** The Official Nvidia GeForce 'Pascal' Thread - for general gossip and discussions **

[Jono8]

Got a windows defender alert from that link :/

 

[Muz333]

Those benchmarks make me doubt whether or not to buy a 1080 now. It would definitely be a big upgrade for me but if a second hand 980Ti is almost as good...

 

[ICDP]

Lol, did this guy really check thermal throttling in an open test case system. I can see his open bench case with the 1080 in it. Now put that 1080 in a physical closed case and the throttling will be worse as ambient temperatures increase. Now it is of course possible to mitigate that by increasing fan speed but what's telling for me is that the 1080 reached normal boost clocks (1607) even in an open bench case.

As someone who owned both 780 and 980 reference cards I can assure you even though they are blower fans the ambient temperatures in a case still rises significantly after prolonged gaming.

 

[AthlonXP1800]

I tell you what by the looks of those benchmark stats its definitely not worth getting a 1080 over a 980ti !

Yeah but I think people who owned 980 Ti SLi will see it worth get 1080 SLi HB. 980 Ti SLi only managed 75fps on Shadow of Mordor 4K Ultra while 1080 SLi HB scored 121.63fps, 62% faster than 980 Ti SLi.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2947...n-fury-crossfire-review-2-fast-2-furious.html

 

[easyrider]

http://hothardware.com/news/evga-ge...ed-avx-30-edition-and-gtx-1080-sli-sneak-peek

Why is the 980 ti beating the Titan X ?

 

[On Holiday]

I'll wait for real world graphs and comparisons thanks.

 

[Kaapstad]

Why is the 980 ti beating the Titan X ?

They always do in these reviews as it is usually a factory overclocked 980 Ti they compare to a TitanX using stock clocks and old drivers.

 

[nikebee]

Can someone explain why cards with a single 8-pin power connector are bad?

Why does the fact it draws/requires less power mean it's a bad thing?

Genuine question, I'm really unsure here.

 

[andybird123]

Can someone explain why cards with a single 8-pin power connector are bad?

Why does the fact it draws/requires less power mean it's a bad thing?

Genuine question, I'm really unsure here.

More power = more performance.
The founders edition cards have been strugglong to do more than 2.1ghz and the reviewers are saying its because they are hitting the power limit, so the theory goes that with more power available they will hit higher clocks

 

[NoobCannon]

Can someone explain why cards with a single 8-pin power connector are bad?

Why does the fact it draws/requires less power mean it's a bad thing?

Genuine question, I'm really unsure here.

Potentially Lower achievable clocks when overclocking or a lower boost clock due to power constraints.

Not that an extra power connector will guarantee you anything, or a non refrence card as a matter of fact. My refrence 980ti's easilly acheive the same clocks as a non refrence card. (Altho admittedly they have the same power connectors)

Its all luck of the draw and cooler prefrence with non refrence cards.

Personally id still buy the one with the extra connector just because it COULD clock/boost higher.

 

[Evian]

And the award for the best looking card goes to the FE , the rest are dire IMO

I like the founders one then Gigabyte, rest really are ugly.

 

[Vish Petrol]

Would just like to remind people ahead of time that there is no e in Lightning.

There is in Lightening though

 

[GAC]

the better it looks and the more lights the quicker the card, didnt you all know this

 

[Boomstick777]

It's barely faster than the 980 Ti. With overclocking the 980 Ti might even pull ahead. Hmmm I might skip the 1080 altogether if I had any sense, it's a lot of money for something that's barely faster...

I am a GPU whore though, and the lure of something new might win me over anyway. Meh we are getting milked so badly these days

 

[Boomstick777]

I've just seen some early bench results from hot hardware, not impressed.. That's the superclocked as well..

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18732718

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=29547634&postcount=13

If I had any sense I would skip the 1080 and wait for a real upgrade...

If I had any sense...

 

[smilertoo]

The 1080 is starting to look average because of nvidias greed, pricing it in the 980ti range when its supposed to replace the 980.

 

[Paulington]

What 980 Ti is this being compared to? Would seem a little odd to compare a reference 1080 to something like a 980 Ti Classified.

At any rate, from the benchmarks I've seen it seems that there's 10-20% over AIB 980 Tis with the reference 1080 at stock clocks (or rather, standard GPU boost) and that's perfectly fine.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The card only has a single PCI-E 8 pin power connector so probably is using the reference PCB.

 

[Gregster]

FTW uses 8+8 pin, so that is where I will be looking. This will be ref with a custom cooler.

 

[mahius]

FTW uses 8+8 pin, so that is where I will be looking. This will be ref with a custom cooler.

And it won't thermal throttle as bad as the reference

Can't wait for 2:00pm for the embargo to lift on custom cards. Then we can really see what the 1080 is capable of... and what the price truly is...