yeah it is time start water cooling gpus it looks like. 

Yes, they are happiest when kept below 65 C

AHowes2 1080s will be awesome for either 1440 or 4k. A single Titan I hear is not enough for 60fps in 4k with everything maxed.

The Titan is only 20-30% faster then a 1080. If that's worth an extra $500+ then go for it.. but 2 1080s in sli will drag that Titan in any game that uses sli.

In anything but a AAA game released in the last year or so I can peg 60 fps at the highest settings with my single OCed 1080 SC in my signature rig with my 4K monitor. And some AAA games, like DOOM, thanks to the Vulkan library I'm up more like in the 90s at absolute ultra (my monitor is limited to 60Hz though).
 
In The Division I'm around 60 at highish settings, and with absolutely maxed ultra settings it's like high 40s. The quality sacrifices to get from the 40s up to 60 aren't actually that bad, mostly things like ambient occlusion, keeping AA off, and possibly some shadow quality. With my Xeon system to get up to 60 fps my shadows were so low quality that they looked blocky and pathetic, since my rebuild with the 6900 I'm up close to 60 with shadows at a little higher quality so that they don't have to look blocky anymore.
 
My goal is to pick up another 1080 SC in the next three months or so (maybe for Christmas) and go SLI, and to that end I picked up the EVGA HB bridge recently when it became available. This will absolutely peg any game I currently own. I'm hoping that sometime in the next couple of years I'll be able to get a 120Hz 4K g-sync monitor, and that the 1080 SLI setup will at least get me up around 90-100 fps and look nice on a monitor like that. Plus a second 1080 will make a good folding rig into quite the folding monster.
 
Anyhow, I'd love to have a Titan XP instead of a 1080, because that would actually peg anything I currently play at ultra with 60 fps at least. Even if it's only 20-30% faster, that's still enough to close the gap to 60 fps in pretty much any game. And Titan XP SLI would go a long way toward pegging a 120hz 4K monitor as they become available. 
 
I'm just worried that I'll fork out for a 2nd 1080 and then a few months later a card will come out for a similar cost that would do most of what a 1080 SLI setup can do in a single card. Single card solutions are always better, not just because SLI isn't universally supported, but also because SLI setups have greater frametime variance, for a reduced quality (whether it's still noticeable or not I don't know, but it's measurable).
 
Anyhow, my hat's off to anyone who forks out for a Titan XP. I mean, if they have the money, why not? And if they don't, it at least gives the rest of us something to daydream about. I bet with VR headsets starting to come into use, a Titan XP would rock that. Vive + Titan XP sounds like a winner.

Viper453
yeah it is time start water cooling gpus it looks like. 

Until a few weeks ago I water cooled only my cpu. I decided to try the EK full coverage block on my 1080, though, and I'm thoroughly converted now. My 1080 OCs significantly better with the EK block on than it did on air. I understand not everyone has that experience, because the lottery is still in effect, but I was lucky enough that water cooling my 1080 has added a good 80-100 MHz to what I can run stably in games, benchmarks, folding, etc. I just love looking at that 1080 running at 2088-2139 MHz with occasional 2152* MHz fully loaded at 42-45 C.
 
*I was able to complete benchmarks at 2152Mhz but had some occasional (every few hours) driver crashes in Battlefield 1, but at 2139 Mhz it's rock solid, and I tune it down to 2088 for folding 24/7 when I'm not gaming, and it's been rock solid (no reported errors during work units) for like 3 days now at around 43-45 C at 2088 Mhz folding every minute I'm not playing a game.

Man, you are making me want to buy one. I saw some reviews with the EK block and the EVGA cooler modded and boy did it take away the throttling for sure. 1080 cannot touch it when it is cooled properly. ughhhh i want and with an ek block

Kendragon
Man, you are making me want to buy one. I saw some reviews with the EK block and the EVGA cooler modded and boy did it take away the throttling for sure. 1080 cannot touch it when it is cooled properly. ughhhh i want and with an ek block

Better hurry up and order so that it can be delivered by Friday ---> You know your going to get one

I'm pretty happy with my water cooled titan xp. Runs everything well at 3440px1440p and no more sli.

It's bliss.

Would be on credit lmao. Still awaiting to see if egg is gonna give me a refund. How fast is the shipping. Lmao. I'm in Texas

Once you go water, it's hard to go back. Gpus usually drop 20 to 30 degrees full load. I'm seeing that the Titan xp under water no longer has the throttling effect. And warrants another 15 to 20fps over what it was already getting at 1440p which was about 20fps more than a 1080. Currently awaiting a response from newegg for a full refund. Think for once I'm gonna bite the bullet and get the top tier card. Only once ever bought an extreme Intel processor back in the core 2 days

Once you go water, it's hard to go back. Gpus usually drop 20 to 30 degrees full load. I'm seeing that the Titan xp under water no longer has the throttling effect. And warrants another 15 to 20fps over what it was already getting at 1440p which was about 20fps more than a 1080. Currently awaiting a response from newegg for a full refund. Think for once I'm gonna bite the bullet and get the top tier card. Only once ever bought an extreme Intel processor back in the core 2 days