EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2/SC2 - with 11GHz Memory

#5423140 Posted on: 04/21/2017 05:00 PM

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So instead of fitting the cards with upgraded memory ICs, like MSI did with the Gaming X PLUS that Guru3D just reviewed yesterday, they are simply releasing a new BIOS that will overclock RAM to 11GHz!? There is no way they can guarantee stable operation for every customer out there. And they obviously know that and are covering their asses by repeatedly stating this update is OPTIONAL, so they can put the blame on the customer when things go wrong. That's extremely disappointing EVGA!

I just hope that new cards coming out of the production line from now on will come with upgraded memory ICs.

They are doing both. Newer cards are shipping with the 11Ghz IC's but for older customers they are providing a bios update, they just aren't guaranteeing that all cards will be fine with the update. Seems fine to me.

#5423144 Posted on: 04/21/2017 05:12 PM

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@hilbert will we see a review of this card? or the TI Variant?

#5423147 Posted on: 04/21/2017 05:18 PM

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I have a FTW2 review ready, but that one is still on 10 Gbps. I am not going to re-bench everything once again.

#5423193 Posted on: 04/21/2017 09:05 PM

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Do you have any source confirming the hardware update is happening? Their website gives no indication that there is any hardware update for new cards in production. All it says is that the SC2 and FTW2 cards are "Now available with 11GHz memory (After firmware update)".

I'm very interested because I'm considering the purchase of a GTX 1080 SC2 in the next couple of months, and I would like to confirm that there is indeed going to be updated hardware before I start looking.

#5423197 Posted on: 04/21/2017 09:22 PM

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Do you have any source confirming the hardware update is happening? Their website gives no indication that there is any hardware update for new cards in production. All it says is that the SC2 and FTW2 cards are "Now available with 11GHz memory (After firmware update)".

I'm very interested because I'm considering the purchase of a GTX 1080 SC2 in the next couple of months, and I would like to confirm that there is indeed going to be updated hardware before I start looking.

Hmm..

Well originally I thought they were, because I saw a SC2 model with 11ghz, but now I'm seeing that it's labeled as an "ICX" SC2 model. So I don't know what the ICX part means as far as memory (I know it has the updated cooling stuff)

What's stranger is that the top page here:

http://www.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?type=0&family=GeForce+10+Series+Family&chipset=GTX+1080

Says:

1708MHz Base Clock
1847MHz Boost Clock
273.2GT/s Texture Fill Rate
8192MB GDDR5X Memory
11016MHz Memory Clock
352.51GB/s Memory Bandwidth

But when you click on the actual link to the product at the bottom:

http://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6583-KR

It says: Memory Clock: 10000

http://www.evga.com/articles/01084/evga-icx/

But then the ICX page itself advertises:

Memory
Memory Detail: 8192 MB GDDR5X
Memory Bit Width: 256 Bit
Memory Clock: 11016 MHz
Memory Speed: 0.2 ns
Memory Bandwidth: 352.51 GB/s

My guess is that the ICX models are running the 11Ghz chips. The SC2 ICX and FTW2 ICX are going to replace the originals. The 10,000Ghz value on the SC2 ICX page is probably a typo and/or copy-paste error. The original SC2/FTW2 models will only get the 11ghz via the bios update.