I am seriously looking at purchasing one of these cards. I believe this is the only 1080 card that will fit in my casewith a max graphics card length of 10.83 inches this card comes in at 10.5. Here are the card specifications

I am interested to hear from anyone that can give me an idea of what runtimes to expect/Number of tasks running at a time. I have had a look in the top computer list. I haven't been able to find processing speeds faster than my current 970 jetstream card on Windows. Processing one blc task at a time with one CPU core is roughly 10 minutes, On my 970. I am using windows 10 I am also using the default 8.22 application.
Thank you for in any information provided

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Have you looked at any of the Zotac Mini cards? There is even a Mini 1080Ti. These all come in under 8.3" in length. I have a Zotac 1070Ti Mini that is just as cool and clocks just as high as any standard length 2 fan card.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mini

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Thanks for the suggestions Keith. In my original post I forgot to keep points 1 I live in New Zealand and 2 someone is going to be installing this for me from the shop that originally built the machine. Keith I must ask are you saying my card is a bad card choice?

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No not at all. I prefer EVGA cards myself. I was just offering suggestions for length restrained builds. Zotac is Hong Kong based so thought you would likely have a close choice. My search on their website shows where to buy choices for Australia at Scorptec Computers https://www.scorptec.com.au/ and Ocean Office Automation Supply http://www.octek.com.au/

Nothing directly in New Zealand though. EVGA cards always clock well with good thermal solutions.

I was just faced with a problem on my X99 based host where the normal reference length cards like a GTX 1070 or 1080 (10.5") wouldn't fit in the last bottom slot of the motherboard because the fan housing hit and interfered with the motherboard case header I/O pins and fan headers. Unless I wanted to bend those headers over at more than 45 degrees, the card wouldn't fit all the way down into the PCIeX16 slot. The Zotac Mini cards were the solution and fit very easily and I didn't have to do anything to the fan or I/O headers to fit cables or connections.

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Thanks for the feedback. I am going to have faith in the people that chose the card because they know my motherboard plus I have had issues which resulted in the PC been in the shop for long length of time. Issue was not posting at start up. All under control now I'm using an Asus rampage V extreme board revision 1.0

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Well if the people that built your PC say your choice will fit then I would go with their recommendation. As I said, I think EVGA cards are top notch. I have ten of them I think. I also have a couple Nvidia reference cards as well as a couple Zotac reference cards along with the latest Zotac 1070Ti Mini. Not a lick of issues with any of them. I think the thermal solution for the Mini cards is top notch. I see just as good thermals and clocks with the Zotac cards as I do with the EVGA cards. Certainly better than the Nvidia reference cards. They are my worst performers with regard to clocks and thermals.

I only ended up with them because I wanted 1070's desperately at launch and neither Newegg or Amazon could get them for 30 days at launch and I found the Nvidia cards on the shelf at Best Buy on launch day and paid list MSRP for them.

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I bet 1070s cost you a pretty penny on launch day?

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I bet 1070s cost you a pretty penny on launch day?

Yep. I bought the two on the shelf and ordered two more for the next day. I always build my two original hosts as clones of each other.

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Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours

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I bet 1070s cost you a pretty penny on launch day?

Yep. I bought the two on the shelf and ordered two more for the next day. I always build my two original hosts as clones of each other.

Best Buy must rub their hands together when they see you coming

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If you want to run more than 1 task at a time you need to have a really CPU core don't you for each task? If so for instance if I wanted to run 3 at time I would need to also free 3 CPU cores

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If you want to run more than 1 task at a time you need to have a really CPU core don't you for each task? If so for instance if I wanted to run 3 at time I would need to also free 3 CPU cores

Yep.
But for SoG 1 at a time is best, although many with high-end cards have found 2 at a time will give more work per hour.

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Grant
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If you want to run more than 1 task at a time you need to have a really CPU core don't you for each task? If so for instance if I wanted to run 3 at time I would need to also free 3 CPU cores

Yep.
But for SoG 1 at a time is best, although many with high-end cards have found 2 at a time will give more work per hour.

Thanks Grant. I am aware you are running a 1070, how many tasks are you running at a time

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Thanks Grant. I am aware you are running a 1070, how many tasks are you running at a time

Just the one.
I've tried 2 at a time, with several different configuration settings, but it's never resulted in more work per hour for me, so I've just stuck with 1 at a time.

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Grant
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Thanks Grant. I am aware you are running a 1070, how many tasks are you running at a time

Just the one.
I've tried 2 at a time, with several different configuration settings, but it's never resulted in more work per hour for me, so I've just stuck with 1 at a time.

Understandable. Have you tried running with the default sog application 8.22. I found it considerably faster for my 970. Just an idea

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Have you tried running with the default sog application 8.22. I found it considerably faster for my 970. Just an idea

From memory the only difference between the last couple of releases of the SoG application was to improve its performance, and reduce it's load on the system, for lower end video cards.

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Grant
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Have you tried running with the default sog application 8.22. I found it considerably faster for my 970. Just an idea

From memory the only difference between the last couple of releases of the SoG application was to improve its performance, and reduce it's load on the system, for lower end video cards.

In saying that I was using Lunatics_64_v0.45_Beta6-for-SoG_so it may be older than the one you are using

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That is correct. No real differences in the stock SoG r3584 app and the Lunatics r3557 app. Only a 1080Ti has the horsepower to run more than a single SoG task at a time and be more productive overall.

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That is correct. No real differences in the stock SoG r3584 app and the Lunatics r3557 app. Only a 1080Ti has the horsepower to run more than a single SoG task at a time and be more productive overall.

I see. So are you saying I am not going to see an improvement in run-time from my 970?

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I see. So are you saying I am not going to see an improvement in run-time from my 970?

According to Shaggie's graphs, the 970 is good for around 400 Credits/hour. The GTX 1080 is good for 600+, and you will be able to set more aggressive command line settings without impacting on system performance to further boost it's output, and use less power while doing it.
Win, win.

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Grant
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I see. So are you saying I am not going to see an improvement in run-time from my 970?

According to Shaggie's graphs, the 970 is good for around 400 Credits/hour. The GTX 1080 is good for 600+, and you will be able to set more aggressive command line settings without impacting on system performance to further boost it's output, and use less power while doing it.
Win, win.

Fantastic just the news I wanted thanks Grant

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