Galax 1080TI HOF is Coming.... 3 8-pins and 16+3 Power Design

[sazrocks]

44 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

all they are saying is that it may not pull 450W

But they must expect it to pull that much in some situation otherwise they would not have put the power connectors that they did.

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, sazrocks said:

But they must expect it to pull that much in some situation otherwise they would not have put the power connectors that they did.

it need it as sated earlier if it uses over what the pcie slot and 2 8 pins will use it needs another one 

[sazrocks]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

it need it as sated earlier if it uses over what the pcie slot and 2 8 pins will use it needs another one 

Exactly... Galax expects it to use over 450W at some point so they gave it a 525W capacity.,

[GDRRiley]

Just now, sazrocks said:

Exactly... Galax expects it to use over 450W at some point so they gave it a 525W capacity.,

they don't. 

[sazrocks]

 

Just now, GDRRiley said:

they don't. 

What makes you say that?

4 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

But they must expect it to pull that much in some situation otherwise they would not have put the power connectors that they did.

 

[GDRRiley]

2 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

 

What makes you say that?

 

the card could but that chip can't unless under NL2

[sazrocks]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

the card could but that chip can't unless under NL2

LN2 is covered under

9 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

 in some situation 

 

[GDRRiley]

Just now, sazrocks said:

LN2 is covered under

 

it is 1 and 99.9% of cards will not be under it 

[PCMasterDebater]

15 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

PCIe allows for 75W maximum to be drawn for all three generations per slot.

pcie 2.0 has the capacity of 150w's, manufacturers are not utilizing the added power due to issues inherent in backwards compatibility.

 

In fact. According to toms hardware, they can deliver up to 300w's of power.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-2.0,1915-2.html

 

Though under utilized, its still nice for people to have all the information if they deem it necessary to remember.

[FloRolf]

What kind of clocks are we expecting with this beast?

[Godlygamer23]

1 hour ago, PCMasterDebater said:

pcie 2.0 has the capacity of 150w's, manufacturers are not utilizing the added power due to issues inherent in backwards compatibility.

 

In fact. According to toms hardware, they can deliver up to 300w's of power.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-2.0,1915-2.html

 

Though under utilized, its still nice for people to have all the information if they deem it necessary to remember.

That's not the slot power. I'm fairly certain that's including slot power and auxiliary power. 300W of power through a slot is dangerous as that power is going to be coming from the 24-pin connector most likely where the wires can be destroyed, on top of the other components. With Tom's Hardware's quote in mind where they state it can support 300W when fully implemented on a motherboard, this doesn't mean a power supply's 24-pin connector will be able to take it. This is exactly why certain motherboards implement 6-pin PCIe connectors and molex connectors on the board to prevent the 24-pin connector from burning out when utilizing multiple video cards. 

 

Going back to the PCIe 2.0 spec, the slots are exactly the same. There's nothing different about them physically. If PCIe 1.1/1.0 couldn't handle anything higher than 75W, PCIe 2.0 nor 3.0 could support it. 

 

Supporting what I said, I have a quote from Wikipedia that confirms the 300W value, but still requiring auxiliary power connectors:

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Optional connectors add 75 W (6-pin) or 150 W (8-pin) of +12 V power for up to 300 W total (2×75 W + 1×150 W).

Take it how you will. The only revision that might increase the power limitation further is PCIe 4.0, which is still 75W from the slot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#Power

 

After the part where Tom's Hardware discusses the power increase, they specifically state this:

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PCIe 2.0 now supports a maximum of up to 300 W when fully implemented on a motherboard. Graphics board designers still have to work with auxiliary power connectors, though[.]

Edited April 23, 2017 by Godlygamer23

[TheRedViper]

Release date?

[Lethal Seraph]

I just jizzed my pants. Holy balls, this GPU is ridiculous. 

[alexyy]

On 21/04/2017 at 5:34 AM, Rune said:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2-geforce-gtx-1080ti-hof-11264mb-gddr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-09g-kf.html

Only place I can find. Not sure if trust.

Edit: Lol. KFA2.

They're legit KFA2 is the name in Europe. 

[LeBock]

The upcoming GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti HOF will also come with a LCD panel, which will show your clockspeeds, temps,...

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X-Y6rD1uX0

 

https://videocardz.com/68998/galax-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-hof-also-features-lcd-panel

 

 

[NumLock21]

^

Finally RGB that's useful

[Godlygamer23]

19 minutes ago, LeBock said:

The upcoming GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti HOF will also come with a LCD panel, which will show your clockspeeds, temps,...

 

I can only see that being useful for people that never have their side panels on, people with windows in their side panels, and the card being on a test bench. Professional overclockers(particularly the ones using exotic cooling) will see limited use for the display as it looks like it's mounted to the card's cooler. If they can easily dismount it, I might be swayed to a different viewpoint. 

[Rune]

Nah, its super dumb and will be taken off immediately upon purchase

[DildorTheDecent]

2 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I can only see that being useful for people that never have their side panels on, people with windows in their side panels, and the card being on a test bench. Professional overclockers(particularly the ones using exotic cooling) will see limited use for the display as it looks like it's mounted to the card's cooler. If they can easily dismount it, I might be swayed to a different viewpoint. 

Nobody should even consider keeping the air cooler on that card. It's designed to go fast and deserves a waterblock ideally. Phase if you're hardcore and LN

 for WR's

 

But then again it's a HOF card so it probably can't go too quick lol. They should get used to the display. 

[Stefan1024]

Well looks like somebody told the marketing guy the connectors are only 0.2$ a piece.

 

One could throw in even a few more, would make a good advertisement. Nobody says you actually have to have more VRM phases (which cost the real money) if you add connectors.

[Bananasplit_00]

i really hope thats not going to be a 4 phase with quadruplers... that would be a REALLY dicky move from Galax.

[Lays]

On 4/20/2017 at 8:33 PM, sazrocks said:

3 8-pins.... holy crap.

that means they expect this card to draw north of 450 watts.

It's very normal for Lightning/Kingpin/Matrix/HOF cards to pull well over 1250-1500 watts on LN2, that's what these cards are designed for, not for watercooling and air cooling.

[UrFather-KsAngelFireZz]

On 4/21/2017 at 0:26 PM, mr.squishy said:

I wish more manufacturers made good white cards. The HOF series is so good for white builds, but the cards are so difficult to come by. I have a friend that would love to buy one, but they're just so hard to buy. Is there a place to preorder?

1080ti is not available yet in china. but galax1080HOF series i can get from taobao at usd579.