Vlada011
People who bought Sea Hawk miss one great card because impatience.
You will see how Hybrid look inside case compare to Sea Hawk.
And EVGA offer Hybrid for fair price, at least for USA market, for EU we will see.
But 729$ is really competitive price. Cheaper than Classified and both have custom PCB and 8+8 pin and same clock.
But Classified look extreme well through Window Side panel.
LED Logo on black background with 4 small screws from both side on metal surface look better than ever. 

And the Sea Hawk isn't a great card?
 
I installed my Sea Hawk last night. In the default OC mode the boost clock immediately jumped to 2012MHz stable and after about an hour the temperature settled at about 50C. No overclock yet and with only 1 8 pin power connector. No coil whine and the pump is silent.
 
I don't stare at my card when I'm playing a game. lol But the Sea Hawk blends in well once installed in my opinion. 
 
I understand that you like EVGA, so do I, but the wait was starting to get ridiculous. Originally we were told the Hybrid was to be available at the end of June and here we are on the cusp of August still waiting. Good luck trying to get one once they are released. You can always buy one for $1500 on Ebay once the snipers get them.
 

How much is base clock on Sea Hawk, I didn't saw?
Yes you can buy any GTX1080 reference and install Hybrid only you lose clock and you have 225W (8pin)space for OC instead 375W (8+8pin).
I think and EVGA have some cheap GTX1080 Gaming version for 610$. 
I would install Hybrid no matter on brand. Better than 85C in games.

petmic10

Vlada011
People who bought Sea Hawk miss one great card because impatience.
You will see how Hybrid look inside case compare to Sea Hawk.
And EVGA offer Hybrid for fair price, at least for USA market, for EU we will see.
But 729$ is really competitive price. Cheaper than Classified and both have custom PCB and 8+8 pin and same clock.
But Classified look extreme well through Window Side panel.
LED Logo on black background with 4 small screws from both side on metal surface look better than ever. 

And the Sea Hawk isn't a great card?
 
I installed my Sea Hawk last night. In the default OC mode the boost clock immediately jumped to 2012MHz stable and after about an hour the temperature settled at about 50C. No overclock yet and with only 1 8 pin power connector. No coil whine and the pump is silent.
 
I don't stare at my card when I'm playing a game. lol But the Sea Hawk blends in well once installed in my opinion. 
 
I understand that you like EVGA, so do I, but the wait was starting to get ridiculous. Originally we were told the Hybrid was to be available at the end of June and here we are on the cusp of August still waiting. Good luck trying to get one once they are released. You can always buy one for $1500 on Ebay once the snipers get them.
 

OMG, so true...  hahahaha!

How much is base clock on Sea Hawk, I didn't saw?
Yes you can buy any GTX1080 reference and install Hybrid only you lose clock and you have 225W (8pin)space for OC instead 375W (8+8pin).
I think and EVGA have some cheap GTX1080 Gaming version for 610$. 
I would install Hybrid no matter on brand. Better than 85C in games.

wait,what....
will the 1080 hybrid be a lot longer than 980ti hybrid?
and do we have to use a power adapter when we gonna install it? which makes it even more longer?
Because if thats the case,im not sure if it will fit in my XL R2 case.
Im gonna have to check my manual to see how long it is and the gpu will cover any sata ports ot and fan internal headers.
Im planning on getting the 900d case eventually,but it will still be the same problem if it covers any important connections on my mobo.
 

zlpw0ker
wait,what....
will the 1080 hybrid be a lot longer than 980ti hybrid?
and do we have to use a power adapter when we gonna install it? which makes it even more longer?
Because if thats the case,im not sure if it will fit in my XL R2 case.
Im gonna have to check my manual to see how long it is and the gpu will cover any sata ports ot and fan internal headers.
Im planning on getting the 900d case eventually,but it will still be the same problem if it covers any important connections on my mobo.
 

Yes, the new EVGA GTX1080 FTW Hybrid uses a non-standard PCB which is both longer and taller than the GTX980Ti Hybrid (which I have installed in my secondary mini-ITX gaming system).  The new FTW Hybrid will not fit in my M1 NCASE mini-ITX case without modding it (cut metal away) :-(  I would highly recommend you check the hardware forums for fellow XL R2 case owners to verify whether or not the Hybrid will fit.  It probably won't.

What MSI Sea Hawk HAVE DRAGON on BACKPLATE? 
 

 
Jesus...

Vlada011
How much is base clock on Sea Hawk, I didn't saw?
Yes you can buy any GTX1080 reference and install Hybrid only you lose clock and you have 225W (8pin)space for OC instead 375W (8+8pin).
I think and EVGA have some cheap GTX1080 Gaming version for 610$. 
I would install Hybrid no matter on brand. Better than 85C in games.

Boost Clock / Base Clock / Memory Frequency
1847 MHz / 1708 MHz / 10108 MHz (OC Mode)

Vlada011
What MSI Sea Hawk HAVE DRAGON on BACKPLATE? 
 

 
Jesus...

Yes they do - very nice touch I have to say.  I wish EVGA would get more 'bling-bling' with their back plates.
 
I have two MSI GTX1080 Sea Hawk EK cards on order and will be replacing my two EVGA GTX980Ti SC+ cards (pic of them in my profile pic to the upper left of this post).  Looking forward to finally being able to attain playable frame rates in all games with max settings at 3440 x 1440 (on my Acer X34), and UHD (on my Acer XB321HK)

Anyone know any tricks on how to get notified of its release before the time it sells out?!