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** NVIDIA GTX 1080 FOUNDERS EDITION: WANNA PRE-ORDER?
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Its probably the fumes coming from the factory! (I'm not even Joking)
Makes perfect sense now
Because of the tight gap blower coolers are preferred with cards so close togther...
These cards will shine under water and sli IMO.
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This ^ I also like how they blow the hot air out the back of the case. I had reference cards for years previously and they have given flawless service to me
Why not?
The MRSP for a none FE is $100 less.
It not being an FE makes it none FE thus MRSP of $599. They could get away with a $50-$70 premium for it being the FTW edition but that still makes it cheaper than the FE.
Of course they'll probably take advantage of the FE pricing and charge more but when NVidia have told you custom cards should be $100 less why would you pay more?
Only those that cant' wait will do so.
Reference style blowers are much better in sli due to how they exhaust out of the pci bracket. You can run non reference cards in sli, but you need a good gap between both cards and very good airflow in your case. The top card in a pair of non reference models gets a lot hotter due to the warm air getting circulated between the cards. If board spacing is tight this gets much worse.
It does surprise me how many motherboards still have the 2 high bandwidth slots placed so cards are right on top of each other, you'd think by now they would lay the board out in a way so there's at least 2-3 slots between the cards.
I'm actually finding this looking for a possible sli mobo micro atx for my 4970k
This was my understanding from Gibbo - when he posted that he has everything
Im looking forward to an MSI, come already show the bugger!
Thanks, feel like I'm in a bit of a pickle now then, as I really don't want too be any were near that thermal throttle. Just seems like damaged goods too me.
On mainstream Z series platform, i found asus pro boards to offer the best spacing. Worked fine on a Z77 v pro i had with wf 670's. Not so good on a higher end maximus 6 formula Z87. It's even worse on X99 boards.
MSRP means 'suggested price'. There is no requirement, legal or moral, for AIB's to release a card at that price unless they want to. There's no such thing as 'getting away with a premium'... they are free to charge whatever they like, and why would they think people won't pay more for a superior card? This is what stinks about this whole thing... Nvidia have given people the impression that the FE will be top of the price tree, but just think about it... economics 101... why would you pay less for a better card? When has that ever happened in the history of GPU's? I'll be stunned if we see that here, utterly stunned. I am all but convinced that the majority of AIB cards will be around the FE price, some being more. Any that are significantly less will be lesser cards.
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I had a few problems with Twin frozer 970 oc in sli, the bottom card was 7c more but both were not even reaching 80cs but it wasnt stable and games would cut out or crash on higher temps. I ocd the cores to +230 and set power to 110 in afterburner. Strange thing is it seemed stable with no artifacts. someone thinks that it was a problem with the psu. I ran both fan speeds at 100% I cant shake a feeling that it is the 850w psu and that extra power draw.
Totally agree Legend sadly that's the way I am 80% sure it will go however people not buying cards on a large enough scale to drive the market price down will solve the problem. Utopian idea I know but educated buyers help.
If they can get away with it they will. About sums it all up. The 699$ FE price will probably become the base price and we'll never see a $599 card which is a shame but if the market is prepared to pay a higher price then we are stuck with it.
Poor show by NVidia for suggesting it though.
If they can get away with it they will. About sums it all up. The 699$ FE price will probably become the base price and we'll never see a $599 card which is a shame but if the market is prepared to pay a higher price then we are stuck with it.
Poor show by NVidia for suggesting it though.
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Based on reports of card pre-orders selling out all over the place within minutes, and the hype machine building as it is, I somehow doubt they'll be struggling to sell. Nvidia know their customers all too well, as do the AIB's. They're not going to leave money on the table if they know people are going to fork out, and do so smiling! We may not like it, but it is what it is! Unfortunately education only goes so far and cannot compete against the "must have new shiny" mentality.
Can anyone please tell me when we get our free delivery codes? I signed up over a week ago but still had nothing through and I am worried it wont arrive in time!
Me too! Hoping for sat delivery if I am quick enough to snap up a pair. Also joining you as what seem to be the few actively choosing the founders card
Best get my flame suit on