Overclocked 980 vs 980Ti vs 1080 = Potential is there, but not with FE

[Arct1c0n]

 

More reason to skip Nvidia's horrific priced FE and wait for custom boards with extra power. My Kingpin 980Ti will hold me off until the 1080 Ti comes to play

 

[DioOmicida]

If I had a 980ti I would also not upgrade to a 1080. 
IMO, I'd only upgrade at say what I do have, a 970, and below.
But that's also only true if you wanted to move from 1080p to 2/4k.

[y_unit265]

Purchased myself a 980ti a week ago. Returned it, as I literally heard about the 1080 reveal a day later. Might as well wait a little bit extra

[Superspeed07]

I'm sticking with my 780 classy's till the 1080ti

[Arct1c0n]

5 minutes ago, y_unit265 said:

Purchased myself a 980ti a week ago. Returned it, as I literally heard about the 1080 reveal a day later. Might as well wait a little bit extra

Yeah, I made the moronic decision to sell my MS 980Ti two weeks ago due to the hype and before prices went down, then I learned the truth and I am so mad at myself.

 

I have a used Kingpin 980ti and a new 980 TI hybrid coming and I will keep the best one and happily game until next year when the 1080 TI is in full force hopefully

[Arct1c0n]

2 minutes ago, Superspeed07 said:

I'm sticking with my 780 classy's till the 1080ti

 

Hell, get a 980Ti for cheap price and it will do better and no SLI crap

[Energycore]

I, um, am sticking with my 560 Ti until, eh.

 

I need an upgrade

[Fulgrim]

The 1080Ti is gonna be hot as balls.

Fermi 2.0

[Arct1c0n]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I, um, am sticking with my 560 Ti until, eh.

 

I need an upgrade

 

Holy hell son, you can get 980's for really cheap now

[Superspeed07]

4 minutes ago, Arct1c0n said:

 

Hell, get a 980Ti for cheap price and it will do better and no SLI crap

Yeah I was thinking about that, hopefully the 1080ti won't be too horribly over priced and will game well at 3440*1440p which is what I want to play at, if it is i'm guessing I could find a 980ti that would do just fine

[y_unit265]

4 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I, um, am sticking with my 560 Ti until, eh.

 

I need an upgrade

I came from an AMD 7600 series, which is now currently in my new desktop, being way to tiny for the large case.

[Coaxialgamer]

Wait , the 1080 got a 11% OC ? As a max overclock ? Damn , my 290x can take a 25% overclock if i push the voltage . Consider me unimpressed.

[Energycore]

7 minutes ago, Arct1c0n said:

 

Holy hell son, you can get 980's for really cheap now

First, a job.

 

And before that, my finals.

[App4that]

Only reason to get a 1080 is you absolutely have to have the latest graphics card.

[y_unit265]

3 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Wait , the 1080 got a 11% OC ? As a max overclock ? Damn , my 290x can take a 25% overclock if i push the voltage . Consider me unimpressed.

I believe that the new pascal architecture doesn't handle over voltage that well. And with that comes the lesser need for water cooling as well.

[App4that]

1 minute ago, y_unit265 said:

I believe that the new pascal architecture doesn't handle over voltage that well. And with that comes the lesser need for water cooling as well.

You haven't seen it thermal throttle like a fat kid running after a rolling doughnut then.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, y_unit265 said:

I believe that the new pascal architecture doesn't handle over voltage that well. And with that comes the lesser need for water cooling as well.

See, one thing I don't like about GPU Boost is that it takes the control away from the overclocker. At least with 3.0 we can tell the card to deliver a specific clockspeed at each voltage step, but I'd like the option to disable it without voiding warranty.

[y_unit265]

2 minutes ago, App4that said:

You haven't seen it thermal throttle like a fat kid running after a rolling doughnut then.

I'm saying it lessers the need for water cooling. Water cooling will (nearly) always triumph over air cooling, however, it is less prevalent on pascal than on maxwell. 

[Arct1c0n]

13 minutes ago, Superspeed07 said:

Yeah I was thinking about that, hopefully the 1080ti won't be too horribly over priced and will game well at 3440*1440p which is what I want to play at, if it is i'm guessing I could find a 980ti that would do just fine

You will be waiting a good while and real good chance it could be near $800 sadly...

[Energycore]

4 minutes ago, App4that said:

You haven't seen it thermal throttle like a fat kid running after a rolling doughnut then.

Lol, kids thermal throttling.

 

I'm running too hot coach! Please cool me before I run the track again!

[Arct1c0n]

9 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Wait , the 1080 got a 11% OC ? As a max overclock ? Damn , my 290x can take a 25% overclock if i push the voltage . Consider me unimpressed.

 

Again, as everyone has been finding out, the FE is very power and thermally limiting on the core. 

[Arct1c0n]

11 minutes ago, y_unit265 said:

I believe that the new pascal architecture doesn't handle over voltage that well. And with that comes the lesser need for water cooling as well.

Well, I think its much more that FE cooler just can't handle the heat load, look at the fan speeds vs temps. A higher grade dual/triple fan will be much better from third party AiBs

 

But then, you are power limited after that with only 1 8pin as found here. In short, the FE design is crap for overclocking.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2438-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-founders-edition-review-and-fps-benchmark/page-3

 

 

[Coaxialgamer]

1 minute ago, Arct1c0n said:

 

Again, as everyone has been finding out, the FE is very power and thermally limiting on the core. 

I'm really looking forward to a dual 8 pin 1080 with a better cooler. That thing will boost like crazy

[Energycore]

Nvidia's "Premium Components" claim reminds me of this.

 

 

[App4that]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Nvidia's "Premium Components" claim reminds me of this.

 

 

Have to say my Hybrid with a reference PCB has been more stable than all my friends who have custom. And it overclocks with way less voltage.