![]() After having seen what Gigabyte, MSI, Inno3D and Asus have brought to the table, it's now the turn of EVGA to show what it can do with the best consumer GPU available.ĮVGA has a broad range of GTX 1080-based cards, starting with the Founders Edition and then climbing the specification table until the all-new ACX 3.0 cooler is sat on top of a custom PCB. Have a peek at the product first.The race to produce the best Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 card is still on in earnest. And yeah, we have enough to talk about and to show. Embedded as well is some funky RGB LED lighting system really. The card has a dual-slot design with two-fan cooling solution. The GDDR5X memory has been clocked at a reference 10 Gbps (effective data-rate). The GPU is clocked at 1.721 MHz with a 1.860 MHz boost at default clocks. The board is fed by two 8-pin power connectors. This card tested today comes with three DP, one HDMI connectors and then one DVI connector. None the less, the sensor idea I like quite a lot (hey I love sensors), and VRM heat wise we have no worries that EVGA will make the same mistake again. Hence heat can now build up in certain segments of the cooler. The idea is nice, but the idea is also a bit flawed as all heat is transferred through the heatpipes and follows the path of least resistance. Basically if one segment (VRM) would get to hot, the fan in that area can spin a bit harder to compensate. ![]() Obviously they made sure the VRM segments have proper padding and cooling and then they applied the cooling solution with two independently manageable fans. With the new revision 2 products Like the FTW2 EVGA started embedding more thermal sensors on their PCBs at critical areas that can run hot. And here is where we land at ICX technology. However I mention so specifically as with that history in mind it is not a surprise to see a company over-compensate a bit with a next generation product. I'll just leave that story for what it is and was as anyone in the market for a 1080 is familiar with it already. They addressed the issue properly though it surely was not their proudest moment of the year. The backlash from the community was quite explosive really, and yeah I'll just call it what it is, EVGA goofed up a little there. As it turned out their voltage regulation area was not properly cooled, something half a dollar of thermal padding would have prevented. Pretty much last year EVGA ran into the fact that some end-users had a bit of a problem with overheating cards. New on this product are additional temperature sensors. Pretty much you can look at the ICX editions as a more premium product that advances over the first generation FTW and SC editions. A product that has been revamped and designed all custom with a dual-fan cooler, higher clock speeds and a backplate. So here is where EVGA kicks in, they launched GTX 1080 cards under the new ICX branding. Obviously the higher-end all customized SKUs will likely level with that founders edition card price level again, but I am pretty certain you'd rather spend your money on a fully customized AIB card that is already factory tweaked a bit opposed to the reference one. The good news though is that the board partner cards offer SKUs for less opposed to the Nvidia reference / Founder edition cards. Both models honestly are equally impressive in its product positioning, though I do feel the 1070 will be the more attractive product due to its price level, a 1080 card is really what everybody want (but perhaps can't afford). Last year the full range of Pascal based processors was released. ![]() We'll heck out the 8 GB product fitted with that two slot cooler, some extra LED functionality and a product that comes with some sexy out of the box clock frequencies. This SKU is a more premium version that comes with some new features like temperature sensors. Meet the all custom, cooled and tweaked EVGA For The Win revision 2 edition. In today's review, we check out the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 (ICX) 8G, and heck yeah this is not your regular one. That $589.99 Special Edition GTX 1080 haz got sensors ![]()
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