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

Its weird how zotac put that backplate on their cards, from the front (fan side) they look pretty good, then they have that "push the limit" on the backplate, why? but its not a massive issue as I do not have a window anyway.
 
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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! and AMP! Extreme pictured.

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SiDeards73 said:
Well if that EVGA one is legit, it has 2 Power sockets on it, which means it should be able to draw more power than the FE for OC'ing etc right?.

Looking at that Rig, the guy does not have an SSD as far as i can tell lol, not that it matters much, just found it odd.
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There is a sata cable going to the back of the case, so I would not make that conclusion.
 
.Trooper. said:
Witcher 3, GTAV, Rainbow 6, etc.

I know I could achieve 60fps if I lowered settings.. But I'm aiming for 60fps+ on high/max settings.. So I'll be looking at a 980Ti/1070/1080/Polaris to buy in mid June, depending on performance and prices.
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If you want a quick or 'temporary upgrade' form a 970 holding out for a 1080ti, then 1070 is your best bet. I know for sure that a 1080 is the card for 1440p60 gathering by benchmarks of the founder's edition (stays well above 60 in most benchmarks), but a 1070 should be able to get close. Considering many folks do 1440p on their 980ti/TitanX's already too. And it probably won't take as much of a drop in value when the 1080ti releases as the 1080 would. I remember last year waiting to buy a 970, it only really dropped a little when the 300 series released, didn't do much around the launch of the 980ti.

I'm also waiting to upgrade for 1440p, but I'm okay with 1080p60 for now until the better GPUs launch from both parties.
 
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Legend said:
Why yellow? That's not going to work in my build! I just want a silver backplate, not black and no colours on. Too much to ask?
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Yeh thats what I just said, the card looks pretty nice on the fan side, then just why? why does it have that on the backplate?!
 
Orangey said:
So custom boards already available... I never understood the FE but now I have to say wtf?

I listened to NV's "explanation" for why it exists but it was clearly lies. Can anyone help me out here?
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Until we know the prices for these other cards, then we dont know if their reasoning behind the FE was lies or not.
 
easyrider said:
does anyone even see the backplate in a tower build?
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I don't have a window so it is not a problem for me, but I was thinking about getting a window at some point, could replace the back plate if necessary but IMO the card looks good except the yellow on the backplate, why not just leave the backplate black like the front of the card. Anyway as I said not a problem for me but an odd choice. Still better than the galax clown though.
 
NirK said:
Yeh thats what I just said, the card looks pretty nice on the fan side, then just why? why does it have that on the backplate?!
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To draw the kids/teens in a suppose but i suspect the parents will be paying not them @ them prices ....

I personally do not give a damn of how the card looks as long as it does a good job of cooling and power ect for OC it will go in the case and never be seen again until it needs a clean.....

But some peeps like to have a fairground attraction within there pc... next it will be mini smoke machines with mini lasers ...
 
mahius said:
If you want a quick or 'temporary upgrade' form a 970 holding out for a 1080ti, then 1070 is your best bet. I know for sure that a 1080 is the card for 1440p60 gathering by benchmarks of the founder's edition (stays well above 60 in most benchmarks), but a 1070 should be able to get close. Considering many folks do 1440p on their 980ti/TitanX's already too. And it probably won't take as much of a drop in value when the 1080ti releases as the 1080 would. I remember last year waiting to buy a 970, it only really dropped a little when the 300 series released, didn't do much around the launch of the 980ti.

I'm also waiting to upgrade for 1440p, but I'm okay with 1080p60 for now until the better GPUs launch from both parties.
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Yeah this is what I've been leaning towards, though I won't know for sure until 1070 AIB reviews come out. To be honest I could use it to hold out for a 1080Ti, or if it performs adequately it may even hold out for whatever is after the 1080Ti (1180?) Vega is also an option
 
NirK said:
Both of the zotac cards look like they have 2 power connectors, unless one is 2 x 6 pin.
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Yep getting very excited to know what these cards can do with extra juicy connectors ...and once the bios mods are about even better ...
 
harney said:
Yep getting very excited to know what these cards can do with extra juicy connectors ...and once the bios mods are about even better ...
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Yeh would be nice to get no throttling and quiet fans. Unfortunately on a lot of the 980 cards (looking now on OCUK) they have 2 x 6 pin, so hopefully there are some at the lower end with a 6 pin and 8 pin, I don't think 2 x 6 pin has any benefit over 1 x 8 pin?
 
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NirK said:
Yeh would be nice to get no throttling and quiet fans. Unfortunately on a lot of the 980 cards (looking now on OCUK) they have 2 x 6 pin, so hopefully there are some at the lower end with a 6 pin and 8 pin, I don't think 2 x 6 pin has any benefit over 1 x 8 pin?
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I don't know about the 2x6 vs 1x8, but regardless, the cooling WILL be better on the custom cards and throttling not so much an issue as it is on the FE. This is going to be the biggest issue with the FE rather than its ability to OC, as that itself is going to be hampered by the throttling. The way things are shaping up, the FE is going to be the worst buy of the bunch, unless you need x2 for SLI or for an SFF build. Makes the pricing seem even more insane... unless we see the custom cards coming in MORE expensive, eeek! :(
 
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