So I am a bit late to the party since I was also upgrading my whole system anyways, got this one
https://www.amazon.com/ROG-STRIX-GT...5466763&sr=8-2&keywords=asus+strix+gtx+1080ti, did not get the chance so far to push this though.
Nice choice. Also, did you upgrade your rig recently with the 6800K? I recently got one as well.
My mobo has killer nic too but also Intel so I just use Intel. What problem does the killer network card have? I only used it once and that was because I accidentally plugged the Ethernet cord in the second port.I had the same issue with the killer NIC in my previous MSI motherboard as well, so now I am sticking with Intel NICs.
My mobo has killer nic too but also Intel so I just use Intel. What problem does the killer network card have? I only used it once and that was because I accidentally plugged the Ethernet cord in the second port.
That's good to know, I haven't ran into issues with the killer card or software wasting my memory. I think the bios may have an option to turn off just the killer nic..I think.As for my Windows dilemma above, I did figure out a simpler fix that I feel a bit silly for not thinking about before. I stole the headless display from my NUC and installed it on the PC, and it seems to work. (The NUC needs the headless display as remote desktop just gives me a black screen when the monitor is off without the headless display.) The only downside is that I have an invisible display that -- even though I put it at the top right corner -- I still lose my mouse up there from time to time. I need to create a macro key to reset my mouse position. I'll probably just hold off and wait until the inevitable GTX 2080 to get a card with DVI... if it has one.
So, the last problem that I need to fix seems to have been introduced with the Creators Update. Now, when my monitors turn off (go to sleep), the backlight sometimes doesn't turn off. I'm not sure if the graphics drivers have any sort of control over this or anything like that. I did see that there was the new driver release yesterday, so I'll have to try that.
I don't know if it was the cause of some of the BSODs that I've suffered, but the driver/software has had memory leaks twice so far. I didn't even notice until I wondered why my computer felt so sluggish, and I looked at Task Manager to see myself at 99% memory usage. If you want to avoid messing with it, you can usually turn off built-in devices (including NICs) in the BIOS. I could've just done that and installed a network card, but I decided against it. I can say that I have noticed far better transfer speeds when uploading files to my server. With the Killer NIC, I rarely had uniform speed. Even though my system and network could handle what I've always seen as the max on Gigabit (112MB/s), it wasn't common to see it transfer around 30-50MB/s for no apparent reason. After swapping, I usually get a consistent 112MB/s.
Thanks man! The 1080 ti is a beast. Pushes my 3440x1440 ultrawide nicely. The old Sandy Bridge is getting a little long in the tooth. I have my eyes on the new 7820x.Nice setup man, grats
Yeah it is, I got my 1080Ti recently as well but I game at 1440P . The 4.8Ghz sandy is no slouch though and can easily hang with the big boys most of the time.Thanks man! The 1080 ti is a beast. Pushes my 3440x1440 ultrawide nicely. The old Sandy Bridge is getting a little long in the tooth. I have my eyes on the new 7820x.
Yeah ahh... about thatKeeping 980ti till next gen
...most people say the ftw3 is quite loud.
Honestly I think all the noise I hear is my CPU AIO kicking in. The corsair fans on the radiator sound like jet engines.cool cool, I'll run some benchies when I'm back home next week...according to gamers nexus strix is the quietest, but they are priced too high (for me) in Australia
So, I was able to get higher clocks in this bench but 24/7 stable in other's, firestrike in particular, and games I had to leave it here. I'm not into the whole benching thing just gaming. Lower temps allow it to hold 2050, the small amount of throttling/fluctuating makes virtually no difference in games. btw nice rigMy FTW3 is very quiet...much quieter and cooler than my 1080 ti SC. I ran a Superposition stress test today. With a custom fan curve, a little overclock (2012MHz) after thirty minutes the max temp was 69* and the highest the fans ran were 68%. At that speed the card is virtually silent.
That MSI looks great in your setup. I have heard they are also very quiet.
I ended up buying a FTW3
Hm, I may have to do some work in my case. If the GPU is working quite a bit (high utilization), the card reaches some pretty steamy temps of around 83-84C pretty easily. (It'll just gradually rise.) I've already got 3 intake fans in my Fractal Design Define R5, so I added two more exhaust fans to see if that would help. I let Overwatch sit on the main menu, which sits there at 300 FPS the entire time letting the GPU crank out frames as fast as possible, and it still hits 83-84C.
At this point, I've only got two things I might try. First, my PC is in a room downstairs where that area has no dedicated thermostat, which means that room will heat up yet there's no cooling compensation. Combine that with the fact that there's a mini fridge in the room near the PC, it's not exactly the best environment for cooling. Although, I never had this problem with my 1080. It was just a normal EVGA 1080 SC, and it hit maybe around 70C. I'm thinking about swapping the case fans to some more aggressive Noctua fans to increase air flow.
Are all three fans working, some people had only two and the fix was completely uninstall precisionx, delete folders, then reinstall. Someone else rma the card because of two fans only
Well I'm not sure exactly, just remember skim reading it somewhere. If all fans are working in precision I'd assume they're all working physically. From what I've read about the ftw3 I'd ramp up fan 3 (power fan?) higher since most of the heat pipes are in that fin stack, apparently the gpu fan (1?) runs the highest on auto. If you are already running manually then forget about that.Hm, I haven't heard of that, but I'll check that out tonight. Do they have to visibly inspect the card, or does it reflect the inoperable fan in Precision OCX?
I was actually able to sort of mitigate the heat problems by gating my framerate in Overwatch. I originally had it unlimited (300 FPS), which wasn't an issue on the main menu, and in game, it would usually hit around 220+. So, I just set it to monitor limited (144Hz), and it usually sticks around 155 FPS. It does eventually heat up, but I don't think I've seen it cross 80C yet.
Well I'm not sure exactly, just remember skim reading it somewhere. If all fans are working in precision I'd assume they're all working physically. From what I've read about the ftw3 I'd ramp up fan 3 (power fan?) higher since most of the heat pipes are in that fin stack, apparently the gpu fan (1?) runs the highest on auto. If you are already running manually then forget about that.
80 does seem high for that card, maybe it is just your ambient or case flow