FEATURED Nvidia 1080 launch thread

EarthDog · May 26, 2016

What I see there is needed to raise the power and temp limits and ithe is fine?

You just need an aftermarket card if you want quiet.... pretty normal on any blower type card...

gkline · May 26, 2016

If I would buy one I would custom water cool. Hopefully they come out with a modded pcb and 8+6 pin power supply.

Kenrou · May 26, 2016

https://www.arctic.ac/uk_en/products/cooling/vga.html

Page was updated, most coolers seem to be compatible with the 1070/1080.

Soulcatcher668 · May 26, 2016

EarthDog said:
What I see there is needed to raise the power and temp limits and ithe is fine?

You just need an aftermarket card if you want quiet.... pretty normal on any blower type card...

What I don't understand is the default fan profile. It only ever goes to 55%. Why would nvidia not have the fan ramp to at least 80%?

I know it would be louder but at least it would keep the thermals more in check.

GearingMass · May 26, 2016

Soulcatcher668 said:
What I don't understand is the default fan profile. It only ever goes to 55%. Why would nvidia not have the fan ramp to at least 80%?

I know it would be louder but at least it would keep the thermals more in check.

Most likely because, to a plug-and-play user, those thermals are fine (or they don't even monitor the thermals) and they want the card as quiet as possible. If one is just throwing the card in and gaming immediately, they're not going to hear 80c temps, but they are going to hear an 80% fan profile.

In other words I'm assuming it's set that way to please the users that aren't going to touch the card or it's settings after it's installed. Everyone else is going to play with the card anyways, so they can adjust the fan profile too (is my assumption of Nvidia's thinking).

I'd counter the devil's advocacy comment of "they could ship out higher base clocks if the stock fan profile was higher" with the following: "since when has a GPU company shied away from cutting potential clocks to provide a more positive experience for the 'average' user?"

EarthDog · May 26, 2016

That is a GREAT question! All it takes is a bit more fan and that lowered things considerably. He even said it was quiet. Custom fan profile, BOOM, done. Or, simply raise the power/temperature limits. I don't see the big deal here honestly.

Also, in the video, the dude says he is in a closed room, with AC vent shut, etc. A realistic setting for some, but, you wonder what an open door and a stable environment would do considering it only reached what, 84C, 2C above stock temp throttling point on full auto?

wingman99 · May 26, 2016

I just like to plug and play, I hope EVGA sets the cards up so I can get a max boost like my GTX 970 I just have it plug and play, to have 1418MHz Boost clock.

Kenrou · May 27, 2016

RoG Strix 1080 announced :

http://www.techpowerup.com/222814/asus-announces-the-rog-strix-geforce-gtx-1080

dudleycpa · May 28, 2016

EK Water Block GTX 1080 announced:

https://www.ekwb.com/news/ek-unveils-new-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-water-blocks/

Please note that the prices are in Euros!

99.95€ ~ 109.95€

The backplate is an additional:

29.95€ ~ 37.95€

Performance-pcs.com info:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=GTX+1080

$114.95 ~ $155.95

Backplates:

$34.99 ~ $43.99

Soulcatcher668 · May 28, 2016

I am now interested to see if the partner cards will actually be 100 bucks cheaper. Anyone check the odds in Vegas?

EarthDog · May 28, 2016

That's where they will start. Any with aftermarket anything will fetch a premium.

torin3 · May 28, 2016

Evga's site seems to be working again. They are listing 5 cards.

Though it is weird that the FE card and the non-FE cards that have almost identical stats/speeds/HSF has the non-FE card's performance level as "Great", but the FE card as "Good".

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6181-KR FE $699.99
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6181-KR ACX 3.0 $619.99
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6183-KR ACX 3.0 SC Gaming $649.99
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-5180-KR Non-FE $609.99
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6286-KR ACX 3.0 FTW Gaming $679.99

None in stock, and all auto-notify

Janus67 · May 28, 2016

ATMINSIDE · May 28, 2016

Oh look, they're starting $100 cheaper like expected...

Kenrou · May 28, 2016

Them temps...

dudleycpa · May 28, 2016

No one (Newegg, Amazon, Microcenter, (et al.)) has them in stock.

Listed yes - anyone try buying directly from a manufacture?

wingman99 · May 28, 2016

Yes he was up to 82c at 70% fan speed on a GTX 1080 at 2000MHz.

Kenrou · May 28, 2016

Assuming it was reading speed properly, all the others i saw went down to around 1600/1700 at those temps. And max is 94c according to nVidia, kinda glad i was thinking about waiting for a 1080Ti from another brand, custom coolers FTW :thup:

wingman99 · May 28, 2016

He probably raised the GPU temp target to keep the 2000MHz at 82c.

EarthDog · May 28, 2016

wingman99 said:
He probably raised the GPU temp target to keep the 2000MHz at 82c.

that's all it takes!

Should it be?? Probably not...but a simple slider adjustment or custom fan profile, extra $100 and boom, no thottling. What's not to lIke?

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