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** NVIDIA GTX 1080 FOUNDERS EDITION: WANNA PRE-ORDER?

Not at work at the moment as I have hurt my back. I've got far too much time to mull over the idea of getting a 1080 :(

Would it be a worthy upgrade for my GTX 980? Or should I pick up a secondhand 980Ti/wait to see what happens to the prices of them new. I game on a 1440p 144hz Gsync monitor.
 
steverebo said:
Yeah I'm off work today anyway I want either the SC or peasant one as I managed to grab the full cover block from EK before they all went this morning
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Isn't that quite risky considering you have no idea how they will OC, even under water? :confused: Also are the blocks compatible with custom pcbs? Otherwise you'll be stuck at 2-2.1 Ghz (power-limit).

EDIT: Apparently a single 8-pin PCI-E connector can deliver up to 396W of power. Requires custom-bios though (and not sure how the the board handles higher voltages as custom ones are designed with overclocking in mind).

EDIT2: One Pascal reached 2506Mhz: http://www.overclock.net/t/1600401/various-gtx-1080-reviews/3010#post_25198135
 
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Toss3 said:
Isn't that quite risky considering you have no idea how they will OC, even under water? :confused: Also are the blocks compatible with custom pcbs? Otherwise you'll be stuck at 2-2.1 Ghz (power-limit).
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2.1 is fine for me, I'm looking at the SC as it uses the reference pcb. Keep ozone actually knows what the overclock curling really is and personally I think it will top out at around 2.2 to 2.3 which equates to an extra couple of frames per second. I can live with that
 
Toss3 said:
Isn't that quite risky considering you have no idea how they will OC, even under water? :confused: Also are the blocks compatible with custom pcbs? Otherwise you'll be stuck at 2-2.1 Ghz (power-limit).

EDIT: Apparently a single 8-pin PCI-E connector can deliver up to 396W of power. Requires custom-bios though (and not sure how the the board handles higher voltages as custom ones are designed with overclocking in mind).

EDIT2: One Pascal reached 2506Mhz: http://www.overclock.net/t/1600401/various-gtx-1080-reviews/3010#post_25198135
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What is going to make the difference here is the power circuitery capability and how many phases it has. (396W on 1 8 Pin is all fine but it if the onboard PSU cannot pass that through itself it will limit)

From what I have seen the FE cards have weedy looking designs compaired to custom, I have used this approach the last few cards I have purchased.
 
Toss3 said:
Isn't that quite risky considering you have no idea how they will OC, even under water? :confused: Also are the blocks compatible with custom pcbs? Otherwise you'll be stuck at 2-2.1 Ghz (power-limit).

EDIT: Apparently a single 8-pin PCI-E connector can deliver up to 396W of power. Requires custom-bios though (and not sure how the the board handles higher voltages as custom ones are designed with overclocking in mind).

EDIT2: One Pascal reached 2506Mhz: http://www.overclock.net/t/1600401/various-gtx-1080-reviews/3010#post_25198135
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I imagine if that is real which at this point we still dont know it's likely a binned chip on a card that is well put of my budget
 
I made the mistake of ref last time. Looking forward to blocking the FTW edition certainly.

I would have gone with the ref would it have been 8+6pin. Nothing good will come trying to ram 200w+ down a 8pin or 75w pice lane.
Not to mention dual 8 pin, AIB design, proper phases, better/cleaner power delivery. Very likely cheaper aswell!

Jayz card was running over 100% on stock clocks. Doesn't bode well for overclocking.

I'll be running on air until blocks are released.
 
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My specs are i5 2500k @ 4.3ghz and 970 with a 144hz gsync monitor at 1920x1080, is the 1080 worth getting? While I game at a comparably low resolution, I really love 100+ fps. The GTX 1080 seems like it would be a good investment for sheer framerates. The CPU is my minor concern really. When does it get to the point where the CPU is a bottleneck? Are any others going to get the GTX 1080 with a similar CPU?
 
tyler_jrb said:
I made the mistake of ref last time. Looking forward to blocking the FTW edition certainly.

I would have gone with the ref would it have been 8+6pin. Nothing good will come trying to ram 200w+ down a 8pin or 75w pice lane.
Not to mention dual 8 pin, AIB design, proper phases, better/cleaner power delivery. Very likely cheaper aswell!

Jayz card was running over 100% on stock clocks. Doesn't bode well for overclocking.

I'll be running on air until blocks are released.
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I'm on a very tight budget and I'm hoping the evga sc card which is based on the reference design will be around the 550 to 580 mark. The FTW would be nice but it's not gonna be cheap.

I just can't see these cards clocking to 2500 maybe 2300 but that's me being realistic

All these extra power connector are there mainly to power those beefy coolers and leds all over the place
 
steverebo said:
I'm on a very tight budget and I'm hoping the evga sc card which is based on the reference design will be around the 550 to 580 mark. The FTW would be nice but it's not gonna be cheap.

I just can't see these cards clocking to 2500 maybe 2300 but that's me being realistic

All these extra power connector are there mainly to power those beefy coolers and leds all over the place
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That's the only thing that will make me consider the SC. if the FTW is rediculously priced. I'll go for the SC and blocks.
 
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