FairMaiden

Hello,
 
ASUS ROG STRIX GTX1080 8G
vs
ASUS ROG STRIX GTX1080 O8G
 
 
After doing a LOT of research, the information about these 2 models is still quite confusing for me...
 
In ASUS' official website, both products are listed with the exact same pictures for both the box and the card itself, and in the description they both show the same GPU Tweak II tool with XSplit were you can clearly see in both cases that there is an "OC Mode".
Some websites talk about the 8G model (having the letters "OC" avoided in all the text) describing it as having an OC mode, others describe the same talking specifically about the OC model but not the "normal" model...
 
I then decided to get in touch with ASUS tech. support, and the person who attended me had to go and look for the information I was asking... After a few minutes, and a few back and forth Q&A in order to be 100% sure that we both understood each other, here is the conclusion that they had on my doubt (although this particular person did not seem to have the ideas too clear):
 
- ASUS ROG STRIX GTX1080 8G:    has 2 modes preconfigured (and NOT manually tweekable) GAMING mode & OC mode (with the overclock settings that they advertise as OC mode in their website)
- ASUS ROG STRIX GTX1080 O8G: In this case the Overcloking can be done just as the "normal" model, but it additionally supports manual OC, and should be adjustable to several values of frequencies and memory speed.
 
They did assure me that the graphics cards themselves are identical, except that the OC version allows manual overclocking whereas the "normal" version can only be used in either of the 2 modes preconfigured (gaming or OC).
 
 
Can anyone confirm/reject any of the statements above, or can anyone confirm what are the real differences between these 2 aparently identical models...?
 
Thank you so much in advance.
KR,
 
laEncarna

With the graphics cards you will be using a 6500 is enough, a 660k is overkill. Try to get a non-reference RX 480 or a 1060. Add a 120gb SSD for faster loading of Windows and your most-used games/apps. Judging by what your saying that PSU might need an upgrade as well, it seems dodge. Id get PSU first, then Graphics card, then Processor/Moterboard/RAM, then SSD.

I was just about to create a topic with the same matter :D, but I thought to myself "hmmm.... shorly none have asked this question , but lets just check to be shore" and surprise , this gentleman had already done the research, Thanks a lot :D!