The Pascal GTX 1080 Ti Owners Thread

azazl187 · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:50

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geordiejc said:
I have a Gigabyte Gaming OC 1080 Ti, The card has coil whine and the fans are pretty loud (it gets upto 76 degrees) - massivley dissapointed. I've opened an RMA. I don't want a replacement card, just my money back. It's a real peice of crap the cooler on the Gigabyte, you need the beefier coolers like the Aorus / Frozor / Amp Extreme otherwise its a toasty card.

Gigabyte the cheap gets didnt even put a back plate on it. absolute scumbags.

waited 5 weeks for this pile of crap,

my picutre sums up how i feel about gigabyte.

It's not good enough when you are paying that much for a GPU

Digital X · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:59

Oh bugger, I don't like seeing that.. fingers crossed mine is OK.

azazl187 · 7 Apr 2017 at 20:02

digitalx said:
Oh bugger, I don't like seeing that.. fingers crossed mine is OK.

Your fingers will be doing something by the looks of it lol. If my strix has coil whine like my 1080 did it will be going right back!

geordiejc · 7 Apr 2017 at 20:02

@digitalx Its the same cooler as my Gigiabyte G1 Gaming 1070 - and to be fair the cooler was just enough to keep temps down on that card. When i compare the two cards i can see extra heat pipes on the 1080 Ti vs the 1070 but its just not good enough as the card heats up to ~75C and under-clocks the card further. all Pascal cards throttle from 32C by 12mhz for every 10C. After 52C they drop 24mhz per 10C after 72C even more apparently.

tyler_jrb · 7 Apr 2017 at 21:02

geordiejc said:
I have a Gigabyte Gaming OC 1080 Ti, The card has coil whine and the fans are pretty loud (it gets upto 76 degrees) - massivley dissapointed. I've opened an RMA. I don't want a replacement card, just my money back. It's a real peice of crap the cooler on the Gigabyte, you need the beefier coolers like the Aorus / Frozor / Amp Extreme otherwise its a toasty card.

Gigabyte the cheap gets didnt even put a back plate on it. absolute scumbags.

waited 5 weeks for this pile of crap,

my picutre sums up how i feel about gigabyte.

Yeah definitely wouldn't be happy with that.

But having said that it's to be expected. It's an air cooled card and has no beefier cooler for the extra heat and ref board which at the minute is known for coil whine.

I'd certainly return it and go for a better AIB card with a better beefed up cooler and pcb. Always worth the slight extra cost when air cooling.

[Death] · 7 Apr 2017 at 21:06

getting there with my 1080ti watercooling update, waiting on a proper noise dampen for my pump instead of hardfoam,

ViRuS2k · 7 Apr 2017 at 21:27

Ok i ran into a problem and its ******* me right off..........
not sure if its the card or the cable or the tv LOL

hdmi 2.0b out to hdmi 2.0a in from TI to LG OLED 6b

Everytime i connect the cable i get freezing windows then unfreeze for a split second to freeze again and the display on the tv is trying to engage keeps giving a picuture saying HDR then vanishes then comes back then vanishes.....
dont know how to fix it.. is there a bug with TI and LG b6 OLED ? when i do get a picuture before it vanishes i see sprites/sprinkles or white pixels then vanishes again.... then comes back lol
the cable i bought aswell is this one :
I cant see there being a issue with the cable unless its not a true 2.0a or 2.0b bandwith cable :

KabelDirekt 5m HDMI Cable compatible with HDMI 2.0a/b, 2.0, 1.4a (Ultra HD, 4K, 3D, Full HD, 1080p, HDR, ARC, Highspeed with Ethernet) - PRO Series

edit: i hope its just the cable but i somehow cant see it being the cable......
i ordered this one 2 minutes ago :
HDMI Cable 6ft - HDMI 2.0 (4K) Ready - 28AWG Braided Cord - High Speed 18Gbps - Gold Plated Connectors - Ethernet, Audio Return - Video 4K 2160p

Supports HDMI 2.0 Ports (4K @ 60Hz, 18 Gbps, 28 AWG) - Connect 4K/HD TV to Blu-Ray/DVD Player, Xbox, Play Station, PC, and other HDMI devices

Supports: 3D | HD 2K @ 1080p | QHD @ 1440p | UHD 4k @ 2160p (up to 60 Hz over HDMI 2.0 - HDMI 2.0 connection)

Ethernet & Audio Return Channel - Eliminate all network & audio cables between devices

Solid Aluminium Connector Housings - Braided Cord - 100% Pure Copper Wiring - Backwards compatible with HDMI v2.0, v1.4 & v1.3

Length: 6 Feet (2 Meters) - Free Lifetime Replacement Guarantee

--------------------------

Hope this one works if not 2 cables cant be wrong ???? im sick of buying HDMI cables ...

Broski_Oski · 7 Apr 2017 at 22:16

Hey guys I been having this dilemia for the past week, wanting to buy 1080TI, I have chosen ZOTAC AMP EXTREME as it looks to have best cooling capabilites, but I have also seen this MSI Sea Hawk X.
Now the question is , which one is going to be better? I dont mind spending extra £80 if its really worth it.

geordiejc · 7 Apr 2017 at 22:19

Seahawk > Air as temps and noise are much lower = removal of thermal throttling when compared to air.

Broski_Oski · 7 Apr 2017 at 22:26

I heard there are some VRAM cooling problems with the AIO's on gpu.. Is that true with Sea hawk ?

smogsy · 7 Apr 2017 at 22:30

ViRuS2k said:
Ok i ran into a problem and its ******* me right off..........
not sure if its the card or the cable or the tv LOL

hdmi 2.0b out to hdmi 2.0a in from TI to LG OLED 6b

Everytime i connect the cable i get freezing windows then unfreeze for a split second to freeze again and the display on the tv is trying to engage keeps giving a picuture saying HDR then vanishes then comes back then vanishes.....
dont know how to fix it.. is there a bug with TI and LG b6 OLED ? when i do get a picuture before it vanishes i see sprites/sprinkles or white pixels then vanishes again.... then comes back lol
the cable i bought aswell is this one :
I cant see there being a issue with the cable unless its not a true 2.0a or 2.0b bandwith cable :

Nvidia new Driver supports HDR Download & install OR Turn off HDR on the TV & retest (ive used 4K HDR over 5M without issue

The Artfull Bodger · 8 Apr 2017 at 09:57

ViRuS2k said:
Ok i ran into a problem and its ******* me right off..........
not sure if its the card or the cable or the tv LOL

hdmi 2.0b out to hdmi 2.0a in from TI to LG OLED 6b

Everytime i connect the cable i get freezing windows then unfreeze for a split second to freeze again and the display on the tv is trying to engage keeps giving a picuture saying HDR then vanishes then comes back then vanishes.....
dont know how to fix it.. is there a bug with TI and LG b6 OLED ? when i do get a picuture before it vanishes i see sprites/sprinkles or white pixels then vanishes again.... then comes back lol
the cable i bought aswell is this one :
I cant see there being a issue with the cable unless its not a true 2.0a or 2.0b bandwith cable :

KabelDirekt 5m HDMI Cable compatible with HDMI 2.0a/b, 2.0, 1.4a (Ultra HD, 4K, 3D, Full HD, 1080p, HDR, ARC, Highspeed with Ethernet) - PRO Series

edit: i hope its just the cable but i somehow cant see it being the cable......
i ordered this one 2 minutes ago :
HDMI Cable 6ft - HDMI 2.0 (4K) Ready - 28AWG Braided Cord - High Speed 18Gbps - Gold Plated Connectors - Ethernet, Audio Return - Video 4K 2160p

Supports HDMI 2.0 Ports (4K @ 60Hz, 18 Gbps, 28 AWG) - Connect 4K/HD TV to Blu-Ray/DVD Player, Xbox, Play Station, PC, and other HDMI devices

Supports: 3D | HD 2K @ 1080p | QHD @ 1440p | UHD 4k @ 2160p (up to 60 Hz over HDMI 2.0 - HDMI 2.0 connection)

Ethernet & Audio Return Channel - Eliminate all network & audio cables between devices

Solid Aluminium Connector Housings - Braided Cord - 100% Pure Copper Wiring - Backwards compatible with HDMI v2.0, v1.4 & v1.3

Length: 6 Feet (2 Meters) - Free Lifetime Replacement Guarantee

--------------------------

Hope this one works if not 2 cables cant be wrong ???? im sick of buying HDMI cables ...

Could be wrong but it might just be the length causing signal degredation (my personal experience with display port not hdmi), if i remember, when i used to run over display port, 2 m's is max recommended and i ran into some issues over that. Hopefully your 2m will sort it. Obviously some cables are better than others but this is why i bought nvidia shield TV. Just got to run one more cat 6 cable in cavity and I'm good to go

The-Hoff · 8 Apr 2017 at 16:56

geordiejc said:
Seahawk > Air as temps and noise are much lower = removal of thermal throttling when compared to air.

As a 1080ti Sea Hawk X owner, I can confirm it is extremely silent with low temps. I have never seen it above 63c, even during benching.

Broski_Oski · 8 Apr 2017 at 18:01

The-Hoff said:
As a 1080ti Sea Hawk X owner, I can confirm it is extremely silent with low temps. I have never seen it above 63c, even during benching.

Im scared that it may leak sometime during its lifetime.. Dont really know if i want to risk it..

rIcK · 8 Apr 2017 at 18:18

My case is a bit of a squeeze, here is my current 1080. Any normal height 1080ti around?

The-Hoff · 8 Apr 2017 at 18:33

Broski_Oski said:
Im scared that it may leak sometime during its lifetime.. Dont really know if i want to risk it..

I will sell mine when Volta is released so I won't have it long enough to find out.

Broski_Oski · 8 Apr 2017 at 18:50

What would be the best Air Cooled 1080 TI? I have found MSI Gaming X for £750 and ZOTAC AMP EXTREME/AORUS for £800? Zotac seems to be the biggest which I like, could anyone suggest ?

JediFragger · 8 Apr 2017 at 19:05

rIcK said:
My case is a bit of a squeeze, here is my current 1080. Any normal height 1080ti around?

Yes but they're proving to be a little hot. Personally I'd go for a dual-slot Inno3D, maybe this;

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...i-express-graphics-card-c108t4-gx-06r-in.html

Or this;

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...graphics-card-c108t3-1sdn-q6mn-gx-06q-in.html

Whatever you get, make sure it has 3 fans to help cool the beast.

JediFragger · 8 Apr 2017 at 19:09

Broski_Oski said:
What would be the best Air Cooled 1080 TI? I have found MSI Gaming X for £750 and ZOTAC AMP EXTREME/AORUS for £800? Zotac seems to be the biggest which I like, could anyone suggest ?

They'll all be much of a muchness tbh, only a couple of C or dB between them. I'd be tempted to get the MSI, looks quality.

Dave2150 · 8 Apr 2017 at 19:32

Woodsta888 said:
Though most here will understand that vendors will send the best binned cards free to reviewers so any enthusiast will understand mileage may vary from any manufacturer. There isn't so much GPU silicon lottery when you are the AIB partner and have pallets of the things to select from for reviews.

Asus and MSI would send in the best binned samples also, hence all are equal and the Gigabyte model is the best