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** The Official Nvidia GeForce 'Pascal' Thread - for general gossip and discussions **
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MCLOVIN!
nunu they only did that on one test to try get it over 2200 or something
from 2000mhz-2150mhz = real world 2-3% increase in performance
so something else is holding it back, bus speed or whatever it could be, ill leave that up to the clever ppl >.<
tho thats game benchmarks...maybe it looks better in firestrike scores i duno...
Yes I read that too, but the only reason I can see for Nvidia being happy to price the FE higher than the AIB cards is if they were also happy not to sell very many. Oh, and the AIB's were happy to not sell many of the FE either, because they are of course selling their branded versions of it. Of course, they'll sell a load at the start, but that's nothing... it will be a limited run at the start, so even if they 'sell out', it's a drop in the ocean of lifetime sales. But what happens after that, when cards come to market that are better... and for less money? Come on, you don't need to have a degree in economics to figure that one out!! It won't happen.
I cannot fathom the business sense of selling an inferior product in every way (except if you need it for SLI) for MORE than one that wipes the floor with it, as a single card solution... faster, cooler, quieter and better OC ability. It is for this reason I believe the £550 (or less) 1080 is a dream fantasy, reserved for nothing but the crappiest blower style basic cards that will genuinely be worse than the FE.
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Yeah pretty shocking they are all still under nda.
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Having said that I do wonder if Nvidia is trying some reverse psychology??
Have an overpriced reference card and then,WHAM,have a cheaper non-reference card with a better cooler,and a PCB with greater power limits which is a faster card.
Everybody thinks - "its a relative bargain" and buys that in droves!! Nvidia profits!!
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The adoredTV video really puts into perspective this GTX 1080 FE. 3% increase in performance compared to an overclocked MSI GTX 980Ti at 1440p.
3%! Why on earth would anyone get a 1080 FE over a good overclockable 980Ti!?
The only way I'm getting an aftermarket 1080 is if it holds up to the 25-30% increase compared to an OC 980Ti, like the FE does over a stock 980Ti.
3%! Why on earth would anyone get a 1080 FE over a good overclockable 980Ti!?
The only way I'm getting an aftermarket 1080 is if it holds up to the 25-30% increase compared to an OC 980Ti, like the FE does over a stock 980Ti.
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Tbh, im not really impressed with the 1080. Throttling is gonna be a big issue on the reference card. And, it was a curse even on AIB 980ti's. I own an msi gaming edition 980ti, on stock fan profile it will boost to 1329mhz. But once it hits 63c it will downclock 13mhz. This is a joke tbh as 63c is very mild for any gpu. Thankfully as the card has a great cooler i can ramp the fan upto 80% without being able to hear it. And negate nvidia's ridiculous cooling threshold.
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I would never buy anything made by evga, motherboard let alone a gpu. Burnt once by that outfit, never again. A hybrid cooler on a gpu is just a method of saying our card runs too hot for a decent air cooler. A get out clause basically.
Dude that was a fe card ...