Question 1

Just to make sure, does this have G1/4 fitting threads?

Accepted Answer

Yes.  Its exactly the same as the Gaming X card just comes with the EK waterblock already attached.  The waterblock is the same as,the one for the Gaming X as well...but with dragon logo instead of plain nickel piece.

Question 2

Is there any way to remove the red from the MSI shield? It doesn't really go with the other colors I am using.

Accepted Answer

:Likely - it's an inlaid decal that you could pry up with a razor - might void warranty etc. MSI logo printed on in plastic. Note does not come with heat pump assembly.

Question 3

I have an EK L360 waiting for this card.  One of the posts mentioned needing extra fittings to install the card in a custom loop.  Can anyone verify that and help a guy installing his first loop as to what exactly these fittings are so that he doesn't mess anything up?  :)

Accepted Answer

The Sea Hawk EK series cards have 4 standard G1/4" threaded ports on them, and comes with 2 G1/4" "plugs" to support your standard single card installation. This means you need to provide 2 fittings, one for inlet and one for outlet.
Looking at the L360 2.0 kit (you will want to verify the version of yours and the included parts) you have some 10/16mm EK-ACF compression fittings to fit some EK-ZMT 15.9/9.5mm tubing. 
That would mean you would want 2 more EK-ACF 10/16mm compression fittings to run the same kind of tubing to your GPU. 
The order of components in your loop is not very significant, so find the most optimal route for your tubing.
Since you are going to have to drain your loop you might want to add another radiator if your case has room for it. The 1080ti is a 250W max TDP card, which is a lot of extra heat to put on a loop.
In the case of adding another radiator, you would again buy two more EK-ACF 10/16mm compression fittings to fit your existing tubing to the new radiator.

Question 4

What is the default RGB lighting? I presume if you set RGB via Windows it isn't retained after powering down the computer? Such as booting Linux RGB would be back to its default.

Accepted Answer

The only rgb lighting on this card is on the back plate where they have the dragon and shield.  The default is a white dragon red shield and a white border around it.  The only thing you can change is the color of the dragon.  Not sure about the Linux part sorry I couldn't help with that.

Question 5

is this 1080 ti of 1080?

Accepted Answer

It has 11 GB of memory and 3584 stream processors - so it IS the 1080 Ti

Question 6

What display port and HDMI versions does this have?

Accepted Answer

display port 1.4 and hdmi 2.0b

Question 7

How heavy is this card?

Accepted Answer

From their website "1312g 2.89 lbs" / "2033g or 4.48 lbs". I am assuming that the 2nd one is with water, I took a peice of PVC pipe cut it to size to support it. I was getting a lot of sag on the card before.

Question 8

What additional parts (specific part numbers) do you need to purchase in order to install it? (fittings, tubing, etc.) And where did you get them? Thanks!!

Accepted Answer

Hi,

If you already have an EKWB Water cooling kit installed, then you would require 2 Nickel 3.14 fittings, tubing & additional cooling concentrate. Else, you can buy EKWB kit like the Extreme (my personal favourite) and additional components as above.

Question 9

I just bought two of these cards, are the cards compatible with HB sli 
bridges?

Accepted Answer

yes u just have to take into account what spacing u need to have on the hb sli

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