The Pascal GTX 1080 Ti Owners Thread

Gibbo · 27 Apr 2017 at 10:17

Hi there

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JediFragger · 27 Apr 2017 at 10:31

XavierCastiel said:
Can't say I'm overly impressed with the idle temps on these cards :/. Bought the Gigabyte Aorus and my idle temps are between 50 and 55 at stock and 73-77 in games with the Aorus OC mode.

Mine is sitting here at 26c idle, so you may have an airflow issue...

XavierCastiel · 27 Apr 2017 at 10:38

Simon Belmont said:
Woooo that too high mate. What's you clocks on idle?

Kaapstad said:
Case air flow ok?

I'm not as tech savvy as most of you guys but I believe so yes. My GTX 980 G1 ran at 35-38ish on idle. CPU/MOBO/Storages etc all in the high 20's low 30's here. Taken off the side panel to let it breathe and it's still staying at 50 ish. Read a few threads online that report similar, various brands. Probably a tiny issue on my end. Some also say dual monitors + 144HZ can be problematic with temps both at 1440P if that makes any difference.

JediFragger said:
Mine is sitting here at 26c idle, so you may have an airflow issue...

Alright, must be the room temperature + lack of airflow then, will try and sort it out.

Kaapstad · 27 Apr 2017 at 10:43

KFA2 HOF Limited Edition

Some high rez images of the HOF limited Edition

khemist · 27 Apr 2017 at 11:09

Delete.

tyler_jrb · 27 Apr 2017 at 11:20

XavierCastiel said:
I'm not as tech savvy as most of you guys but I believe so yes. My GTX 980 G1 ran at 35-38ish on idle. CPU/MOBO/Storages etc all in the high 20's low 30's here. Taken off the side panel to let it breathe and it's still staying at 50 ish. Read a few threads online that report similar, various brands. Probably a tiny issue on my end. Some also say dual monitors + 144HZ can be problematic with temps both at 1440P if that makes any difference.

Alright, must be the room temperature + lack of airflow then, will try and sort it out.

Possibly not. Although running 144hz can cause the card to not downclock although looks good to me on that photo.

I had and tested the aorus before returning and settling on an Msi gaming x.

Plenty of airflow. 7x140mm ml140 fans. The card ran something like 68-69c with stock fan profile at around 83% fan speed which was too high and loud for my liking.

Swapped out and inserted the Msi gaming x immediately after (same setup and room temp) which hits 65c at 60% fully maxed.

Simon Belmont · 27 Apr 2017 at 11:36

tyler_jrb said:
Possibly not. Although running 144hz can cause the card to not downclock although looks good to me on that photo.

That's what happened to me on my old Asus ROG 144hz. Temps on idle were near 50c, went to 120hz and clock and temps went down.

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JediFragger · 27 Apr 2017 at 13:06

tyler_jrb said:
Possibly not. Although running 144hz can cause the card to not downclock although looks good to me on that photo.

My Aorus is running at 240/405@165Hz, downclocking fine...

trawetSluaP · 27 Apr 2017 at 14:03

If you're running in Performance mode the card won't downclock in my experience.

The Artfull Bodger · 27 Apr 2017 at 16:08

Razor Time said:
Anyone here constantly hitting the voltage limit on their card?

I have a replacement card which is hitting the Voltage Limit from an underclocked 1468Mhz all the way upto 2050Mhz.

My FE - iv'e just found out, limits voltage around 42 c, don't see this in benches because it doesn't hit that but in games it lowers my voltage a step.

Razzz · 27 Apr 2017 at 19:34

Got my Asus Strix ROG OC 1080Ti yesterday and while I was also very expensive compared to some other cards (my first ever Asus card btw). I was expecting more heat than what my Zotac 1070 AMP Extreme pumped out but I'm shocked to see it also maxes out about about 62 degrees and this is with the max stable overclock I can get, which hits 2050Mhz max gpu clock during games.

Finally smooth 4k gaming is now a reality for me. So happy.

Razor Time · 27 Apr 2017 at 23:36

The Artfull Bodger said:
My FE - iv'e just found out, limits voltage around 42 c, don't see this in benches because it doesn't hit that but in games it lowers my voltage a step.

Thanks for posting back, so your card temp triggers it off, interesting.

This card is a replacement and still on air so I will see if I can get a reading before it hits over 42c with the blower on max. How are you finding the overall performance of the card and is it only reduced one step? I am tempted to return the card because of this, I still have my original card which doesn't flag any Limits bar performance and that's when at very high clocks ie over 2066Mhz.

Edit: Tested it and even at 35c the Voltage Limit is triggered, I am going to send this card back. Everything sets off the Voltage Limit. :confused:

r7slayer · 28 Apr 2017 at 00:34

XavierCastiel said:
I'm not as tech savvy as most of you guys but I believe so yes. My GTX 980 G1 ran at 35-38ish on idle. CPU/MOBO/Storages etc all in the high 20's low 30's here. Taken off the side panel to let it breathe and it's still staying at 50 ish. Read a few threads online that report similar, various brands. Probably a tiny issue on my end. Some also say dual monitors + 144HZ can be problematic with temps both at 1440P if that makes any difference.

Alright, must be the room temperature + lack of airflow then, will try and sort it out.

Look at your core clock. Should be aroubd 139 or 250 for example. If its a lot higher like 1500ish the its in 3d clocks with voltage following so its running hot because of that. Having your monitor running at 144hz at the desktop does this. Setting it to 120 hz instead fixes the problem. Its a well known problem and nvidia have yet to fix it.

Edit - just read on more hpw are people running at 144hz or 165hz and its still downclocking? My 980ti amp extreme never did and niether is my 1080ti. As soon as i set 144hz on desktop it ramps clocks up change it to 120 and it drops clocks to 139mhz.

andybird123 · 28 Apr 2017 at 10:17

r7slayer said:
Look at your core clock. Should be aroubd 139 or 250 for example. If its a lot higher like 1500ish the its in 3d clocks with voltage following so its running hot because of that. Having your monitor running at 144hz at the desktop does this. Setting it to 120 hz instead fixes the problem. Its a well known problem and nvidia have yet to fix it.

Edit - just read on more hpw are people running at 144hz or 165hz and its still downclocking? My 980ti amp extreme never did and niether is my 1080ti. As soon as i set 144hz on desktop it ramps clocks up change it to 120 and it drops clocks to 139mhz.

i've got 144hz on the desktop and mine downclocks fine

The Artfull Bodger · 28 Apr 2017 at 10:40

Razor Time said:
Thanks for posting back, so your card temp triggers it off, interesting.

This card is a replacement and still on air so I will see if I can get a reading before it hits over 42c with the blower on max. How are you finding the overall performance of the card and is it only reduced one step? I am tempted to return the card because of this, I still have my original card which doesn't flag any Limits bar performance and that's when at very high clocks ie over 2066Mhz.

Edit: Tested it and even at 35c the Voltage Limit is triggered, I am going to send this card back. Everything sets off the Voltage Limit.

TBH I have no idea what's even going on with my own card but that doesn't sound right as long as you have increased voltage/power in AB, mine displays voltage and power limits if left stock at stock speeds.
Testing with a couple of games my results are all over the place, some I can easily run over 2.1 steady, others I struggle to keep in the 2's and they're the ones that can hit 50c (even though running similiar fps to the cooler games +/- 5?) so heat is definitely a big factor for me. When I do my new case build - just going to see if I can lower my temps, its annoying but I'm probably only missing a couple fps so not the end of the world.

Besty · 28 Apr 2017 at 11:09

my card will drop to 1985ish mhz even when it's sub-30c due to power limit.

tyler_jrb · 28 Apr 2017 at 11:40

Razor Time said:
Thanks for posting back, so your card temp triggers it off, interesting.

This card is a replacement and still on air so I will see if I can get a reading before it hits over 42c with the blower on max. How are you finding the overall performance of the card and is it only reduced one step? I am tempted to return the card because of this, I still have my original card which doesn't flag any Limits bar performance and that's when at very high clocks ie over 2066Mhz.

Edit: Tested it and even at 35c the Voltage Limit is triggered, I am going to send this card back. Everything sets off the Voltage Limit.

It will drop a step from 32,42,52,62c, just the way boost 3 works.

I tested before and even dropping 100mhz I only saw a few fps at 3440x1440 so dropping a few voltage steps isn't going to make much difference.

I also noticed the same with my FE due to power limits. Some games bf1 99% usage would stay under the limit to 2050mhz stable. Load TW3 up and it was running all over the place and under 2ghz because of it.

Even my Gaming X at 2050 MHz is stable on TW3. Put the voltage to 100% and it goes over its 117% limit causing the same issue. So even the 330w on the gaming X is not enough to max the voltage out.

Kaapstad · 28 Apr 2017 at 11:52

Besty said:
my card will drop to 1985ish mhz even when it's sub-30c due to power limit.

It was very weird running my 980 Ti Kingpin on the Superposition bench the other day. When I checked the clockspeed it was totally flat from start to finish despite the temperature rising, it maintained a rock solid 1560/2102 which is not bad for an air cooled 980 Ti on stock volts.

I think we have got too used to the 10 series cards clocks moving all over the place.

Razor Time · 28 Apr 2017 at 12:13

The Artfull Bodger said:
TBH I have no idea what's even going on with my own card but that doesn't sound right as long as you have increased voltage/power in AB, mine displays voltage and power limits if left stock at stock speeds.
Testing with a couple of games my results are all over the place, some I can easily run over 2.1 steady, others I struggle to keep in the 2's and they're the ones that can hit 50c (even though running similiar fps to the cooler games +/- 5?) so heat is definitely a big factor for me. When I do my new case build - just going to see if I can lower my temps, its annoying but I'm probably only missing a couple fps so not the end of the world.

I've tried everything from under/overvolting to under/overclocking and everything sets off the Voltage Limit.

I contacted EVGA and they basically said it was normal and that its the silicone lottery, the other two cards I have used didnt do this so its been bugging the hell out of me, I think I am just going to box it up and return it.

What are you using to control your loop, how much rad have you got? The highest temp my card ever gets to is 43c, its normally sat at 41c depending on what game I am playing. Water temps are a max of 36c.

tyler_jrb said:
It will drop a step from 32,42,52,62c, just the way boost 3 works.

I tested before and even dropping 100mhz I only saw a few fps at 3440x1440 so dropping a few voltage steps isn't going to make much difference.

I also noticed the same with my FE due to power limits. Some games bf1 99% usage would stay under the limit to 2050mhz stable. Load TW3 up and it was running all over the place and under 2ghz because of it.

Even my Gaming X at 2050 MHz is stable on TW3. Put the voltage to 100% and it goes over its 117% limit causing the same issue. So even the 330w on the gaming X is not enough to max the voltage out.

Yeah my first card/current card never triggers off the Voltage Limit, I've not seen it do it once. Power Limits seem fairly common and I do see these but only at really high/max clocks, it mainly spikes for a brief second and then back to 0.

Its just annoying the hell out of me seeing Voltage Limit on constantly on this RMA replacement, luckily I did a cross shipping so I will just keep my original card, the coil whine has also calmed down since I first got it. I am kinda fed up swapping out cards and will just keep what I have, I really cant be arsed any more.