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

Well as the Nvidia guy said there should custom cards in early June,so not seeing the point of the Founders Edition,unless they give you a free Weyoun Edition GTX1060 at a later date,LOL.
loads reasons

:MITX builds
:Small case SLI builds
:watercoolers
:want to 100% get no coil whine
:new card is rumoured to be vapour chambers = good as other custom coolers if true.
:if the keynote was not lieing 67c with OC is pretty good depending on Fan speed
 
loads reasons

:MITX builds
:Small case SLI builds
:watercoolers
:want to 100% get no coil whine
:new card is rumoured to be vapour chambers = good as other custom coolers if true.
:if the keynote was not lieing 67c with OC is pretty good depending on Fan speed

The problem is that vapour chambers have been on cards for YEARS,so I don't know why people all of a sudden think it is the second coming of Jesus since the GTX1080 has one. Loads of cards like the GTX580 and plenty of AMD ones have had them,like those cheapo HD6450 cards Dell sourced in China which seem to be failing.

If anything vapour chambers were invented since they were cheaper to implement than normal coolers as you need to use less metal.

There is already an OEM design which has a blower cooler and it looks to be a cheaper custom design,and most of the smaller mini-ITX cases don't have side window anyway.

Plus if you go to even smaller ones like the Elite 110,you cannot even fit a GTX1080 due to size. Hopefully we will see a card similar to the GTX970 ITX with the GTX1070! :)

GTX980TI performance in small compact card=win.

To my mind the founders edition are there for people wanting to put them under water since they are going to be the only reference cards.

Good point,but how much more was the reference cooler GTX980TI and GTX980 when compared to the non-reference models?? Was there a massive premium too over the cheaper models??
 
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To my mind the founders edition are there for people wanting to put them under water since they are going to be the only reference cards.

Nope. There will be cheaper cards with the reference PCB but a cheaper plastic cooler to rip off. Weve already seen images of one from Galax.

The magnesium alloy shroud is actually one of the more expensive coolers so it diesnt make sense to pay extra for a cooler you are going to rip off.
 
OFC,brilliant when the other thread was derailed by 5+ pages of people arguing whether a GTX980TI or Fury X was better or whether AMD or Nvidia bribe reviewers. That has zero to do with cards and just regurgitating old posts that the same posters have been arguing about for the last year. They should go and get a blasted room.

It was literally burying posts from people who found more leaks.

It was getting so bad,I knew mates who didn't bother with the thread,and it was so bad that I ended up reposting older posts which people hadn't seen due to pages of bickering. I had to do that three maybe four times.

I managed to get the thread back to actually talking about the cards luckily.

This thread has gone off topic many times and you spamming the AMD thread was a bit embarrassing really. You should report the posts and not keep spamming the same post (which I found annoying as I had read it once).

@ Greebo - Like Andy says, there will be cheaper reference cards to pop waterblocks in place of the ref cooler but I am certain now I will be getting the FE card as I have no patience at all (or I would have been a doctor).
 
@ Greebo - Like Andy says, there will be cheaper reference cards to pop waterblocks in place of the ref cooler but I am certain now I will be getting the FE card as I have no patience at all (or I would have been a doctor).

Yep, i will see whats what on launch day, if there are cheaper cards available then I'll use a core only block - going back to single card I can tolerate water - tri-sli was a bit of a cow on water so I avoided it with 2-way as well

if FE is all there is then I don't think I'll be able to hold off
 
Yep, i will see whats what on launch day, if there are cheaper cards available then I'll use a core only block - going back to single card I can tolerate water - tri-sli was a bit of a cow on water so I avoided it with 2-way as well

I said I wouldn't go watercooling again but looks like I lied to myself.
 
its a discussion board, any thread that survives more than a handful of pages goes off topic, thats the nature of an open discussion, when something relevant pops up it gets posted, and if someone comes in and asks it gets posted

the same person posting the same thing because they don't like the discussion is a bit different

there's very little new information about the new cards, so obviously people are going to reference the previous gen as a source of discussion
 
Was seriously considering getting a single 1080 to replace my two 780ti's, however having run all the Firestrike tests at my everyday OC which I've run them on for over a year, my cards are actually quicker vs a stock 1080 in the 1440p and 4K tests. Obviously with the 1080 overclocked its quicker but not by enough for me to sell up and spend £100-200 on top to get one, I'm now definitely waiting for the 1080 ti.
 
I think it is embarassing that you find it acceptable that you find it OK for that thread to go off topic with 5+ pages of argueing about the GTX980TI vs Fury and AMD and Nvidia bribing reviewers,etc.

But according to you want it to go off topic as posting on-topic stuff is spamming.

So should we see how you feel if make this thread off topic with conspiracies about crap here.

Plus,it shows you that you actually did not want that thread on topic if you think that me making sure people could see the latest leaks.

According to Gregster,spamming= posting leaks and links relevant to the thread and NOT SPAMMING= off topic thread thrashing.

How predictable.


You are doing exactly what you are complaining of. Use the RTM function if you have not already or ignore that posts that offend you. As much as we all want a nice forum people are entitled to post what they want as long as it is within the forums rules. If you are unsure please read the FAQ.
 
im considering just getting 1x 1080 for now to see if i can run on just 1 at 4K (most likely not) but this will mean i can upgrade to 1080ti later :D

if not ill buy a second

anything i missed with the above idea?

only one i can think of when i buy my 1080ti the 1180 will be around corner :p
 
im considering just getting 1x 1080 for now to see if i can run on just 1 at 4K (most likely not) but this will mean i can upgrade to 1080ti later :D

if not ill buy a second

anything i missed with the above idea?

only one i can think of when i buy my 1080ti the 1180 will be around corner :p

That's the thing Nvidia is using 10GBPS GDDR5X which appears to early run RAM,and the lowest officially listed is 12GBPS GDDR5X.

So,I can see a refresh with faster RAM,coming round the corner.

That means a refreshed GTX1080 would have more bandwidth than a GTX980TI!!

Edit!!

I expect Nvidia will hold back to see what Vega is like.
 
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The monitor to end all monitors I think would be OLED 35" 3440x1440 DP 1.4 200hz Gsync, maybe in 5 years that will be available.

Apologies for the off-topic monitor speak, but
1) IPS over OLED, simply due to it lasting longer (don't want to have upgrade/buy monitors as often as one upgrades/buys GPUs), plus OLED isn't outright better in every respect
2) Get ready to pay Titan Z prices for your monitors folks! Considering how much G-sync monitors with all the bells and whistles cost these days. I'd much rather be able to afford a monitor lol

Considering those 2 things, it's not too far off having such a monitor. I believe current models are framerate limited due to I/O bandwidth, it's why we don't get 120Hz 4k screens much.

And of course the big killer is not having enough GPU grunt to power it. The GTX1080 is looking like a good shout for 1080p144 and 1440p60, but what about 1440p144? And that's not even ultrawide resolutions. I really wonder how much FPS a GTX1080 can put out on 1440p widescreen? If SLI is better this gen than perhaps it might be able to make good use of current 100Hz limits. But I'm doubtful a single card will be capable without lowering some settings.

rumor going around that Nvidia secured Tegra deal with Nintendo for their NX console ... i dont think Nintendo fanbase would take another console with no AAA crossplatform ports ...

source

Rumours are nought but rumours. First off, the source is WCCFTech of all places... Secondly, AMD (ATI before that) have been making console chips (GPUs and now APUs) for a long time. They'd have to really mess up for companies like Nintendo to go over to a competitor. Considering how Polaris is aimed at low to mid-range, I think that's a good bet as to what will be in upcoming systems, we know that Polaris has been confirmed for PSNEO.

And you underestimate both Nintendo fans and non-Nintendo fans. Nintendo fans will buy the thing regardless and non-Nintendo fans who game on multiple platforms will buy it only for exclusives anyway. Why would one buy a console version of a multi-plat when one can get it on PC? Especially with new GPUs coming out that furthers the gap between consoles and PC?

Off topic, but I felt I had to discuss these.

Was seriously considering getting a single 1080 to replace my two 780ti's, however having run all the Firestrike tests at my everyday OC which I've run them on for over a year, my cards are actually quicker vs a stock 1080 in the 1440p and 4K tests. Obviously with the 1080 overclocked its quicker but not by enough for me to sell up and spend £100-200 on top to get one, I'm now definitely waiting for the 1080 ti.

Finally someone has some sense on here XD. It boggles my mind that folks with 980ti's and Titan Xs are selling their top end GPUs to upgrade to what won't be the best GPU of the new generation. I bet those same folks will also jump on the hype train when the 1080ti is announced with even better performance and sell their 1080s to buy 1080ti's lol. Oh well, their loss. Unless they have amazing GPU selling skills to minimise losses. Folks can upgrade as often as they like, but too often and it's not as worth it. 980ti is barely a year old.

Of course there will always be better GPUs, but the more often one upgrades, the less benefits one gains. Strike a balance between often and not so often, stick to one tier and upgrade within that tier for best gains. IMO, the people with the best returns are those on the mid-range ladder, going from 770 > 970 > 1070. Quite the upgrade each time.

All that said, I'm planning a silly move of upgrading from mid to high 970 > 1080ti. The jump from Maxwell to Pascal will be huge, but Volta won't be as great to upgrade to from Pascal.
 
I'll let you know how I get on with the Predator and a pre-filled gfx block if you like m8? Makes it a hell of a lot simpler with most of the benefits of W/C....

I have my CPU being cooled with a custom loop, so it isn't much hassle and it needs changing water, so no biggie adding it in the loop :)

Cat be nice to gregster, he don't deserve it. the likes of you and drunkenmaster et al on here need to take a chill pill.

Back on topic, I had buyers remorse last time with a reference card so I really want to wait for a custom AIO card. I hope my resolve holds out.

Thanks Besty :)
 
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