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[Sutton Dagger]

Is there a list for which cards have a single 8 pin and which have more?

And whats the news on coil sounds for these cards, any thing said in any reviews yet?

This is what I need to know, it seems like with some more power and better cooling these things could overclock ridiculously well.

Edit: thanks guys. Guess I'm not giving gigabyte my money as the G1 only has an 8pin.

Any early indications about the best cards?

 

[Sanjay]

Thanks dr_rus.

 

[Hawk269]

Ah, I see. The FE ships first but every GPU variant has been shown now. Thanks.

Yup. So much for those that were yelling at the top of their lungs that we are stuck with the founders editions only for a while. It is amusing that all these variants of the 1080 are being revealed when many in this thread were almost in tears about Nvidia forcing the FE down peoples throat, where some of the more level headed people were saying to wait, that AIB partners will have things to show soon or just don't buy the FE if you think it is a rip-off.

I am personally waiting to see what the cards that have more power added to them are able to accomplish with over clocking. It should be interesting to say the least.

 

[drotahorror]

Kind of annoyed (but happy) that amazon never had the 1080's all day (except for a couple minutes when the gigabyte one popped). Who knows if they'll even get the custom ones on their release day. They sure as shit didn't get the reference ones.

I knew I should have waited (and will since I didn't order one) but I'm building a new PC tomorrow so it would have been great to get my old PC setup and game-ready for my family that I'll be giving it to. Now they'll have to wait a couple weeks.

 

[Bboy AJ]

Yup. So much for those that were yelling at the top of their lungs that we are stuck with the founders editions only for a while. It is amusing that all these variants of the 1080 are being revealed when many in this thread were almost in tears about Nvidia forcing the FE down peoples throat, where some of the more level headed people were saying to wait, that AIB partners will have things to show soon or just don't buy the FE if you think it is a rip-off.

I am personally waiting to see what the cards that have more power added to them are able to accomplish with over clocking. It should be interesting to say the least.

Yup. I am ok with this. It isn't ideal but it is reasonable. Now I don't feel like I'll be waiting until August for my 1070. Feels good, man.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Hold out for that 1080 Ti, bro. I bet it lands at the end of the year or very early 2017.

This is not a good bet. The 980 Ti was around this time last year.

 

[Technosteve]

where's the water cooled models??????????

 

[Wallach]

This is not a good bet. The 980 Ti was around this time last year.

Yeah, but the 980 launch was in September.

 

[Mifec]

where's the water cooled models??????????

 

[LostDonkey]

Fuck these are expensive.

£640 for the 1080FTW.

 

[dgrdsv]

This is not a good bet. The 980 Ti was around this time last year.

I'm expecting GP102 cards a bit sooner than 2017 or even end of the year. But the question of their prices remain. I personally don't feel like spending >$700 on a videocard no matter how good it is.

 

[Technosteve]

And so I wait

 

[Mifec]

And so I wait

It's a custom board this time too.

 

[Hellix]

I cant believe I was able to buy a 1080. I attempted to buy one with my cellphone at 6am and by the time I try to finalize the purchase they tell me sorry but they are all sold out. My first break at 9am comes and I check my email on my phone and I have a message from nvidia telling me that I still have something in my checkout. I pick up where I left off and click the finalize button and it tells me purchase confirmed and charges my card.

Same here. I was spamming F5 on EVGA's website from 9am est until I got through at about noon. Can't wait for that FTW.

 

[SneakyStephan]

It seems like a few of them (the msi, the basic evga one) just use the potato reference PCB but with a good cooler.

Better than the reference at least, but still power limited

 

[Bboy AJ]

What's a hybrid? Is it air and water cooled? My case has bad airflow. Node 304. I wonder if I should get a reference cooler tbh since my current fan gpu seems hot. Maybe I could get a hybrid? Are they more money than they're worth?

I'm not well learned. Sorry for the questions.

I wish I could pay someone to clean up my case cabling and make it as efficient as possible.

 

[Sir Abacus]

What's a hybrid? Is it air and water cooled?

Die is water cooled, VRM and memory is air cooled.

My case has bad airflow. Node 304. I wonder if I should get a reference cooler tbh since my current fan gpu seems hot. Maybe I could get a hybrid? Are they more money than they're worth?

I'm not well learned. Sorry for the questions.

I've built a Node 304 before. There's no way you fit a CPU cooler and a radiator + fan for a GPU in a Node 304 given then only >=120mm mount in the back right next to where the CPU cooler will be. You're on air. But it shouldn't really be relevant because the Node 304 has side air vents for the GPU air intake.

Where do you live? Anywhere in New England area?

 

[Bboy AJ]

But it shouldn't really be relevant because the Node 304 has side air vents for the GPU air intake.

Ah, cool. You made me feel better. The Hyper 212 barely, barely fits over the super, super low profile RAM. Things all fit. It just needs someone to really clean up the cabling.

I don't live in New England right now

 

[Technosteve]

I hope the hybrid is super quite for my mini itx build. Planning to by a N1 case

 

[Bboy AJ]

I hope the hybrid is super quite for my mini itx build. Planning to by a N1 case

Maybe I should get this M1 instead of my Node.

 

[demigod]

Whats the db level and temp compared to air?

 

[badb0y]

I just got out of work. Any news on dat hydrocopper?

 

[Mifec]

I hope the hybrid is super quite for my mini itx build. Planning to by a N1 case

The last one was, you might wanna replace the fan on the radiator though.

 

[3pic]

 

[Shifty Capone1]

Seems the consensus is to get the EVGA FTW or wait for the hybrid cooled? Someone earlier said one of the Asus models is coming June 4th?

 

[Mifec]

Hybrid is probably gonna be FE price though. Which I guess is ok if you don't mind paying extra.

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

I am new to this but I am waiting for the Hybrid myself. I can't afford full on water cooling but I would like to try my hand at overclocking for the first time and I think this would give me enough headroom at my skill level.

For the more knowledgeable does that sound like a good plan?

 

[Decado]

What does FTW mean?

Will there be new models a few months down the road?

 

[Piggus]

What does FTW mean?

Will there be new models a few months down the road?

For the win.

Man some of you guys must be new to the internet or something.

 

[Decado]

For the win.

Man some of you guys must be new to the internet or something.

There is an EVGA model called "for the win"?

 

[Chanser]

Sadly, yes.

 

[mike6467]

There is an EVGA model called "for the win"?

EVGA's marketing never made it out of the mid 00's. Stay tuned for their new Roflcopter tech, which enhances multiplayer performance and makes opponents look silly.

 

[Sir Abacus]

I am new to this but I am waiting for the Hybrid myself. I can't afford full on water cooling but I would like to try my hand at overclocking for the first time and I think this would give me enough headroom at my skill level.

For the more knowledgeable does that sound like a good plan?

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.

 

[Shrike Alvaron]

I hope the hybrid is super quite for my mini itx build. Planning to by a N1 case

Maybe I should get this M1 instead of my Node.

The EVGA 1080 Hybrid WILL NOT work in the Ncase M1. For one, the board is simply too tall. With power connectors plugged in most of these custom PCB cards will simply not fit in the M1 due to its small width. The Hybrid has the additional problem of the tubes protruding out of the side, there's simply no way it would fit in the M1.

In fact, this is an issue that's becoming apparent with most if not ALL of the custom PCB cards. They're simply too tall to fit in the M1. If you have or are getting an M1 I highly recommend getting a card with a reference PCB; the MSI Sea Hawk seems to be the most ideal choice for the M1 because of this. Yes it won't overclock as high since they only have the single 8 pin power connector, but we're talking about tiny ITX cases here. They simply don't have the airflow for insane overclocks anyway.

 

[EatChildren]

Pretty much all GPU marketing and designs are tacky as fuck.

Very nice to see the upclocked model details trickle in. This is where I'm interested.

 

[Appleman]

Pretty much all GPU marketing and designs are tacky as fuck.

Very nice to see the upclocked model details trickle in. This is where I'm interested.

Yep, the fuck is this shit:

"iChiLL"
"HerculeZ"
"AIR BOSS"
..that 4th fan?

 

[Onemic]

Any announcements on AIB card release dates?

 

[Sir Abacus]

..that 4th fan?

There's two heatpipes running over the VRM setup which leads to that top fan. The top fan then blows air over the heatpipes to actively cool the VRMs.

 

[OldGangWarily]

Man! How many different 1080s is he getting?! xD

 

[Nyteshade517]

Man! How many different 1080s is he getting?! xD

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

There's two heatpipes running over the VRM setup which leads to that top fan. The top fan then blows air over the heatpipes to actively cool the VRMs.

So is the 3rd fan completely useless? Seems like you could just attach the main heatsink to that spot also.

 

[jony_m]

Yep, the fuck is this shit:

"iChiLL"
"HerculeZ"
"AIR BOSS"
..that 4th fan?

Just needs JDM underglow lights and a shopping cart spoiler.

 

[CyberPunked]

I'll be very interested to see how much we're generally able to push these cards. I'm hoping for 2000Mhz core clock on the evga ftw. This should be easy as this card has a stock clock of 1871Mhz.

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

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.

Isn't it a custom board this time though?

 

[paskowitz]

The EVGA 1080 Hybrid WILL NOT work in the Ncase M1. For one, the board is simply too tall. With power connectors plugged in most of these custom PCB cards will simply not fit in the M1 due to its small width. The Hybrid has the additional problem of the tubes protruding out of the side, there's simply no way it would fit in the M1.

In fact, this is an issue that's becoming apparent with most if not ALL of the custom PCB cards. They're simply too tall to fit in the M1. If you have or are getting an M1 I highly recommend getting a card with a reference PCB; the MSI Sea Hawk seems to be the most ideal choice for the M1 because of this. Yes it won't overclock as high since they only have the single 8 pin power connector, but we're talking about tiny ITX cases here. They simply don't have the airflow for insane overclocks anyway.

Do you know the exact dimensions of the 1080 Hybrid?

 

[Sir Abacus]

So is the 3rd fan completely useless? Seems like you could just attach the main heatsink to that spot also.

Not really. Here's what the 980 Ti version looks like from underneath.

So all three fans are trying to get air through the die/VRAM heatsink.

Isn't it a custom board this time though?

Fingers crossed.

 

[Mifec]

Isn't it a custom board this time though?

It is

 

[Sir Abacus]

Woot.

 

[Technosteve]

The EVGA 1080 Hybrid WILL NOT work in the Ncase M1. For one, the board is simply too tall. With power connectors plugged in most of these custom PCB cards will simply not fit in the M1 due to its small width. The Hybrid has the additional problem of the tubes protruding out of the side, there's simply no way it would fit in the M1.

In fact, this is an issue that's becoming apparent with most if not ALL of the custom PCB cards. They're simply too tall to fit in the M1. If you have or are getting an M1 I highly recommend getting a card with a reference PCB; the MSI Sea Hawk seems to be the most ideal choice for the M1 because of this. Yes it won't overclock as high since they only have the single 8 pin power connector, but we're talking about tiny ITX cases here. They simply don't have the airflow for insane overclocks anyway.

I have to check the width but the 980 TI hybrid fits into the M1 case just fine. The radiator is fitted to the side plate. I have seen a lot of build that use a aio CPU cooler and a aio card.

The water cooling for itx is to maintain low noise with low temps.

 

[Mifec]

Woot.

Didn't the 2 pin connectors already give it away?