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MSI GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X Owner's Thread.

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So I just upgraded to this beast of a card from its predecessor the MSI 980 Ti Gaming and thought why not start its official thread. After all the 980 Ti Gaming was a powerful card and had much love here with modded BIOS and such.

Price I paid: £680

MSI Official Link: https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1080-Ti-GAMING-X-11G.html#hero-overview



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The card pretty much stands its ground against other custom 1080Tis and in my opinion is THE best looking, just like the 980 Ti gaming was.

Looking froward to seeing clock speeds from other owners and maybe we can get some modded BIOS to push it to its limite.

Chime in and let the games begin!
 
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#2 ·
this is the card i purchased. Was upgrading from a founders edition 1070 gtx. I only just got my pc a year ago so this was my first time swapping anything out. Thanks to sites like these thought i was well prepared before hand and everything went perfectly fine. My temps are much better now i get around 50-60 c as with my 1070 i was getting high 60 low 70. I get +100 core +500 memory on the overclock. I get a steady 2025-2050 mhz while playing.

I do really want that evga hybrid though haha i guess ill have to wait til my next upgrade to opt for one of those.
 
#3 ·
Just got mine yesterday, upgraded from GTX 780 Ti SLI. Not had much of a chance to play with it yet, but out of the box the boost clocks go to 1962 MHz, so not too shabby!

One thing though, no matter how stressed the card is, in GPU-Z (1.20.0) it shows the card always running at x 8 speeds, even though it is in the fist x 16 slot on my motherboard (Asus Z270 Prime-A). All BIOS settings are at Gen 3, there seems to be no option to force x 16 specifically - anyone else have this?
 
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Interested in how peoples impressions of this card have been. Thinking about ordering one tomorrow.
I haven't had a chance to try overclocking yet, but this is one of the most well built cards I have ever had; it is a beast both in terms of power, and size and weight! One thing I had not picked up on from reviews was the fact that the fans only start to spin up once it gets over 50C, so for desktop use it is just passively cooled, and therefore utterly silent. Even when the fans spin up I can't hear the over my undervolted case fans.
My only issue is that under load there is a fair amount of coil whine, but when I'm gaming I can't hear it over my speakers anyway
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Got mine a few days ago from Micro Center. Paid $740 ($420 from 1070 return) + $80 warranty. Ran great out of the box, but decided to OC anyways. Got to +100/+500 easy. Hasn't broken 69C yet. Played Titanfall 2, Prey, Dishonored 2, RoTR, Watch Dogs 2. The card is pretty silent. The Gigabyte G1 1070 Mini was pretty quiet, but this card is way more powerful and even quieter. I love it!

 
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I got the MSI GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X which replaced my MSI GTX 1080 GAMING X which replaced my 2 MSI GTX 980 GAMING which replaced my 2 MSI GTX 780 GAMING which replaced my 2 MSI GTX 660 Ti's. I've NEVER had an issue with an MSI graphic card and the 1080 Ti is, like all my previous MSI cards, a solid purchase.

I'm able to get the same overclocks as you guys are really easily and keeping temps low with a semi-aggressive fan curve with Afterburner. Although. I keep my Memory at +350 as I don't see a noticeable difference between that and +500. This card is a beast! And I'm sure it'll get even as the drivers mature for it.

 
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How's the coil whine with your cards guys ?
Mine is dead silent. Really, don't hear it at all. I had a FTW3 on preorder, and the day before it was supposed to ship, I cancelled and got this once i read reviews about how loud the FTW3 is. I read a couple reviews that said this one is quiet , and they weren't kidding (very glad I switched my order).
 
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Mine is dead silent. Really, don't hear it at all. I had a FTW3 on preorder, and the day before it was supposed to ship, I cancelled and got this once i read reviews about how loud the FTW3 is. I read a couple reviews that said this one is quiet , and they weren't kidding (very glad I switched my order).
I found it on promotion for 671€ without tax (I can write it as business expense) the strix in comparison is 730€, guess it's a no brainier.. will try this card then, hope no coil whine
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I found it on promotion for 671€ without tax (I can write it as business expense) the strix in comparison is 730€, guess it's a no brainier.. will try this card then, hope no coil whine
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I actually switched from Asus Strix OC to MSI Gaming X. Strix was getting too hot and very noisy, it was a poor overclocker as well. My Gaming X is much better: cheaper, very quiet in comparison to Strix and also a bit cooler. It is performing a bit better as well, so win, win, win, win
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BTW has anyone here tried to set up a voltage curve, to lock voltage at 1V or lower (to keep stable clocks and consistent FPS)?
 
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Originally Posted by MrALLroy View Post

I got the MSI GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X which replaced my MSI GTX 1080 GAMING X which replaced my 2 MSI GTX 980 GAMING which replaced my 2 MSI GTX 780 GAMING which replaced my 2 MSI GTX 660 Ti's. I've NEVER had an issue with an MSI graphic card and the 1080 Ti is, like all my previous MSI cards, a solid purchase.

I'm able to get the same overclocks as you guys are really easily and keeping temps low with a semi-aggressive fan curve with Afterburner. Although. I keep my Memory at +350 as I don't see a noticeable difference between that and +500. This card is a beast! And I'm sure it'll get even as the drivers mature for it.

At first I thought +100 on core was stable but unfortunately crashes in some games. So I am settling for +75 for now
 
#24 ·
So as you guys know I sold off my Aorus as I will be SLI down the road soon. I was going to get the Asus Strix OC but decided to get the MSI Gaming X instead as it looks great for my build as much as many would disagree with how it looks.

I would say I've got a better binned chip than even my previous Aorus as I can hit 2,075Mhz with voltage. My previous Aorus could only max out at 2,050Mhz. The MSI Gaming X is a much more compact card and there is no sag at all as it's shorter than even the Asus. I'm actually not even using my GPU stand and it's just collecting dust now.

The card also is quieter than the Aorus at 100% fan speed. Yes, the difference is noticeable and it runs slightly cooler than the Aorus too. One thing I feel that the Asus and MSI design gets right with their cards is that the memory section is being cooled by a midplate between the cooler and the PCB board. This also structurally prevents much sag also unlike the Aorus which is just a huge copper block cooling both memory and GPU.

I have played around with the card extensively for a couple of days and this is my best run with the card. I have a 140mm ML140 Corsair fan that blows into the fins of the backplate and that helps with cooling alot. Look below for my run with Timespy.

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Full image here : http://i67.tinypic.com/e02xwx.png

Basically, I'm at +101Mhz for core and +360Mhz for memory. Can go higher for memory but GDDR5X loosens timing as you go higher and your scores remain the same or become less and I find around +350Mhz gives the best results for memory. Core max is +101 with +100% voltage in afterburner. If I don't utilise voltage at all, my max overclock would be +95Mhz for the core and will boost to 2,062.5Mhz only. Memory remains the same at +360Mhz.

Also,I've maxed out this card as it's already hitting the max 1.093V which is the max Pascal GP102 is allowed to run by Nvidia. I will never use this settings for 24/7 and only for benches. Regular 24/7 I'll just max out power limit and thermal limit and let GPU boost handle everything as what some of you have mentioned. I'll use my more aggressive fan curve to keep my boost clocks more or less linear as temps will be much more controlled.

I don't mind the slightly more audible noise as these fans are double bearing fans and they are so much more efficient at >80%. Basically it's set to run at 100% above 60 degrees and trust me, these torx fans on the MSI is seriously quiet. At least to me cause my Aorus was noticeably louder. There is a slight coil whine during Timespy but it is hardly audible unless you concentrate and place your ears near the card.

So for those looking for an alternative between the usual brands, I'd say MSI is a very good consideration. The card works flawlessly, software is tip top from MSI Gaming app to Afterburner.
 
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At first I thought +100 on core was stable but unfortunately crashes in some games. So I am settling for +75 for now
Exactly the same for me. But you can try 90-95Mhz and see if it works.
Mine works great on +95 Mhz Core and +350 Mhz Memory without any voltage.
I initially tried 100 Mhz Core and it crashed during Timespy. You can only hit 100 and beyond with voltage at least for me and possibly you.
Unless you are really golden on Silicon Lottery.
 
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Exactly the same for me. But you can try 90-95Mhz and see if it works.
Mine works great on +95 Mhz Core and +350 Mhz Memory without any voltage.
I initially tried 100 Mhz Core and it crashed during Timespy. You can only hit 100 and beyond with voltage at least for me and possibly you.
Unless you are really golden on Silicon Lottery.
Mine does 110 on the core stable with no voltage, that is not to brag. Just a data point. I don't overclock mine at all in every day use. I also don't really care about benchmark scores, I just overclocked it the first couple of days I had it, to see where it would go.

I have been toying with the idea of getting another one for SLI, but I really like how quiet my pc is with only one in it. I am also pretty happy with the gsync monitor, and I kind of think that defeats the need for SLI, not sure though so I am really on the fence. Anyone have two of these, and can say how the noise and temps are?
 
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