What is the most important thing to look for in a 1080? Or any GPU for that matter. I see from the selections they vary in price but they also vary in MHz and Boost MHz. What the most important thing when it comes to the Oculus as I am going to buy one and drop kick my 390 as it sucks. I'm not really clued up on GPU's, I am a mechanical guy. Electronics etc pass me by unless its control systems and g-code. I tended to just buy whatever had the most Gb but I appreciate this might be the wrong move. Ta.
Which 1080?
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Asus if you want dual hdmi outputs?
LOL - you are following the exact same hardware upgrade path that I did. First get the Oculus, then get blown away by the VR experience, then start thinking "hmmm, perhaps I can justify spending £600 on a graphics card after all" 
Here's my exact same thread ...
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/304028-Which-GTX-1080
Edit: actually well worth reading the entire thread, I just skimmed it and I'd forgotten what great advice I received from the community here (and also what a minefield it can be with all the different GPU models and variants thereof).
I ended up getting this bad boy (which absolutely rocks!).
Here's my exact same thread ...
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/304028-Which-GTX-1080
Edit: actually well worth reading the entire thread, I just skimmed it and I'd forgotten what great advice I received from the community here (and also what a minefield it can be with all the different GPU models and variants thereof).
I ended up getting this bad boy (which absolutely rocks!).
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Lol Alec, my visa can take the hit. Ive just paid a whack off, so I can justify putting a whack back on.
Guess which one I just pressed the button on....lol...^^
Nice
P.S. did you read the stuff in the other thread about the 3 different variants of that card? (8G vs. 08G vs. A8G)
performance will be pretty similar across the 1080's. I upgraded from an Asus 980 to a Palit 1080 Premium Edition. I was surprised how much less noise the fans of the Palit make.
The Palit is overclocked out of the box and I pushed it even further to boost @2050Mhz. I love this card (but not how it looks).
The Palit is overclocked out of the box and I pushed it even further to boost @2050Mhz. I love this card (but not how it looks).
OT but I am kinda disapointed in in the difference from now, 2017 and a GTX 1080 with Rift CV1 comapired to 2014 when I tried ED beta with DK2 on a old graphics card. It is way better yes, relativly low super sampling, and not high enough res. We just have not come that far in regards to optimalization on ED.
Dont get me wrong commanders, I love ED in VR, but back in 2014 I though it would look way better 2 years later.
ANYWAY, I drift. CONGRATS on the new hardware commander! May the frames be high and the temps stay low. o7
Dont get me wrong commanders, I love ED in VR, but back in 2014 I though it would look way better 2 years later.
ANYWAY, I drift. CONGRATS on the new hardware commander! May the frames be high and the temps stay low. o7
Thanks all. The old 390 hammers along making so much fan noise, its a bit wearisome and as someone else mentioned behaves like having another room heater. Its performance I'd rate as adequate but noisy, hot and low fps. If my PC wasnt sat on my desk next to my monitor it mightve been less of a problem.
Incidentally (and possibly a bit late now), these cards are BIG. I trust you measured your case, unlike a fellow I saw with a hacksaw on the facebook group recently and unlike this poor chap ...
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/49881-New-gfx-card-won-t-fit-case
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/49881-New-gfx-card-won-t-fit-case
Yep, gotta get my Dremel out. Tis 5mm too wide. Will commit to surgery tomorrow in natural daylight. Have emptied case and masked up the mobo. Don't want to disturb that as its on a water block and I can't find my silver heat paste, so i've masked it up from any swarf and give it a good hoover out before I re-install all the other stuff. Gives me a chance to have a nice tidy up too.
I got the 1080FE edition because i couldnt wait.. my rift was in the post ^_^ A few things i will say, this card has NEVER crashed once, in any game. Its quiet and runs 2020/5500 overclocked @ 76c for hours on end. Been following the Nvidia forums since release and most of the problems are coming from non reference cards Which ever 1080 you buy, im sure you'll be more than happy with the purchase. One hell of a card!!
Which ever 1080 you buy, im sure you'll be more than happy with the purchase. One hell of a card!!
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I couldn't wait...so I trimmed the chassis. Annoyed wifey with dremel. Hoovered case out. Reinstalled everything tidily. Fitted card. Updated all drivers. Booted ED, set everything to max, entered game...wow...thats more like it. God rays hugely reduced. Strobing gone. See you in about 6 hrs, I'm off...yippee. 1080 rocks OR.
I kinda had this issues with my Asus GTX970 when I bought the Asus Carbide 240AIR. The heat pipe made it too tall to put the lid on the case (I could live with that), but the lip on the case, and the PCB prevented you from being able to actually put the card into the slot...
Whilst . a lot of people claimed the Asus GTX1080 8g/08g/a8g would fit, they all said it was tight, and the cables would touch the case cover. I decided to just ensure all was good and bought the Gigabyte G1 gaming - fits with plenty of room to spare, and performs about as well as an 08G - though, as I've said before, the difference in 1080's is negligible.
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That's what I thought last October. I bought the 1080 in November, still no 1080Ti. they won't release it until AMD drop their cards. I've got games to play...
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I only needed to take a bit out of the HDD mount frame in my case. I have no issues with its size anywhere else. I only have 1 SSD and 1 HDD so I don't need the top bit. It is noticeably quieter when I use ED. The 390 used to rank up the fan noise as soon as i started it. This just seems to stay constant.
I may w/c it at a later date as I have an XSPC pump and block on my cpu as its o\c'd.
I'd liked to have been afforded the time to wait, but I bought the OR for ED specifically and the 390 just wasn't up to the job. The 1080 has satisfied my fussiness so its money well spent. As far as I can tell, this would be min spec for ED & OR. Its so much nicer.
My PC is now good enough for 2 yrs in all departments.
I may w/c it at a later date as I have an XSPC pump and block on my cpu as its o\c'd.
I'd liked to have been afforded the time to wait, but I bought the OR for ED specifically and the 390 just wasn't up to the job. The 1080 has satisfied my fussiness so its money well spent. As far as I can tell, this would be min spec for ED & OR. Its so much nicer.
My PC is now good enough for 2 yrs in all departments.
Asus Strix for the win. Easy factory OC as well with Asus GPU Tweak 2.