Windows 10: EVGA Step-Up Program

Hey, at least you know it's on the way, though, and an FTW version at that. Should be a nice boost from the 770s.

 

I guess when Purolator says Express Shipping, they mean it. My EVGA FTW 1080 arrived this morning.

Put the 1080 in (see pic) reinstalled driver and fired up Doom campaign. At 1080p on low settings my two Asus 770's were struggling to maintain 60 FPS, often in the 30's. Now I'm at maxed out graphics at 1080P. FPS hit 200, often in the 150's and I think the lowest FPS I saw was 110. Smooth as butter.

All of this with an old I7980X processor. Simply incredible how this 1080 performs.

 

I'm super jealous right now. Can't wait to get mine.

There are reports that EVGA may be bumping people up from the stock 1080 to the SC version as an apology for the wait times. I hope it's true. May not be on the FTW level, but I'd take it.

 

Hope you get yours soon too. NCIX Canada must have received hundreds of the EVGA cards. For the FTW, I was 54 on the list and I was told a number of others before me ordered more than one. I heard Memory Express (Canada) also received a large stock, some saying it was up to 300 EVGA cards.

The EVGA cards seem to be now arriving in North America in good numbers, so maybe you won't have to wait 2 months. Hey, and my FTW was priced at that original $885 CDN figure when the cards hit the retailers. What a deal compared to that deals #1 price.*Smile

Also good timing as Precision XOC version 6.03 just came out today supposedly fixing many of the bugs in 6.02. Just installed it but don't have a clue how to use it yet. Somehow overclocking isn't a priority for me when I run at 1080P and get 150-200 FPS at max settings in Doom. Is it going to give me a few more FPS in Doom? LOL. Believe Doom maxes out at 200 and my monitor max refresh is 144.

 

I tried Precision X but I don't like it nearly as much as Afterburner.

 

Yes, yes, afterburner is great. Suggest that once you get your 1080 you just give XOC a try. Different from Precision X as it's designed for Pascal GPU's and GPU boost 3.0. I like the in game OSD display and noticed that in Witcher 3, with no overclocking, GPU was boosting to the 1960's plus range, well over the standard 1860 boost for the FTW, as temps were in the low 70's, and FYI FPS around 160. So the card seems to be running fine (cool) and as advertised.

I was surprised when I downloaded/installed 6.03 I had to put in the card serial number. This is significant, high level technology *Smile

 

It's true alright. I started a stepup 6 10 and on 6 22 got an email from evga upgrading me to the sc version. And nearly another month has passed ... I still wait... patiently*cry

 

Oh, I'll certainly give it another shot once I get my 1080. I have nothing against the program, I just prefer the layout of Afterburner. If the new Precision X has actual improvements for EVGA cards, then I'll almost certainly switch over to it.

That's awesome to hear. Hopefully I'll get a similar email soon.

 

I'm sure you guys will love the SC. It's the card of choice for many EVGA fans. Performance wise, base and boost clocks are only slightly lower than the FTW. FTW's main difference is in features, two 8 pins, two bios.

This is my first time buying a top tier card and it was due to being tired of MGPU issues with my 770's. Looks like top tier will last about another week (and I don't care *Biggrin). Loving this FTW. Pascal Titan X is August 2, I think. Hey, is Nvidia trying to steal the thunder of the Windows 10 anniversary update?

 

why are you paying all that extra cash for a card thats at most 25% faster in 99% of games wait for the TI

 

I assume you're talking to the 980TI boys. Huge performance improvements in the 1080 compared to two 770 Keplers. It's more than overkill for my 1080P gaming needs. 1080 TI pricing, somewhere between $700 - $1,200 U.S, likely closer to the latter.

 

For me I'm thinking like this...it will cost me $200 to step up to the 1080. Then I'll turn around and sell my other 980Ti (assuming I don't just give it to my son), which should cover at least half the price of a second 1080. So I would likely end up with 2 1080s for less than the price of one.

 

Blackrose; I see on the EVGA forums members are still waiting for their step up Pascal's to be shipped. Have you heard anything about your card?

That's a long wait, which they say is due to the overall demand for their Pascal cards.

http://forums.evga.com/3-Months-Late...-m2545558.aspx

 

Haven't heard a peep yet. At this point, I'm not expecting it until maybe December or January.

 

WOW! You're ok since you have a good system, including graphics. Imagine Kepler owners waiting for the upgrade, or worse, Kepler SLI owners. The performance boost from Kepler to Pascal (even 2 to 1) is incredible.

So even with BF1 there are SLI issues (ie SLI disabled) although DICE has said they are working it with Nvidia and plan to have it fixed for release date in October. I am so glad I don't have MGPU issues any more.