Custom cooled GTX 1080 spotted

[CostcoSamples]

Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a Photoshop fake???

[i_build_nanosuits]

38 minutes ago, CostcoSamples said:

Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a Photoshop fake???

it might even look to be 3d printed lol

[CTR640]

[ThinkWithPortals]

Wow, they've managed to take a piece of cutting edge 2016 high-end GTX 1080 gloriousness and make it look like a GTX 760.

 

*slow clap*

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

12 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Wow, they've managed to take a piece of cutting edge 2016 high-end GTX 1080 gloriousness and make it look like a GTX 760.

 

*slow clap*

 

You want a $600 GTX 1080 or a $700 GTX 1080? 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

12 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Wow, they've managed to take a piece of cutting edge 2016 high-end GTX 1080 gloriousness and make it look like a GTX 760.

 

*slow clap*

 

You want a $600 GTX 1080 or a $700 GTX 1080? 

[ThinkWithPortals]

1 minute ago, Pohernori said:

 

If I'm going to buy something expensive I'd happily spend an extra 100 bucks to have something expensive that also looks expensive.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

1 minute ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

If I'm going to buy something expensive I'd happily spend an extra 100 bucks to have something expensive that also looks expensive.

 

Looking expensive doesn't give you better performance sadly. 

 

Why is the world like that? 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

1 minute ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

If I'm going to buy something expensive I'd happily spend an extra 100 bucks to have something expensive that also looks expensive.

 

Looking expensive doesn't give you better performance sadly. 

 

Why is the world like that? 

[ThinkWithPortals]

1 minute ago, Pohernori said:

 

Looking expensive doesn't give you better performance sadly. 

 

Why is the world like that? 

Of course it does. Didn't you know that painting flames and stripes on a car adds 200 horsepower to the engine? I think it works similarly with GPUs, each LED adds an extra gigabyte of VRAM.

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

6 hours ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Of course it does. Didn't you know that painting flames and stripes on a car adds 200 horsepower to the engine? I think it works similarly with GPUs, each LED adds an extra gigabyte of VRAM.

 

someone told me that you get even more performance with a dragon on the box, and of course red and black sh!t...

[The_Denks]

On ‎5‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 5:56 PM, i_build_nanosuits said:

So this would be the first ''non founders edition'' GTX 1080 to be spotted in the wild...it's from Galax and it's meant to be a very affordable design, even cheaper than the ''reference card''

It use a plastic shroud with a blower style fan design and no backplate, all this in order to bring the cost down as low as possible.

 

http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/custom_cooled_gtx_1080_spotted/1

 

So this is Galax take on the GTX 1080 cooler:

 

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This is probably gonna make the WAN show

[The_Denks]

11 hours ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Of course it does. Didn't you know that painting flames and stripes on a car adds 200 horsepower to the engine? I think it works similarly with GPUs, each LED adds an extra gigabyte of VRAM.

 

Speaking of that, www.downloadmoreram.com

[The_Denks]

11 hours ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Of course it does. Didn't you know that painting flames and stripes on a car adds 200 horsepower to the engine? I think it works similarly with GPUs, each LED adds an extra gigabyte of VRAM.

 

Speaking of that, www.downloadmoreram.com

[pagani123]

23 hours ago, Thony said:

That design looks cheap as fak !

all of the blower designs that come out right after its announced usually look kind of cheap (not as bad as this one but still) basically just reference design with a different shroud 

 

 

[AyeJayKay]

it looks like ass. but more power to those who claim they don't care about looks!

[Bhav]

Thats not custom cooled.

 

Thats 'worse than reference design' cooled, bottom end cheapest version.

 

IMHO blower coolers need to banned.

 

[Daiyus]

6 minutes ago, Bhav said:

 

IMHO blower coolers need to banned.

 

Because there's never a situation where exhausting heat directly out of the case is better, right? 

 

/facepalm

[Bhav]

1 minute ago, Daiyus said:

Because there's never a situation where exhausting heat directly out of the case is better, right? 

 

/facepalm

Never in any case where you are buying a high end GPU. If you can afford such a GPU, you can afford a decent case to put it in.

 

high end cards arent meant to go in mini PCs.

[RagnarokDel]

On ‎2016‎-‎05‎-‎11 at 9:04 PM, Bensemus said:

I don't think it looks that bad. Back plate would be really nice but it's not glossy or tacky, just plain. That would work for people with no window or who just want performance. 

and you can always just buy a backplate if you want to lol.

 

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If I was to buy this, It would be in plain sight, wouldnt have a care in the world, I never gave a damn about appearences of my PC. I just want performance.

[Daiyus]

10 minutes ago, Bhav said:

Never in any case where you are buying a high end GPU. If you can afford such a GPU, you can afford a decent case to put it in.

 

high end cards arent meant to go in mini PCs.

Says you. I've seen plenty of absolutely killer gaming HTPC's. Part of the fun is fitting as much power in as small a space as possible.

[Bhav]

23 minutes ago, Daiyus said:

Says you. I've seen plenty of absolutely killer gaming HTPC's. Part of the fun is fitting as much power in as small a space as possible.

So get a decent fansink design for lower GPU temps, and use a water cooler on the CPU, job done.

 

Theres no need for GPU blowers, ever. They are universally pathetic for cooling.

[Thony]

4 hours ago, Maybach123 said:

all of the blower designs that come out right after its announced usually look kind of cheap (not as bad as this one but still) basically just reference design with a different shroud 

 

 

Dear Lord, may the people designing them be enlightened and stop making these bad decisions. Amen.

[GoodBytes]

Here is Zotac GeForcfe 1080 custom cooling that the company teased:

http://www.techpowerup.com/222430/zotac-teases-its-geforce-gtx-1080-pgf-graphics-card

 

You know.. so far, the Founder Edition is looking better and better in terms of price/look/performance.

 

[TheJqke]

To be perfectly honest.  It looks like Galax just slapped a piece of cheap plastic on the 1080 and said this is our final product.  Facepalm.