Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 reviews and benchmarks

Decided to check out the Amazon UK price on a whim, and EVGA have it up for £850, or $1230 dollars. Yeesh.

Funny enough though, they've got prices up on their EU website, and the most expensive it gets is 790 euros, or £608.
 
Ugh, when will best buy have more cards? Probably will take them forever. Want to use a 10% off coupon, and be able to return to a brick and mortar store if necessary.
 
Well, I put in Amazon pre-orders for all three EVGA models. Hopefully they actually go through for the release day (whenever that ends up being).
 
Hari Seldon said:
Isn't that the lesser version with the lower clock rates?
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Clock speed doesn't really matter if you're overclocking it to a certain point anyways, which you should.

Although I do know that EVGA's FTW brand has a reputation of Nvidia binning their cards in a way so that the FTW edition don't really overclock past the factory OC (and the better binned ones are then used for the Kingpin and beyond). I don't know if that also applies to ACX.3.0. If it doesn't, then it means you could potentially overclock it past a FTW.
 
Skel1ingt0n said:
To confirm... no water blocks will work with the FTW, correct?
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Well EVGA is manufacturing the water blocks for their 1000 line, and I haven't seen any information how to acquire the blocks or what cards support their blocks.

catabarez said:
What's the difference between the Classified and FTW?
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FTW and Classified are both custom PCBs, with the SC being reference. The Classified is just another step up from the FTW, I think FTW is 10 power phase for core and the Classified is 14. Which means more voltage and amps to the core.
 
Grief.exe said:
Well EVGA is manufacturing the water blocks for their 1000 line, and I haven't seen any information how to acquire the blocks or what cards support their blocks.



FTW and Classified are both custom PCBs, with the SC being reference. The Classified is just another step up from the FTW, I think FTW is 10 power phase for core and the Classified is 14. Which means more voltage and amps to the core.
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I preordered the $620 one with the shitty cooler. Should be reference PCB. I'll use EK's blocks on it.
 
I went ahead and threw a pre-order down on the FTW as "just in case". Hopefully I don't miss the Strix because I think I'd rather go that route. Though, I have previously been a big fan of the FTW models so I guess I'm covered. I just hate paying $40 in tax on Amazon.
 
Onaco said:
It says "1 additional PCI-Express 8-pin power connector is needed." On PCPartPicker.
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Well the power for the 8-pin connectors comes directly from the power supply, not the motherboard. Maybe it thinks your PSU doesn't have two 8-pin PCIe connectors? Even if it only has one, new cards generally come with an adapter that allows you to have an additional connector.
 
Grief.exe said:
I would say just wait for the Strix or EVGA to announce their waterblocks. The custom PCBs just allow for so much more potential under water with custom BIOS.
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How difficult is watercooled vs air? Does They often break etc?

Do you Need to do stuff with it to maintain it under good standard? I.e with a evga hybrid
 
Piggus said:
Well the power for the 8-pin connectors comes directly from the power supply, not the motherboard. Maybe it thinks your PSU doesn't have two 8-pin PCIe connectors? Even if it only has one, new cards generally come with an adapter that allows you to have an additional connector.
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Just to add to this, that motherboard requires one 8-pin connector, so your PSU needs a total of three 8-pin connectors to also run the 1080 FTW or Classified. You'll have to check your PSU to see how many you have, but like I said, you can also use adapters.
 
Grief.exe said:
Well EVGA is manufacturing the water blocks for their 1000 line, and I haven't seen any information how to acquire the blocks or what cards support their blocks.



FTW and Classified are both custom PCBs, with the SC being reference. The Classified is just another step up from the FTW, I think FTW is 10 power phase for core and the Classified is 14. Which means more voltage and amps to the core.
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Thanks Grief. May have to wait for the Classified.
 
Piggus said:
Well the power for the 8-pin connectors comes directly from the power supply, not the motherboard. Maybe it thinks your PSU doesn't have two 8-pin PCIe connectors? Even if it only has one, new cards generally come with an adapter that allows you to have an additional connector.
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I hate being still too new for this. I feel stupid now. The power supply I originally had died and had to be replaced, so now I wonder if my new one has that pin. Well, thank you so much for clarifying. I ordered the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX 3.0 for about $650 after tax.
 
Onaco said:
I hate being still too new for this. I feel stupid now. The power supply I originally had died and had to be replaced, so now I wonder if my new one has that pin. Well, thank you so much for clarifying. I ordered the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX 3.0 for about $650 after tax.
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No problem! :)
 
Ozorov said:
How difficult is watercooled vs air? Does They often break etc?

Do you Need to do stuff with it to maintain it under good standard? I.e with a evga hybrid
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EVGA Hybrid uses a CLC AIO solution. You don't need to do maintenance with these, but basically once they break or a lot of liquid has evapored, you can throw them in the trash.

If you want to go water but are afraid of a custom loop, get an expandable AIO like the Swiftech HXXX or the EK Predator. They are easy to setup but allow for adding other components like a GPU block, pumps, rads etc further down the line and you can refill them.

Custom will obviously deliver the best temps, highest customizability but naturally has a much higher entry barrier, higher maintenance and higher cost.
 
Vuze said:
EVGA Hybrid uses a CLC AIO solution. You don't need to do maintenance with these, but basically once they break or a lot of liquid has evapored, you can throw them in the trash.

If you want to go water but are afraid of a custom loop, get an expandable AIO like the Swiftech HXXX or the EK Predator. They are easy to setup but allow for adding other components like a GPU block, pumps, rads etc further down the line and you can refill them.

Custom will obviously deliver the best temps, highest customizability but naturally has a much higher entry barrier, higher maintenance and higher cost.
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Thx!
 
this is a really exciting time in gaming! Pascal just launched from Nvidia, Polaris is coming soon from AMD, launch details for that are being released TODAY at Computex, E3 is coming up in like ~2 weeks, there are new consoles coming soonish from Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft, VR is out on Steam and coming soon from Oculus and Sony, new software just keeps getting better and better, it's kind of a perfect storm for fantastic gaming news from all sides!

I'M HYPED AND WITH GOOD CAUSE!!!1 xD
 
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