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tachido28
My updated build 

 

Very nice looking! IMO this is how an expensive GFx card should be mounted. Nice build man.

Thanks! They definitely should be vertical so we can just be mirin them.

wow!

Yup, I just purchased a 1080Ti FTW3 ICX HC Gaming and 1999Mhz right out of the box without any offset or voltage added.  I bumped it up to 2025Mhz to match the 'Kingpin guarantee' on that card and it passed all the stability tests w/o a problem.  Max temperature was only 40C at full load lol.  I'm loving this card so far, much better than all the HC Classifieds I've purchased previously back all the way to the 400 series.  For once I feel like the card is balanced, between enough memory for once and enough gpu power as well.

Boxlid
much better than all the HC Classifieds I've purchased previously back all the way to the 400 series.  For once I feel like the card is balanced, between enough memory for once and enough gpu power as well.

I think that's an unfair statement.  Too many variables that come into play and you're comparing newer more powerful and efficient tech to old tech.  Of course the newer stuff will run better.  
 
These GPUs were built for 4k @ 60hz.  If you're gaming at 1080p or 1440p, sure it's more than enough.

Boxlid
No it's not unfair, the 480's were single slot, but terribly short on memory (1.5GB while others in the series had more) and not fully water cooled, rather a hybrid with only the gpu being on water.  The 780 Classified HC's were advertised as single slot, although the water blocks stuck out just enough to block the next slot (that really irritated me tbh).  You assumed I was talking about the performance, and I wasn't, the actual gpu chip in them has done great on every card.  HC's advertised as single slot while actually not single slot, and with barely enough memory while others in the same series had significantly more is closer to what I mean.  They never release the best cards on water either, just like now with the Kingpin on air.  Paying another $100 for the Kingpin and still having to buy the block makes little sense while the HC FTW3 ICX Gaming jumped right up to the same specs, w/o a voltage hike, and comes with the block installed for cheaper.  This time around the HC seems to be the best bang really, unless a monster classified comes out real soon (on air lol).

I don't understand why everyone has a OBSESSION of single slotted GPUs.  Do most of you know why you want it for?  Are you going to utilize a single anyways?  Most likely not and who would want to sandwich another PCIe component next to a air cooled hot running GPU?  Going more than 3-4 GPUs in a SLI on air or water?  Understandable but that community is VERY small.  Most will go single and some dual GPU configurations and yes, companies should be held accountable for false advertising if the single slot was never really single slot.
 
Again, you're all over the place when comparing low Vram GPUs that once were high end to what we have now.  It's called innovations.  It happens like magic and boom, you got way better stuff years down the road.  Those 1.5GB GPUs paved and payed the way for the next tech down the road.  It's like you have some conspiracy that Nvidia held back 11 GB Vram GPUs 5+ years ago and only gave us 1.5 GB.  smh lol  I will say, they probably could have added a bit more Vram and that most likely would have increased the cost and the competition needs to be there to keep each other at their toes.  
 
If you ever feel the tech isn't up to par, vote with your wallet.  It will go a long way and everyone should do the same.  It will create awareness and attention to what consumers really want.

Does anyone have this problem? My GPU and Memory colors are switched. I opened up the shroud to get a better look. I also had some wires that were very close to the VRM fan and was worried the fan might catch them so I also moved the wires around a bit when I put the shroud back on to make sure it didn't hit fan. I'm guessing the pins on one of the connectors is switched. Have a look at the to see my problem and also a peak of what the card is like under the shroud.
 
http://imgur.com/a/niqJB

GTXJackBauer
 
I don't understand why everyone has a OBSESSION of single slotted GPUs.  Do most of you know why you want it for?  Are you going to utilize a single anyways?  Most likely not and who would want to sandwich another PCIe component next to a air cooled hot running GPU?  Going more than 3-4 GPUs in a SLI on air or water?  Understandable but that community is VERY small.  Most will go single and some dual GPU configurations and yes, companies should be held accountable for false advertising if the single slot was never really single slot.
 
Again, you're all over the place when comparing low Vram GPUs that once were high end to what we have now.  It's called innovations.  It happens like magic and boom, you got way better stuff years down the road.  Those 1.5GB GPUs paved and payed the way for the next tech down the road.  It's like you have some conspiracy that Nvidia held back 11 GB Vram GPUs 5+ years ago and only gave us 1.5 GB.  smh lol  I will say, they probably could have added a bit more Vram and that most likely would have increased the cost and the competition needs to be there to keep each other at their toes.  
 
If you ever feel the tech isn't up to par, vote with your wallet.  It will go a long way and everyone should do the same.  It will create awareness and attention to what consumers really want.

You didn't even pay attention to what I said, you're asking who wants to shove another component next to a hot gpu on air, yet I only talked about the Hydro Copper cards.  And I want single slot because I need it for all my stuff to fit, the older HC's wouldn't fit in the first gpu slot because they crashed into the motherboard's water block fittings, and first card in second slot means it runs at x8 speed.  m.2 drives disable the x4 slot, so that's one slot down already and I can't lose another if I want all of my storage cards plugged in.  The 1080Ti is true single slot, so it plugged right in and I no longer have that problem.  I said the memory is typically lower on the HC's compared to other cards IN THE SAME SERIES, I wasn't comparing a 400 series card directly to a 1080Ti, rather past trends of HC cards compared to the current series.  The 1080Ti HC's have the same amount of memory as the other cards in the SAME SERIES actually, so yeah they're relatively better this time around.  Please stop trying to argue with me for no reason Jack, and if you do, at least pay attention to what I say.

Got mine yesterday. Incredible build quality.
 

 
Just to follow up, my FTW3 Hybrid boosted to 2000MHz with factory default settings.

Sure someone will correct me if I am wrong....
 
Product page is fine I believe.
 
1582 is the base clock. The boost clock is 1695 which it will hit no issues on Boost. When you pop one of these bad boys in they will most likly (like all other 1080ti s cards) boost to 19xx anyway, which is beyond the 1695 mentioned.
 
The 2025 is what you are guaranteed to get at least with overclocking it yourself past the automatic boost. I don't think any other card has that guarantee from what I have seen so far from the manufacturer.
 
However, some 1080ti can do that (not all) and that is the silicon lottery you might have seen people talking about around the internet. 
 
-Y.O.D.A.

kraxe.tk
 
Too much logo... hahaha

This is interesting, can you explain what you've done here? It appears you've installed a Hydro Copper and used the original backplate? Have you attached the badge there somehow? 
 
Curious as to how temps compare with the Hydro Copper vs fan/heatsink setup?
 
Edit: My bad, I see this is the EKWB block for 1080 Ti series...

cabofreak
I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this question but I'll hope for the best,
I am waiting on my 1080ti black edition to arrive and have been trying to find the correct waterblock, I've been told the FE is the right one and also been told the titian pascal, do you know which is correct?? Thanks for any help

Check this :

https://www.ekwb.com/conf...complist?gpu_gpus=3784

Here's my score from Superposition.

kraxe.tk
Here's my score from Superposition.

Nice temps. Is this a hybrid card?

kraxe.tk

w318ti

kraxe.tk
Here's my score from Superposition.

Nice temps. Is this a hybrid card?

Waterblock....  It's a FTW3 on a EKWB.  I posted a pic of my PC on this thread, look for post #523.

My bad, should have looked up a couple posts... Looks good! 

@Graphite8five : Installation of the EKWB was pretty straight foward, taking apart the card was more of a challenge.  Now I was thinking, what a waste of money it would be to ditch the air cooler.   Well to make myself feel better, I took apart the most appealing part of the FTW3 (appealing to me).  The thermal indicators is what I find cool about the card.  Sure you can look at them in Precision XOC, but having indicators right inside your rig to see the lights that you can set temps to, is very convenient.  Interestingly, few members find that backplate logo doesn't work right with the rest of the LEDs removed.  I presume that connecting the logo bar with the temp indicators seem to close the loop of circuits for the LEDs to work right.  Everything works right on my FTW3.