Magicdrafna
So I'm curious. How does this card differ from the FTW 1070? Both have dual BIOS, both have RGB, both have dual 8 pin plugs, and both have the same out of box clock speed. 
Thanks

asmodyus

EVGA_JacobF
SC and ACX 3.0 are completely different PCB, different cooler, (FTW is larger), more power phases, dual BIOS, double 8pin, RGB lighting, etc.
 
Here is a chart that is on the product page also:
 
 

I understand the more power and stuff but why? if these cards are not great overclockers whats the point of the extra power? I not understanding this card beside that its on a different PSB and has neat little lights.

Miko Ryukudo
Thanks for the heads up Jacob, I have a friend that will be happy to hear this news. He is struggling to find a FTW and he wants one really badly 
 
$649 for a beast of a custom card, nice deal. Not even mad it isn't OC. People getting such a beefy card will more than likely overclock themselves anyways, so they should get the satisfaction of seeing more gains vs the factory oc. 

niepce
Any relation with what happened to Strix OC this week ?
 
 reddit dot com /r/nvidia/comments/4q8nmi/asus_stopping_production_of_the_asus_strix_1080/

Scarlet-Tech

asmodyus
So what your saying is that the GPU is attached to these PCB that they Manufacturer themselves and instead of pulling the GPU that failed what ever reason. They just label as a new Cheaper card instead of going though the process of pulling the GPU out to say put in a FE or Regular stock PCB. But wouldn't in the process effect that amount OF FTW regular ones they can make. I mean I'm not expert on card making or even now how they make them but I'm sure that the Classy goes through the same process and you don't See Classy DT around do you?
 

There has been "Dt" classifieds around since the 700 series was out. They were just called "reference" instead.

Now, they don't remove the die off the PCB for the exact reason I already stated, they risk damaging the die and the PCB. The die is seemingly soldered onto the board.

If it was as simple as switching the die onto another board, the end user could do it. I can't even imagine what all is connected under the die, but I assume there are hundreds of tiny little delicate wires that are soldered in place.

I understand the more power and stuff but why? if these cards are not great overclockers whats the point of the extra power? I'm not understanding this card beside that its on a different PSB and has neat little lights.

Amnesia1187
Waaaait... So reverse binned 1080s? I mean i get it, but who wants to buy a GPU thats bigger and less energy efficient with the guarantee that it will overclock less than 100mhz?
 
Also to the people who keep claiming that there is no BINing of 1080s, i feel like you don't understand what binning is. Binning is just the process of taking a bunch of 1 thing, evaluating them and grouping them based on the results. It is where 1070's are born. Though I suppose there are really two different things that count as binning, at the fab when the chips are tested and sku'd, and then again when they are actually mounted to their PCBs and then tested for OC and then BINNED again. You can't really say there is no binning all the while selling 10 different SKUs of GP104 at 6 different performance levels. I'm dying to see the PCB on a 1070 FTW, because part of me thinks those are actually the 1080 FTWs that fail the testing the hardest.

It feels there were a bunch of people who thought the Founders Editions were going to be binned, and then everyone went into overcorrection panic mode "no bins no bins no bins"

ipkha some internal testing for stable clockspeed, but obviously can't tell until it's mounted on the PCB. If they completed PCB can't pass their standard for FTW, they get the DT mark.