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EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2/SC2 - with 11GHz Memory
The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 and SC2 are now upgraded to 11GHz memory giving a full 352GB/s of memory bandwidth for improved performance. In addition, this update is available as a free performance upgrade for existing card owners.
Of course, the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 and SC2 also comes loaded with EVGA iCX Technology, which gives you:
- iCX has 9 Thermal Sensors & Multiple MCUs
- Asynchronous fan control
- Full Control with EVGA Precision XOC
- Interactive Cooling with thermal display system
- Optimized airflow with new heatsink design.
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#5423330 Posted on: 04/22/2017 08:57 AM
easy, just go with a different brand.
for me, if evga would really care, the information would be out from the beginning...
easy, just go with a different brand.
for me, if evga would really care, the information would be out from the beginning...
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#5423374 Posted on: 04/22/2017 12:47 PM
iCX is the new version of EVGA's cooling system, formerly ACX 2.0. The first 1070 and 1080s to have iCX appeared on Amazon in February. Prior to that is was all SC and FTW version 1 ACX 2.0 models.
I'm guessing the memory for the iCX boards is different than version 1 of the SC/FTW line, and are fully capable of 11ghz. They've just been waiting for NVidia to "release" the cards and now EVGA is fully enabling them. I doubt we'll have version 1 and 2 together for long, v1 will be discontinued (or likely already has) and v2 11ghz will be the new normal.
iCX is the new version of EVGA's cooling system, formerly ACX 2.0. The first 1070 and 1080s to have iCX appeared on Amazon in February. Prior to that is was all SC and FTW version 1 ACX 2.0 models.
I'm guessing the memory for the iCX boards is different than version 1 of the SC/FTW line, and are fully capable of 11ghz. They've just been waiting for NVidia to "release" the cards and now EVGA is fully enabling them. I doubt we'll have version 1 and 2 together for long, v1 will be discontinued (or likely already has) and v2 11ghz will be the new normal.
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#5423535 Posted on: 04/23/2017 01:02 AM
Easier said than done. The current trend among card manufacturers to make GPU coolers larger with every new generation, has put a lot of the latest high-end cards over the size restrictions of my HTPC case. EVGA's iCX cooler on the SC2 and FTW2 is one of the few that would allow me to go with a top-performing card while still fitting where I need it to go.
easy, just go with a different brand.
Easier said than done. The current trend among card manufacturers to make GPU coolers larger with every new generation, has put a lot of the latest high-end cards over the size restrictions of my HTPC case. EVGA's iCX cooler on the SC2 and FTW2 is one of the few that would allow me to go with a top-performing card while still fitting where I need it to go.
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#5470650 Posted on: 09/09/2017 04:12 PM
Correction: Only the SC2 is equipped with the faster 11 Gbps GDDR5X memory.
Correction: Only the SC2 is equipped with the faster 11 Gbps GDDR5X memory.
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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)
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.
SC2 and FTW2 should be synonyms with SC2 iCX and FTW2 iCX. The "2" means it's the model with the updated iCX cooler. The older SC and FTW cards had the ACX 3.0 cooler.
Only the cards with the iCX cooler are getting the upgrade to 11GHz memory. The older SC and FTW aren't getting the update. So only the SC2 and the FTW2 should be available with 11GHz memory.
Now my question is, will production of the SC2 and FTW2 change and the cards are going to start coming out with 11GHz memory ICs in the near future? Or are all cards going to keep being produced with 10GHz ICs as they currently are, and they're just going to be flashed at the factory with the new firmware that overclocks the RAM to 11GHz?
EVGA's website kinda leaves that in the open, this page is particularly ambiguous since it states that the cards are "Now available with 11GHz memory" and then the fine print at the bottom says "After firmware update".
I believe this is a pertinent question to prospective buyers like myself, and worth looking into, since there are other brands, such as MSI, that are actually producing updated cards with 11GHz ICs, which would be preferable to factory overclocked 10GHz ICs. In my opinion EVGA should be more upfront with the information.