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should i trade me EVGA 1080 FE in?

SHADY16
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so my microcenter now has the msi gaming x 1080 and zotac amp edition i can still return the card but im wondering if any of those are actually worth it?

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IMHO if you don't plan to water cool and still want to OC or have a slightly quieter card then go for the MSI.

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1 minute ago, AdamIsaacLang said:

IMHO if you don't plan to water cool and still want to OC or have a slightly quieter card then go for the MSI.

yeah ive overclocked my founders and in order to even keep it at 83c max i have to have fan at 100%

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1 minute ago, SHADY16 said:

yeah ive overclocked my founders and in order to even keep it at 83c max i have to have fan at 100%

I'd say get the MSI then. It will likely able to OC farther due to it running cooler and it will be quieter. 

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Just a thought, why were you so desperate that you got a Founder's card when you knew the board partner ones would be out in a few weeks?

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2 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

yeah ive overclocked my founders and in order to even keep it at 83c max i have to have fan at 100%

I don't think they are worth it over other custom cooled options (since they appear to be on the higher price end) but a custom cooled card will be better in general

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1 minute ago, soup said:

Just a thought why were you so desperate that you got a Founder's card when you knew the board partner ones would be out in a few weeks?

my 980 had failed and i needed a replacement and all they had at the time was the 1080 FE so it was either get that or go without a card for a while lol

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1 hour ago, SHADY16 said:

my 980 had failed and i needed a replacement and all they had at the time was the 1080 FE so it was either get that or go without a card for a while lol

Fair enough. 

There just seems to be a lot of people who had got Founders cards now wanting to swap them to a board partner one.

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2 hours ago, SHADY16 said:

so my microcenter now has the msi gaming x 1080 and zotac amp edition i can still return the card but im wondering if any of those are actually worth it?

I would trade in a FE in an instant. The FE is a "blowfan sucker edition", which gets so warm that it has to downclock to keep temps down. Msi all the way m8!

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1 hour ago, Crusader93 said:

I would trade in a FE in an instant. The FE is a "blowfan sucker edition", which gets so warm that it has to downclock to keep temps down. Msi all the way m8!

 

1 hour ago, soup said:

Fair enough. 

There just seems to be a lot of people who had got Founders cards now wanting to swap them to a board partner one.

well i successfully got the msi gaming x 1080 in exchange for my evga FE and im happy with it 

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4 minutes ago, alphaproject said:

For the Zotac.... heck ya baby!

zotac amp extreme does look so good ;)

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