"COMING SOON"
 
May can hardly be considered "soon". Does this mean EVGA have come to their senses and aren't waiting that long now?

Kind of like the old adage, Those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know.

jhart13
"COMING SOON"
 
May can hardly be considered "soon". Does this mean EVGA have come to their senses and aren't waiting that long now?

I hope so, May is just like.... too far away - they should know how important the Ti drop was and should have prepared earlier... 1 month wait is more than enough (Mid April) ... Not all the way in may...

I am drooling over this card.. I'm coming from a EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX

ZaneDrums
It's my first PC, I'm trying to make it somewhat future proof. I do have a budget, and my last thing to buy is the GPU. I've just been waiting since January and I thought maybe when they started selling the 1080 Ti FE they would give us an idea when it would be released but nothing.. so I don't know what to do. And all the games that I'll be playing look like they have a hard time with the 1080 on Ultra settings/1440P. That's why I want the FTW3 but it seems like it's taking forever.

Totally understand your challenge. With your added info I suggest you wait for the FTW3. A short period of additional waiting is much better for your long term plans than the immediate needs that are pressuring you into your dilemma.  
 
Been there done that. I recommend you be patient 

nhorn1983
Looks like asus will launch there aib boards this week
https://rog.asus.com/arti...-geforce-gtx-1080-ti/#

Where do you get "this week" from? It says mid-March, but no date. That article is 10 days old.

MAR 03, 2017 WRITTEN BY: MASTERC

Scarlet-Tech

nhorn1983
Looks like asus will launch there aib boards this week

Where do you get "this week" from? It says mid-March, but no date. That article is 10 days old.

MAR 03, 2017 WRITTEN BY: MASTERC

Sorry but mid-March is in this week xD

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Starcy
Sorry but mid-March is in this week xD

Mid march extends to the 20th or 21st depending on how you break it down, which is next week.

Beginning, 1st 10 days. Middle (mid) 10 days jn the middle of the month. End last 10 days. Being as it can be interpretted different ways, which one is correct?

Interpretting that isnt going to help until they give a date, especially because the article was posted before the embargo ended, which ASUS does fairly often, lol.

 All clear. Thx!

I don't knwo how to post a link, but on a French site, they got to see the new Asus Strix 1080 Ti in person in Paris , the card looks big, but at least the card is running so maybe ready to go really soon.
EVGA need to tell us the release date .. or something.
 
https://www.cowcotland .com/news/57007/asus-teasing-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-strix-nvidia-gaming.html
 
Just delete the space between the d and the . , sorry again but i don't know how to put a link.

The Asus looks nice but I'm always concern about cards with three fans sagging. That shot in the bottom shows it sag a bit. I'm hoping FTW3 won't have this problem.

So I guess that is it for sales of the FE models.

Scarlet-Tech
That is one of the things that the new ICX coolers correct. The cooler is actually mounted to the card in more places now, which helps reduce the chance of sag.

I always thought sag was due to the mounting points, not the board itself. It's only mounted from the PCI-E slot, which ends halfway down the card, and the rear mounting bracket which does nothing to support the other end. The only solution I've ever seen to cure sag, was to use some kind of support system in the corner where the PCI-E power cables plug in, to give it some lift and support. I was planning on running some fish wire through that corner and up top of my case to pull it up a little regardless of whether it sags or not, just to give it some support.

HeavyHemi
 
There are machine screw threaded holes on the end of the GPU where you could pretty easily fabricate and attach a simple support.

Thanks I'll definitely do that.

DaRkL3AD3R

Scarlet-Tech
That is one of the things that the new ICX coolers correct. The cooler is actually mounted to the card in more places now, which helps reduce the chance of sag.

I always thought sag was due to the mounting points, not the board itself. It's only mounted from the PCI-E slot, which ends halfway down the card, and the rear mounting bracket which does nothing to support the other end. The only solution I've ever seen to cure sag, was to use some kind of support system in the corner where the PCI-E power cables plug in, to give it some lift and support. I was planning on running some fish wire through that corner and up top of my case to pull it up a little regardless of whether it sags or not, just to give it some support.

I wonder if the fish wire would end up stretching with the combination of weight and heat? 

Deekay64

Afterburner

DaRkL3AD3R

Scarlet-Tech
That is one of the things that the new ICX coolers correct. The cooler is actually mounted to the card in more places now, which helps reduce the chance of sag.

I always thought sag was due to the mounting points, not the board itself. It's only mounted from the PCI-E slot, which ends halfway down the card, and the rear mounting bracket which does nothing to support the other end. The only solution I've ever seen to cure sag, was to use some kind of support system in the corner where the PCI-E power cables plug in, to give it some lift and support. I was planning on running some fish wire through that corner and up top of my case to pull it up a little regardless of whether it sags or not, just to give it some support.

I wonder if the fish wire would end up stretching with the combination of weight and heat? 

coming from someone who lives on a lake and tournament fishes, all depends on the line, the more you pay for it the better the quality. In all honesty though I've left poles and reels out in 100 degree heat and I've never had line snap from being weakened or noticed it stretching if any at all. I wouldn't think 60-70 degrees would not be close to being hot enough to stretch with a high lbs Tess line

60C translates to about 140F, but probably shouldn't affect it too much. Besides, that fish line is designed for way higher loads.

And on cowcotland on a new post that talk about the card , they said the Asus Strix will be available end of March.
And the price will be a little bit more expensive than the FE. The FE in France is at 825 Euros so maybe the strix will be at 849 Euros 
https://www.cowcotland.com/news /57008/cowcotland-retour-impressionnante-asus-rog-gtx-strix.html
 
And here you can see Inno3D cards will be available the April 21 price start at 849 Euros aand goes to 939 Euros 
https://www.cowcotland.com/news/ 57017/prix-date-disponiblite-gtx-1080-ti-custom-inno-3d-nvidia-gpu-gaming.html
 
We see some price and dates now, EVGA talk to us please  :)