GTX 1080 HoF Announced - Fastest GPU Ever!

[DXMember]

so is this thing 1.25V locked as well? That would be a shame...

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

8 minutes ago, DXMember said:

so is this thing 1.25V locked as well? That would be a shame...

 

If it turns out to be the case. That would surely be disappointing.

[Thony]

10 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Yeah there's been fastest ever stuff getting released for decades, ever since there was one product more powerful than another one.  What do you want them to say?

I view "ever" as based on the past and the future not just current moment like this topic does. "Ever" has kinda epic feel to it, but knowing theres faster tech coming up in few months makes it lose its epicness...
In this case "In the world" would be lot more suitable and realistic  thats all.

[Lethal Seraph]

Super tempted on getting one. I hope hmb2.0 doesn't disappoint. I'll be passed if I hadn't jump on the gun with this hof.

[MrDynamicMan]

Hmmmmmmm...... Might get one. Need a white case first though.

[VanayadGaming]

12 hours ago, Thony said:

EVER is such a bad word. Everytime Nvidia releases hjigh end gpu its the fastest because AMD cant compete at this lvl. SO when 1080ti comes out it will be FASTEST EVER ! , Titan will be FASTEST EVER !....

I have to disagree, as it usually is nVidia releases "fastest" ...then AMD releases fastest and so on

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1 minute ago, VanayadGaming said:

I have to disagree, as it usually is nVidia releases "fastest" ...then AMD releases fastest and so on

I don't know about that... Usually one of them releases a fastest product, and then laugh as the other tries to catch up.  Who is who has flopped back and forth over the years though

[M4st4M1nd]

Its all well and good saying the fastest ever but do we have some actual specs to back that up? What are the clock speeds?

[M4st4M1nd]

58 minutes ago, Lethal Seraph said:

Super tempted on getting one. I hope hmb2.0 doesn't disappoint. I'll be passed if I hadn't jump on the gun with this hof.

Its not HBM2.0 its GDDR5X...

[Lethal Seraph]

1 minute ago, M4st4M1nd said:

Its not HBM2.0 its GDDR5X...

Obviously. I'm waiting on bigger pascal not the 1080 lineup.

[Overkilled]

If it is locked to 1.25v that'll  be a shame (maybe the turbo button at the back has something to do with it) then it would be a real shame considering the premium galax put on their HoF cards, even now if you want a 970 HoF  you'll be paying over £300

[patrickjp93]

13 hours ago, Ronnie76 said:

Exactly why I'm waiting for all the issues to become revealed so NVIDIA won't fuck me over again! 

 

7 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

There's a bunch of problems trying to get over 1.25 v which is really holding people back

No there aren't unless you only have the single 8-pin. Overvolting the GDDR5X is still locked a la Fury X HBM, but that's an expected growing pain.

[hex4]

13 hours ago, Overkilled said:

We've seen some pictures of the pcb of this new card but galax has now officially announced it according to wccftech.

Galax is confident that this is the fastest 1080 (atleast until the Kingpin gets released) which would make it the fastest consumer GPU ever made, it has three 90mm fans and dual 8 pin connectors. As much as I love the Hall of Fame series (I own a HoF myself) I cant help but think this isnt the looker it used to be which is... disappointing.

http://wccftech.com/galax-gtx-1080-hof/

 

Will cost 3000 dollars everywhere outside of USA.

[Lays]

28 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

 

No there aren't unless you only have the single 8-pin. Overvolting the GDDR5X is still locked a la Fury X HBM, but that's an expected growing pain.

 

7 hours ago, GidonsClaw said:

Not entirely... most haven't bothered upping the voltage limits in the new VBIOS's

 

7 hours ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

People have tried that, soldering extra 8 pin on, soldering extra VRMs on, all have failed.

 

7 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

There's a bunch of problems trying to get over 1.25 v which is really holding people back

 

7 hours ago, Energycore said:

Um, custom bios? Are those not out for the 1080 yet?

 

 

There's already mods for overvolting the memory, core, and PLL.

 

The problem is, when core voltage goes above 1.25v, the driver crashes.  There is some sort of limitation / problems with either the driver, card , or something else.  It doesn't seem to be VRM related, or BIOS related. People have already designed extreme overclocking BIOS's and tried them on multiple cards, as well as soldering external VRM boards onto the cards, to directly bypass all onboard VRM. (The EVGA E-Power board to be exact)

 

 

I've discussed it half to death in this thread below:

[Thony]

2 hours ago, VanayadGaming said:

I have to disagree, as it usually is nVidia releases "fastest" ...then AMD releases fastest and so on

Nvidia releases the fastest GPU in GPU market. AMD releases the fastest AMD ever made before but is never No. 1 in the world (I don't count dual GPU as an effort). None of them go backwards with performance.

 

 

[atomicus]

8 hours ago, PianoPlayer88Key said:

The comments about "fastest ever!!" in this thread, like, "fastest in this time period", "fastest ever ... until 1080 Ti / Titan are released", etc ... remind me of something I was researching recently - IPC improvements in CPUs.

 

Yes but it's correct... they are saying 'ever' not 'forever'. Who in their right mind doesn't know it will soon be surpassed? I can't quite see them start saying "the fastest GPU in the world... for now"... doesn't quite have the same ring to it lol! It's just marketing and if people don't realise that something faster will be available in 6 months time, more fool them.

 

As we get older though, we get used to this guff, fed up with it to the point that it no longer excites or even has any meaning. Why do you think old people are generally so miserable? Because they've seen the same old crap regurgitated a million times over, the glossy lifestyle veneer we are sold ad nauseam day after day wears away over time. Recognise the marketing bs for what it is, don't buy the hype or think this stuff in any way makes your life 'better', and acknowledge the grass will always be greener. Enjoy yourself, don't stress and wear sunscreen.  

[Selah]

i might go with a 1080/1080ti now instead of the inevitable 490x just because of the completely white design. Would make my pink/white matx build possible.

[xAcid9]

So this one will hit 2.5jghz?

[Coaxialgamer]

4 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

So this one will hit 2.5jghz?

i doubt it , but maybe if the voltage issues are fixed.

[TidaLWaveZ]

12 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I seriously don't understand what attracts people to Galax's GPUs. They don't look good, honestly, but maybe this is me.

The cooler might not look too great, but that white pcb and the performance are attractive IMO.

[xAcid9]

8 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

i doubt it , but maybe if the voltage issues are fixed.

What voltage issues? I thought they touted 2.5Ghz liquid cooled 1080 prior to release and 2.4ghz on air?
 

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/52117/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-arrive-liquid-cooled-version-2-5ghz/index.html

[Coaxialgamer]

5 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

What voltage issues? I thought they touted 2.5Ghz liquid cooled 1080 prior to release and 2.4ghz on air?
 

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/52117/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-arrive-liquid-cooled-version-2-5ghz/index.html

well , as it turns out , the gtx 1080 becomes unstable over 1.25V ( crash ), so it can't go very high  ( even after custom bios + custom VRM etc ). Furthermore , it scales terribly over 2ghz.

 

Right now , 2.1ghz seems to be around the max .

[Energycore]

If 2100MHz is the max that's kind of a bummer since people were able to get 40-50% overclocks out of a 980 Ti and this one seems to cap out at 30% overclock.

[alicskysareblue]

Fastest * until 1080 to comes out or the next titan or until the next generation 

 

Bah I'm already becoming cynical at 27

 

Look nice though wish I could afford a 1080

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10 hours ago, patrickjp93 said:

 

No there aren't unless you only have the single 8-pin. Overvolting the GDDR5X is still locked a la Fury X HBM, but that's an expected growing pain.

This is what I was getting at: You can't go past 1.25 v yet (well technically people do but it instantly crashes so I don't think that counts)

9 hours ago, Lays said:

*snip*