EVGA 1080ti FE with ek waterblock or 1080ti EVGA FTW3 with ek waterblock?

corndog1836 · May 4, 2017

the title says it all ..which one do I get.. I LIKE THE DUAL BIOS OF THE FTW3, but, I believe it will not help me beings its a pascal card...I cant shake this feeling that the FTW3 MAY give me alittle more overclocking head room., I hear it has a 130% power target which I also believe COULD help with keeping stable high overclocks.... .... FE =$699 FTW3=$779....I will put an EK waterblock on either of these models....I keep hoping that the FTW3 will be better in the long run because EVGA forum may pout out another BIOS later in the cards life that I can flash to the secondary BIOS..... IS THIS A PIPE DREAM WITH PASCAL CARDS? if so, I will pull the trigger on the FE Card and complete my new custom water loop... please see rig in signature section for specs...

Dark Lord of Tech · May 4, 2017

FTW would be my choice.

corndog1836 · May 4, 2017

that's the way I am leaning HARD... i don't why tho... I do realize pascal is held back by nvidea voltage limits but i feel like i will get a better card outta the FTW3. i have two 780ti classifieds in SLI at the moment. I miss the overvolting days of older cards!!!!

corndog1836 · May 4, 2017

could you please ELABORATE...

Dark Lord of Tech · May 4, 2017

I just feel they have more potential , have owned a couple of them in the past.

corndog1836 · May 4, 2017

thank you for the swift reply.....i have been waiting for the ftw with my finger on the trigger anyway..

Dark Lord of Tech · May 4, 2017

Great Card you can't go wrong.

rcald2000 · May 4, 2017

Personally, I like the simplicity of a closed loop system.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC2 HYBRID GAMING, 11G-P4-6598-KR
$809.99
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487346

corndog1836 · May 4, 2017

rcald2000 :

nah man... going with custom loop. thanks anyway... 2x 360mm rads, d5 pump, 6 red LED high static fans,150mm res and red tubing, ROG vcolors.... its gonna be sweet!!!!. i will be close to ambient and can be put in new build when 4790k no longer suits my needs

rcald2000 · May 4, 2017

No worries. I tried to bring you over to the dark side.

corndog1836 · May 4, 2017

rcald2000 :

in waiting for a meaningful cpu upgrade i decided to keep my 4790k and do a custom loop to cure the upgrade itch...

rcald2000 · May 4, 2017

The i7-4790K is one of my favorites. It's the last consumer CPU Intel released, before Mister Softee started dictating which OS you're allowed to install.

corndog1836 · May 4, 2017

rcald2000 :

going with evga 1080ti ftw3 and 4790k @4.7ghz. water cool mobo, gpu, and cpu.... just couldn't decide on FE or FTW3. i already killed the idea of SLI as i am gaming on PG278Q 1440p 144mhz stil.... i will save that money for new cpu,mobo, and ram when new HEDT or better enthusiastists cpus are released later this year (kabby lake x or skylake x, Basin falls platform) cpus are released and possibly go 4k with SLi(we shall see)...for now 1080ti ftw3(water cooled and 4790k overclocked and water cooled will do for the next year or so at 1440P...so you see my upgrade path and why i choose custom water loop will mainly be for silent gaming and possible SLI on HEDT overclocked build in the future

corndog1836 · May 11, 2017

I just ordered the FTW3 from newegg cause they are in stock at the moment!!!!

THANKS AGAIN!!!!

corndog1836 · May 23, 2017

Got it.. i am playing doom arcade dlc at 200fps 1440p nightmare settings. Cant wait to water cool . I am stable at 1974mhz at 67c. I cam get to 2050 if temp would stay below 40c. Hurry up EK.

rcald2000 · May 23, 2017

Interesting piece of Doom 2016 trivia: The reason why you're only experiencing 200 FPS is because the development engine has a design flaw that only allows up to 200 FPS. Btw, I'm dying to know your temps and minimum FPS with the 1080 Ti under water.

corndog1836 · May 25, 2017

I will get back to rcald2000 when i get the waterblock in early june

corndog1836 · Jul 23, 2017

Well I have the EK waterblock, and the custom Loop is all installed, and I get 2025mhz Rock Solid in all games and benchmarking software highest temp is 38° C underwater

EVGA 1080ti FE with ek waterblock or 1080ti EVGA FTW3 with ek waterblock?

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