greggbishop

essenbe

Tuxedo.
An austrian/german shop launched prices for the ftw3 and sc2 cards, the prices for both cards are 1009€. (probably early bird prices).
The sc2 card got an estimated release date aswell, it's 27.04.2017
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The conversion rate to USD makes that close to Titan money. Wow!

Remember those prices include the equivalent of the UK VAT (it's the MWST below the price).
 
You can't simply translate those to USD.

Shadow8600
I'm wondering why they're still so hushed about the release date for these. Now seems like the perfect time to strike, the hype for the 1080 Ti is still alive. Maybe an agreement with Nvidia to allow them a few weeks for the FE to sell, before saturating the market? That's the only thing I can come up with.

Scarlet-Tech

warpedkid11
I would love to see a 1080 ti hydro copper for all us water coolers out there. Speaking of the hydro copper I have noticed there is been a lot of work done to your air coolers but the waterblock for the hydro copper has remained the same for years. It would be nice to have a larger acrylic window on the card to see the fluid.
 
Anyhoo any EVGA card you can waterblock down the road so no biggie.

Not many things to change on a waterblock, lol.

Not to mention, the 900 series and later blocks were significantly different than the previous version. The swifttech block had a crosscut channel. Ek used direct pass through fins, not crosscut. I think the 1080 took the same flow path also.

wanako
Does the SC Black Edition use the Founder's Edition PCB? I'm planning to keep it aircooled for a bit and then go custom water loop in the future but it is doubtful EKWB or anyone else would make a block for a mid-tier, non-reference board design. I figure that if the SC Black has a reference PCB then i can have good cooling while i get my watercooling stuff ready in the upcoming months.

Scarlet-Tech

wanako
Does the SC Black Edition use the Founder's Edition PCB? I'm planning to keep it aircooled for a bit and then go custom water loop in the future but it is doubtful EKWB or anyone else would make a block for a mid-tier, non-reference board design. I figure that if the SC Black has a reference PCB then i can have good cooling while i get my watercooling stuff ready in the upcoming months.

Its hard to 100% say yes right now. The SC Black will have DVI, which reference PCB's will not, so I dont want to say "yes" and be wrong. I will try to get a definite answer for you.

rasmuskrj

wanako
Does the SC Black Edition use the Founder's Edition PCB? I'm planning to keep it aircooled for a bit and then go custom water loop in the future but it is doubtful EKWB or anyone else would make a block for a mid-tier, non-reference board design. I figure that if the SC Black has a reference PCB then i can have good cooling while i get my watercooling stuff ready in the upcoming months.

I'm quite interested in this aswell.
 
As far as I understand the SC2 black edition uses the reference PCB, but if anyone can confirm that'd be great. A key difference though is that the SC2 has a DVI port, which the reference board does not.
 
So if EKWB makes a waterblock for the reference 1080ti, it might not fit the SC2 because of the DVI port. However, the TITAN XP waterblock both fits the 1080ti reference and has room for a DVI port so I assume this block will be a solution, provided the SC2 has the same PCB as the reference.

kraxe.tk
I want 1080 Ti Classified Hydro Copper!....

rasmuskrj
Sorry I seem to have messed up the names a bit. When I say the sc2 I meant to say the sc black

ipaine

Vik_epic
Do you guys think I will be allowed to Step-Up my 1080 FTW ACX 3.0 to the 1080 TI? Its over the 90 day limit, which is a problem. Or should I upgrade my ACX 3.0 to the iCX, and THEN upgrade to the 1080 TI because of the renewed 90 day Step-Up limit. Either way I really want the 1080 TI. Is there any way to go from 1080 FTW ACX 3.0 straight to the 1080 TI even with the 90 day limit over? 

Well if you are outside of the 90 day step-up window then normally you would be out of luck. The only way you will not be out of luck is if you joined the ICX upgrade program. That said unless you are already in the program you can't join anymore, the cut off for that was the 28th of February. But yes if you are already in the ICX upgrade program then yes once you have your ICX card, then you will be able to get a step-up to the 1080ti done. But even if you are in the ICX upgrade program you will have to go through that before the step-up to the ti, you can't go straight from the 1080 FTW acx to the 1080ti.

Vik_epic
 
Ok alright, that sounds good, thank you very much for replying so quickly! Would you by any chance know what I must be able to provide them other than the 1080 FTW ACX 3.0 card in order to make sure that the Step-Up goes through? Will I need all the original cables? Padding that the GPU came in? And how can I be sure I even have all those things?

Vik_epic

The_Ninjak

Vik_epic
 
Ok alright, that sounds good, thank you very much for replying so quickly! Would you by any chance know what I must be able to provide them other than the 1080 FTW ACX 3.0 card in order to make sure that the Step-Up goes through? Will I need all the original cables? Padding that the GPU came in? And how can I be sure I even have all those things?

It's listed on the Step Up info page:
 
What do I need to send back to EVGA?
The original product and all accessories that came with the original package. The original packaging material and box are recommended to be returned for the best protection for your product. Free promotional items such as games, posters, shirts, etc. are considered gifts and are not required to be returned.
 
But remember, that wouldn't apply to your 1080 FTW ACX.  Your Step Up would be from the iCX card if, as mentioned before, you've already joined the update program from your ACX card to the iCX version.  

Oh that may be bad. I no longer have the anti static bag, nor the foam protection that it came in. I still have the 2 8-Pin connectors, the user guides, the poster/stickers, and the original box though. Do you think they will take it anyways? Can I stuff some newspaper in the box as protection instead of the anti-static bag and foam?

Vik_epic
How long does it usually take EVGA to send back the Stepped-Up GPU? Also how long should it take my card to get to them on average. And what is the address I should be sending my GPU to if I'm based in Canada?