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** The Official Nvidia GeForce 'Pascal' Thread - for general gossip and discussions **

I think this time round I am just going to wait until they release then pick up another 980TI to SLI them, plenty for 4k then, and I happily 4k game as it is on my single 980TI currently, I'm lucky to be old school enough where 30+fps is just fine for me and what I play.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
lol at the people showing the only game benchmark of a amd biased game for the new nvidia cards.such trollism :D
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Hilarious right? I mean why is everyone looking at the AoTS benchmarks when we have plenty of other games that don't favour AMD like Tombraider, Project Cars, etc. Anyone fancy posting some results for the 1080 and Polaris from those games? Oh wait...:rolleyes:
 
At times like these you really can see which people sit on what side of the fence. However later on will tell you that they are not biased at all. Funny really.

Anyways not sure why everyone is getting so excited over the 1070 and 80. The Ti is where its at! And possibly what ever AMD has to offer as their enthusiast card.
 
fs123 said:
Hilarious right? I mean why is everyone looking at the AoTS benchmarks when we have plenty of other games that don't favour AMD like Tombraider, Project Cars, etc. Anyone fancy posting some results for the 1080 and Polaris from those games? Oh wait...:rolleyes:
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Mate, many people are really looking forward to this release including me, most of us are not stupid (well I like to think not) and know what is what, so your tireless efforts are wasted. Go play AoTS and enjoy it.
 
AOTS was used because we know that the devs are half decent and the game was written to use and exploit at least some of what dx12 offers.

on top of that it has a reportable and repeatable built in benchmark.

this game will be more representative of what future games will perform like.

the 980ti already offers stellar performance in this benchmark (imho) so it gives me a good indication of what the 1080 will be able to do.
 
Besty said:
AOTS was used because we know that the devs are half decent and the game was written to use and exploit at least some of what dx12 offers.

on top of that it has a reportable and repeatable built in benchmark.

this game will be more representative of what future games will perform like.

the 980ti already offers stellar performance in this benchmark (imho) so it gives me a good indication of what the 1080 will be able to do.
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Not arguing with that and I looked at Kaaps bench and seen how the 980Ti and TX do just fine in it, so I certainly have no worries with the 1080. It is just the way that that is being used as the "be all and end all". Far too early to make any assumptions including DX12 and we will have to wait it out for bofficial bench results etc.
 
Looks like we will see founders edition cards from vendors on launch. So hopefully ocuk will stock them on release.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.te...080-founders-edition-cards?amp?client=safari#

I really just want a cheaper non ref card. As I won't want the cooler. Will be using water blocks.

Is there any reason that a founders edition will be better than a non reference card. Binned chips etc?

Or just the new cooler?
 
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There will surely be OC'd versions of the FE though, as EVGA have done with the SC versions of the 980 before? At an even higher premium of course!! Damn this pricing though... I really need reference for optimal cooling in my case, and it's going to cost more than a faster out the box, quieter and cooler card!!
 
Legend said:
There will surely be OC'd versions of the FE though, as EVGA have done with the SC versions of the 980 before? At an even higher premium of course!! Damn this pricing though... I really need reference for optimal cooling in my case, and it's going to cost more than a faster out the box, quieter and cooler card!!
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I would have thought so. My EVGA sc 980Ti's clock up to 1500mhz. A SC 1080 should clock as high as non ref cards. Just the FE premium for a cooler I won't use.

Birthday in 2 days. I'll be off work on launch aswell. Finding it hard to resist these cards at the minute :D.
 
tyler_jrb said:
Looks like we will see founders edition cards from vendors on launch. So hopefully ocuk will stock them on release.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.te...080-founders-edition-cards?amp?client=safari#

I really just want a cheaper non ref card. As I won't want the cooler. Will be using water blocks.

Is there any reason that a founders edition will be better than a non reference card. Binned chips etc?

Or just the new cooler?
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Just wait it out. There will be cards with reference designs (but non-reference cooler) that you'll be able to buy for a lower price than the FE. And FE doesn't have binned chips. I'm sure custom high end designs from EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, etc will OC even better than the FE.
 
HACO said:
Just wait it out. There will be cards with reference designs (but non-reference cooler) that you'll be able to buy for a lower price than the FE. And FE doesn't have binned chips. I'm sure custom high end designs from EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, etc will OC even better than the FE.
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http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6180-KR

EVGA aswell. I'd like to wait for sure. But EK waterblocks could see me getting a non ref card in July. Possibly later depending on board design.

It may seem I might have to get two founders as EK will likely have blocks for release.
 
Gregster said:
And when the 970 was launched, the pound was stronger against the dollar.
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If there's an exit vote on June the 23rd, by the time the 1070 and 1080 ship in volume in late July or August, then I'd expect a vanilla 1070 to cost at least £450. Sterling will have fallen through the floor by that stage.
 
could this affect the popularity of water cooling ? I know that custom boards dont always get waterblock unless its specifically added like EVGA does

If FE really is 600 and its the only thing that will fit the waterblocks
then it could be like 700 in total for what it essentially a mid range card
 
pmc25 said:
If there's an exit vote on June the 23rd, by the time the 1070 and 1080 ship in volume in late July or August, then I'd expect a vanilla 1070 to cost at least £450. Sterling will have fallen through the floor by that stage.
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:rolleyes:, the 1080 is shipping in May.
 
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