Slackbladder
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Just ordered one. It has received good reviews and looks good quality.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti launch/review day - 2017/03/09
- Thread starter Kayant
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It isn't butt ugly. It also has some nice features like an RGB header and 2 fan headers. Monochrome color scheme is also nice.
ASUS has consistently been producing some of the best aftermarket cards ever since they introduced the DirectCU line. Shouldn't be that surprising. AORUS is Gigabyte trying to get some more mindshare in the GPU space compared to ASUS and EVGA.
Hellshingu
Member
Almost bought one but they went out of stock before I could get one. I have a problem.
ColdDeckEd
Member
So, how much lower FPS should I expect with my upcoming EVGA SC2 compared to say an FTW3 or the Aoras Extreme?
Makes me sad that my case just won't fit one of those bigger cards.
There's hardly a difference between an overclocked FE and Strix (per bitwit's review). With the custom cooled cards they're more about lower noise and temps, rather than big performance gains. Maybe if a bios editor is ever released, you'd be able to push those higher end cards alot higher, but for now overclocked performance is not too different.
Slackbladder
Member
I'm still not completely decided between this ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and getting a new system. The difference is around £1500 but for that I'm going from a 4790@4.2ghz to a 7700@5ghz, from 2133DDR3 to 3200DDR4 and a water cooled case.
That said I've been told I shouldn't get any bottlenecking so maybe I'll save the money for something else. Also the PC/case is very, very shouty -
That said I've been told I shouldn't get any bottlenecking so maybe I'll save the money for something else. Also the PC/case is very, very shouty -
It comes with a 1080ti but only a Founders Edition.
Saren is Bad
Member
Posted this in the B/S/T but I'll post here too just in case.
WTS: GTX 1080 ti - MSI Armor edition: $700 shipped
Bought this from Newegg for $720 and just looking to get close to breakeven. I've used it and it's awesome but I'm coming from a 1080 and realizing I want the money more
I'll throw in the For Honor/Ghost Recon code too
WTS: GTX 1080 ti - MSI Armor edition: $700 shipped
Bought this from Newegg for $720 and just looking to get close to breakeven. I've used it and it's awesome but I'm coming from a 1080 and realizing I want the money more
I'll throw in the For Honor/Ghost Recon code too
Considering the 4790K is 4c/8t, I'd stick with it a while longer. Even if you're not keen on Ryzen, Coffee Lake is slated for next year and should mark Intel's debut of "mainstream" (i.e. reasonably-priced) 6c/12t SKUs.
Pure personal preference.
Do you like to co-op shooter with your friends or 1v1 fight ala Dark Souls PVP.
Wait Ghost Recon has co-op? Is it online co-op?
You can SP but the game is best played online co-op with friends. Something like GTA Online meets The Division in South America.
So for best experience, buy 1080Tis for your friends so they can join in.
After playing both game's Open Betas, I will definitely get the Wildlands code when I get my card.
Single player is kinda meh, but fun can be had with the Co-Op.
oO_CurrY_Oo
Member
Ill be getting Wildlands with my ti.
Agent_ShortBus
Member
I'd get Wildlands if I didn't already own it. Gonna give it to my buddy so we can get our co-op on 👍
Pre-built custom water loop is kind of a weird concept to me. If someone doesn't enjoy building and tinkering with their own system, why go with such a high-maintenance cooling option?
Slackbladder
Member
Yeah, I came to the same conclusion eventually. I like tinkering but I rarely have the time. I used to build my own PC's but recently I've got them pre-built. My current PC is good enough. Maybe in a year or two I'll get a new one built around my 1080ti.
That's the plan right now.
ColdDeckEd
Member
I've only ever seen FE, evga, and PNY cards at Best buy.
Ah thanks for the info. Oh well.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I've only ever seen stock cards at Best Buy.
Agent_ShortBus
Member
Yes you can. I think they only carry kindle cards because people would trade Besrbuy credit for Amazon gc but kindle cards are good for anything sold on Amazon. I traded in a bunch if games and used the $500 Besrbuy gc to buy $500 in kindle gc.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Last time I tried to do that I couldnt find any kindle cards at Best Buy, ask a clerk and was told they no longer carried them. that was 8 months ago.
What I've ended up doing instead was buying Verizon gift cards and paying my phone bill with them and putting that money i would have spent towards the thing i want.
Agent_ShortBus
Member
Ok well that sucks, guess they caught on. Would make sense though since I bought kindle cards from best buy over a year ago. Can you just buy those reloadable debit cards from best buy? I'd take the $5 activation fee if I could transfer my credit over to Amazon or somewhere else
Pagusas
Elden Member
nope, cant use reward points or gift cards to buy prepaid credit cards. I'm pretty sure thats a federal rule to prevent money laundering
Balboa
Member
As far as I know you would also have to give him the card, it needs to detect the 1080ti to redeem the code.
I don't know how many times I've burned my Best Buy gift cards to buy iTunes credit. I don't know if that's somehow different, but I didn't shop at BB for the longest time and people kept giving me gift cards so that's how I got rid of them.
ColdDeckEd
Member
They sell EVGA and PNY custom cards there.
Self_Destructive
Member
I miss the days of getting cool tech demos with new GPU series releases.
Agent_ShortBus
Member
I'm at work and my card just got delivered I can't wait to get off.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Gift cards arent the same as pre-paid credit cards.
I miss the days of getting cool tech demos with new GPU series releases.
Me too. I want the fairy back
I haven't shopped at BBY lately but I have bought several Visa prepaid cards with BBY gift cards in the past.
I miss the days of getting cool tech demos with new GPU series releases.
Here you go. Try the Adam demo:
https://unity3d.com/unity/demos
Agent_ShortBus
Member
Think I could just sign into his GeForce account redeem the game and activate it on his uplay account from my pc? I hope I can 🤞
Self_Destructive
Member
Thanks for linking this. While I already knew about and have tested this demo on my PC, there may be others who haven't realized that this actually released a little while back. It's a pretty awesome demo, I must say.
I was more referring to Nvidia and AMD themselves regarding their new series of GPUs which usually came with a cool tech demo demonstrating unique features the new hardware was capable of.
The last one I can remember from Nvidia was for DX12, and was demoed on the 980Ti, called "Mech Ti", however I don't believe that the executable was ever released to the public for download.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzPRIBG_d74
Both AMD and Nvidia have had some cool ones over the years. I loved AMD's "Pipe Dream" which is one of my all time favs. Running Animusic's Pipe Dream in real time and it looked amazing.
The Pre-rendered Pipe Dream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo
AMD's Real-time Pipe Dream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu-A0jqMPd8
Did AMD ever release that new Ruby demo to the public either? I don't really remember tbh... but yea, I wish we'd get some more cool demos.
As long as you haven't activated a code previously on the installed GPU, it should be possible to do this.
Besides Adam, is there any other top level tech demos you could recommend and link too?
CreepingFear
Member
3 weeks until FTW ships from EVGA. Any minute now...
Self_Destructive
Member
Well, I'm not sure if you know about it already or not, but back with the launch of the Nvidia Titan X Maxwell card, Epic showcased a demo called "A Boy and his Kite" which is a gorgeous demo showcasing UE support for huge open worlds. It was later released publicly as a stand-alone demo after Unreal Engine 4.8 went live to the public.
Demo - https://t.co/d2XhGNb8zj
(Quick tip if you've never used this demo before)
To play the demo with custom resolutions, make a shortcut and add this after the target. -bUseVSync=False -ResX=3840 -ResY=2160 -FullscreenMode=1 -Fullscreen
(ResX and ResY being whatever you want them to be)
You will start off in the open world which you can fly/walk around in. To see the controls, press and hold the "0(ins)" key on your keypad, or press and hold the start button if you have a controller. To start the cinematic, press the "Page Up" key.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNgsbNvkNjE
It's pretty much the latest thing that I can think of, other than Adam.