultra with all settings maxed and just let it loop ad nauseum.

I let Unigine Heaven go and it kept GPU at 99-100% for a long time, 30-40 minutes. My FE card was stuck at 1695MHz the whole time, no dips from that. Temps stayed below 80C and fan was hard to gauge since I think it was revving up due to the bug.

That's with everything stock, no fan / voltage / temp adjustments. So far I've not found a game that pushes the GPU hard enough to throttle it below the stock boost clock.

 

[SneakyStephan]

Sure, but it's not "worse in every possible way". The only thing worse about it is the cooler and the price. The benefit is you get to have one ~3 weeks before everyone else. To some, it's worth the premium (me).

It overclocks the same, it can not throttle itself the same, it essentially is the same.

Non-reference PCBs promise more power phases and additional power pins, but I doubt this will deliver higher overclocks to 99% of people who buy them.

The pcb is also worse, it's a 700 dollar gpu for gods sake and they put a potato cooler on it, there is no justifying that

 

[holygeesus]

The pcb is also worse, it's a 700 dollar gpu for gods sake and they put a potato cooler on it, there is no justifying that

But, but you get it 3 weeks before everyone else!

It blows my mind that people even care about that. Who can't wait 3 weeks?

 

[Flandy]

Are the founders editions garbage if you don't plan on overclocking them or SLI them? I think I heard that they're good for SLI because they're rear exaughst or something?

 

[draughn101]

Anyone know what the Gigabyte release dates are?

Weird that it's the only AIB card with an autonotify on newegg.

NEWEGG

 

[Brandon F]

I hope I am not the only one, but I feel like just about every single custom 1080/1070 is damn ugly. Like worse than previous generations.

Eesh. Not alone. Am holding out for the custom Gigabyte to replace my current one, but wow those look terrible.

 

[Filth]

Anyone know what the Gigabyte release dates are?

Weird that it's the only AIB card with an autonotify on newegg.

NEWEGG

I want to preorder the Asus 1080 strixxxxxxx

 

[quesalupa]

I want to preorder the Asus 1080 strixxxxxxx

Me and you both. C'mon Asus.

 

[draughn101]

I want to preorder the Asus 1080 strixxxxxxx

I'm buying whatever gets out first. Zotac excluded

 

[knitoe]

Are the founders editions garbage if you don't plan on overclocking them or SLI them? I think I heard that they're good for SLI because they're rear exaughst or something?

Why would you not want to overclock? It's as simple as just moving 2 sliders. And, the reference blower cooler are only good if you case has poor airflow and trap hot air inside. Otherwise, an aftermarket cooler are better for every other situation.

 

[Paganmoon]

Who is buying all these Founders cards? They keep popping up and selling so quickly

Webhallen here in Sweden has had the FE cards in stock for a few days now. Doesn't seem to be able to move them at all. People now seem to know to wait for the custom cards to arrive.

 

[pelican]

Think I'm going to go for the EVGA FTW model.

 

[ShogunDarius]

I should post this everytime it's mentioned!

such an ugly demon clown, I cant believe that image was greenlighted.

 

[Teknopathetic]

"such an ugly demon clown, I cant believe that image was greenlighted."

It really does hearken back to early 2000s graphics card box art in all the right

Spoiler

wrong

ways.

 

[Dreathlock]

I'm buying whatever gets out first. Zotac excluded

Why? The AMP Extreme could be very good.

 

[Haano]

Think I'm going to go for the EVGA FTW model.

Yes thats also the model I've gone for due to EVGAs excellent warranty and the fact its one of the cheapest on amazon uk

 

[ShogunDarius]

"such an ugly demon clown, I cant believe that image was greenlighted."

It really does hearken back to early 2000s graphics card box art in all the right

Spoiler

wrong

ways.

I vaguely remember, was it PCI vs AGP cards?

 

[mrklaw]

Anyone thinking this will be the card to last them several years should consider that we might have a couple of turbulent years ahead as new tech like HBM becomes more mainstream, and AMD/Nvidia mature these new processes and produce bigger chips on them.

1080 is very powerful but it's only a 300sqmm chip. 980ti is twice the size. So potentially some big gains still to come

 

[Mad Season]

Good idea to wait for the AIB (custom MSI/Gigabyte/ASUS/EVGA/etc) cards. Higher default boost clocks, quieter/better coolers, and cheaper.

FE is a terrible value.

What does aib stand for?

 

[Xyber]

What does aib stand for?

Add-in-board.

 

[drotahorror]

Pretty ridiculous that Asus nor retailers know if they'll get the STRIX tomorrow.

What a horrible ass launch, garbage time to build a PC.

 

[Grechy34]

I've got the FE. I've added 225 extra on the core, 400 on the memory. The AIB cards are probably going to be better - they always are but I like the fact the heat is dispelled from the back of the case and I've still managed to get a nice overclock out of mine. Calling it inferior? Well there's always going to be something better around the corner. Don't come on GAF to justify your purchase. At the end of the day you've still got yourself a killer card.

 

[Finaika]

Anyone thinking this will be the card to last them several years should consider that we might have a couple of turbulent years ahead as new tech like HBM becomes more mainstream, and AMD/Nvidia mature these new processes and produce bigger chips on them.

1080 is very powerful but it's only a 300sqmm chip. 980ti is twice the size. So potentially some big gains still to come

How long will this card last?

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Anyone thinking this will be the card to last them several years should consider that we might have a couple of turbulent years ahead as new tech like HBM becomes more mainstream, and AMD/Nvidia mature these new processes and produce bigger chips on them.

1080 is very powerful but it's only a 300sqmm chip. 980ti is twice the size. So potentially some big gains still to come

What do you think is might be a possible timeline for such changes? I wanna build a powerful rig for VR, but stuff like this makes me hesitate.

 

[mrklaw]

What do you think is might be a possible timeline for such changes? I wanna build a powerful rig for VR, but stuff like this makes me hesitate.

I'm not saying it won't last - it's the most powerful single GPU out there so it's a great card. But I do think it'll be superseded in raw power by quite some margin within a couple of years, and I think the price will come down when the 1080ti arrives (current pricing is taking advantage of the fact it has no competition)

As long as you go in eyes open then you'll be fine. You're paying a notable premium that for performance and that's ok.

For VR it should be a great card if the VR optimisations get good support (which they should). Should easily power the current VR headsets until the next gen comes out

 

[dgrdsv]

It's the Galax 'reference blower' lol

It's not reference blower, btw, it's Galax's blower which isn't the same as on reference.

 

[hohoXD123]

Anyone thinking this will be the card to last them several years should consider that we might have a couple of turbulent years ahead as new tech like HBM becomes more mainstream, and AMD/Nvidia mature these new processes and produce bigger chips on them.

1080 is very powerful but it's only a 300sqmm chip. 980ti is twice the size. So potentially some big gains still to come

I mean, as long as I can play the latest titles maxed at 1440p/60fps then it probably will last me several years. Do you see improvements in GPU tech preventing that when we've still got several years of PS4/X1? Would be surprised if their upgraded versions get exclusive multiplatform games, even then this card is well beyond their capabilities. I'm not really one to get tech envy when the current tech I have is doing fine for my needs.

 

[Paganmoon]

So Webhallen seem to have confirmed they'll get Asus Strix 1080 on the 9:th, 15 cards, they've got a few hundred pre-orders though. So supply seems very limited. Hope I was quick enough on the button when they were put up for order.

 

[Ianan]

Any reports on coil whine issues or such yet? I want to get an ASUS 1080 but I've heard there have been coil whine issues with their cards in the past.

 

[dgrdsv]

I mean, as long as I can play the latest titles maxed at 1440p/60fps then it probably will last me several years. Do you see improvements in GPU tech preventing that when we've still got several years of PS4/X1? Would be surprised if their upgraded versions get exclusive multiplatform games, even then this card is well beyond their capabilities. I'm not really one to get tech envy when the current tech I have is doing fine for my needs.

You won't be able to play latest titles maxed out in 1440 on 60 fps on one 1080 even today. Games will also improve graphically because of console updates in the next couple of years. I wouldn't count on 1080 being the top dog for more than half a year anyway.

 

[Herr Starr]

You won't be able to play latest titles maxed out in 1440 on 60 fps on one 1080 even today.

Yes you will. Even a GTX 1080 without overclocking can run these games at 1440p well above 60 fps. There are plenty of benchmarks out there to show this. The only time you'll dip below is if you start venturing into 4K, and even there the 1080 is pretty competent.

Just look at the plentiful benchmarks out there. The GTX 1080 doesn't even break a sweat handling 1440p, and you've still got the OC potential.

 

[mrklaw]

I mean, as long as I can play the latest titles maxed at 1440p/60fps then it probably will last me several years. Do you see improvements in GPU tech preventing that when we've still got several years of PS4/X1? Would be surprised if their upgraded versions get exclusive multiplatform games, even then this card is well beyond their capabilities. I'm not really one to get tech envy when the current tech I have is doing fine for my needs.

Me neither so I think I'd be happy with a 1070 or 1080, and then ride out the next 2-3 years and upgrade to a hopefully monster GPU depending what VR gen 2 needs. I'm also pretty ok with dropping detail settings or even (gasp) 30fps depending on the game.

My head is telling me to get a 1070 even though it might struggle with 3440x1440 at 60fps maxed, my heart is saying get a 1080