ShintaiDK
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- Apr 22, 2012
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http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/Teaser-GTX-1080s-Tested-SLI-EVGA-SC-ACX-30
One FE, one ACX 3.0
(Fans at max)
One FE, one ACX 3.0
(Fans at max)
http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/Teaser-GTX-1080s-Tested-SLI-EVGA-SC-ACX-30
One FE, one ACX 3.0
(Fans at max)
Its bit misleading. There is no doubt Evga´s cooler is much superior to FE´s blower, but in this particular case, the FE has the other card on top of itself, while Evga card has nothing in front of its fans... so the FE is bound to run hotter no matter what. Swap the cards and i doubt those 47 degrees for ACX would stand.
So far it doesn't seem like the retail FE cards throttle btw.
ShintaiDK, you bought a GTX 1080? I always thought you were an AMD die hard fan.
Its bit misleading. There is no doubt Evga´s cooler is much superior to FE´s blower, but in this particular case, the FE has the other card on top of itself, while Evga card has nothing in front of its fans... so the FE is bound to run hotter no matter what. Swap the cards and i doubt those 47 degrees for ACX would stand.
Both numbers would be higher if the cards were reversed. The reference card at the bottom would be probably 60C and the ACX Cooler would probably be hitting 85C+. ACX cards just aren't made to SLI (particularly as the top card) unless its an open bench.
Yep, the obvious block of the next card never made much sense in terms of both CF and SLI. The motherboard slots should at least be spaced with 1, better yet 2 positions in between for air circulation.
So far it doesn't seem like the retail FE cards throttle btw.
Has anybody looked at the prices today ?
Waiting for 1080 Strix. And eyeballing a Dell Gsync monitor. Willing to wait 10 days.
Waiting for 1080 Strix. And eyeballing a Dell Gsync monitor. Willing to wait 10 days.