EVGA 1080 GTX FTW Specs are out!

[IcEWoLF]

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6286-KR

 

1721/1860

 

 

[IcEWoLF]

Here are my thoughts 2x8 pin connector and its only 17mhz faster than the SC 1708 / 1847

I expected higher clocks out of the factory.  I mean an SC for all we know could literally beat the FTW version with the card lottery.

 

It seems like this time around EVGA focused on RBG with the FTW instead of actual performance.

[McHox]

7 minutes ago, IcEWoLF said:

Here are my thoughts 2x8 pin connector and its only 17mhz faster than the SC 1708 / 1847

I expected higher clocks out of the factory.  I mean an SC for all we know could literally beat the FTW version with the card lottery.

 

It seems like this time around EVGA focused on RBG with the FTW instead of actual performance.

sc is reference pcb,ftw is not and got better power delivery with 10+2 phases(5+1 is reference)
ftw should perform/oc better

[Nacho Marco Segui]

13 minutes ago, IcEWoLF said:

Here are my thoughts 2x8 pin connector and its only 17mhz faster than the SC 1708 / 1847

I expected higher clocks out of the factory.  I mean an SC for all we know could literally beat the FTW version with the card lottery.

 

It seems like this time around EVGA focused on RBG with the FTW instead of actual performance.

 

Factory overclocks are not important lol

[Rekojylekilun]

Still going to stay at 2.1 just like the rest of them.

[ohitsluca]

12 minutes ago, McHox said:

sc is reference pcb,ftw is not and got better power delivery with 10+2 phases(5+1 is reference)
ftw should perform/oc better

^this. also one of the big selling points on the FTW edition cards has been the dual BIOS for overclocking. it's not like factory overclocks matter anyways

[iiNNeX]

I'm patiently awaiting info about the Classified. I want to know who will be doing a block for it because EK confirmed on EVGA forums that they have not been approached by EVGA to do a hydro copper version meaning it probably will be made in house ?

[paps511]

For $680, that is pretty compelling

[Simon771]

That clock is only 13MHz higher than SC version.

 

I will be going for SC anway, just because of waterblock compatibility.

 

But it seems like that additional 8pin doesn't help at OCing this card more. Sure those are stock clocks, but if they could achive higher clock, they would probbably increase those base clocks right?

I guess that has to do something with 1,25V limit and bad scaling over 2000MHz core clock.

 

I will be just fine with SC version sitting at flat 2000MHz  

[IcEWoLF]

7 hours ago, Simon771 said:

That clock is only 13MHz higher than SC version.

 

I will be going for SC anway, just because of waterblock compatibility.

 

But it seems like that additional 8pin doesn't help at OCing this card more. Sure those are stock clocks, but if they could achive higher clock, they would probbably increase those base clocks right?

I guess that has to do something with 1,25V limit and bad scaling over 2000MHz core clock.

 

I will be just fine with SC version sitting at flat 2000MHz  

 

All about that lottery pick.

[Big-G]

8 hours ago, IcEWoLF said:

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6286-KR

 

1721/1860

So the Asus ROG Strix 1080 has higher standard clocks at 1759/1898?

 

I initially thought the FTW might be worth while, but at this rate, the Asus is 1st, FTW 2nd, and Gigabyte G1 is 3rd.

 

Still waiting to see the clocks on Gigabyte Xtreme, Classified and HOF.

[IcEWoLF]

The Gigabyte Xtreme card has me worried, not sure how the stacked fans gonna work and if its going to be quiet or loud.

 

The Classified is guaranteed to be north of the $700+ mark, the Hybrid is probably gonna be the same.

 

I really like the MSI card, the size, the twin Frozr was the best fan last gen and I expect the new Twin Frozr 6 to be as good if not better than the Twin Frozr 5.

 

[Big-G]

40 minutes ago, IcEWoLF said:

The Gigabyte Xtreme card has me worried, not sure how the stacked fans gonna work and if its going to be quiet or loud.

 

The Classified is guaranteed to be north of the $700+ mark, the Hybrid is probably gonna be the same.

 

I really like the MSI card, the size, the twin Frozr was the best fan last gen and I expect the new Twin Frozr 6 to be as good if not better than the Twin Frozr 5.

 

The hybrid and xtreme gaming waterforce editions still have no indication if they will be reference or custom PCB's as models shown seem to be reference models so far (unless just example samples).

[shawn finkenstead]

But the one thing you have to remember is that Evga beats them all when it comes down to the warranty for us water coolers. I don't see Msi, Asus, Gigabyte, or  the rest letting us remove the cooler slap a block on it and then return it if something ends up going wrong.

[Big-G]

43 minutes ago, shawn finkenstead said:

But the one thing you have to remember is that Evga beats them all when it comes down to the warranty for us water coolers. I don't see Msi, Asus, Gigabyte, or  the rest letting us remove the cooler slap a block on it and then return it if something ends up going wrong.

True, but not everybody is interested in OC'ing to that extent and want to just buy a factory OC'd card that can work well day 1.

[ch0g0nda]

This thread hurts a little. Factory OC is meaningless - they need to ensure stability in all environments so the clocks will always be conservative. However, once you have the 10+2 power phases of a nice 1080 at home in your chilly room you'll be able to see what the differences are as the nicer card lets you push those sliders further to the right.

[Arct1c0n]

1 hour ago, ch0g0nda said:

the 10+2 power phases of a nice 1080 at home in your chilly room you'll be able to see what the differences are as the nicer card lets you push those sliders further to the right.

 

In theory...

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

4 hours ago, GidonsClaw said:

The hybrid and xtreme gaming waterforce editions still have no indication if they will be reference or custom PCB's as models shown seem to be reference models so far (unless just example samples).

 

Extreme gaming is the one using custom pcb( gtx 1080 roundup videos on youtube) 

 

G1 gaming now uses reference pcb sadly.

 

Evga's hybrid uses the ftw pcb as well. Msi's seahawk doesn't though.

[DELTAprime]

It's so easy to overclock an Nvidia card beyond it's factory overclock using Precision X or another utility. EVGA could leave the FTW at reference clocks and it wouldn't matter to most of us because we would have it up to 2ghz shortly after running a few benchmarks at the factory clock to set a baseline.

[ch0g0nda]

16 hours ago, Arct1c0n said:

 

In theory...

I wanna up my post count too...

 

+1!

[RyGuy99]

17 hours ago, ch0g0nda said:

This thread hurts a little. Factory OC is meaningless - they need to ensure stability in all environments so the clocks will always be conservative. However, once you have the 10+2 power phases of a nice 1080 at home in your chilly room you'll be able to see what the differences are as the nicer card lets you push those sliders further to the right.

Conservative or not, the factory OC is one factor to consider even when you are overclocking. There are of course many other factors that will determine if the card overclocks well but I'm assuming you know those.

[ch0g0nda]

5 hours ago, RyGuy99 said:

Conservative or not, the factory OC is one factor to consider even when you are overclocking. There are of course many other factors that will determine if the card overclocks well but I'm assuming you know those.

No idea what you're trying to say. Consider the factory OC while overclocking? Why? The factory overclock is no indicator of anything (potential).

[RyGuy99]

3 minutes ago, ch0g0nda said:

No idea what you're trying to say. Consider the factory OC while overclocking? Why? The factory overclock is no indicator of anything (potential).

I was pretty straight forward. The factory OC may or may not give you an idea of how OCing may go. It's one of many factors to consider before buying a card.

[Big-G]

38 minutes ago, RyGuy99 said:

I was pretty straight forward. The factory OC may or may not give you an idea of how OCing may go. It's one of many factors to consider before buying a card.

I also see it that way, if the factory was able to get fairly higher clocks than the competition, it might be better at getting that little bit more...

[ch0g0nda]

3 hours ago, RyGuy99 said:

I was pretty straight forward. The factory OC may or may not give you an idea of how OCing may go. It's one of many factors to consider before buying a card.

The factory clock is the same across all cards of that model while maximum clock potential will vary wildly. No, the factory OC isn't an indication of anything. Remember, TSMC makes the cores for everybody's 1080 while, so far at least, all I'm seeing is Micron GDDR5X. Power delivery is the only real difference between the different brands apart from coolers.

 

You actually don't have to factor too much into buying a 1080 right now since the essential bits are shared between everybody's card. If you want rear-exhaust, go Founders. If you want water you can get a Sea Hawk. etc. Looks like most cards are topping in the 2-2.2GHz range anyway though so it probably just boils down to which one looks the best in your case.