2016/09/21 01:18:50
hehehippie
i just got around to installing my Hybrid and i'm pretty damn disappointed so far.
 
it overclocks like crap. i was only able to get it to +95/+550 and it was really struggling to even maintain 2075MHz. anything over +95 on the core clock became unstable. my Asus Strix OC easily maintained 2101MHz right out of the box without touching a single thing besides maxing out the power % and temp thresholds. for some reason, i saw that the Heaven benchmark was only using about 84%-86% power.
 
i'm kind of debating if i should box it up and send it back or selling it instead of my Strix OC 1080.
2016/09/21 04:04:16
drmarc
hehehippie
i just got around to installing my Hybrid and i'm pretty damn disappointed so far.
 
it overclocks like crap. i was only able to get it to +95/+550 and it was really struggling to even maintain 2075MHz. anything over +95 on the core clock became unstable. my Asus Strix OC easily maintained 2101MHz right out of the box without touching a single thing besides maxing out the power % and temp thresholds. for some reason, i saw that the Heaven benchmark was only using about 84%-86% power.
 
i'm kind of debating if i should box it up and send it back or selling it instead of my Strix OC 1080.


Just a silly question...how does the card perform at stock? Are you getting good frames in games? Heating/voltage issues in that setting? Or just when you're overclocking?
2016/09/21 04:27:44
Nereus
hehehippie
i just got around to installing my Hybrid and i'm pretty damn disappointed so far.
 
it overclocks like crap. i was only able to get it to +95/+550 and it was really struggling to even maintain 2075MHz. anything over +95 on the core clock became unstable. my Asus Strix OC easily maintained 2101MHz right out of the box without touching a single thing besides maxing out the power % and temp thresholds. for some reason, i saw that the Heaven benchmark was only using about 84%-86% power.
 
i'm kind of debating if i should box it up and send it back or selling it instead of my Strix OC 1080.

Seriously? The 1080 FTW Hybrid is factory clocked at 1721MHz Base Clock and 1860MHz Boost Clock, and you're disappointed that the card "only" clocks 354MHz beyond base clock and 215MHz beyond the boost clock??? You should realize that :
(a) 2075MHz is a very respectable overclock, and
(b) everyone knows that it's a silicon lottery, and just because you were extremely lucky to get an ASUS card that maintained 2101MHz, it does not mean every card put out by every other company should clock at least that high.
I imagine most owners would be quite happy with 2075MHz overclock - I know I would. The real world difference between 2075MHz and 2101MHz would be indiscernible, and the only place this might make even a slight difference is with intensive benchmarking software, and even then it would be very minor.
I am amazed you think the card warrants a return because it "only" clocks to 2075MHz. Go ahead, box it up and return it, but I would fully expect you to get a 15% restocking fee if that is your reason for returning it. smh...
 
2016/09/21 04:33:18
drmarc
Nereus
hehehippie
i just got around to installing my Hybrid and i'm pretty damn disappointed so far.
 
it overclocks like crap. i was only able to get it to +95/+550 and it was really struggling to even maintain 2075MHz. anything over +95 on the core clock became unstable. my Asus Strix OC easily maintained 2101MHz right out of the box without touching a single thing besides maxing out the power % and temp thresholds. for some reason, i saw that the Heaven benchmark was only using about 84%-86% power.
 
i'm kind of debating if i should box it up and send it back or selling it instead of my Strix OC 1080.

Seriously? The 1080 FTW Hybrid is factory clocked at 1721MHz Base Clock and 1860MHz Boost Clock, and you're disappointed that the card "only" clocks 354MHz beyond base clock and 215MHz beyond the boost clock??? You should realize that :
(a) 2075MHz is a very respectable overclock, and
(b) everyone knows that it's a silicon lottery, and just because you were extremely lucky to get an ASUS card that maintained 2101MHz, it does not mean every card put out by every other company should clock at least that high.
I imagine most owners would be quite happy with 2075MHz overclock - I know I would. The real world difference between 2075MHz and 2101MHz would be indiscernible, and the only place this might make even a slight difference is with intensive benchmarking software, and even then it would be very minor.
I am amazed you think the card warrants a return because it "only" clocks to 2075MHz. Go ahead, box it up and return it, but I would fully expect you to get a 15% restocking fee if that is your reason for returning it. smh...
 


Alternatively, he can box it up and sell it to me as long as it works at stock :) I agree that card probably functions just fine as advertised and for a few extra points on a software benchmark, it's silly to say the card is disappointing if it doesn't overclock like another card. I think I know the reason why the 10 series is constantly out of stock....everyone wants a binned card that overclock the same. This is not realistic.
2016/09/21 04:44:48
Vlada011
Pascal overclock little less than Maxwell, at least GP104.
I saw few models around 120MHz fabric overclock. Probably because it's harder to find good chips.
For me most important factors are stability on fabric speed and nice temps with silence,
if I don't need to remove side panel, if card look cool than I'm satisfied. 
2016/09/21 04:57:03
petmic10
sputnik7913
I just don't get the purpose of hybrid card... wasn't water cooling mean to eliminate dust collecting/noisy fans that are inferior in cooling??? What's all the hype? Why not just wait for HydroCopper? Which is superior in cooling, no dust, no noise....




45C at full load is the purpose for me. Also, I replaced the stock radiator fan with two Cougar CFD120 in push/pull configuration. Stays really cool and fairly quiet too. This is on a Sea Hawk. I gave up waiting for the Unicorn Hybrid.
2016/09/21 05:07:09
drmarc
petmic10
sputnik7913
I just don't get the purpose of hybrid card... wasn't water cooling mean to eliminate dust collecting/noisy fans that are inferior in cooling??? What's all the hype? Why not just wait for HydroCopper? Which is superior in cooling, no dust, no noise....




45C at full load is the purpose for me. Also, I replaced the stock radiator fan with two Cougar CFD120 in push/pull configuration. Stays really cool and fairly quiet too. This is on a Sea Hawk. I gave up waiting for the Unicorn Hybrid.


Just a quick technical question..after you replaced the radiator fan, what kind of screws did you use to mount the radiator fan to the case fan? (Im assuming that's what you mean by push pull) or did you use ties?
2016/09/21 05:30:52
petmic10
drmarc
petmic10
sputnik7913
I just don't get the purpose of hybrid card... wasn't water cooling mean to eliminate dust collecting/noisy fans that are inferior in cooling??? What's all the hype? Why not just wait for HydroCopper? Which is superior in cooling, no dust, no noise....


 
45C at full load is the purpose for me. Also, I replaced the stock radiator fan with two Cougar CFD120 in push/pull configuration. Stays really cool and fairly quiet too. This is on a Sea Hawk. I gave up waiting for the Unicorn Hybrid.


Just a quick technical question..after you replaced the radiator fan, what kind of screws did you use to mount the radiator fan to the case fan? (Im assuming that's what you mean by push pull) or did you use ties?



I used an extra set of long thin screws that came with my Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX case.
 
(4) 6-32 x 31mm
 
I mounted in this order: fan - radiator - fan - case bracket
 
The picture below is before my push/pull setup. The radiator on the right is for my Sea Hawk. I disconnected the rad from the case bracket and slid another fan in between and used the the 4 screws i mentioned above to attach the fan from above.
 

2016/09/21 06:03:55
drmarc
petmic10
drmarc
petmic10
sputnik7913
I just don't get the purpose of hybrid card... wasn't water cooling mean to eliminate dust collecting/noisy fans that are inferior in cooling??? What's all the hype? Why not just wait for HydroCopper? Which is superior in cooling, no dust, no noise....


 
45C at full load is the purpose for me. Also, I replaced the stock radiator fan with two Cougar CFD120 in push/pull configuration. Stays really cool and fairly quiet too. This is on a Sea Hawk. I gave up waiting for the Unicorn Hybrid.


Just a quick technical question..after you replaced the radiator fan, what kind of screws did you use to mount the radiator fan to the case fan? (Im assuming that's what you mean by push pull) or did you use ties?



I used an extra set of long thin screws that came with my Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX case.
 
(4) 6-32 x 31mm
 
I mounted in this order: fan - radiator - fan - case bracket
 
The picture below is before my push/pull setup. The radiator on the right is for my Sea Hawk. I disconnected the rad from the case bracket and slid another fan in between and used the the 4 screws i mentioned above to attach the fan from above.
 



That's excellent and very clear. Thank you very much :) I am planning to get a DG 87 case with 1080 hybrids...going to try and mount push pull setup to 2 rear (left) fans due to short length of hybrid tubing. I'll keep your setup in mind.
2016/09/21 06:10:03
petmic10
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