DSP1... 

DSP1

uplink_svk
Hmm, wont the Maxwell 2 history repeat itself? :/. Not sure, but by 980Ti's were all graphic cards bottlenecked by the chip. And since I had already 4 GTX 1080 Ti, all of them "high end" [Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti, Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti WaterForce Xtreme, MSi GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z and now I'm on EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3], and all were +- same way overclockable, is there a real "real" possibility of achieving e.g. 2150 - 2200 MHz on chip, and 12500 - 13000 MHz on memory? With full body waterblock of course. I wasn't able to get past 2100 MHz stable on any of the 1080Ti + didn't get memory beyond 12500 MHz. That's why I ask.

[my actual baby is running on 2050 - 2080 MHz, depending on a game title and mem is 12 000 MHz].

It is "possible" if you win the lottery.
Is it probable? No.
2150-2200 on 1080 Pascal is way above average. 2200+ is golden chip territory, I have seen maybe 4-5 reported cases of that and only 2 of those were 2300.
 

Skizzy34

DSP1

uplink_svk
Hmm, wont the Maxwell 2 history repeat itself? :/. Not sure, but by 980Ti's were all graphic cards bottlenecked by the chip. And since I had already 4 GTX 1080 Ti, all of them "high end" [Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti, Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti WaterForce Xtreme, MSi GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z and now I'm on EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3], and all were +- same way overclockable, is there a real "real" possibility of achieving e.g. 2150 - 2200 MHz on chip, and 12500 - 13000 MHz on memory? With full body waterblock of course. I wasn't able to get past 2100 MHz stable on any of the 1080Ti + didn't get memory beyond 12500 MHz. That's why I ask.

[my actual baby is running on 2050 - 2080 MHz, depending on a game title and mem is 12 000 MHz].

It is "possible" if you win the lottery.
Is it probable? No.
2150-2200 on 1080 Pascal is way above average. 2200+ is golden chip territory, I have seen maybe 4-5 reported cases of that and only 2 of those were 2300.
 

Were they given to reviewers? I'm cynical. I feel like every card is tested before being shipped out, and that those ones, are ones that are kept or held back to give to reviewers. Can't let consumers have that crazy performance without them having to pay extra for it!

uplink_svk

DSP1...

This is like super interesting. I always "felt" that the hardware performs better, I mean like overall, when kept under 50°C and I'm always happy when I see no more than 30-40°C on my loops. Even back at the Core i7 930 age, with my hotter than sun GTX 480, I've had like non-OCed CPU, running up to 40°C at burn, and the GTX 480 was hovering around 43 - 47°C. That was one badass waterloop built by tiche.pc Mr. Očenáš himself. I never OCed anything back at that day, thus I had these temps and everything was running like a charm.

Okay, it's great to know that my obsession with constantly cooling down ain't for naught.

Anyway, are VRM/FETs also stricken by this phenomena? And what about VRAM?

Thank You for now, for really great insight! :)
 

cartridge
Is the heastink solid copper or just copper plated?

gobstoppable
Yikes. There is an audible noise coming from the card. It started as soon as I started running a benchmark and the clock speed went up. I though maybe it was coil whine, so I checked the card and the fan weren't even spinning because the card wasn't warm enough. If I minimize the benchmark and the clock speed drops the noise goes away or gets too quiet to hear, but as soon as I open it back up, and the clock speed goes up, and audiable noise, like an electric hum or something. Also does it with games.
 
Made a video: 
https://youtu.be/O0ycWhMHazM
 

gobstoppable
Changing power target and voltage have done nothing. Let it run all night last night at default settings, hasnt changed a thing. I tried different configurations of power cables. 2 individual cables. Guess ill hook up my new evga 1000w t2, if it still make the noise, im exchanging it for another one.

Yoda_In_Area51
There are only six of the golden tickets though right? 
 
Hopefully an exchange allowing you to keep the ticket then!?
 
-Y.O.D.A.

AShiddyGamer

gobstoppable
Changing power target and voltage have done nothing. Let it run all night last night at default settings, hasnt changed a thing. I tried different configurations of power cables. 2 individual cables. Guess ill hook up my new evga 1000w t2, if it still make the noise, im exchanging it for another one.

Smart move - Hopefully they have some set aside for exchanges or something. I ended up opting for a full refund since the site said it was out of stock, so I'm gonna try to wait until they work the kinks out. So far between the few of us that have posted, there's been coil whine issues, missing screws, fan issues, and plenty of software issues lol. Worst case I'll use the money for a FTW3 Hydro Copper. One of the two are bound to come in stock at one point or another lol.

gobstoppable
Lol, gotta love customer support. They only offered me an RMA, guy registered my card for my card and processed the RMA. I chose the cross ship option and he claims they should ship me another one as soon as my credit card is processed. So they must of held some back just for this type of case. When I mentioned they were out of stock, and are you sure you have another one to ship he put me on hold and checked. I mentioned I was surprised they had any, since people online were being offered refunds, guy said "huh, haven't heard anything about that" lol. Kinda annoyed there shipping the replacement stands grounds. I mean I paid for 2 day shipping the first time because I wanted the dang thing, now I'll have to wait all week for another one lol.