Don't FE come with higher clock than reference this time? At least this is what Jay was saying in his video.
I mean thats not what it says on the Nvidia website, or its not clear that the FE cards have elevated clocks over stock. Maybe, will find out on release day i guess. Wouldn't hang your hat on whatever Jay says though.
If you can get your hands on one while they are same cost as msrp I think it will be a bargain tbh. I didn't say the FE cards are reference design though, just reference clocks at stock settings, its very obvious they have put a lot of effort into their cards and cooler design this time yes. They will be higher bin than reference for sure, so all the youtubers give them glowing reviews as they overclock them.
I do wonder where we are going with all this though, surely selling FE cards at msrp is a short term thing given the additional cost of the cooler. I'm betting they slap another 100 on them later on maybe more. Then a 20gb version another 100 or more. Before you know it it'll be just shy of a grand for the one you really want.