Bought one. No regrets

[latentjones]

I was going to wait for the RX 480 but I gave in to the temptation. 

 

This thing is a beast. No regrets buying the FE either as I managed to get a stable 2.1ghz oc with custom fan curve and upped power limit. No voltage increase.

 

 

Asus 170-A

i7 6700k 

144hz 1440 monitor

 

Valley benchmark

 

Settings:

 

Custom preset

Ultra

2560 x 1440

2x AA

Dx11

 

Stock settings:

 

FPS: 104.4

Score: 4366

Min: 32.8

Max: 200.0

 

Afterburner oc:

 

Core: + 200

Mem: + 400

Power limit: 120

Voltage: stock

 

FPS: 114.8

Score: 4801

Min: 46.6

Max: 222.9

 

Just for flavour my CFX 390's at the same settings:

 

FPS: 84.2

Score: 3525

Min: 25.8

Max: 143.0

 

More than impressed with this card!

 

W3 Ultra except HW: 75-100

BFHardline Ultra: 110-144

Dying Light: 120-135

 

More soon.

 

I was worried about missing out on Freesync but at 144hz refresh and vsync off I have had no issues with tearing so far.

 

I've been with AMD for ages but they lost a customer by not releasing high end this cycle. Fury X is nowhere near and the RX480, as much as I wanted it to, will not touch this card. I'll lay money on it.

 

See you later AMD, maybe with Vega.

 

 

1080 - No regrets. 

 

 

 

[App4that]

Welcome to enthusiast level gaming. Your decoder ring is in the mail. Mind Ivan and Don, they tend to bark when you walk by them and they smell gaming affluence.

[latentjones]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Welcome to enthusiast level gaming. Your decoder ring is in the mail. Mind Ivan and Don, they tend to bark when you walk by them and they smell gaming affluence.

I have seen the light, thanks friend!

 

Also, that would explain my dog's strange behaviour. The cat is hovering too. Makes sense.

[DominicNikon]

4 minutes ago, App4that said:

Welcome to enthusiast level gaming. Your decoder ring is in the mail. Mind Ivan and Don, they tend to bark when you walk by them and they smell gaming affluence.

i have a GTX 980 am i part of enthusiast gaming?

[Energycore]

Makes sense to couple a 144Hz 1440p monitor with a 1080FE

 

Leave the side panel off if you want to see any turbo boost though

 

Actually, people who create custom curves have found the FE to boost up very well once the fan curve has been tweaked.

16 minutes ago, latentjones said:

I've been with AMD for ages but they lost a customer by not releasing high end this cycle. Fury X is nowhere near and the RX480, as much as I wanted it to, will not touch this card. I'll lay money on it.

Except they are releasing high end. They just pushed it back more

 

But of course, time is money and being the first to the product stack means higher sales

[Energycore]

8 minutes ago, DominicNikon said:

i have a GTX 980 am i part of enthusiast gaming?

The way I see it, enthusiast is about the time you dedicate to making your computer perform the best, not about how much money you have.

 

Or rather, how big a fraction of your money you're willing to give out.

 

By that book you're probably still an enthusiast (people who walk in a store and ask to get the best performing graphics card and pick it up don't count though), even though the 980 got outclassed pretty hard by the double node shrink

[latentjones]

5 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Makes sense to couple a 144Hz 1440p monitor with a 1080FE

 

Leave the side panel off if you want to see any turbo boost though

 

Actually, people who create custom curves have found the FE to boost up very well once the fan curve has been tweaked.

Except they are releasing high end. They just pushed it back more

 

But of course, time is money and being the first to the product stack means higher sales

Yeah the custom fan curve is working like a charm. 2.1ghz stable (no throttling) after 3 hours stress in Valley.

 

I understand that I could have waited but I already sold my 390's weeks ago and my igpu seriously wasn't cutting it. 

 

I was going to wait for the RX480 and thought lower frames and freesync would have been ok but in all honesty I would make the same decision again and again after actually seeing the performance of this 1080. I'm shellshocked.

[angellore_624]

i am waiting for the EVGA FTW or SC .... we only have the Founder's Editions here in the UAE and the MSI Gaming X and prices are of course crazy as well .... should i wait for the EVGA or go with the founder edition or the MSI Gaming .... 

 

i didnt over clock before but i am willing to start learning about it ... can anyone advice please?

[latentjones]

1 minute ago, angellore_624 said:

i am waiting for the EVGA FTW or SC .... we only have the Founder's Editions here in the UAE and the MSI Gaming X and prices are of course crazy as well .... should i wait for the EVGA or go with the founder edition or the MSI Gaming .... 

 

i didnt over clock before but i am willing to start learning about it ... can anyone advice please?

I looked at some reviews on AIB cards and the extra power connectors and blower style fans didn't actually yield much more oc headroom. 

 

That's what made my decision to buy a FE. With a custom fan curve you can still hit 2ghz+ stable and avoid throttling. Also availability and prices were better for the FE cards.

 

I'll dig out the link to the reviews I mentioned...

[Energycore]

8 minutes ago, latentjones said:

Yeah the custom fan curve is working like a charm. 2.1ghz stable (no throttling) after 3 hours stress in Valley.

 

I understand that I could have waited but I already sold my 390's weeks ago and my igpu seriously wasn't cutting it. 

 

I was going to wait for the RX480 and thought lower frames and freesync would have been ok but in all honesty I would make the same decision again and again after actually seeing the performance of this 1080. I'm shellshocked.

Or you could have bought 2 480s for just below 1080 performance, since you had 2 390s I'm assuming you don't mind the perils of crossfire

 

And for lower frames freesync would do the rest

[Energycore]

4 minutes ago, angellore_624 said:

i am waiting for the EVGA FTW or SC .... we only have the Founder's Editions here in the UAE and the MSI Gaming X and prices are of course crazy as well .... should i wait for the EVGA or go with the founder edition or the MSI Gaming .... 

 

i didnt over clock before but i am willing to start learning about it ... can anyone advice please?

there's a pcgamer guide on how to overclock a GPU, or take this one

 

 

[latentjones]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Or you could have bought 2 480s for just below 1080 performance, since you had 2 390s I'm assuming you don't mind the perils of crossfire

 

And for lower frames freesync would do the rest

Oh no I hated CFX.

 

It was the worst experience ever. The inconsistency. The Microstutter. The lack of support. 

 

Never again.

[SHADY16]

32 minutes ago, latentjones said:

I was going to wait for the RX 480 but I gave in to the temptation. 

 

This thing is a beast. No regrets buying the FE either as I managed to get a stable 2.1ghz oc with custom fan curve and upped power limit. No voltage increase.

 

 

Asus 170-A

i7 6700k 

144hz 1440 monitor

 

Valley benchmark

 

Settings:

 

Custom preset

Ultra

2560 x 1440

2x AA

Dx11

 

Stock settings:

 

FPS: 104.4

Score: 4366

Min: 32.8

Max: 200.0

 

Afterburner oc:

 

Core: + 200

Mem: + 400

Power limit: 120

Voltage: stock

 

FPS: 114.8

Score: 4801

Min: 46.6

Max: 222.9

 

Just for flavour my CFX 390's at the same settings:

 

FPS: 84.2

Score: 3525

Min: 25.8

Max: 143.0

 

More than impressed with this card!

 

W3 Ultra except HW: 75-100

BFHardline Ultra: 110-144

Dying Light: 120-135

 

More soon.

 

I was worried about missing out on Freesync but at 144hz refresh and vsync off I have had no issues with tearing so far.

 

I've been with AMD for ages but they lost a customer by not releasing high end this cycle. Fury X is nowhere near and the RX480, as much as I wanted it to, will not touch this card. I'll lay money on it.

 

See you later AMD, maybe with Vega.

 

 

1080 - No regrets. 

 

 

 

just wondering what is your max temp your getting with that OC? i have a EVGA 1080 FE OC'd to 2.1ghz and it tops out at 83c but most of the time its around 80c

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, latentjones said:

Oh no I hated CFX.

 

It was the worst experience ever. The inconsistency. The Microstutter. The lack of support. 

 

Never again.

Fair enough

 

Hopefully DX12 makes it easier to do although even then I dunno how.

 

An API that supported multi-GPU without game devs having to put the effort would be pretty great

[latentjones]

1 minute ago, SHADY16 said:

just wondering what is your max temp your getting with that OC? i have a EVGA 1080 FE OC'd to 2.1ghz and it tops out at 83c but most of the time its around 80c

I have two settings. One I use with my headphones that have good sound cancellation. This has the fans at 90% at full load and temps never went above 69c.

 

The other is fans at 70% and temps high 70's low 80's

 

 

 

[angellore_624]

the difference between the FE (s) and the MSI Gaming X is not huge ..... should i settle with the FE or the MSI Gaming X? ... 

 

thx again

[latentjones]

4 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Fair enough

 

Hopefully DX12 makes it easier to do although even then I dunno how.

 

An API that supported multi-GPU without game devs having to put the effort would be pretty great

I hope so. I'll look to see how the support is with the 480's and then maybe upgrade to Vega CFX if AMD can bring some meaty performance. 

[SHADY16]

1 minute ago, latentjones said:

I have two settings. One I use with my headphones that have good sound cancellation. This has the fans at 90% at full load and temps never went above 69c.

 

The other is fans at 70% and temps high 70's low 80's

 

 

 

i have to have fans at 100% or it goes up to around 85c-86c or higher

[latentjones]

4 minutes ago, angellore_624 said:

the difference between the FE (s) and the MSI Gaming X is not huge ..... should i settle with the FE or the MSI Gaming X? ... 

 

thx again

Watch this:

 

 

Edit: And read this too

 

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/06/20/geforce_gtx_1070_1080_fe_overclocking_review/1#.V23GO2grIuU

[latentjones]

2 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

i have to have fans at 100% or it goes up to around 85c-86c or higher

Oh really? Can you upload Afterburner settings and fan curve?

 

I'll try and do the same.

[latentjones]

8 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

i have to have fans at 100% or it goes up to around 85c-86c or higher

Here's my settings at 90% fan

 

Edit: Derp didn't apply oc lol here's real one

 

[SHADY16]

4 minutes ago, latentjones said:

Oh really? Can you upload Afterburner settings and fan curve?

 

I'll try and do the same.

 my gpu idles around 35-39C

[ivan134]

45 minutes ago, App4that said:

Welcome to enthusiast level gaming. Your decoder ring is in the mail. Mind Ivan and Don, they tend to bark when you walk by them and they smell gaming affluence.

Uhh sure

[App4that]

2 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

Uhh sure

Don't get us in trouble with the neighbors. 

[ivan134]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Don't get us in trouble with the neighbors. 

What?