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

[D.P.]

Has any card in the history of graphics cards ever increased by 24% performance from a 14-20% overclock?!?!?!? Hmmm color me suspicious of that result!!!

1860mhz x 1.24 = 2306mhz

1733mhz x 1.24 = 2148mhz

As the 1080 is supposed to be efficient and at low temps etc. then I guess it would boost to 1860mhz at stock without hitting any power or temp limits and throttling, which would make the 24% at 2.1Ghz highly suspicious!

At 2.1GHz it will also be boosting higher

 

[NirK]

The stock clock is 1.6GHz, 2.1/1.6=30%. When over clocked to 2.1GHz thete is still boosting going on.

No because it says there (and on the older 3Dmark leak) that the 1080 boosts to 1860 at stock settings... just like the stock speed on a 980ti is 1000mhz, but it boosts to 1200mhz at stock settings.....

Just saying the overclocked results might not be as good as expected, because 1860 is already very high and to get 20% faster than that it would need to be consistently at 2232mhz or 24% would be 2300mhz.

But then the stock result could be at the default fan and power limit settings, and the overclocked could be at 100% fan and max power limit settings + a memory overclock, which would mean the results could be correct.

Just bored and speculating that is all. But that result does look a bit high.

 

[NirK]

At 2.1GHz it will also be boosting higher

2.1Ghz is the boost clock though?

If the base clock goes to 2.1Ghz then that will be something like 2.4Ghz boost clock... Don't know if they mean the base clock or the boost clock, all very confusing.

But the Nvidia event had it at 2.1Ghz boost clock.

 

[D.P.]

2.1Ghz is the boost clock though?

If the base clock goes to 2.1Ghz then that will be something like 2.4Ghz boost clock... Don't know if they mean the base clock or the boost clock, all very confusing.

But the Nvidia event had it at 2.1Ghz boost clock.

Supposedly they will clock to 2.5GHz on water with extra power, I can imagine. A 2.1GHz base clock that boosts to 2.3 etc. Nvidia designed a brand new architecture based around higher clock speeds so we should be expecting very hefty overclocks on a lot of cards.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

If the first stock result, the card was at 1733 stock (lowest boost speed)

Then it was overclocked to 2150mhz, and the memory was overclocked, and it was 100% scaling, overclock = score. Then the 24% would be possible. Otherwise it looks high.

We don't know the effects of memory overclocking on the GP104 though?? It could be that it leads to big improvements in performance for all we know.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

Any word from EK yet?

 

[NirK]

Supposedly they will clock to 2.5GHz on water with extra power, I can imagine. A 2.1GHz base clock that boosts to 2.3 etc. Nvidia designed a brand new architecture based around higher clock speeds so we should be expecting very hefty overclocks on a lot of cards.

Hopefully that is the case. But only proof I have seen is Nvidia at 2.1Ghz at their event, only 4 days now and no more speculating!

 

[humbug]

26% faster than a TX
32% faster than a 980TI

Good but not great, i would like to see overclocked vs overclocked, i'm willing to bet its a lot closer.

 

[Krowzer]

Any word from EK yet?

They've mentioned that the blocks will be ready for launch, whether that means in stock at retailers or having to order directly from EK i'm not sure. I would think it would mean from EK direct.

 

[Kaapstad]

So it seems the 1080 can be used in 3 way sli,according to Jaystwocents latest video.

He talks about it starting at the 6 min mark in his video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNvfX0QZbYU

I think 4 way is doable as well.

It is interesting in the latest NVidia drivers that came out today there is 4 way SLI support for Master of Orion.

Would NVidia even bother with the above if 4 way SLI is not possible in the 10xx series.

 

[NirK]

Probably games like the division or ROTR will STILL not run at 60+fps with maxed settings at 3440x1440. If you want everything fully max settings at 3440x1440 70+ FPS then I think only the 1080Ti will do that. But still a 30% boost over 980ti would be good at 3440x1440.

 

[bru]

In one of the videos I have watched,(This one I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzOD0WaUJVs) it is mentioned that this might be the biggest performance leap from NVidia ever from one series to the next. Not sure if it is or not, but I just wanted to get other peoples opinion.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

They've mentioned that the blocks will be ready for launch, whether that means in stock at retailers or having to order directly from EK i'm not sure. I would think it would mean from EK direct.

Cheers. May have to wait a a week or so then

 

[Gregster]

Probably games like the division or ROTR will STILL not run at 60+fps with maxed settings at 3440x1440. If you want everything fully max settings at 3440x1440 70+ FPS then I think only the 1080Ti will do that. But still a 30% boost over 980ti would be good at 3440x1440.

I am still on 1440P and can't quite hold 60 fps in The Division but I expect the 1080 to do that for me.

 

[Gregster]

26% faster than a TX
32% faster than a 980TI

Good but not great, i would like to see overclocked vs overclocked, i'm willing to bet its a lot closer.

How much faster than your 970?

 

[Ayahuasca]

So the 2 way only SLI thing is false?

 

[NirK]

I am still on 1440P and can't quite hold 60 fps in The Division but I expect the 1080 to do that for me.

Yeh when I had 2560x1440, everything ran ok on 980ti, but when I went up to 3440x1440, that was enough to make games not run at same settings and 60+ fps. So 30% improvement would give me slightly better FPS than I got at 2560x1440 at 3440x1440, which will be decent enough. 4k though still no chance unless you want to run at medium settings.

 

[NirK]

Currently using intel 4600 graphics which SUCKKKSSSSSSS at any game.... even rocket league at 1080p lowest possible settings gets about 30fps.... Will have to put my old 5870 in so I can at least play rocket league for a few weeks!

 

[Gregster]

Yeh when I had 2560x1440, everything ran ok on 980ti, but when I went up to 3440x1440, that was enough to make games not run at same settings and 60+ fps. So 30% improvement would give me slightly better FPS than I got at 2560x1440 at 3440x1440, which will be decent enough. 4k though still no chance unless you want to run at medium settings.

I genuinely think we will constantly be chasing 60 fps max settings at 4K and if we ever get there, 8K will be the next must have thing, as the better hardware gets, the prettier and more demanding game engines come out. 2 cards or more are the sweet spot for 4K really.

 

[NirK]

I genuinely think we will constantly be chasing 60 fps max settings at 4K and if we ever get there, 8K will be the next must have thing, as the better hardware gets, the prettier and more demanding game engines come out. 2 cards or more are the sweet spot for 4K really.

I would not go near 4k on a PC monitor, if you have a 4k TV then you can run some older games on it, but as a PC monitor 3440x1440 is the best. Or 2560x1440 if you do not mind the smaller size.