Just learned about that here, was going to buy an ftw for the extra power phasing, but with the locked voltages will it even matter?
Would I only be paying for an extra fan?
If it's not going to oc better than a standard icx card I think I'll just go with one of those

Hoggle
The ICX could include cards that didn't meet the overclock requirements to be a FTW3 but are stable at the lower speed. While I won't say a ICX can't overclock out of the box to FTW3 speeds with the FTW3 you know for sure the card will at least hit the out of the box speeds EVGA lists.

Ok cool, my dreams aren't totally ruined

The three extra power phases on the FTW3 aren't going to matter. 
 
Maximum Overclock Comparison Max. GPU ClockMax. Memory Clock
 
ASUS RTX 2080 Ti STRIX 2115 MHz 2065 MHz
MSI RTX 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio 2085 MHz 2005 MHz
MSI RTX 2080 Ti Duke 2115 MHz 2005 MHz
NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition 2110 MHz 1945 MHz
 
All these different cards reach ~2100 MHz core. The FTW3 won't be any different. I only bought the FTW3 because I think it will have the best air cooler out of them all. 

toncij
Not sure if FTW3 will have the best cooler since MSI Trio looks to be pretty innovative. It might be tho.
 
Anyway, seems that FTW3 or any other aftermarket AIB card are looking irrelevant. Even with added phases or cooling, all cards tested so far have been limited to a 300W by card firmware. Having more power inputs didn't change that for MSI Trio either. 300W lockdown.
 
So, seems that all AIB cards are useless, especially AIB PCBs.
 
Kingpin version might get a modified BIOS with power limits off, but don't hold your breath for it, especially not this year or Q1 2019 I'd guess.

And for probably around $1600 bucks going by previous kingpin cards

toncij

xblackvalorx

toncij
Not sure if FTW3 will have the best cooler since MSI Trio looks to be pretty innovative. It might be tho.

Anyway, seems that FTW3 or any other aftermarket AIB card are looking irrelevant. Even with added phases or cooling, all cards tested so far have been limited to a 300W by card firmware. Having more power inputs didn't change that for MSI Trio either. 300W lockdown.

So, seems that all AIB cards are useless, especially AIB PCBs.

Kingpin version might get a modified BIOS with power limits off, but don't hold your breath for it, especially not this year or Q1 2019 I'd guess.

And for probably around $1600 bucks going by previous kingpin cards

Don't think it'll be that low; more like $1800?
Still, even with that, I doubt the chip can take more power. We know that with FinFET and lower processes chips are getting more and more sensitive to voltage and heat, simply not being able to take on more. Will be a sub-zero card only I guess. And bragging rights.

Yea, I certainly won't be kicking out that kinda cash for a card that's only marginally better because it has a famous guys signature on it lol

xblackvalorx

Zybane
The three extra power phases on the FTW3 aren't going to matter. 
 
Maximum Overclock Comparison Max. GPU ClockMax. Memory Clock
 
ASUS RTX 2080 Ti STRIX 2115 MHz 2065 MHz
MSI RTX 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio 2085 MHz 2005 MHz
MSI RTX 2080 Ti Duke 2115 MHz 2005 MHz
NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition 2110 MHz 1945 MHz
 
All these different cards reach ~2100 MHz core. The FTW3 won't be any different. I only bought the FTW3 because I think it will have the best air cooler out of them all. 

Where are you getting these numbers? The strix and Duke aren't available yet that I've seen

Neither card has been available to buy (actually), except for a small number of cards sent to a small number of people preordering, but reviewers got them all.

toncij
Not sure if FTW3 will have the best cooler since MSI Trio looks to be pretty innovative. It might be tho.
 
Anyway, seems that FTW3 or any other aftermarket AIB card are looking irrelevant. Even with added phases or cooling, all cards tested so far have been limited to a 300W by card firmware. Having more power inputs didn't change that for MSI Trio either. 300W lockdown.
 
So, seems that all AIB cards are useless, especially AIB PCBs.
 
Kingpin version might get a modified BIOS with power limits off, but don't hold your breath for it, especially not this year or Q1 2019 I'd guess.

 
Compared to how well the ICX1 cooler did on the 1080 Ti FTW3 and how much better the ICX2 is, I will definitely say it will be the best air cooled 2080 Ti. Just for starters, the ICX2 has 58% greater fin area:
 
https://www.evga.com/technology/icx2/
 
I also thought the gaming X trio by MSI would be killer. But according to Techpowerup's tests, it actually did quite poor:
 
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GeForce_RTX_2080_Ti_Gaming_X_Trio/37.html
 
74C is TERRIBLE for such a huge cooler. I wonder if the coolers wasn't contacting the card properly or maybe they got a bad card. 

xblackvalorx

Zybane
The three extra power phases on the FTW3 aren't going to matter. 
 
Maximum Overclock Comparison Max. GPU ClockMax. Memory Clock
 
ASUS RTX 2080 Ti STRIX 2115 MHz 2065 MHz
MSI RTX 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio 2085 MHz 2005 MHz
MSI RTX 2080 Ti Duke 2115 MHz 2005 MHz
NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition 2110 MHz 1945 MHz
 
All these different cards reach ~2100 MHz core. The FTW3 won't be any different. I only bought the FTW3 because I think it will have the best air cooler out of them all. 

Where are you getting these numbers? The strix and Duke aren't available yet that I've seen

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GeForce_RTX_2080_Ti_Gaming_X_Trio/36.html
 
Techpowerup is the best site, they tested all of these cards. 

I'd also guess the ftw will come with Samsung memory, which usually means better memory oc

For a moment I though you were talking about the "Power" target slider and I freaked out, but you were talking about voltages after all. That has some benefits I suppose; since I take good care of my card and never push the voltages, but when I try to resell my card I get sceptical people who ask me if I've ever overclocked my card.
 
Personally I'm fine but I'm sure it's unfair for people who have spent money on water-cooling.
Let's see if the FTW3 will come with pre-configured higher voltages in accordance to the custom PCB and superior cooling.

Micron has gone a long way and they're leaders among memory. Even if Samsung was the best in the previous generation, there's no guarantee that they'll beat Micron in GDDR6 too. Both companies are great and we'll have to see them both in action to know which is best.
I'm a Micron's investor and I'm following almost all their updates, so I know what I'm talking about.

RivAngE
Micron has gone a long way and they're leaders among memory. Even if Samsung was the best in the previous generation, there's no guarantee that they'll beat Micron in GDDR6 too. Both companies are great and we'll have to see them both in action to know which is best.
I'm a Micron's investor and I'm following almost all their updates, so I know what I'm talking about.

Oh, so, previous info was wrong, that Micron memory is slower type of GDDR6...

GTXJackBauer
 
I think his dog has been replying by the looks of it.  

Didn't quite get that? :P
 
This is what I'm talking about: 
"“It’s a tremendous privilege to have been selected by NVIDIA to launch Samsung’s 16Gb GDDR6, and to have enjoyed the full confidence of their design team in making our key contribution to the NVIDIA Quadro RTX GPUs,” said Jim Elliott, Corporate Senior Vice President at Samsung Semiconductor."
 
"The memory speeds in each brand are different and are: SK Hynix : 10 and 12 Gbps  & 12 and 14 Gbps,Samsung : 18 Gbps, Micron:  12 and 14 and 16 GB/s. So maybe the reason nvidia is going with samsung is the fact that at least for now Samsung gddr6 is the fastest one and was awarded in CES as well."
 
I guess, Samsung goes into Quadro by default at 16Gbps and Micron at 14Gbps into GeForces. Let's wait for someone at EVGA to comment on FTW3 or Kingpin (probably 16 or even 18Gbps).

toncij

GTXJackBauer
 
I think his dog has been replying by the looks of it.  

Didn't quite get that? :P
 
This is what I'm talking about: 
"“It’s a tremendous privilege to have been selected by NVIDIA to launch Samsung’s 16Gb GDDR6, and to have enjoyed the full confidence of their design team in making our key contribution to the NVIDIA Quadro RTX GPUs,” said Jim Elliott, Corporate Senior Vice President at Samsung Semiconductor."
 
"The memory speeds in each brand are different and are: SK Hynix : 10 and 12 Gbps  & 12 and 14 Gbps,Samsung : 18 Gbps, Micron:  12 and 14 and 16 GB/s. So maybe the reason nvidia is going with samsung is the fact that at least for now Samsung gddr6 is the fastest one and was awarded in CES as well."
 
I guess, Samsung goes into Quadro by default at 16Gbps and Micron at 14Gbps into GeForces. Let's wait for someone at EVGA to comment on FTW3 or Kingpin (probably 16 or even 18Gbps).

Look at my avatar, he thinks that my dog is replying when the fact is, I AM a dog! Well I guess that's the same thing.... ANYWAY! 
The 2080ti uses 14 Gbps bandwidth on the GDDR6 which can be surpassed by both Micron and Samsung. The difference in overclock is decided by how they are manufactured not by which company can produce the fastest model. However I admit that if Samsung has managed to produce something faster, it's possible they're doing something better than Micron.

Regardless of the memory's overclock limits, with this amount of speed I don't think the memory will be a bottleneck factor. The fact that some people will want to increase the voltage and won't be able is the main problem, though personally I never increased it.

I think the FTW design will have advantages and with the other cards having 130% power target .... FTW should  be good to go
 
 
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti / 2080 XC/XC Ultra BIOS Update
(excerpt)
Updates:

• Increases maximum power target setting to 130% (Improved overclocking performance)

RivAngE
Here's an overclocking video (and comparison) for the 2080ti XC Ultra and the FE https://youtu.be/FpmDa5VetME

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