rh0ne

HotRats1522
I've got a 900D and I can't imagine three AIO's not fitting.  Might not look super, but I'm sure it will fit (I'm thinking CPU and top card to the ceiling and the bottom card to the bottom side).
What are you seeing AIO with the CPU versus custom?  Comparable?

Yeah comparable. I'm push/pulling an h100i which is a 240 on top which limits me a little up there so I'd rather send the GPUs down to the bottom. Other than the buggy Corsair Link software, I've been happy it. It sits in the mid/upper 20s 'idle', floats around in the 30s while gaming and If I'm burning it, it will get into to 50s (5930@4.25, nothing uber).

I will have more once my rig is done.  TheAIOHybrid In Progress.
I will also be using the H80i so I will get to see if CorsairLink Software can manage the Fan and Pump in the GPU?

decepti0n
Got my GTX 980 Hybrid a few days ago and I did overclock it to 1568MHz
 
Idle Temps: 25C
Max Temps: 45C

That's really solid with a decent OC.

If AIO GPU's were more common, there would technically be no point needing to do a full loop water cooling system anymore. You would only be losing out on "looks." The thermals on an AIO would never get to the point where the card would have to throttle even running low fan speeds. Sure, if I had a custom water loop, the temps may be like 10C less, but who F'ing cares how "cold" your water is as long as temps don't throttle and fans don't ramp up. My AIO CPU I run the fans at a static 700RPM and my temps never go above 50C even on full load overclocked. Proof with decepti0n above is even more. 45C max temp on a huge overclock. I don't think the 980 throttles unless it hits like 80C or 90C if I remember correctly. I think you can reduce a few dB by having massive radiators & dozens of fans running even lower RPM but the loss of resale value, the components corroding over time, the risk of leaks, the maintenance of the unit, the amount of time spent building the loop, the hassle of changing the loop when installing new components, and the sheer cost isn't worth a few dB.

HotRats1522

rh0ne
 
I'm very interested in tubing length specs too... I'd need to run two in SLI and I'm trying to picture how I'd lay that out in my case.

Why not just a custom loop at that point?  You also running an AIO for the CPU?

When its time to sell my 980's, this cooler will be easier to sell than with a waterblock installed.

A few noob questions about these cards, as I am desperate to play GTA V on release AND got beyond tired of the waiting game AMD is playing.

For step-up, overclock and heat purposes, which one is better to get: 980 FTW or 980 Hybrid?
I know it's a 70 dollar difference and one has an AIO while the other has a custom air cooler (and custom PCB?). However, in case a 980ti shows up in the next 3 months, either one of these can step up or did I miss something?

zennacko
A few noob questions about these cards, as I am desperate to play GTA V on release AND got beyond tired of the waiting game AMD is playing.

For step-up, overclock and heat purposes, which one is better to get: 980 FTW or 980 Hybrid?
I know it's a 70 dollar difference and one has an AIO while the other has a custom air cooler (and custom PCB?). However, in case a 980ti shows up in the next 3 months, either one of these can step up or did I miss something?

For hest purposes, the 980 Hybrid will be best. The ftw does have a custom Cooler and custom pcb, but it isn't going to run anywhere near as cool as the hybrid. The ftw cooler will dump the heat into the case and cause more parts to slightly warm up as well.

The hybrid will push the core heat out of the radiator which can be put to vent out of the case and the vrm board hest will blow out of the back of the case.

zennacko
A few noob questions about these cards, as I am desperate to play GTA V on release AND got beyond tired of the waiting game AMD is playing.

For step-up, overclock and heat purposes, which one is better to get: 980 FTW or 980 Hybrid?
I know it's a 70 dollar difference and one has an AIO while the other has a custom air cooler (and custom PCB?). However, in case a 980ti shows up in the next 3 months, either one of these can step up or did I miss something?

I'm fairly certain these could theoretically overclock better. There is a review on youtube that gets his card to 1600...but I also don't believe anything in this discussion is binned(correct me if I'm wrong) so you are highly at the mercy of the lottery. I would personally go for the FTW because I suspect it has better vrm cooling and cools better over the entirety of the card than the stock cooler, but even in this I may be wrong. As far as step-up to the 980ti, there is no way to know how that will be handled because the nomenclature of the card we are referring to as the 980ti may be different. I'm unsure of historical precedent in this case. Review I mentioned is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98P_NjK3ft8

zenfoldor
 
I'm fairly certain these could theoretically overclock better. There is a review on youtube that gets his card to 1600...but I also don't believe anything in this discussion is binned(correct me if I'm wrong) so you are highly at the mercy of the lottery. I would personally go for the FTW because I suspect it has better vrm cooling and cools better over the entirety of the card than the stock cooler, but even in this I may be wrong. As far as step-up to the 980ti, there is no way to know how that will be handled because the nomenclature of the card we are referring to as the 980ti may be different. I'm unsure of historical precedent in this case. Review I mentioned is here: 

I saw Jay's review on youtube, it's nice that he pushed the card a step closer to the titan, but I'm interested on see how these two can step-up if I meet the deadline for that and a new card is released. As for precedents, well, on the FAQ for step-up I read the following:

EVGA Step-Up FAQ

Graphics Cards

• EVGA will only release reference versions of its products, NVIDIA reference spec and clock, to the Step-Up program.
• Step-Up is limited to pre-approved graphics cards only and can only be used for exchange to a different and higher performing GPU.
• Products known to have a limited availability will not be made available to the Step-Up program. (Limited availability determined by EVGA.)
• Customers who received their EVGA graphics card as part of a complete computer system are not eligible - except for those listed on our approved system vendor list.

Graphics Cards Examples:

• GTX 460 → GTX 580: YES (Upgraded GPU)
• GTX 460 768MB → GTX 460 1GB: YES (Upgraded Memory)
• GTX 970 FTW → GTX 970 FTW+ : YES (Upgraded Model)

 
So, even though "One does not simply Step-Up for a Titan", a future (Ti or not) card which will be mass produced (hopefully) can fit on the rules, that's how I see it.

I finally pushed the GTX 980 Hybrid to 1602MHz
 
The programs that I use in my test were "Precision X 16, GPU-Z, Heaven Benchmark, Valley Benchmark and 3D Mark"
 
I ran these benchmarks multiple times to insure that my OC was stable and I used Precision X hardware monitor and GPU-Z sensors to verify my numbers
 
These are the setting that I used for my OC
 
Power Target: 124%
GPU Clock Offset: +135MHz
Mem Clock Offset: +300MHz
Voltage: +87mV
 
 
 
 

EVGA_JacobF
Update on Hybrid Cooler / TITAN X compatibility, it actually does work and fit. The only issue is that the shroud will say GTX 980 on it :p

 
 Hi, just wondering, would there be any way to order a titan x with the cooler on it direct from evga to the uk (i cant even find the 980 hybrid for sale in the uk) as im sure im not alone here, but tearing down something like a titan x which voids the warranty to put the cooler on scares the hell out of me.
 
 Edit, scratch that, i just said hell to it and pre ordered a 980 hybrid. Maybe this gpu will actually register with evga :P