Man, I hate that shroud. That's about as ugly as it is useless!! lol    Sorry EVGA.

Scarlet-Tech
Gpu boost hits 1850 in some games... *slow clap* my founders card only hit 1834, 1887, and 1911..

The difference I have seen so far 3 fps as I read through the reviews.

Jacob and I hit 2020 MHZ on our 1080ti SC2 today. Its the luck of the draw as always 

wmmills
Man, I hate that shroud. That's about as ugly as it is useless!! lol    Sorry EVGA.

Actually the reason the shroud is designed that way is based on thermal performance. This type of design provides the best performance.

Yeah, I think the SC2 looks a bit ugly myself, although the FTW3 is even worst, but, thankfully, I don't buy graphics cards to look at all day so that aspect is the least important thing once it is in my case and running (I should get mine early next week). What matters to me most other than performance obviously, is having good cooling as that means means better overclocking and more stable GPU boosts. My current GTX 1080 FTW regularly boosts to 2,038 MHz and stays there as temperatures rarely (if ever) exceed 70 C. That is much lower than any reference card I had ever owned previously hence why I now opt for custom designed cards like the FTW and SC2.

Anyway, thanks for the review link... I've been trying to find reviews of the EVGA SC2 cards for the last week and this is the first I've come across, thanks to EVGA being a bit late releasing these cards.

*EDIT*
Sounds like a good card from that review (and one that I hope doesn't repeat the 1080 FTW's black screen/100% fan issue that I and many others experienced on our cards) but what puzzles me is why the reviewer tested Hitman with SSAO disabled! Surely, with a card this powerful and one that is only being compared with other NVIDIA cards you would just max everything out, no? You don't pay £700 for a graphics card and then run it on compromised settings at 1440p... well, I certainly don't anyway.

not impressed at all at the speed of the sc2.
 
my founders edition is hitting 2040 or so, with throttling down to 19xx when it goes over 80 degrees or so. the problem i'm having is that the fan gets REALLY loud. i have them go to 100% when temps go above 75. And temps do go above 75 rather quickly in this card.
 
i'm going to install nzxt g12 which is arriving to me next week along with a corsair H80. hopefully it will keep the card under 60 at load.
 
 

It's all dependent on the silicone lottery guys.

Keeping a gpu under 64c will allow the highest clock rate with no thermal throttling. It's throttling not dynamic boost don't start with the nonsense.

Other than that it's down to the chips potential itself. While these models will run cooler and quieter a gpu can only reach its own potential. No other influence will push it further unless you get into extreme overclocking with sub zero temps and high voltage levels.

EVGATech_MDecker

Scarlet-Tech
Gpu boost hits 1850 in some games... *slow clap* my founders card only hit 1834, 1887, and 1911..

The difference I have seen so far 3 fps as I read through the reviews.

Jacob and I hit 2020 MHZ on our 1080ti SC2 today. Its the luck of the draw as always 

The 1887mhz founders cards get super angry if i exceed 2025, but I dont mind. I just found it funny that the review makes it seem astronomical or something.

One thing I love is that it isnt a cherry picked card, they received a true consumer sample. Some companies would easily find the ones that did 2020mhz and fire it off to reviewers, because it looks better that way.

I don't get why no one else says it but putting the logo asymmetrical just kills me.

The honeycomb design is a definite sustain for me but the logo is a miss. Make it smaller ala the 900 series and jam it in the bottom corner or play with it a bit to get it in the middle like the rest of the 10 series were.

I hit 2062MHz on mine. Works phenomenally. Very happy with this baby

I've been wanting to get one of these..should I buy now, or wait till Vega hits and hope it causes prices to drop a bit :P

Im happy with mine,sits @2050

I agree all the way. ^

Just picked up the EVGA GTX 1080 TI SC2 Hybrid.  Most I've seen is the jump to 1940.  Bit underwhelming for a $800 card.

cdc-951

livewire195
Just picked up the EVGA GTX 1080 TI SC2 Hybrid.  Most I've seen is the jump to 1940.  Bit underwhelming for a $800 card.

We need Nvidia to honestly get rid of GPU boost 3.0 it is just bad for consumers who want more performance and we are just letting Nvidia shaft us by doing this whole low voltage crap. I just want to push my card past it's limit under water

I agree.
 
I have been out of the overclock game for a bit now with video cards.  Are we still able to flash BIOS's to the card with the new clock settings once we have a stable clock speed?