Gadgetory

my coverage of computex 2016 is proudly sponsored by fractal design msi and g.skill EVGA EVGA has not one not two not three not four but five new path scale based GPUs here I'm just going to start talking about them how's that sound I'm going to start off actually with this one because this is the very first GTX 1070 that i have actually laid hands on and believe it or not it's a custom design one that's right it does use the reference PCB for the gtx 1070 but this is the AC x3 point 0 cooler by EVGA they've done some different design work from it it's definitely very distinct from the AC X 2 point 0 that we've seen in the past but they're a mean for about ten percent reduction in thermals as well as about thirty percent reduction and sound and of course he still have the feature where the fans don't spin up if they don't need to and it's also got some LEDs so you got white LEDs for the logo on the front you also have some white LEDs kind of embedded across the the front of the card here so if you're looking at it this way or if you have one of those cases where you can reposition the card you'll have a nice view of that other than that except pretty standard features for a 1070 it is a super clock edition so it's going to come overclocked from the factory from EVGA and it has just the standard eight pin power connector like the GTX 1070 has so we also have a super clock version of the GTX 1080 hey that's right there this one also eight pin power also has the same cooler also has the LED effects these are white LEDs but they do have RGB LEDs in their higher end versions again pretty much the same cooler the same look in the same everything but it's a 1080 and it's going to be overclocked so that's pretty cool now evj has been getting some more recommed reckon recommendations recognition that's the word I'm looking for for their hybrid cards so this is a 1080 hybrid so it's got the enclosed cooler here at the front there the shroud i should say with a single fendt keep your VRMs in power delivery cool this does have a custom PCB they've added an additional power connector so you got two 8-pin peg connectors it is of course all in one loop connected to a hundred and twenty millimeter radiator and fan down there which I'm letting hang down precariously and EVGA is going to also be making an additional version of this card which we have a few sort of a samples of in the special case that they made over there that will have quick disconnects as well so that kind of means like it's two cards but I'm only an account as one because we don't have the other version they do have a founders edition here but we don't care about that next up we have the for the win which I'm not holding right now but I do have some b-roll of it for you the for the win upgrades you to a custom PCB duel 8 pin power connectors of course and it features RGB LED lighting across the shroud other than that it does have the custom PCB so the shroud is a little bit different it's a little bit larger it's going to keep things a little bit cooler and of course the for the wind versions are typically overclocked a little bit more now if you've dealt with EVGA cards in the past after for the wind comes classified classify is typically the highest end apart from the kingpin card we don't have any kingpin 1080s here I don't know if they're working on one they wouldn't tell me but the classified does look pretty nice adding some red accents which makes things faster red is bread is usually faster sometimes anyway it's also featuring the AC x3 point 0 cooler are very entered thereof and it's gots this actually funny old connector going on right here this is what in what is known as the power adapter basically it's like a 6-pin or 8 pin peg power extension so it wraps your power around the side of the card and puts it there on the back of it remember we're back when they used to actually put power connectors on that like that on graphics cards and we like well it adds extra link to the card well you know if you have enough space for it then you might want to wrap your cables around and route them a little bit differently and give yourself just sort of a cleaner look overall and it adds you the bonus of giving you an a white LED backlit EVGA logo to shine forth proudly as well as the avg a LED logos that are scattered throughout the rest of scarred and this one also of course features RGB LED support next up we got some high bandwidth SLI bridges these are the ones that you might have seen at the nvidia event that we already covered 2-way SLI is what these are supporting if you guys watch that you know that Nvidia is only really pushing towards two-way support now so they not have they don't currently have plans to make three way or four way versions of this they said their old three-way and 4-way adapters will still work but anyway well we'll get into that later this does have a light up logo here for the EVGA and it also features a switch down on the bottom so you switch that switch and you can do right red green blue or white for different color options which you know if you have that prominently displayed in your case should give you a much better option for making things look pretty and match EVGA also showed off a case they kind of have a hard-on for cases if you get that joke then you've know what other cases EVGA has designed before this is the DG 87 they're actually coming out with a few different variants of this one this is the highest end features a very unique design it's kind of an asymmetrical look it gives you a really good look in the side panel window right now they have it outfitted with 4-way GTX 1080s and those with I'm sorry those are for way GTX 980 tis but they do have the quick disconnects which we're told they will also be bringing to the EVGA hybrid cooler as well so that's pretty exciting it is fully kitted out of course but there's going to be different variants of this without a window without the little LED panel at the bottom so you'll have options but between about a hundred and seventy dollars and two hundred thirty dollars or the price points of the VG 8786 85 and 84 and I think a lot of people are going to be interested in this case because as a very distinct look very clean it has the feature where the motherboard is kind of in set from the back of the case so it gives you the option to write your cables not out the back via your motherboard i oh you can tuck them all down through a little grommet out the side and again nice clean cable management management for your case whether it's up on your desk or god forbid down on the floor two more quick items one is the x 99 for the win k this is a new version of the x 99 motherboard from EVGA it's eatx it's a little bit bigger it's a little bit fancier I don't know all the bits and pieces and details here but I just wanted to show this to you guys because broad will eat just launched this is course is going to be fully compatible and for anyone who's looking for a new x99 board for a broad well each ship I think this might be a very viable option perhaps perhaps I might consider reviewing it in the future maybe what if i don't thing is a they have some new power supplies on display i found one that was pretty compelling which is a thousand-watt gold power supply which is only 150 millimeters long so 150 millimeters fully modular silverstone is the only power supply maker who i've seen who has a really compelling variety of options in this category and since EVGA has really been killing it in the power supply market it's nice to see this option presented as well that's all for the EVGA booth though I want to say one last quick thank you to my sponsors that is fractal design msi and g.skill i'll be right back with more coverage from computex 2016