What is the ultimate 1080ti available?

[KanavK]

Hi, Ive been doing alot of research (watching benchmark videos) and I cant decide on what is the best 1080ti available. With the announcement of Destiny 2 nvidia bundle, I decided to finally buy a new graphics card rather than keep on waiting for VEGA or Volta, although I dont know if Volta might be worth the wait or not. Money is no factor as I have $1300CAD saved up for a graphics card and Im just looking for the best raw performance card, I dont care about aesthetics rgb etc. In terms of noise ive found that they are all audibly loud unless anyone knows otherwise.

Thanks,

[shadowbyte]

probably the ASUS Poseidon, but only if you have a custom loop

if not, the GALAX HOF, MSI Lightning, or EVGA Kingpin would be the best

[KanavK]

2 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

probably the ASUS Poseidon, but only if you have a custom loop

if not, the GALAX HOF, MSI Lightning, or EVGA Kingpin would be the best

None of those cards are out yet. My plan is to buy one now with the Destiny 2 bundle which ends June 27.

[shadowbyte]

Just now, KanavK said:

None of those cards are out yet. My plan is to buy one now with the Destiny 2 bundle which ends June 27.

ah

the Asus Strix card is probably the best, imo, but I'm a bit biased since I bought a strix 1080, which is a fantastic overclocker with a wonderful, quiet, efficient cooler.

Zotac makes some thicc cards that may be a few degrees cooler, but the Strix is probably your best bet

[Daniel644]

just buy the cheapest one and watercool it. or the strix as is

[KanavK]

Just now, Daniel644 said:

just buy the cheapest one and watercool it.

lol thanks but ill pass on watercooling.

[Daniel644]

Just now, KanavK said:

lol thanks but ill pass on watercooling.

then Strix if you don't want water

[Damascus]

The evga triple fan is definitely the best.

[RadiatingLight]

Strix or EVGA FTW3

[KanavK]

Yea im leaning more towards the Strix OC atm. Thanks for the input.

[107x]

msiiiiiiii

[Hunter259]

They all perform the same. Just comes down to looks and acoustics. I prefer the EVGA FTW 2 fan and 3 fan cards.

[StormEye]

I guess I have bias towards Strix, as I own 2 of them.

But, Strix probably is the best looking one that can be matched with almost ANY colour coordination you have for your case.

Its got minimal colour, minimal writing, and its got probably the best RGB implementation.

Performance wise, unless you are watercooling, they are all within error of margin barring from silicon lottery.

 

EVGA Kingpin series is probably the only one that is binned, but as its mntioned, its not out yet.

And I would suspect that it would cost way too much to justify the price.

[KSP]

Air cooled, probably the STRIX or the FTW3. Both extremely good quality and will serve you well. I have heard however that the FTW3 runs a bit hotter a noisier than the STRIX (maybe because it's a 2 slot card and not 2.5 slot). The EVGA FTW3 aesthetic also might not suite your liking or build. However, EVGA has superb CS, which is nice to have. The STRIX has a very nice aesthetic imo, good cooler, and is pretty quiet. Their CS is pretty bad tho. It's down to personal preference. I'm a little bit EVGA bias, so I would say FTW3. But getting the STRIX is a very good option as well.