Gtx 1080/1070

[Wozza63]

There wasn't a picture when I posted but I can see is the founders edition now

Ah my bad lol.

 

[Park_Ranger]

Yeah apologies, did upload the picture after.

Bought this to go with them.............

 

[SpyderTracks]

This the one i was was looking at but the 2 display ports puts me off a bit. I use 3 at the moment.

Yeah, they've added it to help with VR, but it's a bit useless for most.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Yeah apologies, did upload the picture after.

Bought this to go with them.............

Jeez, nice setup you now have! unk:

 

[Park_Ranger]

Jeez, nice setup you now have! unk:

Thanks, probably give my old monitor to my youngest lad, he's had his eye on it for quite some time (Prolite e2773).

 

[Park_Ranger]

Still waiting on the bridge, which should have been incuded but wasn't.

 

[Oussebon]

GTX 1080 SLI teaser: http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/Teaser-GTX-1080s-Tested-SLI-EVGA-SC-ACX-30

Perhaps more interesting than the SLI teaser itself is the fact that they're using a so-far unreviewed card, the GTX 1080 SC by EVGA - it's the second card in the below.


Those temps. I guess the load can't be 100%, but still...

MSI one shows a ~12 degrees improvement: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1080_gaming_x_8g_review,9.html
Asus Strix does similarly: http://www.computerbase.de/2016-05/asus-geforce-gtx-1080-strix-oc-test/4/

Obviously there are plenty of other questions like the power limit still hanging there but from a cooling point of view alone this is good to see.

 

[Park_Ranger]

Just received the bridge from PCS.

Now which connectors do I use on the bridge, and connect to which connections on the cards ?

My primary card which will be connected to the monitor will be in slot one.

I am presuming I use the double connectors on the bridge.

Ack, answered my own question, it will only plug in one way, DOH ! (I'll leave this post up anyway).

Anyway don't think this is the proper Nvidia bridge, (Maybe a universal bridge), I still don't think the Nivdia one's out yet......... (And there's a small connector in the middle on the care that won't be connected to anything, but I can't find a picture of he connections on the Nvidia GTX1080 bridge.

 

[Wozza63]

Just a standard quad bridge. 1080s still use the same connector as previous cards.

 

[keynes]

Just a standard quad bridge. 1080s still use the same connector as previous cards.

aren't the new sli bridges suppose to improve performance?

 

[Park_Ranger]

Just a standard quad bridge. 1080s still use the same connector as previous cards.

aren't the new sli bridges suppose to improve performance?

Yes it is a special (High performance) bridge

"NVIDIA’s new SLI HB bridge doubles the available transfer bandwidth compared to the NVIDIA Maxwell™ architecture. Delivering silky-smooth gameplay, it’s the best way to experience surround gaming—and it’s only compatible with the GeForce GTX 1080."

Actually there's 3 connectors on the card that wouldn't be connected with a standard bridge.

 

[Wozza63]

Yes it is a special (High performance) bridge

"NVIDIA’s new SLI HB bridge doubles the available transfer bandwidth compared to the NVIDIA Maxwell™ architecture. Delivering silky-smooth gameplay, it’s the best way to experience surround gaming—and it’s only compatible with the GeForce GTX 1080."

Actually there's 3 connectors on the card that wouldn't be connected with a standard bridge.

The new high performance bridge is only 2 cards compatible, you have to use the old adapter for more than 3 and the scaling won't be as good.

 

[Park_Ranger]

The new high performance bridge is only 2 cards compatible, you have to use the old adapter for more than 3 and the scaling won't be as good.

It's only 2 card SLI, the 3rd cards for my sons PC

From what I've read 3 card SLI is going out of fashion.

 

[Wozza63]

It's only 2 card SLI, the 3rd cards for my sons PC

But the pictured bridge is an old quad SLI one and I don't think will take advantage of the new performance even if you are just using 2. I may be wrong but I think you need the specific new adapters.

 

[Park_Ranger]

But the pictured bridge is an old quad SLI one and I don't think will take advantage of the new performance.

I just can't find the new bridge anywhere, and on the 1080 website it just say's "Notify me", the same as the 1080 before it was available.

So I guess it's just not about yet.

 

[SpyderTracks]

I just can't find the new bridge anywhere, and on the 1080 website it just say's "Notify me", the same as the 1080 before it was available.

So I guess it's just not about yet.

I think you're right, it's not on general release yet unfortunately.

Worth watching out for the EVGA version also, looks pretty good.

 

[Park_Ranger]

Another thing you guys will be able to advise me on, memory, foolishly when I bought the PC I only specified 12GB of ram (12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 4GB KIT).

I would like to up that to 16GB minimum or more.

The motherboard manual is a bit confusing, there's 6 slots in 2 different colours, can I fill all slots ? (But maximum is 24GB) so 6 x 4GB

The motherboard is an ASUS® RAMPAGE III EXTREME: 3-Way SLI & CrossFireX, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

I have used to detector on the Corsair (Kingston) website, but I'm still confused.

Any help of course would be appreciated.

 

[Scott]

That's triple channel board. You're better off filling the 3 slots so your only real upgrade option is 24GB by using 3x 8GB sticks or adding another 3x 4GB sticks.

 

[Park_Ranger]

GTX1080's up and running, no problems.

They run cool, less noise than the old 580's.

Just have to wait for the proper HB bridge now, still not released.

 

[SpyderTracks]

New galax hof card pushed to 2.2ghz on air!

http://videocardz.com/60923/galax-overclocks-gtx-1080-to-2-2-ghz-on-air-2-5-ghz-with-ln2