The Titan series was never for mining, hell, it was never even for gaming so if you're looking at it for mining you're doing several things wrong.
If only the GTX 1080 Gigabyte G1 edition had more than just one 8-pin then that might be the winner but as it stands, the clear winner is the G1 1070 - ignoring other flavors which I do.. At least for me and the prices given to me.
That depends on which 1070 or 1080 you're buying. Doesn't matter if you only buy one make or model, that's not the way it works for most people.
Still funny... I remember when you guys were signing praise about the 750tis a year ago and still buying them over 970s at the time until we had a heated argument here about miner costs.
If the 1080 wasn't so fucked up in Ethereum it could actually prove to be a interesting alternative. This may still be because developers don't know how to properly use 5x memory as well...
It's just a preference but I only buy Gigabyte 3 fan cards, period. It's pointless to mix things up and experiment when things work flawlessly.
A lot of people thought the 750 Ti's only used 38W instead of 60W and in the beginning the miners weren't optimized for the 900-series cards. And for some algos they are much better than the 970 (eg. scrypt-jane) and vice versa.
Ethereum is pretty terrible in terms of profitability so I couldn't care less about it.
Sure... In the beginning... It wasn't the beginning a year ago. Whole reason you change things up and experiment is because you're basing data off 750tis you bought a year earlier and haven't changed because it's working 'flawlessly'. XD
Also, buying different models of cards isn't really messing things up that much. Worst case scenario you get something like the 1070 Amp edition cards... Lucky I actually 'experimented' with them and told you guys about them, so you don't need to go through the same thing. -_-
Ethereum is the mother GPU coin, you should care about it... Look at all the GPU miners hiding in it. All other coins basically mirror it in terms of profitability.
Apparently MSI models use double ball bearings now... at least that is confirmed on the red cards (not sure about white models). Really wish more manufacturers would make a note of what kind of bearings their fans use. That is a HUGE deal and still weird so few actually tell you what sort they use (probably because they're using cheap shitty sleeves).
And that's from a shit sleeve XFX card. They just slowed down till eventually they just popped off the fan shaft, not even joking. It literally fell off.