PasTecHi

bedbug1226
Atleast we will get an eta later today on the release date...https:// twitter.com/BZRKBadger/status/758003753060540416

of the hybrid? u mean the ETA for another week or something?

More like "Soon ( TM )". 
 

That's what it sounds like.

There's a good chance that EVGA just waited to make all the hybrids the quick-disconnect version instead of the standard version & the quick-disconnect version later as originally planned. Find it strange how all the other manufactures got their AIO's out before EVGA when EVGA is like bigger than all of them combined for Nvdia GPU sales. This would not only give them the edge but cut down on the costs as well by not having an additional SKU to deal with.

^I hope not, quick disconnects look hideous--plus I don't understand them much personally, you've got AIO's, then you've got custom loops, then you've got these half/half predator coolers...but why? (I know why, a little easier, some versatility, but still.)
 
I'm gonna keep waiting for this unicorn hybrid mythical card, did I forget to mention fantasy?
But I'm sure I'll miss the release because of work or sleep and at that point, I'll angrily just buy an FTW and wait for the kits...could've gotten FTW's so many times already, but who knows when those kits will come out.

blake3334

PasTecHi

bedbug1226
Atleast we will get an eta later today on the release date...https:// twitter.com/BZRKBadger/status/758003753060540416

of the hybrid? u mean the ETA for another week or something?

More like "Soon ( TM )". 
 

No.... SOON­™

Qrtrmstr
I would suggest that everyone do what I'm doing...wait for the hybrid kit to come in and try and get it, and buy any 1080 that is using the fe pcb...if they sell out of hybrid kits again before you get one, purchase from a different vendor.

This EVGA hybrid is constantly being pushed back. There are people playing games, rendering videos, basically have moved on with life and we sat here and waited...and waited some more...and waited some more...the GTX 1080's launched in May (seems so long ago) I remember the craziness over the 1070's that launched weeks later...we have sat here and waited patiently, and I don't think it's even been about brand loyalty at this point, I think it's just because we really wanted a specific aesthetic look in our builds...but there comes a point when you just have to decide if the aesthetics are really worth this much waiting when we don't have to wait...there are plenty of other cards and even hybrids on the market...and honestly, it really is an aesthetic thing because the cards with hybrid kits aren't significantly outperforming the other options...you can even get an fe card and still do your gaming and stuff and in 6 months, when there is plenty of stock on hybrid kits, you can buy it then....

My point is, I honestly can't believe I waited this long and I'm done waiting...I'm not even waiting to see what happens this week...either I am ordering an aio kit and an fe card, or the MSI 1080 Sea Hawk X or whatever I have to do...enough is really enough already.

And guys, there are still no spec notes released from EVGA regarding these cards...so either they aren't outperforming the other cards available so their marketing team has nothing to say (moderate likeliness,) or they're not going to be ready and pushed back again (increased likeliness), and everyone is just gonna be sitting here on this thread looking at pictures of what everyone else's pc's are doing while you wait for a certain "look" on a card that nobody but you is gonna see anyway...

I would have done this, but my card boosts to 2174MHZ if I add +102MHZ to the core if i drop it down to +100MHZ it will fall to 2151MHZ and I'm very happy/stable there. So far I haven't seen one FE card get anywhere near that even on water. So I'm pretty sure the extra power is needed to get that stable or maybe silicon lottery/conservative memory over clock. I found If I pushed my memory to 11k MHZ I was no longer able to get above 2151MHZ, it became a brick wall of sorts and would throttle at times. So watch how hard you push your memory it starts to pull away from the core I noticed, or effect it in some way. However if I leave it at or below 10800MHZ I can go above 2151MHZ stable no problems without any throttling. I settled with 2151MHZ core/10800MHZ memory and very happy with how cool it runs at those settings, but I think a FE even on water will struggle to get that or might do it but will throttle after a bit from what I've seen online. the FTW should be able to do this on water NP, as long as the card is not a trash overclocker(silicon lottery).
 
Just my 2 cents/opinion, best luck guys.

just an fyi, I still have not heard from jacob about the hybrid.

bzrkbadger
just an fyi, I still have not heard from jacob about the hybrid.

SOON­™

Hopefully it will be worth the wait™

bedbug1226
Hopefully it will be worth the wait™

4weeks was enough for me....that 1080 FTW will be in my hand next week.