GTX 1080 Hybrid cooling guide

Copied over from my thread at OCN...

Tools

1. Hex screw 2mm
2. Flatnose plier
3. Vary size of philips screwdriver, small flathead screwdriver
4. Tweezer

1. Remove all hex screw on faceplate

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2. Remove I/O

Note that the bracket is held onto the PCB by two extra screw on the backplate.
Use flat nose plier to remove the DVI pegs
Remove cooler shroud, remove cooler itself (4 screw on back)
Remove cooler front shroud (LED part) -> this has 4 tiny philips screw

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3. Use tweezer to remove fan cable
Remove fan cable from card
Connect CLC cable to card
Connect fan cable to CLC splitter

I would recommend routing the CLC cable trough this hole in shroud (first pic)

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Is now finish













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Temp not exceed 50c when firestrike, 120% power limit, +200/+200. I wait for custom bios to unlock full potential!
Benchmark with OC (3rd run) -> http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/8597249/fs/8597350/fs/8597452

 

It's crazy how blown out of proportion all the reviews are over the 1080. Impressive cooling, though.

Here's my overclocked 980 Ti: GPU Score 21801

Let me know if you're able to overclock it any further. If the GPU scores are this close, I see no reason for me to upgrade until maybe the 1080 Ti releases!

 

For people with the 980 Ti, it really doesn't make sense to get the 1080. There isn't enough of a performance gap to justify the money when the 1080 Ti will be coming and take on Vega.

 

I agree. My everyday overclock of 1450mhz with my 980ti hybrid was only 5% slower than most of 1080 overclocks.
Either way that kind of power was perfect for 1080p 120hz + gaming. So I'm hoping we get close enough to that with this release of Pascal as I return back to mobile land.

 

1. The 980Ti devaluates really fast
2. Nvidia gimps the old generation performance\


Few days ago I was able to break the 101 position in firestrike and landed on #57 on the hall of fame for 1x GPU: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8768084
GPU score 24191


My Titan X: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8530286
GPU score 21500

 

1. That's true with most new cards. But performance being metric rather than market value there's nothing to be excited about.

2. Yes. They'll gimp it by overloading games with tessellation in Game works ( @D2 Ultima) and we all get sucked in for another round (me included).

Not saying you're wrong for upgrading by the way. You have your own reasons which work for you and you don't have to justify it to anyone.
It's good you've got a hybrid on that sucker making it somewhat worthwhile

 

I know, and I'll upgrade to a 1080Ti when the time comes :3

Got 600$ store credit on the card anyways so no worries there.

 

I expect 1080ti on water to be a knock out card.

 

Your RAM is making me drool... 2400MHz 11-11-11-24... and DDR4 in quad channel to boot.

 

I sold my 980 Ti for the same reason Mobius 1 stated. The 980 Ti has already devalued so heavily and will only continue to go the dumps as more 1070 are released and/or the market even has some used cards available driving prices of used 980 Ti further down. The 1070 has been shown to be faster than the 980 Ti and will only get worse with driver improvements and 980 Ti gimps.

I figure I spent 200$ and change on a 1080 aftermarket card, and will be able to sell it at a decent price when the time comes and again upgrade to a 1080 Ti. I guess it really depends on how much discretionary income you have available.

 

And there it is, finally the major price cuts have begun. Supply should quickly dry up at those prices.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...TMATCH&Description=gtx+980+ti&N=-1&isNodeId=1

https://www.techpowerup.com/223432/nvidia-cuts-prices-of-gtx-980-ti-gtx-980-and-gtx-970

A brand new 980 Ti for as little as $369.00 (now sold out) In a few months I see these cards being worth $300 used at most. The brand new 1080 Ti will probably cost $650-750, so the upgrade will be around $400, maybe more if the cards devalue even more by that time. I should be able to sell my 1080 for at least $500 if prices hold up and I sell early enough. Total cost of keeping the king card until the 1080 Ti drops will have been around $400 for me. After thinking about it, it really made no sense to hang onto the older card.

 

I can probably run it higiher than 2400, haven't experimented / invested time in doing that.