Yes

1080 FTW shouldn't cost that much. List price should be 680.
You don't have to take our word for the FTW hybrid kit. Just search the forums. Jacob Freeman has tweeted and spoken about the hybrid kits on the EVGA podcast. They will be come later this month or way August last I heard.

Don't quote me on this one, not 100% sure.
They haven't been very definitive about the date of release other than "soon". Since the reference and FTW PCB based cards are selling out like hotcakes, they may be prioritizing them over making Hybrid cards. It's an open Question if they sell the card or the kit first.

I was thinking about getting they hybrid kit, but then realized I like the RGB lights more than I care about card temperature. Mine Clocks over 2 ghz on air without much effort.

I would keep an eye on Jacob's twitter feed for stock. I ended up using my phone with fingerprint sensor and paypal to buy card quickly. Didn't even use my EVGA bucks. Followed Jacob's link, added to cart (was already signed in on chrome), selected paypal for payment which redirected to the paypal app, which just asked for my fingerprint before approving the purchase.

ipkha
Don't quote me on this one, not 100% sure.
They haven't been very definitive about the date of release other than "soon". Since the reference and FTW PCB based cards are selling out like hotcakes, they may be prioritizing them over making Hybrid cards. It's an open Question if they sell the card or the kit first.

I was thinking about getting they hybrid kit, but then realized I like the RGB lights more than I care about card temperature. Mine Clocks over 2 ghz on air without much effort.

I would keep an eye on Jacob's twitter feed for stock. I ended up using my phone with fingerprint sensor and paypal to buy card quickly. Didn't even use my EVGA bucks. Followed Jacob's link, added to cart (was already signed in on chrome), selected paypal for payment which redirected to the paypal app, which just asked for my fingerprint before approving the purchase.

 
So let me get that right... you are willing to let your card Throttle as crazy because of heat but have RGB light :D?
 
I would Sacrifice beauty of the card i never see (in the case) for FPS and less heat any day :) but that's me :)

lordaeron1

ipkha
Don't quote me on this one, not 100% sure.
They haven't been very definitive about the date of release other than "soon". Since the reference and FTW PCB based cards are selling out like hotcakes, they may be prioritizing them over making Hybrid cards. It's an open Question if they sell the card or the kit first.

I was thinking about getting they hybrid kit, but then realized I like the RGB lights more than I care about card temperature. Mine Clocks over 2 ghz on air without much effort.

I would keep an eye on Jacob's twitter feed for stock. I ended up using my phone with fingerprint sensor and paypal to buy card quickly. Didn't even use my EVGA bucks. Followed Jacob's link, added to cart (was already signed in on chrome), selected paypal for payment which redirected to the paypal app, which just asked for my fingerprint before approving the purchase.

 
So let me get that right... you are willing to let your card Throttle as crazy because of heat but have RGB light :D?
 
I would Sacrifice beauty of the card i never see (in the case) for FPS and less heat any day :) but that's me :)

there shouldn't be any throttling with an aftermarket cooling solution as long as your case has proper airflow.
 
my card runs at 2101 all day without any throttling. 

i owned a Founders Edition 1080 before my Strix 1080 (build in sig). although i was able to achieve a higher max OC (2152) with my FE, it throttled to the 1900's to 2000's during gaming/benching.
 
i just got done playing GTA V for an hour and 19 mins and my GPU peaked at 51*c. it usually floats around mid 40's to low 50's during gaming and i don't even hear it.

At reasonable temps of mid 70s, I get 2Ghz or more in most games.  Folding really stresses it out and pulls a consistent 1987Mhz.  Not looking for much more than that.  I will of course hit up the next version of Precision X OC and let it auto tune.

I can get low 50s in games, but get 72 when folding nonstop.

that was a picture of when i just finished putting together the desktop. i wasn't able to get my hands on a 1080 yet, but i just wanted to show u the case's airflow. here's a picture after i installed the FE:
 

 
here's how she currently sits:
 

 

hehehippie
that was a picture of when i just finished putting together the desktop. i wasn't able to get my hands on a 1080 yet, but i just wanted to show u the case's airflow. here's a picture after i installed the FE:
 
here's how she currently sits:
 

 
 

I was wondering about the disco ball looking thing was hanging underneath the upper fan, then I realized the it's a reflection of a lamp.  Nice rig.  

^^^oh that guy is talking about a hybrid cooler.....my card doing nothing w/the k-boast on sits at 51c

Well guys, That's it !. bought Evga 1080 FTW ... hopefully the Hybrid Kit for FTW comes out soon. 

bee144

lordaeron1
Well guys, That's it !. bought Evga 1080 FTW ... hopefully the Hybrid Kit for FTW comes out soon. 

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=400-HY-5188-B1
 
I believe it was in stock at some point last week. I assume you're outside of USA though so no idea what that means for you.

That cooler specifically states that it doesn't work on the Classified or FTW.  They have a larger PCB than the all the other cards on a reference PCB.

Hopper64

CoercionShaman

bee144

lordaeron1
Well guys, That's it !. bought Evga 1080 FTW ... hopefully the Hybrid Kit for FTW comes out soon. 

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=400-HY-5188-B1
 
I believe it was in stock at some point last week. I assume you're outside of USA though so no idea what that means for you.

That cooler specifically states that it doesn't work on the Classified or FTW.  They have a larger PCB than the all the other cards on a reference PCB.

Yea, and the FTW Hybrid cooler also must be unique since the FTW has no blower fan. I used hybrids for my titans, but the hybrid was dependent on the blower fan on the original card to cool the memory chips. I'm curious at to what the FTW hybrid will be like due the obvious difference. Any ETA?

here you go ... this is how it looks like.