I personally think SLI is coming to a dead end in few years time. When developers embraces DX12/vulcan pool gpu allocation.  Nvidia quick to realize this.

More updates on the GTX 1060:





- shorter PCB
- a proper placed 6-pin power connector, finally
- no SLI support

That's how a leak turned into a raging flood, the NVIDIA style.

http://www.tech-critter.com/2016/07/nvidia...0-founders.html

Next up, the PCB is shorter than the card itself, and NVIDIA's unique new reference-cooler makes the card about 50% longer than its PCB. NVIDIA listened to feedback about shorter PCBs pushing power connectors towards the middle of the cards; and innovated a unique design, in which the card's sole 6-pin PCIe power connector is located where you want it (towards the end), and internal high-current wires are soldered to the PCB. Neato? Think again. What if you want to change the cooler, or maybe use a water-block? Prepare to deal with six insulated wires sticking out of somewhere in the PCB, and running into that PCIe power receptacle.

If it's RM1300 then AMD will have to lower RX480's price
Yeah I think the no-SLi on this is not an issue.

any opinions?

an asus strix oc is 400+ difference.... only for 10% performance gain....

considering all the marked up prices i may just go with the FE since ironically it's cheaper.... but is this is good price compared to whats available :/ ?

just spotted this
http://www.ocdrift.com/review-palit-geforc...ium-edition/12/

basically more performance than FE and cheaper too. but i don't know if there is any compatible waterblocks for it 
other msrp prices i saw for malaysia
http://www.tech-critter.com/2016/06/asus-r...s-malaysia.html
Price gauge

palit aib oc (better performance than FE) < founder edition (smaller size which fits better in smaller cases? also uses a blower fan) < asus strix oc (best oc performance, also compatible with third party waterblocks but cost the most)

leaks spreading like wildfire lol. we now have an alleged leaked 3dmark result for GTX 1060:

http://www.tech-critter.com/2016/07/nvidia...060-3dmark.html

RX 480 CFX beats GTX 1080 FE.
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/7770/amd...0-4k/index.html

Let's discuss.

Double the number of RX480 = double the risk of "fire hazard" to your mobo  ...joking

I still prefer to operate a single GPU instead of SLI/XF

I dont think so there will be 1080ti going to exist. The next card should be 1080 titan. Which is going to be much more powerful than 1080. The Teraflops is like about half more and price going to be 999usd Prepare your cash as it's going to cost over 5k when it hits bolehland.

NVIDIA is preparing to launch its flagship graphics card based on the "Pascal" architecture, the so-called GeForce GTX TITAN P, at the 2016 Gamescom, held in Cologne, Germany, between 17-21 August. The card is expected to be based on the GP100 silicon, and could likely come in two variants - 16 GB and 12 GB. The two differ by memory bus width besides memory size. The 16 GB variant could feature four HBM2 stacks over a 4096-bit memory bus; while the 12 GB variant could feature three HBM2 stacks, and a 3072-bit bus. This approach by NVIDIA is identical to the way it carved out Tesla P100-based PCIe accelerators, based on this ASIC. The cards' TDP could be rated between 300-375W, drawing power from two 8-pin PCIe power connectors.

The GP100 and GTX TITAN P isn't the only high-end graphics card lineup targeted at gamers and PC enthusiasts, NVIDIA is also working the GP102 silicon, positioned between the GP104 and the GP100. This chip could lack FP64 CUDA cores found on the GP100 silicon, and feature up to 3,840 CUDA cores of the same kind found on the GP104. The GP102 is also expected to feature simpler 384-bit GDDR5X memory. NVIDIA could base the GTX 1080 Ti on this chip.

R9 Fury X, of which I dislike much.

NVIDIA is working on a fix to allow the HTC Vive to be connected to the GeForce GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 over DisplayPort. The HTC Vive apparently has the choice between HDMI and Mini DisplayPort, but the headset will not be identified when connected over that connection. Currently, the two workarounds are to connect the HTC Vive over HDMI, or use a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter if your card's HDMI output is already occupied.

btw driver 368.69 is up

MSI 1080 FE seems to be the cheapest FE?  Thinking of getting this and do some ghetto mods like GN Hybrid.

Seems like 1080 custom design, even with extra 6 pin and badass vrm, is not alot better in terms of overclocking from the FE.  Plus I hate those custom huge PCB.

where can i buy an asus strix oc ? msrp ;/

saw alrdy

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asus_...0_review,9.html

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b3610/asu...-1080-gaming-oc

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-...aura-rgb-oc/24/

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/06/27/...eo_card_review/
where to buy  i checked at shop no stock

My initial plan is to carryover my current Universal GPU block to 1080. I've found out that the VRM heatsink is separate unit in the FE card. Thats a good news for me. Thus the idea of doing the same thing like what Gamer Nexus did.

The thing with FE, is the price.  And I really don't need those fat heatsink of AIB.  Maybe i just like things to follow reference and standard.

So what's the difference between the 249 and 299 versions?

Can't blame them though since their earlier FEs actually sell. So why not for this too when people are gonna get it anyway