EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 iCX Review

Nice review Tom and I have to say the more I see that cooler the more it grows on me as I really didn't like it at first, and really good of EVGA to sort any possible issues with these cards and as you said they really deserve Kudos for the way they handled everything.
 
Nice review Tom and I have to say the more I see that cooler the more it grows on me as I really didn't like it at first, and really good of EVGA to sort any possible issues with these cards and as you said they really deserve Kudos for the way they handled everything.

Same. I wasn't sure at first it looked like a 3D printed cast for a broken arm. Now I quite like it - especially the plain black version.
 
i HAVE THE gtx1080 ftw2 icx and I'm loving it nice and cool 65-70c whilst gaming long sessions and fan speed only at 63% its quiet as well my gigabyte GTX1080ti was screaming at me at 60% and was 75-80c and no backplate I could feel the heat radiating off of it.
 
Definitely over engineered and that's a good thing, very good of them! Also staying with a 2 slot design is welcome in my book because if there's one thing that eats me up it's sag ;)
Thanks for the review!
 
It's wonderful. Like pretty much everything about it, apart from the Nvidia stupid voltage lock.

It kinda makes cards like this a little pointless. Same goes for the HOF too. No wonder MSI stopped making Lightning cards..
 
It's wonderful. Like pretty much everything about it, apart from the Nvidia stupid voltage lock.

It kinda makes cards like this a little pointless. Same goes for the HOF too. No wonder MSI stopped making Lightning cards..

Power% is where the OC'ing really gets its benefit. even with unlocked cards or tweaked bios Ive never really seen enough of a boost to warrant it.

Newer cards just dont respond to it like the old ones used to.
 
Power% is where the OC'ing really gets its benefit. even with unlocked cards or tweaked bios Ive never really seen enough of a boost to warrant it.

Newer cards just dont respond to it like the old ones used to.

Pascal is the evolution of Maxwell. GPU boost 3 is probably getting them to the limit of the technology. We see all the cards peaking around 2100 MHz. Pro overclockers with all the tweaks need to boost power a lot to get response from the card. And that requires LN to cool it.

Edit: Older cards had more of the thermal limit than the power one. Air coolers weren't that efficient, and when you put them under water you could bump the power up. Now when air coolers are good, water just gives you lower temperatures and maybe few MHz more.
 
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