The Pascal GTX 1080 Owners Thread

[tyler_jrb]

I can understand your reasoning Tyler. For me that extra 10% allows me the extra settings for playable frames at 1440P, so mine is a keeper

I know what you mean I would agree as the TX is a £900 card so a card at £600 that performs better id say is a good choice.

For me SLI 1080s (£1270) worth there and after testing I'm getting worse frames than my Ti's due to early SLI drivers. I'm seeing 99% on both my 980Ti's but only 80-95% on the 1080s. I guess this will improve but even if they do I'm looking at 10-20% at best over my 1500mhz Ti's.

They still soar in games on my 144hz 1440p monitor at high-ultra settings. They will certainly last me to the 1080Ti's. I'll be happy to upgrade then.

 

[easyrider]

Sell crack to kids I am a crane driver on a port primarily but also drive tugmasters, reach stackers and fork lifts. A fun job but crappy shifts make it harder.

Decent pay though...

 

[tyler_jrb]

Did you fit blocks onto them?

Unfortunately yes. I bought them direct from EK so I'll likely just sell them as like new with thermal pads in the correct places and take the small loss.

 

[easyrider]

Unfortunately yes. I bought them direct from EK so I'll likely just sell them as like new with thermal pads in the correct places and take the small loss.

I'm pretty much completely underwhelmed by my 1080 aswell.

Its a great clocker and its certainly fast...But its just not a 600 quid card...

I'm just going to get a cheapo 1070 and wait for the ti version.

 

[tyler_jrb]

I'm pretty much completely underwhelmed by my 1080 aswell.

Its a great clocker and its certainly fast...But its just not a 600 quid card...

I'm just going to get a cheapo 1070 and wait for the ti version.

1080Ti should be a fantastic card. Certainly an upgrade over both 1080 and TX.

Don't get me wrong the 1080 is a great card but a sidestep over Ti's really and not worth £600+ either.

If I was you i'd be really tempted to get a fast second hand 980Ti. Preferably one with 1500+MHz boost. Recent reviews have still put a 980Ti OC faster than a 1070 OC. Not to mention it will likely be cheaper.

 

[NirK]

I'm pretty much completely underwhelmed by my 1080 aswell.

Its a great clocker and its certainly fast...But its just not a 600 quid card...

I'm just going to get a cheapo 1070 and wait for the ti version.

It depends on the 1080Ti, yes it will be faster no doubt, but how the hell much will it be? For example I thought there was no way the 1080 would be much over 500.... turns out it was 570-650. It depends on AMD vega, but then I do not think the vega will beat the 1080ti, I think it will slot in between 1080 and 1080Ti, reducing the 1080 a bit but the 1080ti still being top end card. If it was 650-700, then that would make the 1080 look like bad value, if it was 750 or 800+ then its just too much for any single GPU . With this new "FE" pricing structure, I would not be surprised if its more like 750-800 for a decent card... in which case I will not mind that I got a 1080 because that is too much.

 

[Simon Belmont]

I will not mind that I got a 1080 because I am not happy putting that much into any single card.

This^

I'm staying with my 1080.

If you thought the 1080 is stupidly priced. just wait until the 1080 Ti is released. I would be afraid to see what the price will be like? I will be staying with my 1080 until 11 series.

 

[NirK]

I also think that Nvidia are in a market position now, where even if the Vega is as fast as the 1080ti, they can still add 100-200 onto the MSRP just because they are Nvidia and people will want the Nvidia card anyway. Also probably Gsync makes a difference, a lot of people interested in these cards are on Gsync now, so they have a choice of Nvidia... or... Nvidia.

 

[Sarlic]

Pre-ordered the MSI 1080X (£650) last night but after reading the last few pages of this thread it is making me think, Did I make the right choice ? At the moment I am gaming with 2x 780 HOF at but one card died on me a few weeks back so I am desparate for an upgrade. Have I made the right choice here ? Or should I have waited for the TI. My aim is to sli the 1080s in the next few months.

 

[Scottland]

Thought I would add this here and if you could add me to the list Kaap, that would be appreciated. I rushed this a bit but still happy with how it turned out and lots more testing to come and comparisons.

Hey, the video shows ~60% fan speed - do you know what that translates to in terms of RPM?

 

[azazl187]

Pre-ordered the MSI 1080X (£650) last night but after reading the last few pages of this thread it is making me think, Did I make the right choice ? At the moment I am gaming with 2x 780 HOF at but one card died on me a few weeks back so I am desparate for an upgrade. Have I made the right choice here ? Or should I have waited for the TI. My aim is to sli the 1080s in the next few months.

You will see a massive increase in performance but only you can ultimately answer this question..

 

[Radox-0]

1080Ti should be a fantastic card. Certainly an upgrade over both 1080 and TX.

Don't get me wrong the 1080 is a great card but a sidestep over Ti's really and not worth £600+ either.

If I was you i'd be really tempted to get a fast second hand 980Ti. Preferably one with 1500+MHz boost. Recent reviews have still put a 980Ti OC faster than a 1070 OC. Not to mention it will likely be cheaper.

Agree with this.

1080's are solid cards and of course the best performing cards out. To an extent I am delighted in the sense I got these for less then I paid for my Titan X's so pocketed some cash. But in terms of raw performance and figures the gap is about 10-15% for single cards for myself (decent enough) and in SLI about 10% over my TX's. Not a massive upgrade per say.

I would be inclined to say if you already have TX's / 980Ti that are good clockers under water, may be best to stick with them.

One thing I am happy about is as a reference design lover (sad I know!) these do run quieter the the TX blower for a given fan %

 

[yoyo59]

It depends on the 1080Ti, yes it will be faster no doubt, but how the hell much will it be? For example I thought there was no way the 1080 would be much over 500.... turns out it was 570-650. It depends on AMD vega, but then I do not think the vega will beat the 1080ti, I think it will slot in between 1080 and 1080Ti, reducing the 1080 a bit but the 1080ti still being top end card. If it was 650-700, then that would make the 1080 look like bad value, if it was 750 or 800+ then its just too much for any single GPU . With this new "FE" pricing structure, I would not be surprised if its more like 750-800 for a decent card... in which case I will not mind that I got a 1080 because that is too much.

by time the Ti come along there will be more competition, pascal won't be fresh off the boat and Nvidia won't be able to use the ''founders edition'' bs to confuse people I reckon the 1080 ti will be priced exactly like this 1080 but be 35-40% faster and sport 12gb ram

im usually right

come March Nvidia will release the titan first and call it the first true 4k capable card '' the one you've been waiting for, and now you can get it for just $1099 {smiley face} ''

 

[NirK]

by time the Ti come along there will be more competition, pascal won't be fresh off the boat and Nvidia won't be able to use the ''founders edition'' bs to confuse people I reckon the 1080 ti will be priced exactly like this 1080 but be 35-40% faster and sport 12gb ram

im usually right

come March Nvidia will release the titan first and call it the first true 4k capable card '' the one you've been waiting for, and now you can get it for just $1099 {smiley face} ''

Ok well I will be happy to eat my entire PC and film it on youtube if the 1080ti comes out at exactly the same as the 1080 (I am usually right as well)

 

[Kaapstad]

http://videocardz.com/60981/ek-announces-water-blocks-for-custom-geforce-gtx-1080

 

[tyler_jrb]

It depends on the 1080Ti, yes it will be faster no doubt, but how the hell much will it be? For example I thought there was no way the 1080 would be much over 500.... turns out it was 570-650. It depends on AMD vega, but then I do not think the vega will beat the 1080ti, I think it will slot in between 1080 and 1080Ti, reducing the 1080 a bit but the 1080ti still being top end card. If it was 650-700, then that would make the 1080 look like bad value, if it was 750 or 800+ then its just too much for any single GPU . With this new "FE" pricing structure, I would not be surprised if its more like 750-800 for a decent card... in which case I will not mind that I got a 1080 because that is too much.

980s came in at £500 ish. 980Ti's came in at about £600 several months later.

They were a good bit faster and had more memory.

I'd expect the 1080Ti to be around £700.

A lot of dosh but if I end up with 40-50% over a 980Ti. I'll be happy to pay that knowing I've had well over a year of use on my 980Ti's.

Struggling to justify loosing £5-600 on 1080s for 10-15% performance increase at best.

 

[roysters]

£700 for a Ti when the 1080's are almost £700?????

 

[BriT]

Still waiting for my G1 from parcel fail.

 

[azazl187]

Ok well I will be happy to eat my entire PC and film it on youtube if the 1080ti comes out at exactly the same as the 1080 (I am usually right as well)

1. id pay to see that and 2. unfortunately we wont see it as you are right, the TI will be near £800 at least on release because "NVIDIA".

It is a shame that some people are so quick to write these cards off so early when the drivers havent even been fully optimised. Might i remind you all that this is a direct replacement for the 980 GTX that was priced over £440 on release. This thing is 60% more powerful and kicks arse as a single GPU solution. It may not do the Witcher 3 at 60fps in 4K but that is some feat and anyone who expected it is completely deluded!

I think what has happened here is that there was so much belief in the hype that people complete forgot about what the card is designed to replace and compete with.

 

[Gerard]

I'm pretty much completely underwhelmed by my 1080 aswell.

Its a great clocker and its certainly fast...But its just not a 600 quid card...

I'm just going to get a cheapo 1070 and wait for the ti version.

Lol that honeymoon period didn't last long