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bryanernster
So i did the icx upgrade for 1080 FTW 2 how much do i get to claim it cost for step up.
 
i cant find any where do i get my original 689.99 or the updated price for a 1080 ftw2 589.99
 
??

 
 
I only had paid the difference of the original price I paid for the 1080 FTW2 Ice.  $20.

TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats the deal then; yes please 1080ti for $20 upgrade 

You mean that Sweet nvidia badge? I was searching that myself a few weeks back but looks like it doesnt come with that

comrade

Vik_epic
Would it be ok if I used 6x120mm fans intake and 1x140mm fan exhaust? It would work best with my setup as there are 7 spots for fans (6 are taken atm) and after getting the 1080 Ti Hybrid, i would fill them all up. The 140mm at the back is exhaust. 2 on top (further back) and 3 front all intake. So the last spot is under the power button, which I feel like would make bad airflow as some air would go straight in and straight out around the power button. What should I do? Is it still fine to use the fans specified above? Also would it even fit at the top? I used a ruler to mesure out 12x12 cm and I don't think it'll fit another 120mm Radiator even if the case specs say it'll fit a 360mm Radiator cause radiators are longer than specified.

If I were doing it, I'd change the top two fans to exhaust, (heat rises), and then use the 140 mm spot on the back for the radiator and exhaust the warmed air from the AIO cooler out of the case.
 
You can have too much of a good thing.  Positive pressure is compression which can cause air to warm up, especially if it's circulating around in the case trying to find a way out.  That turbulence can cause heating due to friction.

I would, but the only problem is that idk how to remove a bequiet silent wings 2 fan... They have these rubber holders that keep the fan in place and it seems impossible to get them off. I've tried looking it up to and nothing comes up.

Headshotyscotty
Can anyone who already received their 1080Ti FE tell me if it included the "Special-Edition Premium Badge"? 
Mailing my card in tomorrow for step up.

Nope...mine came with poster...stickers and manual.

TheWizardMan
Question guys:
 
EVGA received my cards today. I got the notification from USPS and my status changed to received. However, now the status has changed back to pending. What the hell is going on?

Hello,
 
Our receiving department updates products received within 1 business day the only exception to this would be if you are sending in a Hydro Copper card model which you have.
 
Hydro coppers require 2-3 business days to go through our QA department before moving forward with processing.
 
I apologize for the inconvenience and we appreciate your patience.

EVGATech_MDecker
 
Hello,
 
Our receiving department updates products received within 1 business day the only exception to this would be if you are sending in a Hydro Copper card model which you have.
 
Hydro coppers require 2-3 business days to go through our QA department before moving forward with processing.
 
I apologize for the inconvenience and we appreciate your patience.

Thank you for the response. I'm not sure it answers my question (i.e., the website showed the card checked in yesterday and then it changed to pending later in the day). That's too bad that the HC takes so long to process :(
 
I understand why, but still, sad panda.

Headshotyscotty

velo-x
You mean that Sweet nvidia badge? I was searching that myself a few weeks back but looks like it doesnt come with that

Dang! Well i wont let that spoil my excitement. 

if you email or send a support ticket and ask nicely they have been known to send a case badge out

teknokanix
question here....I just went from 570 in SLI to a single http://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6386-KR ........yeah.....WOW.....now I'm considering doing a step-up to a http://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=11G-P4-6696-KR although; http://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=11G-P4-6390-KR is the only Ti option that shows in the step-up selection menu....is that because they are in stock and the 6696-KR are not??.....or, will the 6390-KR be my only step-up option?....besides the extra VRAM would it really be worth the step-up?....

if other cards then Fe do show up in step up it will be at least after they officaly ship out, and may be little while after that if stock is low.  If they do add another card the sc black is the most likely one. About it being worth it or not depends on you and how much the 20-35% fps gain is worth to you.but if you don't step up just put the extra money towards a card when you upgrade later on

Bought a 1080 SC last June. Loved it ever since. Paid the $99 on the last day of the upgrade offer specifically with a step-up to the 1080 ti in mind, since I didn't really need the new cooling solution (my 1080 SC had an EK water block on it).

They auto-registered my 1080 SC2 and notified me by mail and I don't even have the card in my hands yet (it arrives next week). I logged in and signed up for the 1080ti FE step up already. I could just hold onto the SC2 unopened and send it back to them NIB but I don't know how long the step-up queue will be, and my poor 960 SSC is now driving a 24" 1920x1200 and a 28" 4K at the same time. Too bad they didn't give us the option of paying for the ICX2 upgrade and going straight into the 1080ti stepup queue without having to actually get, and return, an ICX2 card, but oh well.

I had some EVGA bucks that helped with the upgrade cost, so I think my final out of pocket for upgrading a 10-month old 1080 SC will be around $130, including shipping my 1080 and the 1080 ICX back and paying shipping for the 1080ti. Not bad at all.

I'd like to say this is the reason I buy EVGA for anything I need that they also sell, but honestly, I buy them because I like them, they have killer support, etc. This is really just a bonus. I really admire that EVGA will sometimes take a hit, but regard it as an investment in customer loyalty. Nobody else even comes close to this.

Most of the games I had already pegged my 28" 4K monitor at its 60hz refresh rate, but some, like Witcher 3 and The Division did not. They were in the 40s. If I really do see the 35% improvement they are talking about, I'm dying to see if these demanding games manage to peg 60 fps at max settings at 4K. That would be unreal.

bryanernster

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bryanernster
So i did the icx upgrade for 1080 FTW 2 how much do i get to claim it cost for step up.
 
i cant find any where do i get my original 689.99 or the updated price for a 1080 ftw2 589.99
 
??

 
 
I only had paid the difference of the original price I paid for the 1080 FTW2 Ice.  $20.

TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats the deal then; yes please 1080ti for $20 upgrade 

I had the same problem. I called in once before I was approved then once I was approved waiting for step 3. Finally after an email to customer service I was able to purchase the upgrade for the proper price been compared to the Original price around release.

demon09
 crazy I am running my card with a +130core and +400 Mem 120% power and have a custom curve to 75% at 70c and have not seen my card hit that high. The vsync cap just stops you gpu from running at full tilt as now it renders 60fps instead of 100. But that doesn't change your temps are very high even for fe

The temps were completely normal for the first week use.

Wolff.Laarcen
EVGA got both of my iCX 1080 FTW2s on 4/13 (delivery confirmed).  A single Ti was sent out yesterday (4/14) and should arrive 4/18.  The second iCX 1080 has yet to appear as 'received'.  Really fast turnaround on the one that's already en route, possibly because my trade-in cards were brand new and unopened.

Nah, they're just pretty fast with this. They got my 1080 SC last Thursday and my 1080 SC2 was in the mail Friday, already pre-registered to my account. I'm already in the 1080ti stepup queue due to this pre-registration, and I haven't even got the SC2 yet.

Yeah. The FTW is a truly awesome card but the FE is still awesome and is the better choice for SLI or custom water if you want to do either in the future. I can't recall ever seeing the high end EVGA custom GPUs in the step up list personally, but if you're sure you have 30 more days and your current card is sufficient then no harm in waiting it out.

At stock the FE cooler is just fine and pretty much quiet but if you want to dial up the OC then it does get noisy. FWIW I had a Gigabyte Extreme 980ti a year and a half ago and those fans had a much more annoying tone for sure. The FE cards, while they can get loud, have a much smoother sound imo and are less bothersome to me.

Category 5
Tracking says they tried to deliver my card on Saturday, and that it is at the USPS facility now.  Normally that means you have to go pick it up with the pink slip they leave.  Will EVGA do that?  Or does USPS re-deliver automatically since it's a business?
 
:(
 

They will deliver it today.

Holy crap. I signed up for the 1080ti with my pre-registered serial number for the 1080 SC2 that I don't even have in my hands yet, and today I got an email saying it was going to the next step, ie: checking my invoice (not necessary for the ICX upgraders) and then it's on to payment, then waiting for my card. So now comes the absurd part: my 1080 SC2 will be delivered tomorrow, and I'll immediately drive it over to the post office, slap a new address label on it, and send it back NIB. I may well have a 1080ti FE before this weekend.