Bought one. No regrets

[latentjones]

6 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

 my gpu idles around 35-39C

That fan curve

 

[latentjones]

7 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

 my gpu idles around 35-39C

Serious note though, Your oc is higher on mem. 

 

What are you getting on boost core at load? 2.1ghz also?

[App4that]

4 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

What?

It was a funny, you know. Jokes. As in is to laugh. 

 

Price aside the FE 1080 is a great card. If I had the disposable I'd get one. The benchmarks have show that the AIB cards only perform better when the lottery is on their side. Just as expensive as ****, hence the jokes.

[latentjones]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

It was a funny, you know. Jokes. As in is to laugh. 

 

Price aside the FE 1080 is a great card. If I had the disposable I'd get one. The benchmarks have show that the AIB cards only perform better when the lottery is on their side. Just as expensive as ****, hence the jokes.

 And it gives the excuse to overhaul with a custom watercooling setup

[latentjones]

3 minutes ago, latentjones said:

 And it gives the excuse to overhaul with a custom watercooling setup

And how the hell do I update my signature? I have changed it in my profile but the old one is still showing?

 

 

[SHADY16]

7 minutes ago, latentjones said:

Serious note though, Your oc is higher on mem. 

 

What are you getting on boost core at load? 2.1ghz also?

averages around 2050-2088mhz in games i also get around 70c at stock with same fan curve

[App4that]

1 minute ago, latentjones said:

 And it gives the excuse to overhaul with a custom watercooling setup

I'm probably going to wait for Vega. Just haven't had a problem getting the fps I need with the 980ti. It does take more work since I got the predator though. And I got rid of the GFE because it was causing problems. But I get over 70fps in Primal with everything maxed but the AA set to FXAA at 1440. Not even overclocked. Going to see what that does tonight probably. 

 

But I completely agree. I have more respect for someone who saved up for a 280 and built their rig themselves with some case mods, than someone who just buys a boutique with all the latest. 

[latentjones]

2 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

averages around 2050-2088mhz in games i also get around 70c at stock with same fan curve

Yeah I get 2050 but wasn't anywhere near those temps? Can that be lottery based? 

[App4that]

2 minutes ago, latentjones said:

Yeah I get 2050 but wasn't anywhere near those temps? Can that be lottery based? 

Yep, the lotto

[SHADY16]

2 minutes ago, latentjones said:

Yeah I get 2050 but wasn't anywhere near those temps? Can that be lottery based? 

 

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Yep, the lotto

im not sure if silicon lottery can affect temps lol I thought it could only affect max overclock attainable 

[latentjones]

2 minutes ago, App4that said:

I'm probably going to wait for Vega. Just haven't had a problem getting the fps I need with the 980ti. It does take more work since I got the predator though. And I got rid of the GFE because it was causing problems. But I get over 70fps in Primal with everything maxed but the AA set to FXAA at 1440. Not even overclocked. Going to see what that does tonight probably. 

 

But I completely agree. I have more respect for someone who saved up for a 280 and built their rig themselves with some case mods, than someone who just buys a boutique with all the latest. 

I nearly went with a 980Ti after the price cuts but the 1080 edged it in teh benchamrks and gave me a slight piece of mind with dx12 (brute force).

 

Yeah I completely agree. My foray started with a fx 6300 and r9 280 and I worked my ass off and sold shrewdly at the right time. Made money  back on most of my components. 

 

But I caught the PC upgrade bug. I quit smoking too so money saved went into my new passion!

 

 

[latentjones]

2 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

 

im not sure if silicon lottery can affect temps lol I thought it could only affect max overclock attainable 

Yeah that's what I thought. I have no idea. All the FE cards are the same pcb and blower fan just the box is different depending on supplier. 

 

Could it be your case temps? Airflow? Downclock the mem another 100 to where mine is at? 

[latentjones]

5 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

 

im not sure if silicon lottery can affect temps lol I thought it could only affect max overclock attainable 

Are you throttling at those temps?

[App4that]

3 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

 

im not sure if silicon lottery can affect temps lol I thought it could only affect max overclock attainable 

Totally effected by the lottery. Better your luck the less voltage you need, and the lower your voltage the lower your temps. My 4790k never goes over 60c while at 4.6GHz using a H105, no matter the test.  Because it's at the stock voltage. Never giving it up lol

[SHADY16]

1 minute ago, latentjones said:

Are you throttling at those temps?

no i have my temp target at 92 and currently using the corsair 200r windowed with all fan slots filled with corsair AF 120s 3 intake 3 exhaust

[PlayStation 2]

1 hour 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.

[latentjones]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Totally effected by the lottery. Better your luck the less voltage you need, and the lower your voltage the lower your temps. My 4790k never goes over 60c while at 4.6GHz using a H105, no matter the test.  Because it's at the stock voltage. Never giving it up lol

 

 

7 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

 

im not sure if silicon lottery can affect temps lol I thought it could only affect max overclock attainable 

Oh ok. Guess I've been lucky then. Although I found +500 on the mem gave me instability. So maybe you have better oc potential at the cost of heat where I have less oc potentially but better thermals?

[latentjones]

2 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

no i have my temp target at 92 and currently using the corsair 200r windowed with all fan slots filled with corsair AF 120s 3 intake 3 exhaust

Try using my fan curve and downclocking the mem from +500 to +400 like mine. I posted it above. 

[Suika]

Nice overclock, man. I've only heard the 2.1GHz as being a magical number on Pascal, but it's great to see someone get on a stock cooler nonetheless. 

 

I almost caved and got the FE myself, but I couldn't justify the additional $100 since I just bought a monitor to go with my soon to be EVGA GTX 1080 SC.

[latentjones]

1 minute ago, Suika said:

Nice overclock, man. I've only heard the 2.1GHz as being a magical number on Pascal, but it's great to see someone get on a stock cooler nonetheless. 

 

I almost caved and got the FE myself, but I couldn't justify the additional $100 since I just bought a monitor to go with my soon to be EVGA GTX 1080 SC.

Thanks  Yeah I'm very happy. 

 

Nice what monitor did you go for? The 1080 loves 144 1440!

 

The Evga SC is a ref pcb but with Evga's ACX 3.0 cooler so you should be able to hit some tasty clocks but it depends on the ol' lotto...

[SHADY16]

2 minutes ago, latentjones said:

Try using my fan curve and downclocking the mem from +500 to +400 like mine. I posted it above. 

i can try it when i get back to my pc and i haven't even touched voltage altho not sure if that will help a whole lot as i tested fan at 90% before after 70c still got close to 90c i have even tried fan at 100% after 60c still climbed to 80c

[Suika]

1 minute ago, latentjones said:

Nice what monitor did you go for? The 1080 loves 144 1440!

 

The Evga SC is a ref pcb but with Evga's ACX 3.0 cooler so you should be able to hit some tasty clocks but it depends on the ol' lotto...

QNIX QX2710, 1440p monitor overclocked to 100Hz. Decent monitor for being dirt cheap, lol.

 

Yea, originally I was going to go with the ordinary ACX 3.0 card, but because of delays, EVGA bumped me up to the SC for free. I was going to manually overclock anyway, but yea, I'll take the free upgrade. Helps resale value for if the 1080 Ti is ever released.

[latentjones]

1 minute ago, SHADY16 said:

i can try it when i get back to my pc and i haven't even touched voltage altho not sure if that will help a whole lot as i tested fan at 90% before after 70c still got close to 90c i have even tried fan at 100% after 60c still climbed to 80c

Yeah I don't think you'll need voltage increase as you have hit the 2.1ghz. Watercooling could let you know how much higher you could go with that. I think it might be your stepped fan curve as opposed to a straight incline.

[latentjones]

2 minutes ago, Suika said:

QNIX QX2710, 1440p monitor overclocked to 100Hz. Decent monitor for being dirt cheap, lol.

 

Yea, originally I was going to go with the ordinary ACX 3.0 card, but because of delays, EVGA bumped me up to the SC for free. I was going to manually overclock anyway, but yea, I'll take the free upgrade. Helps resale value for if the 1080 Ti is ever released.

Ah beautiful! Your first 1440 monitor? The difference is really noticeable. Bye bye pixels. 

 

Sure that is the only thing I'm worried about - resale on the FE. But by the time the Ti comes out I should have saved enough to buy outright. 

 

As long as the £ doesn't dive long term after bloody Brexit!

[Suika]

2 minutes ago, latentjones said:

Ah beautiful! Your first 1440 monitor? The difference is really noticeable. Bye bye pixels. 

 

Sure that is the only thing I'm worried about - resale on the FE. But by the time the Ti comes out I should have saved enough to buy outright. 

Yea, first 1440. I've seen them before but never really got to play with them. The available workspace and general aesthetics of games is just so much improved, I love it.

 

Resale on FE should probably remain fine. In my experience, second-hand buyers aren't always smart about their purchases.