ASUS ROG STRIX , EVGA ACX 3.0 and ZOTAC AMP Extreme 1080 Cards Pictured in All Their Glory

[AHaskin14]

5 minutes ago, shermantanker said:

Dude I'm buying that EVGA one. I have a white build!

Well I think they need to be LTT orange for my new build

[VagabondWraith]

8 minutes ago, wcreek said:

What's wrong with one 8 pin?

It's limited to 225 watts much like the reference card. I want to do some serious overclocking and 1 8-pin will not cut it.

[VagabondWraith]

9 minutes ago, SamStrecker said:

I went for Zotac with my 980ti and I could not be happier. Seeing it overclocks better then the MSI Lightning and stays extremely cool at 65C full load

I've heard great things about Zotac across multiple forums. I will seriously consider them this go around.

[handymanshandle]

1 minute ago, VagabondWraith said:

It's limited to 225 watts much like the reference card. I want to do some serious overclocking and 1 8-pin will not cut it.

Ah, so for most people it's fine but for those extreme OC'ers it would suck then... 

[VagabondWraith]

1 minute ago, wcreek said:

Ah, so for most people it's fine but for those extreme OC'ers it would suck then... 

Which sucks because I was all but set on EVGA. BUT, someone on their forums an hour ago stated the FTW will have 2 8-pins. Hmmmm so I guess we'll see.

[2FA]

13 minutes ago, wcreek said:

What's wrong with one 8 pin?

It power throttles, even at stock speeds.

[handymanshandle]

@VagabondWraith I'm still hoping on Polaris 10 being good. Though seeing that you're an Nvidia fanboy, I suspect your insight to what AMD might bring would probably be more so of a negative view...

[handymanshandle]

1 minute ago, VagabondWraith said:

Which sucks because I was all but set on EVGA. BUT, someone on their forums an hour ago stated the FTW will have 2 8-pins. Hmmmm so I guess we'll see.

Interesting

1 minute ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

It power throttles, even at stock speeds.

That too is interesting.

[Bouzoo]

18 minutes ago, kurahk7 said:

Well, 1 8 pin delivers the same power as 2 6 pins in newer power supplies; it's a total of 225W including the PCIe connector on the motherboard. 

It's been proven that the card power throttles with only 1 8 pin, so other manufacturers are using 2 8 pin connectors instead of 1. Not talking about 2 6 pins.

[Mew]

1 minute ago, Bouzoo said:

It's been proven that the card power throttles with only 1 8 pin, so other manufacturers are using 2 8 pin connectors instead of 1. Not talking about 2 6 pins.

It power throttles at the 180W stock that 100% power limit supplies it. It's also proven, in the Fury X, that the lower the temperature, the lower the power usage is, and thus, the higher the headroom is for clock speed. All the manufacturers have to do is give it a little extra power, instead of the 180W specified in default bios, say 190W, and cool it better. Of course, giving it an 8 pin and a 6 pin for a total of 300W would aid in overclocking as well. 

[Sparviero]

Hope the EVGA has a second connector or hybrid is coming out soon. I guess this will be an excuse for finally getting a modular power supply.

[Bouzoo]

10 minutes ago, kurahk7 said:

It power throttles at the 180W stock that 100% power limit supplies it. It's also proven, in the Fury X, that the lower the temperature, the lower the power usage is, and thus, the higher the headroom is for clock speed. All the manufacturers have to do is give it a little extra power, instead of the 180W specified in default bios, say 190W, and cool it better. Of course, giving it an 8 pin and a 6 pin for a total of 300W would aid in overclocking as well. 

If you want I can find my post from few days ago, basically a post of a guy doing the first non reference cooler test with Arctic something cooler, he managed to OC the card and even thougt the it was hitting 50C max it wasn't stable in high OCs due to power limit (he was hitting 2100 MHz, the number NV claimed was doable w/o a proplem). So yeah, 1 8 pin won't cut it. If 50 C is not enough low temp for OC I've no idea what is. 
If I end up being wrong that's fine, hell that's even better, but why is EVGA going with 1 8 pon on SC, but 2 8 pins on FTW card (I would post you the link of the picture I posted here few hours ago but VZ site is down), same as every other manufacturer?

 

EDIT: here you go

[zMeul]

the EVGA GTX1080 Super Clocked is just a custom ACX3.0 cooler bolted on a reference 1080 board

rather disappointing, EVGA 

 

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EVGA's 1080 FTW will have 2x8 PCIe power

Edited May 26, 2016 by zMeul

[Bouzoo]

3 minutes ago, zMeul said:

the EVGA GTX1080 Super Clocked is just a custom ACX3.0 cooler bolted on a reference 1080 board

rather disappointing, EVGA 

 

Interesting, because we can see EVGA logo in the other picture. 

[zMeul]

8 minutes ago, Bouzoo said:

Interesting, because we can se EVGA logo i nthe other picture. 

source: http://hothardware.com/news/evga-geforce-gtx-1080-superclocked-avx-30-edition-and-gtx-1080-sli-sneak-peek

they have two of them

 

that pic with the EVGA box could be just a render

[VagabondWraith]

17 minutes ago, wcreek said:

@VagabondWraith I'm still hoping on Polaris 10 being good. Though seeing that you're an Nvidia fanboy, I suspect your insight to what AMD might bring would probably be more so of a negative view...

From all reports, AMD is going to target the low end and mid range targets. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. I just think nVidia targets the high end/enthusiast sector first, as people are willing to pay a high price for new stuff. nVidia excels at the more expensive stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if the 980 Ti outsold the Fury X 10/1 or 20/1 ratio. nVidia knows they can capitalize quickly being first to market and a history of people more than willing to pay for it. Hell, a 1080 went for over $1800 on eBay a few days ago.

 

AMD excels in the mainstream and low end. That's where their bulk of business is. They can't or are not willing to challenge nVidia at the high end right off the bat probably because a lack of funds to keep up, and the fact AMD needs to just gain pure marketshare period. I see it as if they feel that, that strategy is a smarter business decision by delivering at the core of what people pay.

 

Both companies are targeting their strengths early, at least at this go around. Then they can fill in with more SKU's down the road.

 

That's my take anyway.

[handymanshandle]

6 minutes ago, VagabondWraith said:

From all reports, AMD is going to target the low end and mid range targets. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. I just think nVidia targets the high end/enthusiast sector first, as people are willing to pay a high price for new stuff. nVidia excels at the more expensive stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if the 980 Ti outsold the Fury X 10/1 or 20/1 ratio. nVidia knows they can capitalize quickly being first to market and a history of people more than willing to pay for it. Hell, a 1080 went for over $1800 on eBay a few days ago.

 

AMD excels in the mainstream and low end. That's where their bulk of business is. They can't or are not willing to challenge nVidia at the high end right off the bat probably because a lack of funds to keep up, and the fact AMD needs to just gain pure marketshare period. I see it as if they feel that, that strategy is a smarter business decision by delivering at the core of what people pay.

 

Both companies are targeting their strengths early, at least at this go around. Then they can fill in with more SKU's down the road.

 

That's my take anyway.

Probably, I just think that Polaris 10 at launch will have some decent cards. Cards that reach into the R9 Fury/R9 Fury X range. Though for the enthusiast/high end gamer R9 Fury/R9 Fury X performance isn't enough.

Though if you're gaming at 1440p, R9 Fury/R9 Fury X performance is plentiful for that kind of work. It's just that because both of those cards used HBM it was limited to 4GB so that was a bit of a draw back for them. Otherwise yeah I hope the 480X or 490 will be the best card for 1440p gaming at high to ultra settings. If not then I suppose Nvidia it is.

Vega will likely give Pascal a good run for its money, but Vega is coming either later this year or early next year. Navi and Volta will be entirely different..

 

 

[SuperShires]

Jesus, these cards are ugly.

[Praesi]

Zotac would be my choice again. The 980Ti amp!extreme is too impressive to choose otherwise.

[Bananasplit_00]

EVGA cards look like shit, but thats always been my opinion on them, well the others are pretty good looking, especially that STRIX card  

[joe_p231]

2 hours ago, Mr_Troll said:

Powerful GeForce GTX 1080 Custom Models Pictured – Feature Better Cooling, PCBs and Overclocking Capability Than Founders Edition

 

 

 

ASUS’s Badass ROG STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming Graphics Card Shows Its Fierce Design

ZOTAC’s Impressive GTX 1080 AMP Extreme and AMP! Graphics Card Impress With Aggressive Designs

 

 

EVGA Has a New ACX For Pascal – GTX 1080 FTW ACX 3.0 and GTX 1080 SC ACX 3.0 Unveiled
 

 

 

 

Damn those AIBs designs look dope af.. Especially the EVGA ones and the Asus one. So tempted to buy one

 

Source: http://hothardware.com/news/evga-geforce-gtx-1080-superclocked-avx-30-edition-and-gtx-1080-sli-sneak-peek

http://wccftech.com/asus-evga-zotac-geforce-gtx-1080-graphics-card/

http://videocardz.com/60325/zotac-geforce-gtx-1080-amp-and-amp-extreme-pictured

http://videocardz.com/60340/asus-rog-strix-geforce-gtx-1080-pictured

 

i just wanna see a g1 and windforce card

[zMeul]

9 minutes ago, joe_p231 said:

i just wanna see a g1 and windforce card

my guess, G1s will be replaced by the new "Extreme Gaming" ones

[MonkeyFace]

I complained about 1080 FE price, but damn...I'd buy the FE if this is the new trend for AIBs. 

 

 

[Colonel_Gerdauf]

While I can forgive ACX 2.0 with maintaining aesthetic simplicity, I am not sure what to think about this faux-militaristic look on the 3.0 iteration.

 

The one thing I want to know is whether or not Gigabyte (or anybody else) has installed a secondary DVI or extra pair of DP connector on their cards.

[handymanshandle]

14 minutes ago, Colonel_Gerdauf said:

While I can forgive ACX 2.0 with maintaining aesthetic simplicity, I am not sure what to think about this faux-militaristic look on the 3.0 iteration.

 

The one thing I want to know is whether or not Gigabyte (or anybody else) has installed a secondary DVI or extra pair of DP connector on their cards.

Simplicity/Minimalism is a lot better than whatever the hell EVGA was trying to do with ACX 3.0

 

Out of these AIBs, I've said prior... The Zotac and Asus coolers are a lot better looking.