ipkha

pranut

dustinr26
So I am waiting to receive my 1080 FTW ICX Upgrade to come from EVGA as I sent back my ACX 3.0 and will def be doing the Ti Step Up. I have never done Step Up before and am curious as to how long we can anticipate for the ICX Ti cooler to be added? Anyone remember how long it was for them to add the ACX 3.0 cooler for 1080 when they were released? Thinking of waiting near end of my 90 window to do to see what option there will be.

It has been quoted at multiple places that EVGA will not be adding any "custom cards" for Step-up. I saw one post where someone said that EVGA rep told him only FE would be added.
 
Seeing the pattern I am inclined to think there is a chance that non-OC ICX might be added but since it hasnt even been announced it is very less likely.
 
Only time I have seen an OC card added is for UK 1080 SC so EVGA is unpredictable in the regards.
 
But I would suggest people who are waiting for EVGA to add those cards to enter the queue for FE anyway, since you can easily cancel before making the payment.

They base it on availability. So custom cards like FTW and Classified are completely out as they are short supply. The rest are open season based on demand and stock levels. Only FE is available, so once the base iCX unit is out for awhile it might get added. SC and such get larger orders while FTW and above don't. It's really a waiting game at this point. I'll hold off until either the SC gets added or a hybrid cooler of some sort gets announced. I can't afford water cooling without my evga bucks to help and I'm not a fan of 100% fan speed on a shrouded blower fan. That's the only way reviewers got 2ghz on the cards.

All the water cooled GPU's, SC, FTW have been in stock for a good time yet hasnt made it to the Step-up list.

icebladexi
How you guys get processed so fast I am in queue still

Ya I got through after the initial waves of the website crashes, I woke up at 10:01 xD... and got on and website was already crashing.  
 
My order got in at about 10:23am and I got through no problem I was spamming hardcore to get through the overloaded webservers tho.

pranut

Brianm0121
I think I submitted mine around 12:45 PM EST. No second step either.

It started at 1:00 PM EST, I submitted at 1:25PM EST.

Then it was 1:45 PM EST. Same as DogBiscuits, I've had my invoice uploaded when I first bought and registered my 1080 FTW back in Feb.

What about step-up from 1080ti FE to the ftw3 version?

Aren't the FE cards much more expensive than the reference board EVGA cooler cards will be?
 
I'm trying to figure out if I should stay in step-up for the FE cards or just wait.

Well Lets Hope someday it goes through LOL. With Just buying the 1080s in Feb placed the Step up not bad- Since I paid $650 +tax for each one,only costing $50 each. since no rebates :) Just waiting stuck in que but its weekend I guess ops shutdown over weekend.

TRClark911

AzN-SoLjA
Ah shucks lol mines still saying in queue with no number. What does it mean EVGA! lol :) all you day one lucky ducks haha

Yeah that's the big question.
 
I see all these people making payments and shipping cards because they obviously got in the queue at 10:03 am... I didn't get in till 1:42 pm because I was sleeping after working the night shift.
 
You snooze you lose?
 
I hope this doesn't have me waiting until May for my card.  (Even if it did it's not a big deal, I'm running a 1080.  It still would be nice to get the Ti though!  LOL)

 
May? No. April? Yes probably. End of March at the earliest, based on previous trends. Hard to do though, since nothing like this has happened. Dozens of people got their step up day one. That's never happened before. YOu may find yourself hitting step two sooner than you know it.

strato79
We have any idea what the power target will be on the EVGA FE Ti's yet? 120% or will it have a dual bios like the FTW and higher cards on the 1080 and have 130%? What are the Titan XP's target? I'm guessing it will be the same? Not that it will matter much since they respond to lower temps more than the power target % when it comes to boost/OC's anyway but just curious.

Reference boards do not have two BIOS chips. 120% is probably correct. 
 
Rather than even care i'll probably just take the small hit and sell it for 550 or 600 when the hybrids are released and buy an FTW vewrsion of that.

Muezick

strato79
We have any idea what the power target will be on the EVGA FE Ti's yet? 120% or will it have a dual bios like the FTW and higher cards on the 1080 and have 130%? What are the Titan XP's target? I'm guessing it will be the same? Not that it will matter much since they respond to lower temps more than the power target % when it comes to boost/OC's anyway but just curious.

Reference boards do not have two BIOS chips. 120% is probably correct. 
 
Rather than even care i'll probably just take the small hit and sell it for 550 or 600 when the hybrids are released and buy an FTW vewrsion of that.

I figured as much with dual bios. I will assume the target will be the same as the Titan XP. Guessing it's 120% but too lazy to look it up. I'll find out soon enough. Sending mine out first thing in the morning with 2 day shipping so I'll probably have mine back by the the middle of next week sometime. I still have my old one in my system with block still on it. I dread draining the loop and putting the air cooler back on it. I have all the original stuff in the original box minus one of the display port rubber guards that come in them. I can probably find it but if not surely they won't reject it over something that simple. I would hope not anyway, that would really suck to have to start over due to a rubber guard. I did find the other pcie and sli rubber guards just 1 single port protector missing.

did you register it in the first 30 days?

to use the step up, you need to register the gpu within 14 days of getting it. 

TheRabidDeer

repo1979
to use the step up, you need to register the gpu within 14 days of getting it. 

:( why does it say first 90 days as the first step?
 
So I have to purchase an extended warranty then I will be able to step-up then since I missed the 14 day window?

Yes. From what it says and what I've read in here you will have to purchase the extended warranty.

strato79

TheRabidDeer

repo1979
to use the step up, you need to register the gpu within 14 days of getting it. 

:( why does it say first 90 days as the first step?
 
So I have to purchase an extended warranty then I will be able to step-up then since I missed the 14 day window?

Yes. From what it says and what I've read in here you will have to purchase the extended warranty.

Alright then. Thanks for the info!

@Repo1979 It was just in the plastic. I have the same card and am also stepping up. Still stuck at step 1 though and did it only an hour after it was released to the step up program.

AngelGraves13
Cancelled my step-up.

I'll wait for something better than Founders edition. SC at least, or will stick with my superior icx card or I'll save myself the 36 bucks and wait for Volta.

1080 ti isn't that much of an upgrade over the 1080. It'll be obsolete in a year.

read the step up TOS. Only reference cards will be added to the step up.
On rare occasions SC models, this doesn't guarantee that it will be added.
Either way, one less in queue.