EVGA 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid Review w/ VRAM Plate Testing

[@GamersNexus]

Full article here: www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2957-evga-1080ti-sc2-hybrid-review-thermal-noise-analysis

[@cosmocalypse3708]

Get the Hybrid Kit from EVGA. I did on mine and it's 30C cooler.

[@cosmocalypse3708]

I agree it's a little more expensive but in my case (literally) I have a giant tempered glass side panel and the Kraken bracket is not very attractive. I had the G10 and a Kraken x41 on my 780 ti before, but I'm happy with my Hybrid kit now even though the cost is a little high. What I did was sign up for notifications on EVGA's site and bought one as soon as they got a few in. Also, don't forget that you'll have to come up with your own VRM and VRAM cooling solution with the g12 bracket. With the EVGA kit, everything is covered and cooled out of the box.

[@Big_Saucy_P]

Look at the video for the MSI armor on this channel. He uses a kraken g12 and it seemed pretty legit.

[@cosmocalypse3708]

I didn't buy it for the OC gains. Those gains mean nothing to game performance in the real world. I bought it because the FE was so damn loud and hot!!! :)

[@chrisbullock7187]

Still think despite its plastic cheap look, the Gigabyte Waterforce is the absolute best 1080ti you can get.

[@JarrodsTech]

Your thermal measurements are hardcore man! Awesome work!

[@adam346]

i have one of these... the idea that it does not ramp up as you game makes it feel like you are not stressing anything and it gives me a bit of a calmer feeling... vs a blower style that sounds like a jet engine taking off.

[@AgentHeX_0007]

I bought this card as soon as it hit the stores in the UK. Great card. I swapped the evga fan for an rgb nzxt fan plugged into the the motherboard.

[@PinkGirl2242]

What model number for the rgb fan for when you replaced the evga fan on the radiator please? I'm going to get this card and I don't know what rpm would be best thanks.

[@AgentHeX_0007]

I run the 120mm NZXT AER RGB at %50 which is 1100Rpm. If its a hot day i run it at %75 which is 1400Rpm. Card stays cool on either setting.

[@mocfunkyy]

3 years later, and I still love my 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid =], I have discovered if someones AIO goes out or they want to do a custom loop the EK-FC GeForce GTX FE fits perfectly

[@darrenbuonaguidi4576]

Your reviews are the best. Thorough and pure excellence. PLEASE keep it up!

[@sminem6572]

Can y'all review the Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV for the 1080 Ti?

[@TSLMachine]

I hope you guys are tearing down and reviewing EK's new Fluid Gaming liquid cooling kits (preferably the 240mm rad kit with the GPU block). I want to see all those aluminum things in action before getting one for my very first venture into custom liquid cooling. Thank you and keep up the awesome work.

[@OrganicGreens]

The best thing about this card is it keeps your case really cool. If you exhaust the radiator the gpu is not dumping nearly as much heat into your case. This with my 9900k 360 aio and both gpu and cpu temps stay below 65c

[@KOT-ANGRY]

Why my 1080ti sc2 hybrid gpu die temperature is ~60'C in game (with push/pull coolers)? I waited for 50'C, but got 60'C...

[@eduardomperez92]

I still run this on my pc from 2017, Keep on chugging buddy

[@smashallpots1428]

what if you thermal glued heat sink fins to that copper plate

[@Tracks777]

Nice content! Keep it up!

[@funkengruven7773]

You left out the fact the the FTW is the only AIB 1080TI that keeps its size down to 2 slots versus 2.5 slots in all the other AIB cards. 2.5 slots allows for a larger heatsink with more surface area, so naturally they are going to be a bit cooler. However, you don't lose access to the adjacent PCIE slot with the the FTW card & if you're running 1080TI SLI you have a lot more room for both cards to breathe in this configuration. The fact that the FTW performs as well as it does with a smaller heatsink is a testament to the engineering inherent in it's design. It easy to leave this bit out because 99% of people are not going to run 1080TI SLI nor use all of their PCIE slots, but EVGA has always promoted themselves as designing prodcuts for enthusiast & hard-core gamers alike and keeping the size down to two slots is an important buying for this segment of the market... None of these cards overclock with a darn anyway, so it feels like splitting hairs anyway when comparing any of the AIB cards...

[@fsdrgehghhhfsdrgehghhh1533]

evga air cooler really sucks. evga should have gone for 2.5 slot or even 3 slot because its acx or icx coolers are really bad compared to old msi tf and old asus strix cooler which were within 2 slot. better cooling means larger noise reduction room. thats is the only point of pascal nowadays.

[@tiagof857]

Asus strix has some impressive gpu temps

[@baronalt6043]

my strix card fan broke so i dont trust them anymore.

[@Huzar-zm3qz]

shit happens i never had anything asus break on me ever

[@eisbrgsdo-it-allaccount9256]

Thank you for this review!

[@5ean5ean22]

I already bought one....Love it so far

[@TacticalBeard]

5ean 5ean same I love it. I'm really salty that they removed the RGB and the outside visual thermal LEDs but other than that it's great

[@5ean5ean22]

NikolaiSlapabitch As long as it's not MSI red or Gigabyte Orange Black and grey can match any build. Only thing Indidnt like was the radiator fan so I bought a Pure Wings Be Quiet fan...I have to look at the system to make sure it's even on.

[@ace_of_spadesgaming9674]

Steve, agreed on the nonsense fan curves. I have the 1080 FTW Hybrid, and the lowest the fan will spin is 56%. Even if the GPU is running at 24c, its still running at 56%. I wish they can push a firmware update to the cooling loop so we can get a little bit of control of it.

[@B3MMi]

You should test how those V1 Tech backplates affect GPU temps

[@JhustineProvido]

Gamers Nexus. can you turn off the white led for this card? can't stand led's. if I can't turn it off I won't buy it. reply asap card is already in my cart in newegg. want to order asap lol

[@ichinichisan]

Personally I very much prefer "adjusted for ambient" to "∆T over ambient," since I'm used to thinking about computer temperatures in those terms, i.e., with ambient not having been taken out. So, thank you for that.

[@jamieo99]

i love my sc2 hybrid 1080ti :D

[@oSTYNCLSYo]

The radiator fan sucks, I disconnected it and used a pwm fan plugged into the mobo so I can control it. Works awesome and way quieter

[@boombeef]

Any reason why they decided to disable the 3 indicator lights that ICX added in the SC2 and FTW3 air cooled versions? I know the FTW3 hybrid (newer)has RGB which a few people wanted and this just has plain White logo led, but it should have retained the 3 G/P/M lights. Probably needs the RGB controller doesn't it?

[@krakadzil]

Steve, what max rpm does that sc2 radiator fan have? I have 1080Ti FE with corsair h110 and have to turn the fans on ~1200rpm to keep gpu under 50C in heavy gaming. Is it okay or h110 should do better?

[@angelledesma1195]

Mike Papou you Have a h100 on the gpu?

[@fsdrgehghhhfsdrgehghhh1533]

it would be even better to compare cooling performance of non ref cards given the same power limit manually set (differently) for all the cards, like 300w for all 1080ti cards. some high end card like gigabyte aorus extreme 1080ti has 375w max for its power limit, some ref base cards have 300w max, and some non ref cards have 330w max.

[@photonboy999]

Even at 50degC for liquid cooling, does that really benefit the card long-term over say 70degC? There's no throttling, so no performance advantage AFAIK (for NVidia Pascal at least), so at what exact POINT are we just talking about higher fan speeds (noise) for no significant benefit to thermal degradation?

[@ztks]

The fan seems to run at 100% for me and everyone else in Amazon reviews. Oh and you can't connect that fan to the mobo, it won't show up... It'll continue to run at the same speed.

[@vanguardian7151]

I have this... playing Unreal Tournament, if I move the mouse to fast I get a 3section split frame... I dont know much about PC's but is there something I can do about this or is the vid card failing? It's not heavy at normal use but I know this rig is above & beyond... I bought it with that understanding but if theres something I can do I'd like to know now, yakno

[@DarkP1]

what about using better fans on the radiator or double fan temps???

[@SiavashGolkar]

Any recommendations for what fan replacement to get for this?

[@biubiuty]

$800 only? i really should have bought it on release. :O(

[@shakespear7675]

biubiuty it’s only 819 right now on EVGA with rebate

[@biubiuty]

:'( i couldn't resist the temptation, and already bought and opened it one week ago. evga would charge 15% of the restocking fee if i return it.

[@shakespear7675]

biubiuty how much did you get it for lol. I’m thinking of buying now or waiting for Volta

[@shakespear7675]

biubiuty also, have you had any problems or anything with pumps or noise

[@biubiuty]

Shake Spear This card is pure perfection. My job is GPU computing so I tend to be particularly watchful about the thermal status. The closed loop cooler is quiet, effective, and does not disappoint me in the slightest. With the current whopping $110 rebate, there is no reason not to grab one if you are seeking a high end card. Volta gaming cards have remained a mirage. Most current rumors floating around stem from an article based on pure hypothesis, and the author seems not a very trustworthy technical person.

[@DanteMetaphor]

would you recommend this card for a 4 gpu rendering rig? i am assuiming it would have much more benefits when used in multi gpu systems.

[@fsdrgehghhhfsdrgehghhh1533]

i am going to buy the new aestek aio with latest gen pump. and i want to know the optimal range of the pump rpm. namely how the different pump rpm affect the cpu temp given the same fan rpm like 1500rpm. cant wait to see the new aestek aio review from gamersnexus!!!

[@majinvejito4930]

im looking for a full-body waterblock with my 1080ti hybrid. my blower fan went out and instead of just doing a RMA, i just want to put a block on it. anyone know where i can get a full-body water block for this card? thanks in advance!

[@ryanbernard6550]

Majin Vejito ek i believe

[@fsdrgehghhhfsdrgehghhh1533]

why asetek or corsair/nzxt/fractal design/evga/thermaltake/arctic do not produce/provide gpu mounting bracket (eg 58mm) for their aio!!!!!!!!! we have intel 2011 & 1151, amd am4 bracket included in the aio package, and i need gpu (58mm) too!!!!

[@MarcoLoves360gamer]

replaced a evga sc2 ti with a palit jetstream saved £50 and runs cooler

[@Blueprint-Sensei]

So I have this card and I overclocked it but I was hoping to get ideas about what the max/ideal overclock is from this card. I know every card is different but can anyone here tell me there overclock settings for this card? I've looked online and few people have this card so I don't have much to go on except my own testing which I want to double check. Thanks in advance.

[@BassRacerx]

2100 seems to be the WALL that not many cards can go past. so shoot for about 2050 if you want to run balls to the wall. found this info from jayz2cents

[@oliverjensen475]

I have this card also and i am very happy with it . Runs at about 2050 to 2038 mhz with +100 gpu clock and + 400 mem clock.

[@Blueprint-Sensei]

Thx guys

[@oliverjensen475]

I would recommend making a custom fan curve also but it isn't as important as say on a FE card.

[@SE09uk]

Whats the fan rpm at 100% on a 1080 FE or TI

[@djviolett8344]

has anybody replace the AIO cooler on this. I’m afraid mine will break soon and I don’t know how to replace the AIO

[@rollthetape88]

why would it break?

[@djviolett8344]

@@rollthetape88 9 months after commenting this and my GPU is still alive. I think it could potentially break because I have been noticing my temps rising significantly compared to when I got it. The weather is also pretty cold where I live too so I know it’s not because of room temperatures.

[@tomahawkhankz7826]

Still gonna review kingpin 1080ti when it's released?

[@personaldronerepair6141]

Just curious . Has anyone here tried Thermal Grizzly on the clc of this card ? If so , what were the results?

[@TehBlackNinjaProductions]

Which card is better, this or the MSI Sea Hawk X? And why?

[@drasyte7017]

Teh Black Ninja Productions evga for warranty ;)

[@TehBlackNinjaProductions]

Yeah I agree, decided to get the card. Definitely worth it :)

[@drasyte7017]

Teh Black Ninja Productions yes me too ^^

[@P3lusio]

hope u guys make review of ftw3 hybrid too. and one thing u can add to your's video, its some shoots of working card. some ppl care about looking of rgb :D

[@rock-steady-yeti]

The next test, does sticking a magnet on backplate effect thermals?

[@food123123]

can you sell a hat with an attached wig that resembles your hair?

[@sebianoti]

why can't the 1080 Ti hybrid be the same?

[@talthan]

noise mattes to me...i bought one...now i am worried i overpaid and should have gotten the asus strix

[@mediavieja]

Im pretty sure u no longe have this video card, but im still gonna ask to see if im lucky hehe, do u happen to have this card vbios arround? if u do could u send it to me?

[@grodius]

HEY Gamers nexus, can u link to how to connect the radiator fan to a mobo?

[@GamersNexus]

gr0dius Unplug the fan from the header, then plug it into the board.

[@0cards0]

no fps benchmark?

[@cryohellinc]

Mine GTX 1080Ti Sea Hawk X, clocks HORRIBLY. Max stable OC I can get is 2037mhz, when compared to my previous gtx 1080, which went over 2150mhz just fine. Clearly not a winner of silicon lottery.

[@worldkat1393]

Anyone know if Biostar is a decent brand? I was ordering my 1600 and I found a x370 board(Biostar x370gt3 v 6.) for 10$ more then a B350 board. Its a mini form factor which is also something I am looking for.

[@cieuxlux9617]

I read a ton of reviews regarding the Biostars during Ryzen's launch and no one recommended them except very few specific outlets -- half because of instability and half because of a very poor BIOS that wasn't receiving updates. If you're really interested in a m-ITX board -- I'm not sure if there are any other than Biostar out yet -- but if there aren't, I would recommend saving your money and waiting until there is a different brand out.

[@5ch4cht3l7]

World Kat Biostar is new to the game and produces mainly for China. Their Boards are ok, the Drivers aren't as great. The only board I can recommend from them is the X370GTN because it's the only m-itx board available now. The thing is the X370 Board doesn't have to be better than the B350. The Main difference is the SLI/CF Support, other than that look for the things you need (Pcie Slots, USB 3.1 Gen 2, Nvme Slots, Audio Outputs etc) and buy the Board accordingly

[@kasperlindstrom9990]

Gigabyte and ASRock will be coming out with their mITX AM4 boards next month, worth a wait possibly if you want that Ryzen formfactor.

[@worldkat1393]

Guess I will wait then, thanks for the replies guys! However getting my 1600 its on sale hahah.

[@Erowens98]

Asrock makes some of the best bang/buck amd motherboards there is. Bioses aren't the best but they aren't bad either, same with Ram support. The Vrm's on all but the cheapest are more than enough to overclock a ryzen 5 to 4.0 Ghz without issue.

[@eisbrgsdo-it-allaccount9256]

What is your favourite GTX 1080 ti?

[@jeanbiroute]

The noise on this card is annoying. You can't control the pump so when you brows you hear it doing that annoying pump noise because it works at 100%

[@carlosgiron3834]

Can you do a video with the radiator replaced with a 240 mm radiator if its possible . I was thinking to do a 240 mm rad for the gpu and a 120 mm for a cpu. This is an only gaming pc (not streaming).

[@rngkappa4685]

How does fornite run with this ?

[@carlosgiron3834]

Im going to get this card for the next gen cards that come out

[@nodashipl]

those back plates look bad

[@Jakeurb8ty82]

if they made addressable WRGB ones they would sell like hotcakes

[@Paddydapro]

finally someone that says it lol, i guess at least he gets the sponsor money

[@OzanYasarOzan]

They look like cheap third grade plastic.

[@Joshkaay]

Yeh some are tacky, but if your getting like a solid matte color for a gpu without a backplate they don't look too bad..

[@fsdrgehghhhfsdrgehghhh1533]

blackplates do its own job of real cooling, not for aesthetic. #fuck rgb retards

[@tjeulink]

no rgb backplates so no buy

[@roteroktober360]

the fact that the fans run on more than 800 rpm is fucking ridiculous. With 800 rpm the 120mm will easily keep liquid at around 45°C

[@Marc_Wolfe]

LOL Mic drop

[@Jefafa73]

Not first but posting anyway...

[@mohyou9551]

Best manufacturer for nvidia cards: EVGA Best manufacturer for AMD cards: Sapphire

[@GamersNexus]

No manufacturer is the "best" at all things, all the time. They all make different coolers that are good at different things. To simplify it like this is a little misguided.

[@ac130kz]

evga failed with the first 1070s and 1080s, so that's not true

[@mohyou9551]

Gamers Nexus from what I've seen, manufacturers like MSI and Asus just take the same cooler and slap it on both AMD and Nvidia even though they require different amounts of cooling (pretty sure the rx 580 requires more cooling than the 1060 but they use the same coolers on both) while dedicated manufacturers can specifically design the cooler for that specific card instead of being universal so it has better performance.

[@bugraozkan8137]

Sapphire is good for budget but it does not deliver the reliability of Gigabyte or EVGA. For me, acceptable all-rounder is Asus.

[@bluemarble4051]

*MSI: Nvidia XFX: AMD Radeon Gotta agree with steve tho, not all series are created with equal care as there could be failure models (temp/noise/performance wise)

[@sbn025]

$25 for a piece of cheap plastic?? hahahah

[@kolomvotos]

sbn025 with MAGNETS.

[@sbn025]

right!

[@Great_America]

Another lackluster review 😞

[@Purple_Poison]

Hybrid sucks....bad temps for watercooling.My 1080ti with custom block runs maxed out 2100mhz/6399mhz 41c

[@turke6663]

who cares

[@fsdrgehghhhfsdrgehghhh1533]

how much cost you for that? how big is the improvement of that? how easy is setting up that? hybrid aio cooling is not suck, nor watercooling, but the user matters.

[@Purple_Poison]

Founders Edition oc and fullcover waterblock has better performance,temps,cheaper..ec..

[@Purple_Poison]

This is a watercooled card?Of course you also have a pump,radiator..ec.??don't cry anymore...thanks