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[Vuze]

The fuck? So going by this the HB SLI bridge is totally useless?
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080_SLI/22.html

E: Ah, conclusion provides more insight. Useful for reducing stuttering at 5K or 4k beyond 60fps.

 

[Unstable]

Legit question, is there a purpose to enabling AA if you are going to downsample from 2k to 1080p?

2k is nearly the same amount of pixels as 1080p. Even at 4k aliasing is still present, albeit much less noticeable. Enabling FXAA (Yes I'm serious) or SMAA can really improve overall IQ @ 4k.


Edit:

Yeah, I noticed Guru3D had theirs set to FXAA instead of SSAA. After work, I'm going to run it again. I had a ton of PC issues before this so I was making sure my CPU wasn't in the need of an RMA.

If you had SSAA x4 on, the game was running basically at 4K (not quite, but still in the ballpark in terms of performance cost)

Your PC seems to be performing extremely well all things considered =P

 

[Hari Seldon]

Some EVGA cards popping up and off newegg it looks like. Maybe next week is looking better for the amazon preorders.

 

[LogicStep]

Well, I got refunded from the card order. ETA end of July. Damn it! It said it shipped and now this? I don't get it.

 

[demigod]

Damn, that sucks zazrx, it was up for a while too.

Guy who got the Gigabyte Xtreme posted this. Gigabyte xtreme is running at 2062mhz out of the box through Valley and heaven benchmarks at 59C max, that is with the stock fan profile.

 

[LogicStep]

Damn, that sucks zazrx, it was up for a while too.

Guy who got the Gigabyte Xtreme posted this. Gigabyte xtreme is running at 2062mhz out of the box through Valley and heaven benchmarks at 59C max, that is with the stock fan profile.

Yeah sure does. I guess making these cards is really hard for there to be such big stock problems.

That Gigabyte card sure looks good.

 

[coolasj19]

Couldn't you buy a Display port to HDMI to at least get some use out of your "$450 paperweight"?

Nope, already bought one and it didn't work. It literally won't accept anything except a DisplayPort signal. It's really good at holding paper down though. I wasn't being sarcastic about that. It's fine though I guess. My integrated graphics are doing maxed 720p on my old games.

EVGA's product manager saying US retailers like Newegg and Amazon should start getting stock of EVGA cards next week. Fingers crossed. Hopefully that includes the FTW.

Thought it was this week... Haha. Feels like Persona 5 all over again.

 

[Jin]

Got my Evga FTW here at work. The card is fucking enormous. Biggest GPU I've had. My last two GPU's were reference because I got too impatient and just bought them as soon as they were available. But this is...something else. I'm hoping it doesn't sag when I pop this into my PC tonight.

 

[billythemule]

Legit question, is there a purpose to enabling AA if you are going to downsample from 2k to 1080p?

I take it you mean 4K? That depends on the game and how much pixel crawling there is. Whenever I've done it, the game looks so crispy and clean that I wasn't sure anti aliasing was necessary (since you're getting 4 samples for every pixel). For Battlefield 4, I tried adding some FXAA and it did look a little bit smoother overall. Even blurry FXAA comes out pretty sharp when you're downsampling from 4K to 1080p. I think it's mostly a personal preference whether you like your games razor sharp or Pixar sharp. I like very smooth images, even at the expense of a little bit blurring. For 1440p to 1080p, yeah I would definitely use anti aliasing for that.

 

[datamage]

Edit: Will update later, forgot to provide additional info.

 

[dakun]

welp. just order a GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 upgrading my 970..

i hope i made a good decision.

 

[LogicStep]

ASUS ROG STRIX in stock newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6202798&SID=

I ordered one. Don't even know if this is a good one but you gotta go fast!

 

[Chris R]

The STRIX was in stock for like 20 seconds on Newegg

 

[kenmid]

wtf, it was in my cart. some error message came out and now out of stock

 

[LogicStep]

The STRIX was in stock for like 20 seconds on Newegg

God damn, the thirst is real. I never do this, buy and then research if it's good or not lol. This situation makes me feel weird.

 

[Chris R]

God damn, the thirst is real. I never do this, buy and then research if it's good or not lol. This situation makes me feel weird.

I added it to my cart and then had it removed by NewEgg.

I want to wait for Amazon but they are taking FOREVER.

 

[Hawkian]

ASUS ROG STRIX in stock newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6202798&SID=

I ordered one. Don't even know if this is a good one but you gotta go fast!

you gotta be kidding me, I missed this on my ride home from work? :|
That's the only one of these cards I actually want in particular. What a joke

 

[TheRed]

Founders Editions being available is tempting, but I just cant do it, I need a better and quieter cooler if I'm gonna spend this much.

 

[HooYaH]

Was waiting on the strix, but was doing some work for a few minutes and then see it sold out in like 2 mins. I swear, that the stock pile for these cards must be less than 10.

 

[coolbrys]

Yeah - while 1440p probably looks crappy if you let the monitor scale it up - if you let the graphics card scale it to the native res of your screen it should look pretty damn good - certainly better than 1080p?

In my experience, 1440p on a 4K monitor looks much, much better than 1080p on a 4K monitor. It doesn't perfectly scale, but the increased graphics are impossible to not notice, imo.

 

[Mifec]

Man I don't even know how I'm gonna get the 1080 TI hybrid in Europe when it launches. Fuck.

 

[Neo_Geo]

Founders Editions being available is tempting, but I just cant do it, I need a better and quieter cooler if I'm gonna spend this much.

Please don't fall for Nvidia's attempt at making an overpriced reference card tempting by limiting supply and creating an overly urgent false sense of extremely high demand for the hardware. Would be great if AMD was still relevant in this, we would easily see this card at $499 for reference and upwards of $599 for the best partner cards.

 

[TheRed]

Please don't fall for Nvidia's attempt at making an overpriced reference card tempting by limiting supply and creating an overly urgent false sense of extremely high demand for the hardware. Would be great if AMD was still relevant in this, we would easily see this card at $499 for reference and upwards of $599 for the best partner cards.

Yeah I definitely won't, besides I have a 970 so I shouldn't really be rushing. But it's still tempting.

 

[Hawkian]

yeah seeing founder's edition cards (relatively) available left and right is a bit of a punch to the crotch.

 

[Piggus]

Thought it was this week... Haha. Feels like Persona 5 all over again.

They weren't able to fulfill all the EVGA pre-orders last week, so apparently most stock they get this week is going towards fulfilling the remainders.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

I GOT UPS tracking info for my 1080 FTW!!!! YEEEEESSSSSSS

 

[Arulan]

I GOT UPS tracking info for my 1080 FTW!!!! YEEEEESSSSSSS

Amazon?

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Amazon?

EVGA.com preorder US

 

[Latvian Hitman]

Got my Evga FTW here at work. The card is fucking enormous. Biggest GPU I've had. My last two GPU's were reference because I got too impatient and just bought them as soon as they were available. But this is...something else. I'm hoping it doesn't sag when I pop this into my PC tonight.

Imagine it being almost an inch and a half longer and you'd be holding a STRIX.

Spoiler

Something about that sentence seems kinda' sexually charged for some reason...

 

[Haroon]

Imagine it being almost an inch and a half longer and you'd be holding a STRIX.

Spoiler

Something about that sentence seems kinda' sexually charged for some reason...

Got my

Spoiler

biggest dick

here at work. The

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dick

is fucking enormous. Biggest

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DICK

I've had. My last two

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dicks

were reference because I got too impatient and just bought them as soon as they were available. But this is...something else. I'm hoping it doesn't sag when I pop this into my

Spoiler

Were you expecting dick?

tonight.

 

[Latvian Hitman]

Got my

Spoiler

biggest dick

here at work. The

Spoiler

dick

is fucking enormous. Biggest

Spoiler

DICK

I've had. My last two

Spoiler

dicks

were reference because I got too impatient and just bought them as soon as they were available. But this is...something else. I'm hoping it doesn't sag when I pop this into my

Spoiler

Were you expecting dick?

tonight.

 

[Zoolader]

ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition a good one of these cards to buy? It's up on newegg...

 

[Flandy]

ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition a good one of these cards to buy? It's up on newegg...

No

 

[Zoolader]

No

Thanks, I hesitated buying an EVGA Founder's edition the other day as well when I saw it available to buy on newegg. Is it best the avoid the FE cards or just that ASUS one?

 

[Neo_Geo]

Best to avoid any FE cards. You're paying roughly the max amount for the worst cooling solution.

 

[Chanser]

Or you have a case with minimal ventilation or planning install water blocks on it.

 

[TSM]

It figures the day my G1 finally shows up from Amazon that I'm stuck working overtime. I got home and saw the bag Amazon had thrown my G1 in instead of boxing it and tore it open. The cardboard sleeve my G1 came in looks beat up, but luckily the card works fine. I got it installed, and then used my i1 pro to create a icc calibration profile. I'm about ready to fool around with it, but I'll probably just wait until tomorrow now. I fired up GTA V for a couple minutes and that's running silky smooth at mostly maxed settings. It's quite the step up from my GTX 980.

 

[XTERC]

I wasn't expecting the pre-order for my GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X to be processed so quickly, I just received the tracking #, so I guess I better buy that radiator ...

 

[RedlineRonin]

It figures the day my G1 finally shows up from Amazon that I'm stuck working overtime. I got home and saw the bag Amazon had thrown my G1 in instead of boxing it and tore it open. The cardboard sleeve my G1 came in looks beat up, but luckily the card works fine. I got it installed, and then used my i1 pro to create a icc calibration profile. I'm about ready to fool around with it, but I'll probably just wait until tomorrow now. I fired up GTA V for a couple minutes and that's running silky smooth at mostly maxed settings. It's quite the step up from my GTX 980.

What 980 were you rockin? I'm on an EVGA 980 SC and have been on the fence with whether the upgrade would be worth it. Would be interested in your impressions.

 

[Vuze]

Heads up for fellow GermanGAF: Palit GameRock is currently available for MSRP at Mindfactory and subsidiary companies: http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...Rock-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_1063061.html
Pretty damn nice cooler according to several reviews.

E: Aaaaaand it's gone

EVGA just removed the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 ACX 3.0 (non-SC, cheapest custom cooler version) from their line-up. oô

 

[TheTrain]

My Gaming X has arrived, it's a beast

 

[seph1roth]

Guys i need help.

I bought a Zotac 1080 AMP! Extreme 3 weeks ago to one stoe here in my country, but seems like they have stock problems.

I contacted the service of the store, and they told me they have stock problems with that model of GPU but they can change it to a Palit 1080 Premium Edition.

Do you think is a good change? Is Palit good with their gpu custom models? I've seen that this GPU model has only 2 fans and 1x8/1x6 pin connector.

Overclock, base clocks, temperature, any ideas of that model?

I don't know what to do...HELP

 

[DryvBy]

2k is nearly the same amount of pixels as 1080p. Even at 4k aliasing is still present, albeit much less noticeable. Enabling FXAA (Yes I'm serious) or SMAA can really improve overall IQ @ 4k.


Edit: If you had SSAA x4 on, the game was running basically at 4K (not quite, but still in the ballpark in terms of performance cost)

Your PC seems to be performing extremely well all things considered =P

Yeah, I was completely baffled by my lack of know-how the past couple of weeks. Started a new job so my attention has been on that. Like leaving Vsync on to run a benchmark kind of made me laugh lol.

 

[Hawkian]

ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition a good one of these cards to buy? It's up on newegg...

Thanks, I hesitated buying an EVGA Founder's edition the other day as well when I saw it available to buy on newegg. Is it best the avoid the FE cards or just that ASUS one?

Very, very annoyingly, all of the Founders' Edition cards are identical no matter which company it appears to be made by. FE is literally the reference Nvidia cards with an Nvidia cooler, sold at $100 over the "base" reference card MSRP, but packaged up by each manufacturer (ASUS, ZOTAC, EVGA) as though they had something to do with them. TONS of people are getting tricked by this SKU setup, I have no doubt. At the same time people who are paying attention and know the actual third-party cards they want are playing whack-a-mole with minutes of available stock at a time. It's definitely gunning for my vote for worst GPU generation launch I can remember.

Look everyone! Such savings!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Combo...-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6202798&SID=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Combo...-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6202798&SID=

Guys i need help.

I bought a Zotac 1080 AMP! Extreme 3 weeks ago to one stoe here in my country, but seems like they have stock problems.

I contacted the service of the store, and they told me they have stock problems with that model of GPU but they can change it to a Palit 1080 Premium Edition.

Do you think is a good change? Is Palit good with their gpu custom models? I've seen that this GPU model has only 2 fans and 1x8/1x6 pin connector.

Overclock, base clocks, temperature, any ideas of that model?

I don't know what to do...HELP

Are you actually looking to overclock the thing past what it comes with? I don't know much about the manufacturer but frankly all of the AIB offerings for this first round of cards have been demonstrated to be preeeeetty close to one another on the whole. Unless you have no issues waiting as nebulously long as it takes, in which case you should just wait for the exact card you want of course, I honestly wouldn't hesitate to acquire whatever (non-FE) board you can at this point.

 

[digitalrelic]

Yeah, I was completely baffled by my lack of know-how the past couple of weeks. Started a new job so my attention has been on that. Like leaving Vsync on to run a benchmark kind of made me laugh lol.

I read back and followed your struggles and couldn't help but to laugh a bit . Glad you got everything sorted out!

 

[MrFrankFontaine]

Best to avoid any FE cards. You're paying roughly the max amount for the worst cooling solution.

So I'm going back and forth right now and would like folks thoughts on this.

I have my Oculus Rift arriving today along with an EVGA 1080 founders edition. I'm only upgrading from a 980 to get better performance in VR. I haven't bought a stock card since 2003. However, I wanted to jump into VR with the best performance possible.

Now I'm debating returning the FE and wait for FTW to become easily available.

Aside from the early adopter tax, wondering if I will regret holding onto the FE and whether an after market cooler is going to make a significant difference.

 

[Hawkian]

wait for FTW to become easily available.

all other factors discounted, this is easily answerable by asking yourself how long you're willing to wait.

 

[Ikuu]

Or you have a case with minimal ventilation or planning install water blocks on it.

If you're installing water blocks just go for the cheapest one that is compatible.

 

[Biltmore]

So I'm going back and forth right now and would like folks thoughts on this.

I have my Oculus Rift arriving today along with an EVGA 1080 founders edition. I'm only upgrading from a 980 to get better performance in VR. I haven't bought a stock card since 2003. However, I wanted to jump into VR with the best performance possible.

Now I'm debating returning the FE and wait for FTW to become easily available.

Aside from the early adopter tax, wondering if I will regret holding onto the FE and whether an after market cooler is going to make a significant difference.

I don't think you will regret it. I have an ACX coming from Evga whenever there is stock but I went ahead and bought a FE in the mean time and I've been perfectly happy with it. It's just a stock card, the same stock cards vendors have been selling for decades and most people don't have a problem with stock cards. In fact, except for my 980 Ti's pretty much every card I've ever owned was just the stock blower design and they've all been pretty great.

The only thing that "sucks" about the FE is the price, but if you can't wait and don't mind paying the extra I don't see a problem with them. Like I said earlier in the thread I'm not patient enough to be waiting another month or two so I went ahead and at least got one card for now. Oh, and if you get the Evga version you can always step up if you really can't stand it.

 

[MrFrankFontaine]

all other factors discounted, this is easily answerable by asking yourself how long you're willing to wait.

I'd be willing to wait only if I thought there would be significant differences in the ability to over clock card.

I know the after market coolers are better than stock, but to what degree generally. If it's not significant I'd rather not wait as I'm so ready to jump into VR and want to do so with the best experience I can right now.

I don't think you will regret it.

Thanks for the input.