I have an upper limit of $300 I will spend on a GPU. That's it. I've maintained that personal rule since my first V2 for $300...;) Never once been disappointed! Nowadays, the sweet spot is closer to $200 than three! Good times!

that's a rather poor oc, I think the 1080 models had close to 1900 on paper, but they all reached 2G due to GPU Boost 3 and enough headroom @ temp and power. hmm let's see what they do once installed , pretty sure they'll clock to at least 1850 without using a slider in oc software.

2ghz through 3584 cores is a lot harder than 2ghz through 2560 cores.

I have an upper limit of $300 I will spend on a GPU. That's it. I've maintained that personal rule since my first V2 for $300...;) Never once been disappointed! Nowadays, the sweet spot is closer to $200 than three! Good times!

Depends on the resolution of your display. You think you'll get 4k60fps on a 200$ card?

This is not totally true. For example, strix 1070 has a boost of 1630mhz. But it will boost to 2000mhz on real life tests. And this applies to other manufacturers too. So, this one will probably boost to a higher clock.

This is not totally true. For example, strix 1070 has a boost of 1630mhz. But it will boost to 2000mhz on real life tests. And this applies to other manufacturers too. So, this one will probably boost to a higher clock.

At lesser cores than even a 1080. It's like a multi-core cpu, try pushing 5ghz through a quad core on air with all cores active versus 1 core active. Then voltage and temp plays a role. Titan XP was able to achieve 2ghz so i'm not saying its not possible, but why vendors are clocking lower the more cores they have, they are ensuring stability out of the box.

I think you will always have to put a little time and effort into overclocking to get the best out of your card, so don't worry about those boost clocks listed on the box. Reviews with OC sections will show you what's happening. Interesting that it has a DVI (which many people still want and use), and has 2x8 pins instead of 8+6 (I know it doesn't make a difference, just interesting). Won't go Asus this time around, going to pass on this one.

that's a rather poor oc, I think the 1080 models had close to 1900 on paper, but they all reached 2G due to GPU Boost 3 and enough headroom @ temp and power. hmm let's see what they do once installed , pretty sure they'll clock to at least 1850 without using a slider in oc software.

I'm thinking you are remembering the past incorrectly? http://thepcenthusiast.com/all-geforce-gtx-1080-compared-asus-evga-gigabyte-msi-zotac/ There's only one above 1800, on paper, and none meet 2000 on boost Now i'm not saying boost didn't do something different in real-world testing, but the "on paper" never showed this.

that's a rather poor oc, I think the 1080 models had close to 1900 on paper

my ex-MSI Gaming X (super quiet) was around 1920-1930Mhz stock..when the game was really demanding, for other older games it was around 1600 or so, I saw 1300 and 900 too it's really not a fixed value. Oh and that 1920+ was never advertised in official specs, I think it was 1700 or 1800 something when I placed my order. that said it's not the same chip so you can't expect to have numbers that high in the same way a 4-core is easier to OC than an 8-core I ditched SLI and am waiting for the new asus,zotac,msi TIs I can even buy a soundcard now yay (thx to my new 3 slots high free space)

^asus rog strix was advertised as near 1900, alot of people said that they just moniotred their amp! extreme and what not, and all of them went 2G without moving a slider out of the box, my Gamerock went to 1950 boost, even though it was only 17xx on paper.

Asus rog strix, on paper, is: GPU Clock (default/OC) 1759/1784 GPU Boost (default/OC) 1898/1936 So i'll continue with my original statement in which you're remembering the past wrong, lol I mean, unless you meant what you said differently? From your original post, to me, it stated that "on paper" there were graphics cards with: GPU clock 1900 GPU Boost 2000 Of which isn't true? And to be clear i'm not saying the 1080's couldn't do it, rather that's not what was advertised, which is what the "on paper" would be, right?

2ghz through 3584 cores is a lot harder than 2ghz through 2560 cores. Depends on the resolution of your display. You think you'll get 4k60fps on a 200$ card?

I'm not sure people with 200$ limit on a card go for a 600$+ monitor.

I'm not sure people with 200$ limit on a card go for a 600$+ monitor.

...what? For one, many might, as they might view a monitor as a longer-lasting item then a graphics card. I know people who have had the same monitor for 10+ years and have gone through a new card every 2 years, so spending a lot for a 10+ year item does make sense For two, 4K monitors are not 600+, there are some that are above 600, but they are not 600+ https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100160979%20600557171&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

At lesser cores than even a 1080. It's like a multi-core cpu, try pushing 5ghz through a quad core on air with all cores active versus 1 core active. Then voltage and temp plays a role. Titan XP was able to achieve 2ghz so i'm not saying its not possible, but why vendors are clocking lower the more cores they have, they are ensuring stability out of the box.

It's all a matter of lottery, but all Pascal chip overclock up to around 2Ghz, give or take 100Mhz thanks to the silicon lottery. My Titan XP can achieve around between 2050-2100Mhz depending of how intensive the application is, and I have no doubt many 1080Ti will achieve exactly the same. Previously, my MSI 1080 could achieve about 2000-2050, so I got luckier with the Titan XP silicon, but I doubt the complexity the CUDA cores count really matter that much. That said, it will generate more heat, so a stock cooling (even the manufacturer ones) may not be enough to achieve a 2050ish overclock on the Ti for long gaming sessions. I'd really recommend any future Ti buyer to consider watercooling if they want to get the absolute best, but even at those stock turbo frequency of 1700ish MHZ, it will just kick ass, and we know that just adjusting the power to 120% will effortlessly add 100-150 Mhz without doing anything else. Somehow, I've read a lot about Pascal not doing as well as Maxwell, but I've found myself in a situation where Pascal actually brings more (I mean, I got 520ish MHZ free on my Titan XP, that's more than 25% boost)

My 1080 Strix was a sweet card. It would boost as high as 2108 (that was the max I ever recorded) and stayed fairly cool and quiet while doing so. I wonder how much the premium will be over the FE version this time.

https://goo.gl/photos/2yD8r6woKiZchoDs7My EVGA 1080 FTW hits 2177Mhz+ (i.e 11.15 TFLOPs) on a custom loop with thermals under 50°C with a heavy load. I also have my 6800K OC'd to 4.2Ghz in that same loop. I would love a EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3, but I don't know if it's worthwhile seeing how the 1180 is right around the corner. I'm waiting for the next big leap so I can upgrade my CPU to a new 7th or 8th gen 6/8 core model depending on price, alongside my GPU. I included a picture while booting up RE7

https://goo.gl/photos/2yD8r6woKiZchoDs7My EVGA 1080 FTW hits 2177Mhz+ (i.e 11.15 TFLOPs) on a custom loop with thermals under 50°C with a heavy load. I also have my 6800K OC'd to 4.2Ghz in that same loop. I would love a EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3, but I don't know if it's worthwhile seeing how the 1180 is right around the corner. I'm waiting for the next big leap so I can upgrade my CPU to a new 7th or 8th gen 6/8 core model depending on price, alongside my GPU. I included a picture while booting up RE7

Nice overclock! Yes, custom loop... I'm curious to see how temps change when going from 2x 980 to a single 1080Ti in terms of heat dissipating through the loop. Could be I get lower too, my 980s were running at 50-55°C with 6/8 fans running on my rads 😀