1080 EVGA FTW vs Asus Strix

[Katalyst]

Just swapped my strix order and got the evga ftw instead

 

[jackle13]

Just swapped my strix order and got the evga ftw instead

Awesome!

Think I'm sticking with the FTW.

 

[Spikey]

The thing that swung it for me with EVGA was not only their excellent CS but the fact the warranty can be transferred. Makes them a much more attractive card in the second hand market in my opinion.

 

[Tommy_Here]

The thing that swung it for me with EVGA was not only their excellent CS but the fact the warranty can be transferred. Makes them a much more attractive card in the second hand market in my opinion.

As well as this! I was deciding between strix, MSI and FTW mainly favoring the EVGA card and when I seen it was the cheapest of the 3 it was a no brainer

 

[Radox-0]

And the first for the Asus headlines with:

ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 offers poor overclocking

http://videocardz.com/60631/asus-rog-strix-geforce-gtx-1080-offers-poor-overclocking

Most intresting thing to me was there seems to be a hard limit on the voltage seemingly out in place by Nvidia. Wonder if that means a similar restriction is in place for all the cards? I assume this was a similar case for prior gens also.

 

[opethdisciple]

I ordered the Asus Strix, having intended to buy an EVGA FTW. For me, the reasoning was that I couldn't see how fast the FTW would be and Asus has clearly designed things with similar priorities to EVGA and done so at a decent price point.

The fact that Asus have developed a new way of making boards (the hilariously named Auto Extreme technology) impressed me too. That, and the special RMA arrangement Asus have with Overclockers UK were the things that swung it for me. Details are here:

Yes, it's a bit fugly, but then most cards are. The EVGA cards aren't much better looking, plus it's what's uinside that counts, and when the coolers are removed, it's the best looking board there has ever been.

So what your saying is, your contributing to the rising unemployment in Taiwan.

 

[spikeot]

So what your saying is, your contributing to the rising unemployment in Taiwan.

Damn it, yes, it seems I am. Hopefully it won't catch on.

 

[Katalyst]

Just checking if anyone knows. As mentioned a bit above, I swapped the strix for the evga ftw. The guy on the phone said that it was swapped and i'd be refunded the £11 difference, but i received no email or confirmation that it was actually swapped. Is this usual? Has anyone else swapped and had the same thing?

 

[El Zorro]

Just checking if anyone knows. As mentioned a bit above, I swapped the strix for the evga ftw. The guy on the phone said that it was swapped and i'd be refunded the £11 difference, but i received no email or confirmation that it was actually swapped. Is this usual? Has anyone else swapped and had the same thing?

What does your order history say if you login to your account?

Quite often customer support actions like these won't generate email notifications, but I would expect your order page to be updated

 

[Firenze]

Given the fact that the Strixs out of box clocks have been released and the FTWs are TBA...

Am I missing something, when I ordered my FTW on Friday, the clocks were on the page on OcUK's site?

- Engine Clock Base: 1733 MHz
- Boost:1873 MHz
- Memory Clock: 10,010 MHz

???

 

[Katalyst]

What does your order history say if you login to your account?

Quite often customer support actions like these won't generate email notifications, but I would expect your order page to be updated

All sorted, thanks mate!