The Pascal GTX 1080 Owners Thread

Simon Belmont · 11 Jul 2016 at 18:58

whyscotty said:
You won't know till you try.

True, but can't be bothered. It's a beast already.

whyscotty · 11 Jul 2016 at 19:02

Simon Belmont said:
True, but can't be bothered.

Five.Stars · 11 Jul 2016 at 19:06

So how are you EVGA SC boys getting on? What is temps and out of the box boost clocks?

tyler_jrb · 11 Jul 2016 at 19:26

Simon Belmont said:
True, but can't be bothered. It's a beast already.

you will be if it hits 2.3ghz

Simon Belmont · 11 Jul 2016 at 19:33

tyler_jrb said:
you will be if it hits 2.3ghz

I will at some point ,but see no need atm.

varkanoid · 11 Jul 2016 at 22:21

After being inspired by Gamers Nexus attempt at cooling the GTX 1080 with the EVGA GTX 980ti AIO Cooler I took the plunge to do it a bit better. I had to completely strip the card bare to get at the fan cable as I just didnt want to risk trying to get it out with plyers. Nvidia have made the blower cooler a lot harder to remove than with the 980ti almost as though they dont want you to. To get the nut screws off the base I had to take a trip to the blue shirts and found in the bargain bin a 16:1 precision screwdriver kit with the correct screwdrivers with a nut head female. No way was I going to risk using plyers.

After that it was straight forward using the existing blower fan and VRM/heatsink. Next the challenge was to get the cowl to fit. Gamers Nexus didnt try this but I wasnt too keen with the exposed look. So took me about 2 hours to hack the sides of the EVGA cowling to get it to fit. Quite pleased with the result although I wont see it anyway when inside.

My max temp recorded was 83c and I could get it down to 78c with a custom fan profile. Can't remember my idle temp exactly think it was 42/45c. After fitting the EVGA 980ti AIO cooler my idle temp is now 30c and so far after running benchmarks and an hour of MGSV max temp recorded is 58c. Better than I expected as my 980ti temp with this fitted was 66c max. Noticed also the boost clock is around 1911mhz whereas before it was around 1864mhz. (no overclock from base of 1607mhz)

Smffy · 11 Jul 2016 at 22:26

The day finally came... Had do some quick bends to change my loop and remove the 980Ti from my hardline, because damn these cards are big. Waiting on the EK blocks to release then I'll add them in. Ordered the HB bridge to replace the horrid looking ones, just realised I need a different size so will reorder tomorrow!

Work to do cabling it all in but my plan is to pick up a new case when its released and the blocks are available, more space, more rads.

Kaapstad · 12 Jul 2016 at 08:01

Smffy said:
The day finally came... Had do some quick bends to change my loop and remove the 980Ti from my hardline, because damn these cards are big. Waiting on the EK blocks to release then I'll add them in. Ordered the HB bridge to replace the horrid looking ones, just realised I need a different size so will reorder tomorrow!

Work to do cabling it all in but my plan is to pick up a new case when its released and the blocks are available, more space, more rads.

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Smffy · 12 Jul 2016 at 09:56

Kaapstad said:
Welcome and on TROH.

Thanks very much, took me a little while to arrive didn't it

vintage-x · 12 Jul 2016 at 10:29

varkanoid said:
After being inspired by Gamers Nexus attempt at cooling the GTX 1080 with the EVGA GTX 980ti AIO Cooler I took the plunge to do it a bit better. I had to completely strip the card bare to get at the fan cable as I just didnt want to risk trying to get it out with plyers. Nvidia have made the blower cooler a lot harder to remove than with the 980ti almost as though they dont want you to. To get the nut screws off the base I had to take a trip to the blue shirts and found in the bargain bin a 16:1 precision screwdriver kit with the correct screwdrivers with a nut head female. No way was I going to risk using plyers.

After that it was straight forward using the existing blower fan and VRM/heatsink. Next the challenge was to get the cowl to fit. Gamers Nexus didnt try this but I wasnt too keen with the exposed look. So took me about 2 hours to hack the sides of the EVGA cowling to get it to fit. Quite pleased with the result although I wont see it anyway when inside.

My max temp recorded was 83c and I could get it down to 78c with a custom fan profile. Can't remember my idle temp exactly think it was 42/45c. After fitting the EVGA 980ti AIO cooler my idle temp is now 30c and so far after running benchmarks and an hour of MGSV max temp recorded is 58c. Better than I expected as my 980ti temp with this fitted was 66c max. Noticed also the boost clock is around 1911mhz whereas before it was around 1864mhz. (no overclock from base of 1607mhz)

Looks good but if you have gta V put all the settings to max plus AA then drive to a grassy area that will tax the gpu core 99% and gpu memory will get great use as well. That will be a true test of temps

varkanoid · 12 Jul 2016 at 11:03

vintage-x said:
Looks good but if you have gta V put all the settings to max plus AA then drive to a grassy area that will tax the gpu core 99% and gpu memory will get great use as well. That will be a true test of temps

I have GTAV but not installed. I left it running Heaven for an hour and it didnt top 58c.

Simon Belmont · 12 Jul 2016 at 14:51

The EVGA 1080 FTW has a dual bios switch. I have it on the default bios that boosts up to 2050mhz.

What's the other bios? I haven't tried it yet? Is it for liquid cooling?

oldestgregg · 12 Jul 2016 at 15:30

Simon Belmont said:
The EVGA 1080 FTW has a dual bios switch. I have it on the default bios that boosts up to 2050mhz.

What's the other bios? I haven't tried it yet? Is it for liquid cooling?

If its anything like the cards I have owned in the past the second BIOS will be the same. It will be for flashing custom BIOS to

Simon Belmont · 12 Jul 2016 at 15:44

oldestgregg said:
If its anything like the cards I have owned in the past the second BIOS will be the same. It will be for flashing custom BIOS to

I thought so. Thanks oldestgregg

snips86x · 12 Jul 2016 at 16:04

Question:

I'm 50/50 on getting a 2nd 980Ti...are there any 980Ti SLi users here who have upgraded to a single 1080?

Would you go for a 2nd card or go for a 1080?

crinkleshoes · 12 Jul 2016 at 16:21

I had 970SLI, 980 SLI and Titan X SLI - but only a single 980Ti.

I had the money available so went for 1080 SLI and would do it again as I quite like the 1080 cards - noticeably quieter and quicker.

But it depends what you're looking for. 980Ti will be faster than a single 1080 when SLI is well supported. But you might notice some micro stutter - although not everyone does.

Simon Belmont · 12 Jul 2016 at 16:37

crinkleshoes said:
980Ti will be faster than a single 1080 when SLI is well supported.

Eh?

Gregster · 12 Jul 2016 at 16:39

varkanoid said:
After being inspired by Gamers Nexus attempt at cooling the GTX 1080 with the EVGA GTX 980ti AIO Cooler I took the plunge to do it a bit better. I had to completely strip the card bare to get at the fan cable as I just didnt want to risk trying to get it out with plyers. Nvidia have made the blower cooler a lot harder to remove than with the 980ti almost as though they dont want you to. To get the nut screws off the base I had to take a trip to the blue shirts and found in the bargain bin a 16:1 precision screwdriver kit with the correct screwdrivers with a nut head female. No way was I going to risk using plyers.

After that it was straight forward using the existing blower fan and VRM/heatsink. Next the challenge was to get the cowl to fit. Gamers Nexus didnt try this but I wasnt too keen with the exposed look. So took me about 2 hours to hack the sides of the EVGA cowling to get it to fit. Quite pleased with the result although I wont see it anyway when inside.

My max temp recorded was 83c and I could get it down to 78c with a custom fan profile. Can't remember my idle temp exactly think it was 42/45c. After fitting the EVGA 980ti AIO cooler my idle temp is now 30c and so far after running benchmarks and an hour of MGSV max temp recorded is 58c. Better than I expected as my 980ti temp with this fitted was 66c max. Noticed also the boost clock is around 1911mhz whereas before it was around 1864mhz. (no overclock from base of 1607mhz)

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Pretty awesome bud and fantastic to see :)

crinkleshoes · 12 Jul 2016 at 16:48

Simon Belmont said:
Eh?

Eh?

2x 980Ti = faster than 1x 1080 when SLI is supported... I thought that was obvious?

IE... 2x 980Ti will still be slower in Doom than 1x 1080 because Doom does not support SLI so can only use one card.

varkanoid · 12 Jul 2016 at 16:51

Simon Belmont said:
Eh?

he meant 980ti SLI....

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Gregster said:
Pretty awesome bud and fantastic to see

Thanks Gregster.