Monday, May 30th 2016
GIGABYTE GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Detailed Some More
GIGABYTE launched its GeForce GTX 1080 lineup with just two cards, the reference Founders Edition card, and the GTX 1080 G.1 Gaming, targeted at people who use their graphics cards for gaming. The GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming, which was teased in older articles, however, was missing in action. It turns out that GIGABYTE wants to give this card some Computex fame before it hits the shelves as the company's flagship GTX 1080 offering (for now).
The GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming is every bit as high-end and 'muscular' as described in our older article, but it turns out that GIGABYTE has made some major value additions. To begin with, the card will feature two front-facing HDMI ports, in addition to the one present on the rear bracket. An extended VR-link bracket lets you wire these ports out for additional HDMI ports, for your VR gear. The idea here is to let you plug in multiple HMDs to your machine, if it has enough compute power for multiple players in your game. The card also includes a more convenient 5.25-inch front-panel (if your case has them), with two HDMI ports, and two USB 3.0 ports that wire out from the motherboard's USB 3.0 front-panel header. Sadly, HMDs aren't plug-and-play, and you need to reboot your machine for your graphics card to detect and auto-configure them. The retail version of this card ships with a back-plate.
The GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming is every bit as high-end and 'muscular' as described in our older article, but it turns out that GIGABYTE has made some major value additions. To begin with, the card will feature two front-facing HDMI ports, in addition to the one present on the rear bracket. An extended VR-link bracket lets you wire these ports out for additional HDMI ports, for your VR gear. The idea here is to let you plug in multiple HMDs to your machine, if it has enough compute power for multiple players in your game. The card also includes a more convenient 5.25-inch front-panel (if your case has them), with two HDMI ports, and two USB 3.0 ports that wire out from the motherboard's USB 3.0 front-panel header. Sadly, HMDs aren't plug-and-play, and you need to reboot your machine for your graphics card to detect and auto-configure them. The retail version of this card ships with a back-plate.
71 Comments on GIGABYTE GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Detailed Some More
In other news i personally like the card alot
Regards,
just keep looking at computex coverageI'll check tomorrow and let you guys know
But it's cool to engage with the community so it's worth it
You would be welcome to post there as well.
Now I need to contemplate on if I want two of them to replace my SLI 780's. The Maximus Hero VII, I believe, has three slots in between so I should be able to squeeze them in. I need to check it to make sure.
I can only imagine the stress you had when you saw the picture online.
I really enjoy Gigabyte products, though if they don't make a Waterforce version of this card (or the TI), I won't be going back to them, as they have nothing to offer otherwise.
Looks like a decent liquid cooled card and I spotted a very nice case.
i like the cases, would like to see moar!
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There's more pictures facebook.com/gigabyteXGUK
also the jackets... i would like to have one,
Gigabyte-Gaming rep - I'd be happy if you reported this to the designers for the new Waterforce product(s):
What this means is that you were expected to mount the radiator to the case. The fan would draw air from within the case (warmer air) and push it into the radiator. I was able to reverse this by separating the fan and radiator, then turning the fan to the other side and then mounting the radiator to fan to the case, pulling air from the outside. In order to achieve this though, I had to take apart the card's cover, and wiggle loose the fan cable as it was too short.
- Make the fan a standard three pin or if nothing else a standard two pin, so they can be replaced if they fail or are simply not up to customer's requirements. The idea of having to ship back a £650 GPU because the fan failed (and is bespoke, soldered) is ridiculous and any accidents in shipping, repairs or returns is entirely unnecessary.
- Make the fan cable longer
- Find 15% more cooling performance, and with reduced noise output. Even at 50% fan, 120mm gets noisy. 140mm should fix it.
Ever considered partnering up with a liquid cooling block manufacturer like EK? You could bundle their blocks with your cards.Reversing this would be blowing the warmed air from the radiator in to the case. :slap: