ghastlyone
 
What resolution and frame rate are you running? With those temps, I imagine you're still on a 60hz monitor? Those were my temps before going high refresh rate 165hz.

Yeah I'm still on 60hz... it's the only option currently when you are running 60 fps 2160p.
 
 

ghastlyone
Ahh, I figured.
 
Dude, you gotta ditch whatever monitor you're running. Actually, screw 4K completely.
 
165hz 1440p with G-Sync is absolutely incredible to see in person. It's a site to behold. It blew me away when I first saw it in person. 60fps gaming is dead to me now.

I'm sure it is.  I'll get the best of both worlds when the 4k 144hz displays are released.
 
Then I'll really be like "lol 1440p"... what can I say, I prefer the higher resolution.  Unfortunately right now you can only have one or the other... but soon that will change.
 
 

ghastlyone
You don't have to compromise. You can run 2.25x Nvidia DSR and get an effective 3840x2160 rendered resolution in-game. I was running 2160p at 110fps the other day in Black Ops 3 ;)
 
DSR is actually pretty bad ass.
 
And yeah, good luck on getting a semi affordable 4K 144hz monitor. Those will be $1500-2000 when they release.

Grats... not sure how this went from hitting F5 to get a hybrid kit to "OMG 4k suxxors DSR is da bomb 1440p ownz!" but hey, I'm glad you're happy.  Oh wait, I just scrolled up and saw it.  Yeah, I'm stuck dealing with 4k in 60hz.  It's horrible I'll tell ya.  My e-peen feels bad man.
 
Hopefully I won't have to trade in the Challenger to afford one of those 4k 144hz displays.
 

ghastlyone
 
You don't have to compromise. You can run 2.25x Nvidia DSR and get an effective 3840x2160 rendered resolution in-game. I was running 2160p at 110fps the other day in Black Ops 3 ;)
 
DSR is actually pretty bad ass.
 
And yeah, good luck on getting a semi affordable 4K 144hz monitor. Those will be $1500-2000 when they release.

1440p DSR'd to 4k doesn't make your screen into a 4k panel. You're still seeing 1440p, but with less jaggies.

Sajin

ghastlyone
 
You don't have to compromise. You can run 2.25x Nvidia DSR and get an effective 3840x2160 rendered resolution in-game. I was running 2160p at 110fps the other day in Black Ops 3 ;)
 
DSR is actually pretty bad ass.
 
And yeah, good luck on getting a semi affordable 4K 144hz monitor. Those will be $1500-2000 when they release.

1440p DSR'd to 4k doesn't make your screen into a 4k panel. You're still seeing 1440p, but with less jaggies.

I never said it was. 

This is pretty screwed up honestly. You would think they would be stocking those things as fast as possible. You got people dropping tons of cash to get these GPU's and they want to water cool them and now there is nothing. I have been watching the website for over a month now since I got the email that they were available and then they were not cause they sold out in like 3 minutes or less. Its frustrating. I don't even care about the price honestly. I mean we are paying 700 for a 1080ti FE. Yeah its a bit high for an AIO, but 81c and a blower fan running like a jet engine is god awful. If EVGA does not fix this then I guess I will have to look at other kits. 

My guess would be EVGA doesn't make a whole lot of profit on these, and the warrently RMA process for them is likely a nightmare on their end. Because any pump will eventually fail, it's just a matter of when.

So I just got my hands on some of these kits and I'm disappointed. I just finished installing the first of 4 and won't have a chance to test performance till tomorrow, but installation was more difficult than on my 980 TIs last year, partially because of terrible instructions
1: The instructions included are from the 400-HY-5188-B1 Kit. The box has the correct part number, but the instructions don't reference the 1080ti cards anywhere.
2: The instructions had errors in steps 6, 8, and 10 that wasted my time.
3: You can't keep your existing back plate (at least on the 1080 Ti SC Black Edition). The screws that came with the kits aren't long enough and the screws that attached the back plate originally aren't the correct thread. I have a couple founders editions to try, but I assume I won't be able to keep that back plate either.
4: The instructions completely omit using the 16 supplied screws to firmly attach the die cast portion to the PCB. If you follow the instructions as written only the 4 spring screws would connect the die cast portion to the PCB.
5: The instructions tell you to use the spring screws that came with the card. These are too short and you should instead use the supplied spring screws that came with the card.

I assume the lack of availability is because EVGA has to open all the current kits, and replace the instructions with the correct instructions and re-shrink wrap them.

WoyangeR
Finally new stock was added to the EU store, just got myself a kit :)

Yes, I also got one !!!!

I'm guessing they used most of their resources manufacturing coolers for the hybrid card instead. Took about 3 hours for it to sell out yesterday, and went up for sale again today on Newegg as well.
 
So it's pretty obvious their expected revenue is higher for the hybrid card compared to the hybrid kit. I see the kits being readily in-stock whenever hybrid card sales slow down.

TRClark911
 
Yeah I totally agree with you on the instructions.  They are severely lacking and were for a different part number.  I actually had an EVGA tech PM me when he saw my post last month about it asking what I think should be done to improve the instructions.  I'm gonna forward this post to him as well.
 
What I did was watch the GamerNexus video on taking apart the Ti from their 1080 hybrid mod video.... and then followed along the instructions the best I could with a little common sense thrown in as well.
 
It took me like 3 hours to disassemble/reassemble the card.  I wasn't in any rush by any means (loved those tiny backplate screws) and the card has been working great.

The instructions are borderline useless.  You really don't have to disassemble the whole card like I foolishly did.  You can remove the whole top side in one piece if you remove the backplate first, then the spring screws, and the rear nuts holding the cooler plate.  You also have to remove the three screws on the i/o plate and a couple on the intake side, and the cooler will come off in practically one piece.  
 
Then, I recommend installing the new fan plate firs, including fastening it to the card with the rear nuts.  Then mount the pump/block.  I did it according to the instructions and my front plate was difficult to align well enough to get the screw nuts lined up.
 
It's actually not that hard, and if I did a second one it would be a quick breeze, but the instructions were so bad this took me a couple of hours and a ton of unnecessary steps.
 
I assumed the instructions were translated from Chinese, and nobody at EVGA even looked at them before packing them in.  It would be a cinch to make a much better guide.

Burke888

Were you able to use the backplate from the founders edition?
I'm hoping we can keep the backplate on the card instead of having to remove it. 
 

Hoping to find this out too.

Category 5
The instructions are borderline useless.  You really don't have to disassemble the whole card like I foolishly did.  You can remove the whole top side in one piece if you remove the backplate first, then the spring screws, and the rear nuts holding the cooler plate.  You also have to remove the three screws on the i/o plate and a couple on the intake side, and the cooler will come off in practically one piece.  
 
Then, I recommend installing the new fan plate firs, including fastening it to the card with the rear nuts.  Then mount the pump/block.  I did it according to the instructions and my front plate was difficult to align well enough to get the screw nuts lined up.
 
It's actually not that hard, and if I did a second one it would be a quick breeze, but the instructions were so bad this took me a couple of hours and a ton of unnecessary steps.
 
I assumed the instructions were translated from Chinese, and nobody at EVGA even looked at them before packing them in.  It would be a cinch to make a much better guide.

Heh... yep.  You pretty much sound like me.
 

 
I'd no doubt be better at it if I were to do it a second time.
 

Burke888
 
Were you able to use the backplate from the founders edition?
I'm hoping we can keep the backplate on the card instead of having to remove it. 
 

 
Yes I was.
 

 
 
 
 

Burke888

TRClark911

nitsuj116
So I just got my hands on some of these kits and I'm disappointed. I just finished installing the first of 4 and won't have a chance to test performance till tomorrow, but installation was more difficult than on my 980 TIs last year, partially because of terrible instructions
1: The instructions included are from the 400-HY-5188-B1 Kit. The box has the correct part number, but the instructions don't reference the 1080ti cards anywhere.
2: The instructions had errors in steps 6, 8, and 10 that wasted my time.
3: You can't keep your existing back plate (at least on the 1080 Ti SC Black Edition). The screws that came with the kits aren't long enough and the screws that attached the back plate originally aren't the correct thread. I have a couple founders editions to try, but I assume I won't be able to keep that back plate either.
4: The instructions completely omit using the 16 supplied screws to firmly attach the die cast portion to the PCB. If you follow the instructions as written only the 4 spring screws would connect the die cast portion to the PCB.
5: The instructions tell you to use the spring screws that came with the card. These are too short and you should instead use the supplied spring screws that came with the card.

I assume the lack of availability is because EVGA has to open all the current kits, and replace the instructions with the correct instructions and re-shrink wrap them.

Yeah I totally agree with you on the instructions.  They are severely lacking and were for a different part number.  I actually had an EVGA tech PM me when he saw my post last month about it asking what I think should be done to improve the instructions.  I'm gonna forward this post to him as well.
 
What I did was watch the GamerNexus video on taking apart the Ti from their 1080 hybrid mod video.... and then followed along the instructions the best I could with a little common sense thrown in as well.
 
It took me like 3 hours to disassemble/reassemble the card.  I wasn't in any rush by any means (loved those tiny backplate screws) and the card has been working great.

Were you able to use the backplate from the founders edition?
I'm hoping we can keep the backplate on the card instead of having to remove it. 
 

You can keep the back plate in place. 
 
To be honest, I thought the install couldn't get any easier.

ghastlyone
 



You can keep the back plate in place. 
 
To be honest, I thought the install couldn't get any easier.

Yeah I didn't consider it difficult... it was just time consuming and the instructions weren't helpful.