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

Gibbo said:
The clocks manufacturer state are the hard BIOS boost clock, as such the card never drops below this and will achieve this typically even at 80c. The moment they are below 80c they run above the stated clocks.

So it is not impossible for say a completely stock Strix 1080 out the box if it has a good ASIC to boost over 1900MHz or even 2000MHz, so pretty much the boost clocks of the OC part.

The difference is the OC parts due to having its hard boost clock set much higher means at lower temperatures it could be hitting 2.1GHz plus and this is the issue the amount of Pascal GPU that can do 1900MHz plus at 80c are few and far between, yield is very low.

Of course in real world use most of these after market cards with larger coolers run around 65c so run far faster than advertised clock speeds. :)
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Thank you for explaining :). I want to replace my Strix OC with a Zotac, but I can't justify spending any more than I already have tbh. Suspect it's a long wait though.
 
Sorta surprised the stock strix is still in stock, would have though most waiting on the oc variation would have jumped on this one.
 
Had a Strix on order from another supplier which was delivered today. The product advertised for sale was the O8G OC version . Product delivered is the 8G non-OC version (I have the screenshot to prove it was an O8G being advertised!)

I also have an FTW on order from OC.....

What shall I do!?!? I'm so tempted just to open it up and throw it inside the PC but the other side of me says to send it back and wait for the FTW :confused::confused::confused:
 
bigtasty said:
Had a Strix on order from another supplier which was delivered today. The product advertised for sale was the O8G OC version . Product delivered is the 8G non-OC version (I have the screenshot to prove it was an O8G being advertised!)

I also have an FTW on order from OC.....

What shall I do!?!? I'm so tempted just to open it up and throw it inside the PC but the other side of me says to send it back and wait for the FTW :confused::confused::confused:
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FTW is a monster! My FTW does 2015mhz out of box. Asus is overrated
 
Gerard said:
Sorta surprised the stock strix is still in stock, would have though most waiting on the oc variation would have jumped on this one.
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I can't speak for anyone else but personally I pre ordered the OC Strix back in May as there were no reviews yet at that point and the initial price was good thanks to the ASUS pricing error.

Having had 6 weeks waiting there were plenty of reviews in place and it was clear that the Strix was not a particularly good card this time round. Palit/Gainward and Zotac had clearly made better cards thanks to Pascals love of cooling so I decided to swap to one of them rather than the non OC Strix. Really happy I did as the Gainward GLH is running stable at 2.15Ghz on air.
 
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bigtasty said:
Had a Strix on order from another supplier which was delivered today. The product advertised for sale was the O8G OC version . Product delivered is the 8G non-OC version (I have the screenshot to prove it was an O8G being advertised!)

I also have an FTW on order from OC.....

What shall I do!?!? I'm so tempted just to open it up and throw it inside the PC but the other side of me says to send it back and wait for the FTW :confused::confused::confused:
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Depends who you got it from, if it was the rainforest plonk it in, see how it clocks.
 
Simon Belmont said:
FTW is a monster! My FTW does 2015mhz out of box. Asus is overrated
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Silicon lottery anbd overall the GLH and zotac are doing better than the FTWs.

EVGA and Asus have both dropped the ball this time round making cards which are nosier, hotter, poorer overclocking than the competition and charging a premium for it and then making people wait 2 months to get one.

Ill still wait for my FTW pre order to arrive but I may well return it.
 
bigtasty said:
Had a Strix on order from another supplier which was delivered today. The product advertised for sale was the O8G OC version . Product delivered is the 8G non-OC version (I have the screenshot to prove it was an O8G being advertised!)

I also have an FTW on order from OC.....

What shall I do!?!? I'm so tempted just to open it up and throw it inside the PC but the other side of me says to send it back and wait for the FTW :confused::confused::confused:
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Throw it in, see how it clocks and if it is a good one, contact the retailer and ask if they will discount due to being a different product from 1 ordered.
 
Well this sucks, been tracking my 1080 FTW all day on the DPD website, the little map has just show up around 40 mins ago with the drivers location and my location. However my location was shown as a street with the same name in a different town which is close by.

Now my tracking information has been updated to say that I've requested for the delivery to be rescheduled for tomorrow even though I've made no such request. Goddammit DPD, wasted a whole day waiting for this.
 
wolfsbane3083 said:
Well this sucks, been tracking my 1080 FTW all day on the DPD website, the little map has just show up around 40 mins ago with the drivers location and my location. However my location was shown as a street with the same name in a different town which is close by.

Now my tracking information has been updated to say that I've requested for the delivery to be rescheduled for tomorrow even though I've made no such request. Goddammit DPD, wasted a whole day waiting for this.
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Get on the phone to them and tell them you made no such request.
 
Gibbo said:
You need to install Zotac Firestorm, you can control the lighting with it and also overclock the card etc. It is actually pretty good piece of software. :)
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Any chance you have a link to it? The firestorm website is unreachable and the firestorm I have downloaded only lets me control OC'ing
 
Greebo said:
Silicon lottery anbd overall the GLH and zotac are doing better than the FTWs.

EVGA and Asus have both dropped the ball this time round making cards which are nosier, hotter, poorer overclocking than the competition and charging a premium for it and then making people wait 2 months to get one.

Ill still wait for my FTW pre order to arrive but I may well return it.
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Oops My card does 2050mhz not 2015.
 
Quick question. sorry if this answered earlier in the thread but with the length of it is getting hard to check back. I am 180 in the Strix OC queue but it seems like a decent level of stock won't be coming anytime soon.

I am thinking about giving up and paying up to switch to something I might get before Christmas. The other option I like is the Gigabyte Xtreme as the clocks etc seem pretty close or better than the Strix OC. If I were to switch my order when is it likely that a reasonable level of stock of this card might arrive? As a further alternative when is it likely the Zotac Amp Extreme will be back in stock in reasonable numbers?
 
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BaronVonDuncs said:
The other option I like is the Gigabyte Xtreme as the clocks etc seem pretty close or better than the Strix OC. If I were to switch my order when is it likely that a reasonable level of stock of this card might arrive?
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All I know is a shipment of unknown quantity has been expected since at least Monday 11th, and I'm 20th~ in the queue (not checked since start of July, ordered 20th June). Being GPU-less sucks.
 
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