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@unspoken7704

7 жыл бұрын

Excellent reviews as always. I'm curious though if you have reviewed the Corsair Hydro GFX GTX 1080 Ti Liquid Cooled Graphics Card and compared thermals, fans designs, plate designs, shroud designs to the EVGA Hybrids and in house hybrids. Thanks.

@CrashPilot1000

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the time and effort doing that video - although I am not in the market for a GFX card right now I enjoied watching it. I have an idea: Since you are taking every card apart could you give an overview over the vrm and capacitors quality that are used? Or can you include highres pictures of the PCB on your website so ppl can see the partnumbers - so it is quiet easy to look them up then and can judge the quality of the build.

@GamersNexus

7 жыл бұрын

We actually do that! Check these out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZ5pmblsprfXn7Q.html

Looking through the comments, maybe it's just me, but I think the card looks pretty badass with that shroud.

@atasel

7 жыл бұрын

Bryce Trem me too

@ishmamnaveel2198

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

FINALLY!!!! I've been waiting on this review. I preordered the FTW3, I can't wait for them to test that also.

Finally !!! I was waiting for this review for weeks. Thank you GN

Gamer Nexus Your information is very useful to who would like to build an SFF system like myself, especially the thermal part of the video. Very appreciated that you made the video!

Thanks for the review. Didn't know what evga card I wanted and your videos helped. ordered off your link so I hope it helps you continue these great reviews.

Absolutely the best Pascal design for me. EVGA's clean industrial shapes are far more appealing than any other crazy "gaming" themes on other manufacturers cards. No stupid RGB as well. This one might be my 1080ti pick. I am still waiting for FTW3 reviews though.

@CockatooDude

7 жыл бұрын

We are split, I also really like the industrial designs, but I also really like RGB. I think if you use it in the right way it can make your build look very futuristic, which should be a plus for computers.

@imrickjames7012

6 жыл бұрын

CockatooDude it does have rgb in the logo and thermal lights, I have this SC2 it's a beast!

@CockatooDude

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's why I was saying. Although only the FTW has RGB in the backplate right?

@evanrogers7923

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, only the Strix and the FTW3 have RGB backplates

@Gamerloaders

4 жыл бұрын

@@evanrogers7923 zotac amp extreme has rgb on backplate as well. Using one...

This was what I thought when I first saw it as well. Great video GN!

great video. helped me with my buying decision. installed one today and its fantastic.

Hey Gamers Nexus, as always I appreciate the in depth coverage. One thing: Imo the sone scale is much better to display the differences in loudness of the cards because it scales linearly, unlike the DBA scale which scales exponentially. Yours a patron

this review has me even more excited for my 1080 Ti FTW3 card that's hopefully arriving next week, curious to see if the dual 8 pins and triple fan design will make any noticeable different in terms of overclocking

Videos informative as always. Love it. Thanks :)

Great channel man, tons of good info.

Gamers Nexus drops this summers hottest single - Mosfet Number 5.

I'm buying a 1080ti for 490. Nvidia can keep rtx for now.

@syberpunk

4 жыл бұрын

Just bought one for $300

@naderelkhalidi2737

4 жыл бұрын

@@syberpunk do you think prices will be around 300 usd when rtx 3000 series comes out?

@robinsonxiang8169

3 жыл бұрын

@@naderelkhalidi2737 lmao check now ;)))

@tidjane2001

Жыл бұрын

4 years later, are you still using your 1080ti?

@andikaputra4761

5 ай бұрын

​​@@tidjane2001i just bought evga 1080 ti for $128 so yeah imma use it till few years later

it would be very interesting to see a review based on 60 FPS cap and compare power draw, noise, dropped frames & GPU size

@ZankDigiTrash

7 жыл бұрын

For current titles at 60 FPS yes why not and I bet the cap will show different story

i am very curious on the "EVGA GTX 1080 TI FTW3" performance

Can you check how efficient the cooling is by setting the rpm to produce 40db or something of that nature and then check the temperature of the components? Great video as always.

Interesting test, but perhaps there is a difference when you have the fans very high or very low? and yes I do like mounting a side fan to cool the gpu so it remains at "idle" longer in most use cases, an open face plate like this is attractive for that reason.

Very informative as usual . Can you PLEASE compare the Galax GTX 1080 Ti EXOC to see how it performs being only a 2 slot solution ? I have one and would love to hear your expert opinion of its VRM cooling for overclocking due to temps with its smaller cooler and price tag .

Steve is the Fabio of the Computer World. Instead of getting Housewives all hot and bothered, he gets us Nerds excited when we see his dreamy locks in another thumbnail. It means we're getting another technical breakdown of something PC related.

Gretat review as usual Steve. Would it be possible to break down a 1080ti by its component parts and their costs?. These top end cards are expensive bits of kit, and it would be great to know the cost to the manufacturer of assembling them.

it would be very helpful for evaluating overall cooler performance if you showed the temps a card would run at under artificial load at this or that fanspeed (at 10:35)

although now that it's been a bit o time, an ski/xfire review would be good. See if its improved, worsened, etc.

So the the EVGA GTX 1080 SC TI Black would be good enough and just missing the sensors, a lightly different pcb, and RGB?

now do the zotac one and we're done with the 1080ti !!!!! great work steve as always

8:56 Thermaltake Core V21. You put the rails on the side, two 120s and a gpu next to them. Boom! Cooler GPU! I have this setup with my V21/Strix 1070 and it does help :D

I was able to get the EVGA HYBRID SC2 when it was on new egg for 10 mins It gets here Saturday...... it will be a nice change from my GTX 645 and go into my first build. In other news I found a acer x34 in bestbuy for 700$ so I have a really nice monitor to go with it

Since this card had better minimum frames when overclocked compared to the MSI and GIGABYTE cards. Could you include some frametimes in the review for the EVGA card aswell? I have a feeling in my gut that the higher switching frequency of the nvidia ref PCB design (assuming 600Hz of the nvidia 8 channel volt controller compared to the AIB partner cards that trade switching frequenzy for higher FET count through doublers that cut the eventual switching frequency in half) has actually benefits for the stability of the clock as soon as you apporach about 2000MHz on the core. So my hypothesis is that this time around the nvidia ref PCB design with lower FET count but higher switching frequency is actually outperforming the higher FET count AIB cards in perceived smoothnes and better frametimes.

Would a node 202 fulfil the case situation that was stated at 9:30? The card would be directly facing 2 case fans

Wow, those .1% low values on the overclocked cards, I hadn't noticed that.

hey GN, one question. did you encounter any power throttleling during the benchmark? my 1080ti sc2 get a big frame drop due to the power throttleling. and happens occasionally. any idea how to overcome it? i run default setting.

Hey, really nice review ! are you going to test the FTW3 ?

@32keihin

7 жыл бұрын

P-Lease

@jarrubber

7 жыл бұрын

I would think so, however he hasn't reviewed the Asus ROG Strix or the Zotac Amp Extreme 1080 Ti's yet though. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

@JR-ng2xy

6 жыл бұрын

I just bought one so I hope so lol

@RyanReed

6 жыл бұрын

Probably not..i think he likes AMD or something.. If he reviewed those cards it would stomp anything AMD drops. He'd never review a 1080ti FTW3 elite 12ghz. Fps for days

I just got a Silverstone ML08B-H case and I will be using a EVGA FTW3 for the build providing the current GPU doesn't thermal throttle, so would a SFF case with no case fans like this case benefit from the front plate holes?

Try this with 100% fan speed. Maybe then the holes help with reducing turbulence helping with either thermals or noise. Or maybe have the card run fanless and have a separate fan blow on it. Maybe then the holes help with cooling the card while the GPU is passive. Just a thought

@williamcoburn4486

7 жыл бұрын

Surpuppa neither of those are realistic scenarios though, there's no need to run fans at 100% and nobody's going to cool their $700 card with only an external fan, without using either of the fans on the card.

looks great do they have thermal pads this time at launch, like evga cards but asus is my card of choice.

Hi, this might have been posted in here already, but can any 1080ti FE GPU water block fit this card? What are the things to look out for?

damn 2 slot, reference height still lower temps than other designs, FTW one with a larger fan should be even quieter then

@stevengunnoe4150

7 жыл бұрын

I know, Evga is the only ones out of the top cards that are small but still perform. I was looking at the gigabyte and the MSI but I already have a cryorig H5 Universal so a small card is ideal

@stevengunnoe4150

7 жыл бұрын

And way less messed up cards than the gig and msi

Does the higher power limit of the Aorus extreme really not make a difference in overclocking?

Did I miss it or did you guys never recorded the card actually running and showing if it had led's?

May I know what tool did you use to create the plot with? Thank you.

How about in a mini ITX case like the Fractal Design Nano S where there is very little clearance between the PSU and GPU. Would this work better or on par vs a blower style fan?

I think MAYBE a case with bottom intake could benefit from the hole-y design, but that's even a stretch

Don't forget about warranty! evga and the aurus xtreme has great warranties, I'd pick a card with that in mind.

How about doing the AB test in SLI, that is real scenario often overlooked with respect to sound and cooling.

I like your tests friend

Do a review on Zotac AMP! Extreme 1080 Ti

@conan900

7 жыл бұрын

It's up now and it isn't pretty

@Gamerloaders

4 жыл бұрын

I have zotac amp extreme...its huge, and has the best overclocked profile but thermal isnt that good, inspite 3 fans

the aerial face plate definitely help soaring through the air majestically

might be a stupid question but anyway : i've heard that the evga SC cards ususally use the same PCB as the FE's, is it the case with the SC2 or is this a whole new PCB design ?

If you ever get sick of doing this great content Steve you could easily do horse race commentary or auction sales, you can talk real fast very clearly:)

I think the whole skeletal design looks bad on here but it looks better with three smaller fans IMO. Hope you review the FTW3 soon.

What water block works best on this card? And does the back plate have to be changed?

Are you guys getting a Strix 1080 Ti OC Edition and Zotac 1080 Ti Amp Extreme for testing? Would like to see the cooling performance on the Zotac one.

@Gamerloaders

4 жыл бұрын

I have zotac amp extreme, it has the best overclocked profile out of the box but mediocre cooling performance despite having 3 90mm fans...at auto, the card gets over 80c at 1440p, but if u make manual curve for fan and voltage/frequency, you can get good thermal results. This card is fat, probably one of thr heaviest 1080 ti, but all that big heatsink doesnt perform that well

How much power does it pull? Would 400w be enough ? Thx

I love that this card is way smaller than the other top cards

will the sc2 overclock better and will it run cooler than the sc black i got?

@stevengunnoe4150

7 жыл бұрын

I think they do about the same. The black just don't have the sensors

+Gamers Nexus, Newegg updated the price to $749.99, but it's still not released.

i think the 3 fan 1080ti from evga looks so much better than the 2 fan one with the new design they went for, especially in certain colors.

does anyone know if that yellow sc2 logo is an led? sucks if not for an rgb card.

EVGA has increased the price to 750$ so now they are all at same level. Any buying recommendations out of Aorus xtreame, evga sc2 or msi based on build quality, cooling solution, performance etc, please ??

Another 1080 or a ti? ....can´t seem to find any benchmarks figuring a 1080 sli vs 1080 ti .. weird. I have heard some weird stuff about DX 12 and sli compatibility, not sure if it all is true.

hey GN, is there any GPU water block for this card?

Looks like they milled some aluminium, shot it with a 12 gauge, then smoothed the edges

how good are these thermal pads they use? Obviously they are going to vary by location and vendor, but can you give me a range in W/mK?

@GamersNexus

7 жыл бұрын

Thermal resistivity is going to matter more for these, and we don't have those values. W/mK is normally 1-5W/mK, but thermal resistivity and the thickness of the pad will matter most.

I think I have to save up money. I like the Design.

@5ch4cht3l7

7 жыл бұрын

SGTJamesRyan take a look at the EVGA 1080ti FTW3

anyone know the exact thickness of the thermal pads?

would a bottom mounted fan pulling up under the GPU help the cooling of the "holy" shroud?

@paulm2467

4 жыл бұрын

Matt Goebel that's what I did in a node 202 with Noctua slimline fans and it helps a lot in the mini itx form, it's running mid sixties to low 70's which is pretty good in that case.

Really good job by EVGA. After the terrible job with ACX this is exactly what they needed to do with ICX. I personally will buy a brand for quality and customer service first, so hopefully EVGA will be this brand from now on.

Hmm well, I guess one more avenue of exploration is cooler performance. So... keep noise constant and clocks + load constant and check temps.

whats the thermal pad size length and thickness?

why are the 0.1 lows so much better in a few cases? OC stability?

@GamersNexus

7 жыл бұрын

Synth Love Stability or power limit. We think it's Boost 3.0 bouncing into limits and throttling back.

for a sec there i thought they had it out in the rain

So question mine I just got from amazon is both fans post to spin at the same time or just 1 and the other come's on to lower temps when it hits a temps that it's post to come on?

@Phambleton

2 жыл бұрын

The second fan only comes on when memory and VRM temps are high. Be careful though, if you install MSI afterburner only the first fan will spin. So make sure to use EVGA Precision X or whatever modern equivalent they have. I'd stay away from this card if you can, but if you do find a good deal it's okay. Just be prepared to install EVGA's software.

@Phambleton

2 жыл бұрын

Or you could run it without software and it's completely fine!

@soldier101000

2 жыл бұрын

@@Phambleton I am using Evga precision X1 i am not using msi afterburner.

Cosmos II has vertical mount and side fan. Source: Have Cosmos II

4.5 years later, my 1080 Ti SC2 is leaking an oily substance from the thermal pads. nvidia driver has been crashing.

@KaMil-gw2qr

2 жыл бұрын

i just changed my thermal paste after roughly 3 years of gaming, over 6000,7000 hours on it, at least. from time to time my computer would just crash to start up screen, other times it would get a video_tdr_failure. i assumed it was the card, so i changed the paste. dropped about 10c. the thermal pads were dusty as hell, but i havent replaced them yet because i didnt have enough new material on hand. what driver are you currently on? im on 472.12

Hello! Can someone tell me if evga sc2 has the same pcb as a FE card? Cause im serching for a gpu block and im interested if FE compatible blocks is compatible too with this card.? Help pls! 😁

I know this video has aged now but I really struggle with thermals on this card, all the videos I have watched of reviews etc all claim to be good but im hitting 80c and sometimes higher, using a phanteks p350x case with a 240mm aio in the front in a pull config and 3 lian li br digital 120mm fans as exhaust.... If this comment gets seen, does anyone have any tips or suggestions, I have changed the thermal paste twice now with no success

@Phambleton

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, it's just rotten luck with silicon lottery. I've even installed a Morpheus II onto it and still hitting 80c. The biggest issue is it clocks too high for what it can handle. Voltage control is also impossible to adjust in MSI afterburner. Not to mention only one fan works with this software due to the infamous separate fan controllers...

@KaMil-gw2qr

2 жыл бұрын

i just changed my thermal paste and dropped on average 10c. i did not change the thermal pads because i didnt have enough material but nonetheless, the paste change did help. i wonder why your temps did not drop after two separate paste changes. the airflow in your case must be lacking or your fan is failing to crank up. do you have it on auto or manual? i have also seen 80c on this card, but that was at 50 percent fan speed and full load. even in the hot hummer months it would never get higher than 76c @ 75 percent fan speed.

the aorus 1080 Ti non xtreme is also $720 and is basically the same as the xtreme

Wait. you mentioned they accounted for power limitations "ideally power which is what they have done here"? in contrast to Nvidia's hard power and voltage limits. That sounds like a big deal when looking for one to watercool and push OC without having to do shunt mods.

@GamersNexus

7 жыл бұрын

Just meaning that the board has a different stock power budget and VBIOS profile.

Someone help MR trance pick a brand and model GTX1080ti (NON FE), because I am tired of EVGA dragging their feet with inventory on these new GPU's. Volta and Vega will probably be out before I get my Pre-Order from EVGA

@stevengunnoe4150

7 жыл бұрын

From what I am taking in about vega is it will be a little better than a 1080 but not as good as a 1080 ti.

my ftw 1080 has to be at 80% fan speed (about 2000 rpm) to stay at 70°c :(

I love my core V21 with its side intake and vertical mounting 9:00. I also really like the new facia. The 1070 was an abomination.

Does the ftw3 cool any better per db?

Man this guy makes great vids, but I swear I feel like someone has killed his cat right before he goes to make the vid lol.

MAN! this looks grate!

What happened to their tri-fan design, or is that only for the FTW edition?

@isakh8565

7 жыл бұрын

That's only for the FTW3

EVGA, it may be a good idea to paint the shroud black. As it is it looks like I spray-painted it in my garage.

It looks really nice... Let's see what Steve brought us today.

will you review the palit 1080ti?

@BatteredWalrus

7 жыл бұрын

one of the aftermarket companies that produces cards, from what I have found they seem to be an EU exclusive brand but I could be wrong

@t4iga121

7 жыл бұрын

Username 100% correct

@BatteredWalrus

7 жыл бұрын

Nik D don't know why it did that, I clicked reply on his name

@progamer00006

7 жыл бұрын

Those Palit/Gainward cards are so awesome! Theyre like always the cheapest, but always the coolest and quietest due to that HUUUUGE cooler. So, If you have the space... theyll beat everything else with temps.

Review the triple slot zotac cooler

how is it possible that the idle temps are lower than the ambient temp? or am i reading the temps graphic wrong?

@GamersNexus

7 жыл бұрын

They aren't, and it's not possible. Note that we're saying "Delta T over ambient."

@seba8600

7 жыл бұрын

i noted when i watch it again, i was kind of lost trying to find the logic and miss that part (i know that was not possible to run lower than the ambient temp, damn condensation)

8:55 THERMALTAKE V21 ... I have that case... it's alright...

what's the difference between the sc vs sc2

@paulm2467

4 жыл бұрын

SC ( black edition) has icx cooling, SC2 has icx technology, basically the same cooling system in the SC but without the 9 thermistor monitoring and controls, the sc even appears to have the asynchronous fans although I don't know how that works without the detailed monitoring .

If this cooler already rivals the coolers of the Gaming X and Aorus - jesus christ how strong will the FTW3 cooler be?

Somebody let this man get more than 4 hours of sleep a night. He always sounds like he's exhausted.

EVGA SHOULD MAKE A VEGA CARD BECAUSE THE UNIVERSE WILLS IT

@F1rstp3rson

7 жыл бұрын

EVGA in my VEGA

@5ch4cht3l7

7 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Clayton EVEGA

@DerMitWieWoOhneNamen

7 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Clayton The EVGA CEO is a Nvidia fanboy so that's not going to happen

@iCantEscapeYou

7 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Clayton and name it AMD Video Graphics Experiment or the EVGA Vega AVGE

@andyS13

7 жыл бұрын

EVGA doesn't want to end up like XFX, blame nVidia

Where are y'all finding it for only 720? I'm seeing it for almost 100 dollars more at 813. It seems these cards are having some artificial inflation issues like the 1080s did.

@trancefreak64

7 жыл бұрын

Newegg has them right now if you are the US $749 + Game

..Did you rename this video, I swear the first time I looked at it in my feed it read EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 :Do the holes help?

@NZIGNANTI

7 жыл бұрын

It was the thumbnail www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2890-evga-gtx-1080-ti-sc2-review-benchmark

@GamersNexus

7 жыл бұрын

Video name hasn't changed. That was the thumbnail.

@matilija

7 жыл бұрын

That makes sense, thanks.

7:34 is that orange!? Holy shite my colors are way off :D

@soulshot96

7 жыл бұрын

It's light orange on my 100% sRGB panel...

add a 1080 OC with watercooling :) to the comparison