Zotac AMP Extreme 1080 Vs Asus Strix O8G 1080

[Catalonia]

I'm considering either of this two cards, (here were I live the Zotac is on stock, for the asus I have to wait about two weeks, but I'm not in a hurry)

My MB is an Asus Rampage V Edition 10, and I happen to like quite a lot the ROG logo and the design of the Strix.  The Zotac is huge but I won't have any problem since I have the Corsair 780T case. I don't have much information about Zotac, (never had one) so I don't know how would it stand against the Strix, especially about the noise. The Strix have the 0db fans, and for me is quite important to have a silent system if I'm not gaming (which I believe the zotac also have the fans off if not playing but I couldn't confirm) can anybody confirm?

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Bananasplit_00]

i prefer ZOTAC over Asus, the Strix 1080 looks pretty sweet but im voting ZOTAC, they had the fastest 980TI(IIRC) and i like how it looks but either one is fine, the silent fan thing is also something you can just set up in something like MSI Afterburner with a custom fan curve

[Dresta]

@don_svetlio Had allot of experience with Asus,let him tell you

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Dresta said:

@don_svetlio Had allot of experience with Asus,let him tell you

Their warranty sucks. End of story.

[Catalonia]

4 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

i prefer ZOTAC over Asus, the Strix 1080 looks pretty sweet but im voting ZOTAC, they had the fastest 980TI(IIRC) and i like how it looks but either one is fine, the silent fan thing is also something you can just set up in something like MSI Afterburner with a custom fan curve

Thanks!

 

But do you know if the fans are off outside games in the Zotac like in the Strix?

[Catalonia]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Their warranty sucks. End of story.

Zotac is offering 5 years warranty here in Europe, which is also a good sign of how do they trust their cards. 

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Catalonia said:

Zotac is offering 5 years warranty here in Europe, which is also a good sign of how do they trust their cards. 

Get the Zotac one then

[Dresta]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Their warranty sucks. End of story.

Yea,that's why i called you,you know Asus good enough  

 

1 minute ago, Catalonia said:

Thanks!

 

But do you know if the fans are off outside games in the Zotac like in the Strix?

Anything above 50% on the Asus fans is like a airplane

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Dresta said:

Yea,that's why i called you,you know Asus good enough  

 

Anything above 50% on the Asus fans is like a airplane

Asus be like BRUM BRUM

[SmartGamer278]

which case do u have??

[Catalonia]

Just now, SmartGamer278 said:

which case do u have??

 

 

Corsair 780T

[Dresta]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Asus be like BRUM BRUM

When your home alone and hear Asus running

[Bananasplit_00]

6 minutes ago, Catalonia said:

Thanks!

 

But do you know if the fans are off outside games in the Zotac like in the Strix?

i dont KNOW but you can just have a fan curve that dosent turn on the fanns untill its above a certaing amount of load/temperature so you could just do it yourself  

[SmartGamer278]

which psu do u have??/

 

[Dackzy]

Asus GPUs are so great that they die so fast that you will always be up to date with the new GPUs. Kappa..

 

I have "only" had two 780ti's from them and both lasted under 9 months, great job asus great job, the funny part is that two of my friends also has asus GPUs and they both died just after the were 1 year old and they did not OC them at all and they both used high quality PSUs. Asus's support is like talking to a wall.

[Ichi]

Jay did a video about the AMP! Extreme and if I'm not mistaken, the cooler is so good that under full load, the fan turns on and cool it down so good that it turn back off for a moment and start turning again when it reaches certain temp limit.

Go watch Jay's vid.

For the 1080 now, you just have to consider the cooling and aesthetics.

Aesthetics is subjective but the cooling Zotac definitely wins on that card.

[Catalonia]

30 minutes ago, SmartGamer278 said:

which psu do u have??/

 

Corsair AX1500i

[Dackzy]

5 minutes ago, Catalonia said:

Corsair AX1500i

it does not really get better than that  

[Catalonia]

6 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

it does not really get better than that  

I'm building a hell of a machine

 

Asus Rampage V Edition 10

Intel 6850k Broadwell-e

Corsair DDR4 Dominator Platinum 4x8GB 

3.00MHz

Corsair AX1500i

Corsair 780T

Samsung SSD 950 Pro 512GB M.2 PCIe

Logitech G900

Corsair K70

Asus PG279Q 165Hz G-sync 

 

And, the Zotac or the Strix, still deciding! 

 

;-)

[demonaii]

I would rather go with ASUS because of cooling.

[Dackzy]

16 minutes ago, Catalonia said:

I'm building a hell of a machine

 

Asus Rampage V Edition 10

Intel 6850k Broadwell-e

Corsair DDR4 Dominator Platinum 4x8GB 

3.00MHz

Corsair AX1500i

Corsair 780T

Samsung SSD 950 Pro 512GB M.2 PCIe

Logitech G900

Corsair K70

Asus PG279Q 165Hz G-sync 

 

And, the Zotac or the Strix, still deciding! 

 

;-)

Those specs are pretty good and pretty close to what I will put in my next PC

[Catalonia]

1 hour ago, Dackzy said:

Those specs are pretty good and pretty close to what I will put in my next PC

Really? 

 

I've already ordered everything except the GPU. And I still don't have enough info to make a choice. 

 

What is your config? 

[Dackzy]

21 minutes ago, Catalonia said:

Really? 

 

I've already ordered everything except the GPU. And I still don't have enough info to make a choice. 

 

What is your config? 

well it is still in the works, because far from all the parts are out yet  

It will look something like this:

 

Case: Raijintek styx (modded)

PSU: Silverstone ST85F-PT

Ram: 32gb of DDR4 2800MHz and up

CPU: 6850k or zen (dunno yet)

GPU: 2x 1080ti (if those are a thing) or 2x new fury

Harddrive: 1tb normal sata ssd and 250-500gb m.2

Screen: QHD Ultrawide HDR 120Hz (when they come out )

CPU cooler: Dark rock pro 3

 

[Catalonia]

1 hour ago, Dackzy said:

well it is still in the works, because far from all the parts are out yet  

It will look something like this:

 

Case: Raijintek styx (modded)

PSU: Silverstone ST85F-PT

Ram: 32gb of DDR4 2800MHz and up

CPU: 6850k or zen (dunno yet)

GPU: 2x 1080ti (if those are a thing) or 2x new fury

Harddrive: 1tb normal sata ssd and 250-500gb m.2

Screen: QHD Ultrawide HDR 120Hz (when they come out )

CPU cooler: Dark rock pro 3

 

Nice RIG! 

 

I'll show pictures of mine once builded, (hopefully next week)

[Catalonia]

3 hours ago, demonaii said:

I would rather go with ASUS because of cooling.

 

Why? Is quieter?