** OcUK HAS 21 CUSTOM GTX 1080 MODELS READY FOR PRE-ORDER !! **

[Simon Belmont]

I hear that and really looking forward to it. Yer, fingers crossed and a touch of Flu possibly kicking in next week at work

lol

 

[HACO]

The FTW board is not a standard board unlike the SC, the SC is exactly the same as the FE cards.

The FTW had 10+2 Phase Power (than can supply up 215W I think) with 2x8pin and an even bigger cooler than the SC (180W) which is 1x8pin.
This extra power may help with what some people has been describing as a power limit when both GPU and MEM over oc'd.

The overclockability MAY be a lot better on the FTW depending on the circumstances.

Both the ASUS Strix and the MSI Gaming X which have improved power delivery designs over the FE cards offer no better overclocking capability. Not because their power delivery system is weak, but because that's not the bottleneck that limits overclocking. It's the NVIDIA protections and Pascal architecture that limits voltage, and it seems to be across the board.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1080_gaming_x_8g_review,38.html

It seems hard mods are necessary to achieve any overclocking better than FE. There's still a slight hope that BIOS mods will be able to do the trick, but not likely.

 

[smallzz]

Both the ASUS Strix and the MSI Gaming X which have improved power delivery designs over the FE cards offer no better overclocking capability. Not because their power delivery system is weak, but because that's not the bottleneck that limits overclocking. It's the NVIDIA protections and Pascal architecture that limits voltage, and it seems to be across the board.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1080_gaming_x_8g_review,38.html

It seems hard mods are necessary to achieve any overclocking better than FE. There's still a slight hope that BIOS mods will be able to do the trick, but not likely.

Thats fine by me. I wont bother with overclocking as right now there is nothing I play that requires anything more than standard.

I only play on 1440p and have 2 1080p monitors as company so as long as it can handle that I'll be smashing noobs with a grin on my face

 

[Gee]

Ordered my FTW at 14:28, I must be around 20-30 in the queue?

 

[enigma27]

104th..

ordered at 10pm on the 27th.. to be fair i was on holiday in Malaga at the time..

 

[HACO]

Thats fine by me. I wont bother with overclocking as right now there is nothing I play that requires anything more than standard.

I only play on 1440p and have 2 1080p monitors as company so as long as it can handle that I'll be smashing noobs with a grin on my face

Yeah even at stock it can handle anything you can throw at it at 1440p. Overclocking this card is just for the fun of it, not performance

 

[smogsy]

Ftw edition 14:18 ordered on phone

 

[smallzz]

Yeah even at stock it can handle anything you can throw at it at 1440p. Overclocking this card is just for the fun of it, not performance

Maybe one day I'll grow a pair and give it ago

 

[jommy999]

somehow i have been told from CS that they can't check my queue position as i paid with paypal . Did you guys pay direct with credit card ?

 

[Simon Belmont]

somehow i have been told from CS that they can't check my queue position as i paid with paypal . Did you guys pay direct with credit card ?

I paid with PayPal through my bank.

 

[jommy999]

I paid with PayPal through my bank.

yah the same . oh well .

 

[steverebo]

Well I've just been told the 9th/10th for the SC not happy as they stated the 3rd on the website

 

[WesleyBurns]

Both the ASUS Strix and the MSI Gaming X which have improved power delivery designs over the FE cards offer no better overclocking capability. Not because their power delivery system is weak, but because that's not the bottleneck that limits overclocking. It's the NVIDIA protections and Pascal architecture that limits voltage, and it seems to be across the board.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1080_gaming_x_8g_review,38.html

It seems hard mods are necessary to achieve any overclocking better than FE. There's still a slight hope that BIOS mods will be able to do the trick, but not likely.

Agreed, but for the price difference of not much, I have chosen the non reference just in case there is a situation where the extra helps.

There will be a maximum overclock on the gpu itself which probably is about 2100 at a guess. However, i will have mine on a G10 Cooler so I am hoping there is more to be had.

 

[WesleyBurns]

Ordered my FTW at 14:28, I must be around 20-30 in the queue?

I would guess that too.

 

[jommy999]

its similar to other cards like Classified Ben EVGA said that end of the month and Hybrid early July but on OCUK show ESA date earlier than that .

 

[PJHUK]

Well I've just been told the 9th/10th for the SC not happy as they stated the 3rd on the website

When did you order? Is that the 9th/10th for the first batch?

 

[steverebo]

When did you order? Is that the 9th/10th for the first batch?

I'm 34th in the que so I'm assuming first batch as I can't imagine batches coming in less than 50

 

[jommy999]

Ok i just call CS for my queue position number again. i am the 4th so its all good. Thanks

 

[steverebo]

This is the response I got for the SC:

Thankyou for your webnote, you are currently 34th on our pre-order list for this GPU Stephen, current ETA for this GPU is 10/06, this can change as it is an estimated date.

 

[PJHUK]

This is the response I got for the SC:

Thankyou for your webnote, you are currently 34th on our pre-order list for this GPU Stephen, current ETA for this GPU is 10/06, this can change as it is an estimated date.

Thanks for that - good to know. I'm 43rd in the queue so guess I'm hoping I'll hit the first batch as well. Gutted it's not looking like being the 3rd though.