EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 iCX GPU Review

Following some well reported issues with their GTX 1080 EVGA have returned to the fray with probably the most robust GTX 1080 Ti you're likely to find.
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[@amaya_doggie]

EVGA customer support was amazing with my 1080 FTW card, they made me a customer for life.

[@JsGarage]

I miss their lifetime warranty :( RIP

[@soaphelps]

i had an 8800 melt to my mobo when my water loop leaked so i sent it into them with part of my mobo hooked to it and i got an 8800 ultra as a replacement. not sure how the service is now but if i ever go back to nvidia it will be evga all the way.

[@rcald-gz5jd]

*TinyTomLogan* Exquisite work, as always. First class review.

[@Cagefighter]

Bought one and arrives today! Can't wait

[@JohnJonesRocketCity]

Ur reviews rock

[@moesokolji1577]

Great review Tom. As Im a Huge EVGA fanboy. Hope You do a 1080TI Classified versison review when it comes out. Keep up the great reviews love the channel.

[@newsama]

Got my SC2 last week, it kicks ass. I just ordered the Power Link because of this video, awesome review!

[@blindenergy6694]

Hi, i'm 7 years into the future and just bought a brand new 1080ti sc , my friends made fun of me for it but i think it will be worth it

[@newsama]

@@blindenergy6694 It's an amazing card, I hope it brings you as much joy playing games as mine did back then!

[@Sco77y70]

Tom , you had a rog centurion headset on the shelf , would love to here your thoughts on these. love these new evga cards, great video as usual , very detailed review :)

[@kittyrules]

5:50 I AM in heaven

[@thelonepainter4760]

Love the shirt man!!!

[@marks281172]

Came for the vid card review, subscribed for the model of the Vulcan :)

[@conan900]

Just bought one. My fifth EVGA card(I upgrade fairly often, it's not due to any failing obviously). Going back to 560ti. Their customer service is fantastic. Recently gave me a new 760 GTX when my old one in one of my systems failed after 3 years of use. No questions asked and no hassles. I also respect them for the way they handled the whole heating issue with my 1080 GTX. I don't have problems with mine, but if any arise I have no doubts they will handle them with professionalism. Goes to show that customer service and honoring warranties with no hassles nets you many loyal customers.

[@dubb9020]

how does the upgrade work with evga ? say i have a 1080 superclocked 2 icx card and trade it in through there step up program.... do i get a founders edition 1080 ti or do i get a super clocked 2 1080ti?

[@denziiey]

bought it and the 6700k today. can't wait :D

[@JourneymanJohn]

Do you know if this card is compatible with the 1080 Ti hybrid shroud? I just got this card before the new hybrid card was announced and want to throw one on there at some point

[@Irishgamer01]

FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE!!!!!!!!!!! woops that was the previous range Hope its 10% faster for 10% more money

[@VanilloBumbleboo1981]

You've watched AVGN's NES accessories video too often... : )

[@LazyBumHead123]

So im trying to change the paste on my SC2 but after removing 4 bottom screws and the 3 spring screws, the cooler still refuses to separate. Is there a screw I'm missing or am I not pulling hard enough?

[@HeadBassVTEC]

I bought the 1080 FTW2 ICX used, one of the nicer gpus definitely. Miss the old times with multiple temp sensors. Will slap EKWB on it anyway but will at least have more info how it behaves under OC.

[@shorty235z]

How is this card compared to the EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW Hybrid liquid cooling edition? Is there a huge benefit to getting the liquid cooling one over the open-air cooled? I do not think I will be overclocking mine, so wondering if hybrid would even be worth it.

[@albyg00]

So pleased to see an EVGA review from you, hope it will continue in the future with more products! I've just bought an 1080 FTW and despite all the buzz surrounding it I love it, great card! And these new cooler are wonderful, especially if you consider that everyone else has gone 2.5 slot where EVGA was able to achieve incredible temps(especially with the FTW3) remaining 2 slot! As always great review Tom, keep up the good work!

[@PhilipOConnell]

From what you just said. Is the card actually only using 2 slots, or is it using 2 and a half like the other brands? Just curious because if it is only 2 slot then that makes my decision for me. As the reason I was holding off. Was because all the others were 2 and a half slot cards and if possibleI would like to keep the 4th slot on my motherboard free.

[@albyg00]

Only 2 slot! Sorry if my English sucks xD If I may give you an advice take a look also at the FTW3 which is even better!

[@comeon9399]

liked your video, just received my sc2 today. do you happen to know what the seemingly random white lines over the warranty sticker are for? I thought it was just me, but the way those lines overlap on the warranty sticker looks awfully akin to mine. Thanks

[@fakhrimustaqim3113]

in the benchmark result it's said "EVGA GTX 1080TI ICX" does it include all the ICX series? or did all the ICX series perform the same? Sorry for bad english

[@bl4d3runn3rX]

this card looks quite impressive, thanks again Tom for this awesome review. I will buy a 1080ti soon and I will Watercool it like always, but I'm not sure which one to get. FE or MSI armor 1080ti, the founders already has a water cooler available and for the Armor the block will be released soon. does the advanced PCB of the MSI will help with overclocking or does the FE easily hit 2GHz without problems?

[@Haddley333]

13:03 You have the best teardown of the 1080tisc2 on youtube. Can you confirm that in order to access the gpu (since I need to reapply thermal paste) that it's just a matter of the 4 screws around the gpu itself and then the 3 other spring loaded screws that you pointed out at this timestamp?

[@dcdansk]

I've watched 6 (long) videos now and not one person says how loud it is at idle. Do the fans turn off at idle? Obviously, they spin while gaming but do they turn off when you're just surfing the web or working on spreadsheet? Otherwise, it was a nice video so thank you.

[@glenwootton7750]

Great video again. Great product by the looks of your tests. Hope you get some more EVGA products soon? I'm currently building my 1st Ryzen build in EVGA's DG-87 Case, which I love, although lots of people hate it. I'll be installing two EVGA 980 TI's. This card would look great in this case being gun metal grey. Any thoughts on the DG-87 Case TTL???

[@OC3D]

I am keeping in touch with them and hoping to sort you something nice out soon (waiting on a product launch)

[@soldier101000]

I have this card is 1 fan post to be on and not the other on this gpu or does the other start spinning when the temps go high?

[@leknyzma]

your camera is so good man, it looks like you are literally in front of me

[@wavewuttichai6050]

How many mm are all thermal Pads?

[@Ghettochild.2600]

I just got the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition Gaming ICX and couldn't be happier. My only complaint is the EVGA logo is right in your face and no RGB lighting. Are there any differences between these 2 other then the shroud color and RGB?

[@Demon09-_-]

How are load temps? Trying to figure out if ftw3 is even worth it

[@AldoApachi-]

Can I remove the fans without taking the whole gpu apart? My fans got noisy, I thought of maybe changing the grease on them or something

[@wincats1973]

TTL tech fanboy 4 life!!

[@scorlingonzalez9003]

would their be any noticeable difference in performance between the sc2 and the sc2 black edition .. i think that the only difference is the the sensors not the cooling

[@NikueBR]

Thermal pad size?

[@MildManNerd]

Makes you wonder why the manufactures don't just build the power atx ports on the side rather than in the front?

[@JsGarage]

Well it all started when graphics cards got long. They started putting the power on the side because of the long length and power on the end you needed a hell of a lot of case room which still holds true today. I think they should have hard jacks in both locations like some pro cards do. Although too many noob consumers would probably try to connect 4 PCIe power adapters lol.

[@har_mar1141]

they wouldnt be able to sell you a bracket to move them around the front :)

[@sinbadjr73]

BEAST

[@void9452]

does someone know.. how do i know which manufacturers make the cards(1080ti) with the least COIL WHINE in general? i have been a bit unlucky with extreme coilwhine on Evga SC2! thx guys :)

[@josephkeller101]

Brilliant review as always. Why the hell does anyone look at anyone else for this stuff. Linus, Bitwit take notes.

[@Battleneter]

The review felt a little overly focused on what most consider a relatively small issue with VRM cooling on the previous gen cooler, should have just said "issue resolved no longer a issue" job done!!

[@AlexandreNegrao]

TTL likes to talk, doesn't he? Jesus! Brillant anyway.

[@od077]

well send tom a years supply of gobstopper :D

[@Sim-633]

It's called give company lip service, notice how he hits all of evga marketing talking points.

[@Bozzyshy]

is it actually meant to be said like Tie? i always say T I and it seems so weird when it calls it a tie every time.

[@Demon09-_-]

Bozzyshy it's one of those words like aluminum people seem to have two ways of saying it and neither are wrong

[@TacticalBeard]

I have EVGAs new HYBRID 1080ti coming on Monday can't wait

[@turbobanana]

EVGA does have the 1080 Ti FTW 3 available in white as part of the elite program.

[@dylanmusselman1053]

Must I have the power link with it? I just ordered mine

[@larrywhite9552]

Epic card Tom

[@leleedler]

With you point on the power connectors, I get it but, I do computer work as a side job as it is as much a love for me as my work and I frequently have older teenagers come in saying they have their dad's 2 year old professional computer and they want me to make it be able to game. Usually these teens have more than you'd expect and putting a 1080ti in a fairly powerful Dell is easy and works but, I have had to use molex adapters to make it work a lot of the times.

[@DoctorHades]

Great review. I bought my GTX 1080 Ti SC2 direct from EVGA and it cost me €809 here in the U.K., which worked out at £706.91 according to my credit card. I thought that was a good deal as it is only £8 more than the Founder's Edition card and the SC2 has much better cooling and runs quieter. I'm absolutely delighted with it so far as someone who plays games maxed out at 2560x1440 and 60 FPS (some even at 4K using DSR or with SSAA). My last card was the GTX 1080 FTW but the Ti is definitely a noticeable improvement over that card as all my games now run at 60 FPS and I have the headroom to spare for future titles. It's an expensive card but absolutely worth it if you can afford it.

[@willalexander2013]

I found this exact card for $550 on craigslist. I suppose the guy just bought it for a youtube channel and tested it. Would you say that this card slays the GTX 980? I can get the GTX 980 for $200 , and either one would be a huge upgrade from my gtx 960. I would love your 2 cents, thank you!

[@fsdfsdfsdf5660]

60 fps ¡?.... FAil....

[@Chris-B.]

I hope we don't get anymore 1080ti reviews Tom. I have owned a custom 1080ti since day one, but even I am burnt out from watching/reading all about them now :)

[@mauricesearcy7789]

very nice video nicely done awesome gaming card

[@jessikat6692]

B&H has this on sale for $779.99 for 4th of July and it comes with The Crew Game for free! Just got mine. Almost bought it last night for $849.00 on Amazon last night and told myself to wait for 1 July to see if the price drops. Woohoo. :)

[@adamsaint2890]

I have the normal SC black version and it looks the same as this. Performs really well. What I don't understand is why they bother putting those cables in, or the driver CD? Surely no-one who buys a 1080ti needs either cable adaptors or outdated drivers and it must cost them a bit more per card to include these things?

[@UruguayOC]

Hi there ! How far they go on OC for 24/7 ? they are 1582 base clock, are they able to do 1645 base clock ? Cheers !

[@Demon09-_-]

Uruguay OC surprised no one answered you most run from 19xx range to the lucky ones will hold s stable 20xx

[@UruguayOC]

Damien Thanks Damien i got mine running 2050/6000

[@Demon09-_-]

Uruguay OC nice that's a good oc if it holds that stable under 100% load. On the memory clock on mine ended up doing better then the max I could do. It's something to do with the memory has ecc so you can push it really far but error correction will kick in and slow it down

[@UruguayOC]

Damien it's a Kingpin Edition Damien i had a good deal and took the chance. It goes 2072/6100 on Air but i'm waiting the waterblock. Check here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIfOmnd8dqd0sNk

[@Demon09-_-]

Uruguay OC I would sudjested testing around on the memory clock as the highest you can push there is not always the best

[@bradleymayer5120]

I tried to replace the thermal paste on my evga GTX 1080 ti sc2 and it didnt want to open up, did my evga 1080 ftw no problem. Had all the proper screws out but it resisted forcefully

[@corkey131]

This or the SC Black Edition?

[@biggworm6655]

Whats the memory size????

[@Silvestian]

Hey! A 520W Power supply it is good for this card? My CPU is i7 6700K. :)

[@TronTonics]

600watt min is recommended

[@glikewater4796]

Could you plug this in with a old gtx 1080 and run 2 cards on one board?

[@OC3D]

you wouldn't be able to run them as a single card in sli - you could have it running a separate screen though.

[@simohyykila6043]

I notice you do teardowns often, which I search, you might benefit if you put teardown in your titles

[@jo05dk]

I would love to buy a card from a firm like EVGA, especially seeing how they've handled the mentioned issue, but so far they haven't made a card for me. I'll stick with the really quiet cards. The Powerlink: LOVE the idea, but think they delivered half a product. Having the psu connect to the adapter inside the motherboard room, instead of behind the motherboard tray (long enough cables should ensure compatability with cases with too little room beind the motherboard tray), is moronic. Why not help people make their cases prettier? IF done properly it's a VERY cool idea, that i can't believe noone's had before now. kudos.

[@x32i77]

evga gtx 1080 ti ftw3 would be AMAIZING to see :) its 10°C cooler than the SC2 ICX from this Video :=)

[@RUFU58]

One of them awful cars that looks like they’ve reversed through Halfords....haha I know exactly what you meant by that. Good lad TTL!

[@sandwich2473]

Got to hand it to EVGA, this one probably won't burst into flames after a bit of an overclock.

[@derekmorrison1426]

For 739 dollars on B&H this cards really worth it looks gorgeous to.

[@Goldenhordemilo]

You gave this card a shing review and it pleases me that mine has used 370 watts and I intalled a 120TDP bios 2063 core and a 500 offset or about 12000mhz. I use a fan software called "FanControl"

[@Abyssic1]

i think the power connector relocation thingie is ridiculous. you're adding new points of failure and a fat chunk of plastic to your gpu just to relocate the connectors by a few cm...

[@biggworm6655]

Can you tell me the specs?????

[@radudragne4473]

i'm here

[@Gearsandco]

I have a darker gray version of this cards it's a bit weird since I never saw one on the internet

[@hyper_sam9812]

Damn, that reminds me of the Aliens universe bio mechanical design YES!!!

[@Wolfenheim89]

I have a EVGA NVIDIA GTX 1070 8GB, do you think it's worth the upgrade to the EVGA NVIDIA SC2 11GB? I recently bought the 1070 so I can return it and now that I'm paid again, I have enough to pay the extra for the SC2 11GB model. I mostly play WoW, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm. Occasionally I'll play Guild Wars 1 and 2. Elder Scrolls Online. And lately Mass Effect Andromeda, though haven't tried it out on 4k yet. I have a 55 4k tv that I plan to put it on in the following days. My processor is a 8 core AMD FX 8300 3.3 GHz if that info helps any. I have 20 GB of ram, planning to upgrade that to 32GB. Thanks and look forward to the reply! You seem very knowledgeable and look forward to the feedback!

[@OC3D]

20GB of ram, those numbers dont work out. You could upgrade to the 1080 Ti but those games are not massively demanding. What FPS are you getting now? If youre getting good FPS it might be a good idea for you to upgrade the board/cpu and memory

[@Wolfenheim89]

2 8GB sticks and a 4GB stick. FPS on ultra, with shadow and liquid detail turned to low it's only bounces between 20-28 in the broken isles, which is one of the new areas for the game that's slightly crowded at times. But in a dungeon/instance it can go up to around 40-50 fps.

[@ToothlessSnakeable]

Upgrade that FX chip to Ryzen

[@westonharby165]

that would be a cpu bottleneck.

[@twitchie2245]

Alpha Wolf holy bottleneck

[@LawrenceTimme]

Ding :D

[@dudebro27]

How much power does it pull? Would 400w be enough ? Thx

[@Jordan_Jetter]

Nope, You'll need at least an 80+ bronze rated 600w, you might scrape by with a 550 but probably not.

[@Lobos222]

The problem I have with the "fuse". Is that is seems like a "warranty shortener". Meaning you pop a fuse, you RMA the card. EVGA "fix" it by just replacing the fuse. It lasts another 6 months before it pops again, but guess what. Now its just outside the warranty. Thereby being a fuse more focused on lowering EVGA RMA cost than other... Its also a component that can incorporate planed failure. Like you see on some washing machines that have swapped out parts that should be metal with plastic. So it fails a few years earlier than it otherwise would and so on. In short, not a fan of the EVGA fuse thing.

[@johnverlint6074]

that's just utter nonsense, if the fuse pops something else would have likely blown instead.

[@johnathanassion4855]

Great review. Right now I'm still running a 1080p monitor. Over 6 years old and still running good. But when it does decide to die on me I will be making a jump to the 1440p or 4k level. I know this card will work at 1080p and I know it will be way overkill but will this card; since it's so fast, hinder my games at the 1080p level? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

[@connor040606]

John Athanassion it won't hinder your games per say. In fact your eliminating any sort of gpu bottleneck at that resolution with this card. Your CPU becomes the bottleneck here, and due to the insane power of the 1080ti, the CPU will not be able to write data as fast as the gpu. When you increase the Resolution up to 1440, majority of the load is placed on the GPU when rendering games. In fact overclocking your CPU at this resolution may have only a small impact here, where as at 1080p, a CPU overclocking would be beneficial if running a card as fast as a 1080ti.

[@johnathanassion4855]

Thanks for your insight. I think I many reconsider on getting a 1070 or 1060 instead until I jump to a 1440p monitor. And by that time, newer cards and monitors should surface.

[@connor040606]

Your Welcome. That sounds like a good idea. Either way a 1060 or 1070 will serve you well.

[@johnathanassion4855]

I guess the same thing for a pre-overclocked 1080 card?

[@dubb9020]

whats a good cheap monitor like in the 200 dollar range

[@DigitalPrime]

EVGA for life. I love my 780ty

[@mikegoldberg2386]

So it's actually Tiny Tom Logan? For the longest time I thought it was Tony Tom Logan. #BritishAccent

[@mikeyb8067]

Is there going to be a classified 1080ti?

[@Gnomleif]

HE DID THE DING!!! HE DID THE DING!!! (jumps around like an idiot) On a more serious note, I'm seriously considering getting one of these. Partially because I've been infected by the EVGA virus by a former coworker, but also because it will fit nicely in my gunmetal gray Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX case as opposed to some coughfuglyredandblackcardscough. I blame you for making me care about aesthetics, Tom! Ya hear!?

[@nicoflogger123]

This or a FTW3?

[@evilqtip7098]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ What a beautiful display and review of such a gorgeous beautiful graphic card perfectly made in design just stunning and so powerful. What a great creation and thank you for showing this to us

[@Saphir__]

Didn't think TTL would review an EVGA card. Thought he only gave Corsair and ASUS the time of day.

[@OC3D]

Powercolor. MSI. Gigabyte. Gainward. Palit. Sapphire. - to name a few others.

[@Sim-633]

I see evga sent you Z270 Classified mobo, I hope you compare the features on it to ASUS and GIGABYTE mobo's offerings around the same price point.

[@Linksien]

can i use it with an 500 wat power supply?

[@j.rcoker9051]

I use a Seasonic 550 gold with no problem...

[@Choom2077]

Just an fyi, you'll actually want to use at least a 650w power supply so your card doesn't throttle under full load, especially if your system is stocked with hard drives, fans and rgb. It will run with 500w but its the bare minimum. You may notice performance drop. I use a 750w 80 gold rated supply. But I have a bunch of drives, fans and leds.

[@SGTSAS]

damn... was about to start for some evening gaming - guess I have other things to do now - better get my self a cup of coffee! Cheers Tom!

[@sudd3660]

you cant go overboard with cooling on a 1080 ti, it makes so much heat you cant cool it silently.

[@MadMexism]

Would this cooler be compatible with 1080 Ti founders pcb?

[@OC3D]

No dude its not.

[@charlesleonitol.iringaniv8320]

@@OC3D in other reviews the SC2 uses the Founder's PCB not a custom one

[@stancartmankenny]

why did evga come out with two different nearly identical 1080 tis? One has 3 fans, the other has 2.

[@francesboy2]

Some people won't have the space in their case to support the superior 3 slot cooler, so they likely released the 2 slot for people with shorter cases, that and probably price points.

[@TacticalBeard]

curmudgeon look up what power phases and bios switches and things are. Since you obviously don't know why evga has different cards just buy something for the normal ppl who don't OC or mod

[@cltwheels]

curmudgeon the ftw3 is also a 2 slot

[@TacticalBeard]

curmudgeon EVGAs cards are all 2 slot

[@KSPilo]

It always bothers me, that they can print the logos on the backplate the right way now, so you can read them, when the card is installed, but the serial number sticker is still facing the wrong direction...It drives me n-u-t-s!

[@xsetus]

Lighting is also important

[@Safetytrousers]

Who the heck actually puts EVGA posters up?

[@comedyman112]

Safetytrousers Evga employees... At the Evga HQ

[@claimedlizard3209]

i have 4 up

[@conduit242]

Someone who lives in a candy cane.

[@plzineedtogowayrn6353]

me

[@dylanb6338]

me. I put them on the outside of my house though,.....not on the inside. I wrapped my entire front in them

[@PaddyMayneUK]

I was wondering if you could start testing at 3440 x 1440, sorry for being a pain, just I personally run a curved 3440 x 1440 monitor as do a lot of my friends and customers. Just a request of course, if you cant you cant as I realize its a lot of extra work, which trust me I'm very grateful for.

[@OC3D]

Just adds in hours more work dude. I do way more testing than most as it is. If anything I want to reduce my testing not increase it

[@PaddyMayneUK]

no worries buddy I do understand, thought id ask anyway, don't ask don't get. :)

[@OC3D]

other issue is I only have one superwide and its on my racing rig. I had to buy that one too......

[@Croozer]

I want the FTW3 version (SLI)

[@willalexander2013]

I found this exact card for $550 on craigslist. I suppose the guy just bought it for a youtube channel and tested it. Would you say that this card slays the GTX 980? I can get the GTX 980 for $200 , and either one would be a huge upgrade from my gtx 960. I would love your 2 cents, thank you!

[@Demon09-_-]

Will Alexander o.o you found a sc2 1080ti for 550 I hope you jumped on it

[@kentkatchem]

Holy Hot Damn that's a GOOD looking card, IMO! I have a gtx 1080... but Dammit.. now I want THIS CARD! I can't stop upgrading... smh....

[@slamscaper128]

It is really great. I got it back in early December of last year and I've been blown away with it ever since. It's a little loud but that's stretching it to find anything to complain about. It's a BEAST. I upgraded from SLI 970 and I'm having a much better experience now.

[@VanilloBumbleboo1981]

The card itself is very pretty, but wtf, that strange plastic add-on PCI-module...

[@NapFloridian]

#plasticgasm Priceless

[@austin39833]

just bought 1 of these bad boys on EVGAs site for $400 dollars!

[@ToothlessSnakeable]

The most tiny of logans

[@Glotch]

How much frames do you think I will get in battlefield 1 with this graphics card?

[@OC3D]

All of them.

[@aminbernal3973]

oh bro keep calm, you are flash ?

[@lumin9ry]

anybody else notice how the pcie power connectors are positioned directly above part of the RGB branding on the side so that your power cables would be forced to block out a significant chunk of text? whoever decided that was a good idea should be fired. its like theyre trying to force you to buy that stupid sideways power adapter thing so your card doesn't look ridiculous with cables hanging in front of the logo

[@Demon09-_-]

George Arden lol that is odd they didn't center the logo they put it off to the side sneaky evga

[@mentalplayground]

Oh Tom how could you have "Disney" on you. Bleeeeech