Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 reviews and benchmarks
- Thread starter dgrdsv
- Start date
The FTW and other cards with custom PCBs should have much better overclocking potential than cards based on the reference design.
I don't even know what I just preordered. There's time later to figure it out.
At least from impressions that have come out for custom cards, it seems pascal in general sucks at overclocking compared to maxwell.
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Same here, haha. I just clicked the link and went through the check out process.
Turns out it's the FTW edition, which is what I was hoping to get (that or the SC edition, or ASUS's Strix).
Looks like the SC is up, too:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GAI6478/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I pre-ordered one of these, too, just in case. The final specs for the FTW aren't released yet, are they? Need to know the release date for both, too.
nice, wonder when the asus strix will be up
That's the one I'm waiting for
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Has there ever been a situation where the SC beat our the FTW in terms of performance out-of-the-box? Not terribly familiar with EVGA's product line. Is the FTW primarily just for people looking to tweak and overclock?
I believe the SC is based on the FE PCB, while the FTW and Classified have improved PCBs and power delivery.
Hopefully that is enough acronyms for you.
finalflame
Banned
Out of the box, no. The FTW is a higher clocked SKU than the SC.
Anecdotally, I had a FTW and an SC 980 in SLi, and on their own, the SC overclocked to higher overall clocks than the FTW, even though the FTW came overclocked higher stock. Just part of the silicon lottery.
WE NEED MOOOOOARRRR
Certainly, but only as a result of the Silicon lottery, and not related to the worse pcb, power delivery, and cooler found on SC vs the FTW. This is of course with some fooling around in afterburner. Out of the box an FTW should have a higher boost clock than an SC, but it is possible I suppose that a an SC might boost quite a bit higher than advertised out of the box, and beat an ftw out of the box if the FTW lost the Silicon lottery.
Edit: beaten by finalflame
I think the FTW and SC in the past had the same cooler though right? This years the FTW has the classified cooler it looks like, slightly wider with larger fans.
fwiw, there is a non-SC for $30 cheaper and comes with the same ACX 3.0 cooler so you could just overclock it yourself.
This the one I'm talking about -> http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6181-KR
I would either get that, or step up to the FTW.
This the one I'm talking about -> http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6181-KR
I would either get that, or step up to the FTW.
Yes previously SC and FTW had the same cooler.
I kind of dislike that it doesn't, as I was hoping to put an ftw in a hadron air, and I don't think it will fit. Hoping the 1070 ftw doesn't have the bulky pcb too.
Yeah this year I think it makes more sense to go FTW over SC, 30 bucks for better cooling, clocks and power section on a custom pcb.
Seeing some of the 1070 reviews is tempting me towards the 1080. It doesn't offer value for money really (50% more expensive for 25% more power), but it does seem to have a notable step up in performance which should translate into longer legs. Also while the 1070 seems to do well at 1440p, my monitor is 3440x1440 so a little extra stress. And for VR I'm not going to say no to a bit of extra downs amount to clean the image up
I preordered that one just in case. Will cancel once the ASUS Strix is available.
demigod
Member
jim2point0
Banned
Absolutely. Because I love to be able to downsample when possible. It makes games look so much better.
There's no such thing as overkill!
man it is huge
18c delta is pretty good. Hopefully EVGA isn't wasting their time adding fancy voltage stuff and you can do something with it.
That's even with that hybrid, which is not going to have as good performance as a 240 or 480 rad.
OldGangWarily
Member
I'm hoping that GN said that the FTW and the Hybrid is essentially the same means that there will be a hybrid cooler update available for the FTW cards.
Fair enough and I know there isn't but i'd be pretty content with a 980 at 1080 myself, i'd at least wait until the 1080ti and see what that offers for the price.
D
Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Just preordered the FTW!!
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Thanks for the responses regarding FTW vs SC. I'll probably stick with the FTW since it's not much more. Assuming the release dates are the same or close, that is.
Is the classified EVGAs top-end card?
AwesomeMeat
PossumMeat
Tempting but I think I'm still holding out on for the Strix
EDIT: I guess I should also wait for a newegg order anyways since I don't have to pay tax. I was about to preorder the FTW just in case but realized it is $40 in tax.
Last gen it was kingpin but it was announced later.
Gumbie
Member
Kingpin usually is.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Threw in a FTW preorder as a placeholder, will probably cancel when I can get an ASUS, Gigabyte, or MSI custom.
Hari Seldon
Member
Preordered that FTW. I want a 1070 but I'm getting impatient. I'll decide later on to cancel or not if I get a ship date.
$717 with tax. Woof.
DryvBy
Member
I know!! But this is the one I want. I just gotta save and sell my 670.
D
Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah I'm trying to not think about that part.
not yet
728.99 here in California :/
It is, in sweden
D
Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Whoa I just checked and my with my counties tax it was 739
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
To confirm... no water blocks will work with the FTW, correct?
Same. Have no GPU at the moment and dont know if I can wait. can cancel or return within a week if I change my mind
I paid $150 in sales tax (UK so 20% tax)
Philtastic
Member
Even if you run everything at 1080p. This ensures that even the most demanding games with all details and reasonable IQ settings turned up will have a minimum frame rate of 60. You can also shoot for higher than 60 fps and/or downsample. I am currently considering either the 1080 or whatever AMD is going to announce for 1080p for those reasons since one card still isn't good enough for 4K 60 fps.
Their project manager stated on Twitter that FTW and Classified wouldn't be included in step-up.