Iluv2raceit
I own two GTX980Ti cards (SLI configuration) and it just was not worth upgrading to the 1070 or 1080 cards.  I was able to stable overclock my GTX980Ti cards and am able to attain 'near' 1080 performance.  For me, that justified me waiting for the 1080Ti or Titan cards for my main system.  However, I also have a mini-ITX gaming system and was willing to go with a 1080 Hybrid as it is able to attain >20% gains in most games at 1440P or UHD resolutions without having to overclock (which is limited anyways because of the 600W power supply in my mini-ITX build).
 
The two main choices for a 1080 Hybrid solution are the MSI Sea Hawk X 1080 and EVGA's 1080 Hybrid.  Quite different approaches as MSI's 1080 Hybrid solution is essentially a reference PCB with single 8-pin PCI-E power connector, whereas EVGA's solution is essentially a FTW or Classified PCB & VRM configuration (no confirmation by EVGA on which one they chose for the 1080 Hybrid) with non-reference PCB with dual 8-pin PCI-power connectors.  That is the main reason why I preferred waiting for EVGA's Hybrid as I believe it will have a much better potential for overclocking ;-)

Then again someone with the seahawk reached 2100mhz on that reference pcb and got 3% faster than evga's FTW card which the ftw is the same pcb used for the hybrid so the only good thing about evga's hybrid is the design if im not mistaken

Iluv2raceit
I own two GTX980Ti cards (SLI configuration) and it just was not worth upgrading to the 1070 or 1080 cards.  I was able to stable overclock my GTX980Ti cards and am able to attain 'near' 1080 performance.  For me, that justified me waiting for the 1080Ti or Titan cards for my main system.  However, I also have a mini-ITX gaming system and was willing to go with a 1080 Hybrid as it is able to attain >20% gains in most games at 1440P or UHD resolutions without having to overclock (which is limited anyways because of the 600W power supply in my mini-ITX build).
 
The two main choices for a 1080 Hybrid solution are the MSI Sea Hawk X 1080 and EVGA's 1080 Hybrid.  Quite different approaches as MSI's 1080 Hybrid solution is essentially a reference PCB with single 8-pin PCI-E power connector, whereas EVGA's solution is essentially a FTW or Classified PCB & VRM configuration (no confirmation by EVGA on which one they chose for the 1080 Hybrid) with non-reference PCB with dual 8-pin PCI-power connectors.  That is the main reason why I preferred waiting for EVGA's Hybrid as I believe it will have a much better potential for overclocking ;-)

Extra power connector/phases/vrms etc have no bearing in overclocking headroom for pascal. No card can break 2.2 and most cap out around 2.15 that I've seen if not lower. From founders editions to ftw/strix/gaming z/xtreme gaming

I am just here looking at these 2 items 
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01H263V0U/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01HSRKJ7Q/?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
 
Any moment now .-.

PasTecHi
I am just here looking at these 2 items 
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01H263V0U/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01HSRKJ7Q/?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
 
Any moment now .-.

Someone is selling a Seahawk thru Amazon for $999.99 if you want one bad enough. lol

I saw that the Seahawk 1070's are back in stock on 07/23 on Amazon. I came very close to pulling the trigger ($509.99). But in the end, I figured if I have waited this long, I might as well wait out the EVGA Hybrid...

petmic10

PasTecHi
I am just here looking at these 2 items 
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01H263V0U/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01HSRKJ7Q/?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
 
Any moment now .-.

Someone is selling a Seahawk thru Amazon for $999.99 if you want one bad enough. lol

i know....and i aint paying 260dollars more lol...im just gonna wait patiently....6more days till i get my new mastercard

Any hints about release of 1080 hybrid in today's live stream? Couldn't tune in

No mention of the Hybrid release although I asked 3-4 times : /

Leafstalker
No mention of the Hybrid release although I asked 3-4 times : /

as i speculated it will be end of july....and next week is end of July....

I would believe that, but there's radio silence in regards to hybrid. They announced the Classified before the hybrid... My guess is it will be released right before the big Titan reveal next month.  I really wanted to get my hands on the hybrid, but I've been without a card since May. Now I'm at the point the first decent card I see I'm buying, and Asus and Gigabyte are the only ones consistently putting stock up.