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GnomishViking
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Hey all, Just joined the forum

 

As the title says i need some help choosing a 1080. I currently have a 980ti FTW running a 3440x1440 monitor and am looking to upgrade to the 1080. Alot of people say to wait, but gettting another 10fps or more going up to a 1080 running my resolution means alot frankly. I like the Asus strix cause depending on which one you get it comes with a pretty good clock out of the box. But I have heard it has horrible support from Asus and sagging issues that have been with the Strix line for a while now. Msi has an offering that is also clocked pretty good out of the box, but the red and black doesnt fit my build much. Now comes to the EVGA FTW. I like the looks of this card alot and have been happy with my 980ti FTW. My only issue is that my 980ti really sucks for overclocking. Like anything above 1420mhz and its unstable no matter what I do. Which is what concerns me about getting the 1080 version because it has a lower clock out of the box, SO I am kinda worried it wont overclock very well.

 

Anyways I would love to hear your guys opinions.

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Personally i prefer the Asus strix, the 1080 strix has a backplate that should lessen sag

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Here's how you chose 1080s. Out of all the options,

  1. Remove the blower style ones. Leave only dual / triple fans and the hybrids.
  2. Remove the ones you don't like the looks of.
  3. Sort them by price.

Get the first one, or pay a bit extra if you really like the looks of a more expensive card. But that's it.

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Just now, Ernest_L said:

Personally i prefer the Asus strix, the 1080 strix has a backplate that should lessen sag

If I am not mistaken all three options have a backplate

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1 minute ago, Ernest_L said:

Personally i prefer the Asus strix, the 1080 strix has a backplate that should lessen sag

IIRC Asus suppot was shit last time i checked

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Now talking about warranty. At my local store I can spend like 80$ and get two year in house replacement. So I wouldn't necessarily have to deal with asus support. But I would rather not have to spend money on extra warranty if I dint have to.

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EVGA FTW or Strix (I love mine:x)

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I guess the EVGA SC is an option too. already clocked higher than the FTW. But the FTW is custom PCB I think? Plus more power connectors. Which in theory would give better overclocks but from what Ive seen every card hits the same OC wall.

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Just now, racer243l said:

EVGA FTW or Strix (I love mine:x)

And which one do you have? The FTW or the Strix?

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Overclocking is luck of the draw, personally go for one from evga cause their support is rock solid, if you want to spend the extra money look for the 1080 hybrid

OAS || AAS || LLS

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2 minutes ago, GnomishViking said:

I guess the EVGA SC is an option too. already clocked higher than the FTW. But the FTW is custom PCB I think? Plus more power connectors. Which in theory would give better overclocks but from what Ive seen every card hits the same OC wall.

For better or for worse, Pascal just doesn't care about which PCB you have. So long as it's well cooled (and all aftermarket 1080s are), it'll be up to the lottery. Custom PCB or FTW PCB, doesn't matter for Pascal.

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1 minute ago, Superspeed07 said:

Overclocking is luck of the draw, personally go for one from evga cause their support is rock solid, if you want to spend the extra money look for the 1080 hybrid

I would get that one, But at my store they only have the MSI hybrid, which isnt clocked that high

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Just now, Imakuni said:

For better or for worse, Pascal just doesn't care about which PCB you have. So long as it's well cooled (and all aftermarket 1080s are), it'll be up to the lottery. Custom PCB or FTW PCB, doesn't matter for Pascal.

I feel like I should just go for the highest clocked card I can find out of the box then. I have had crap luck with the silicone lottery aver the past few years.

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2 minutes ago, GnomishViking said:

I would get that one, But at my store they only have the MSI hybrid, which isnt clocked that high

Gotta remember that there is gpu boost, pretty much every card will blow past what they say on the box. It seems like the cards that have water with them are going well over 2000 on the core once you tweak them.

OAS || AAS || LLS

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Just now, GnomishViking said:

I feel like I should just go for the highest clocked card I can find out of the box then. 

You don't need to. GPUBoost will do it all for you.

1 minute ago, GnomishViking said:

silicone lottery

http://grammarist.com/spelling/silicon-silicone/

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Just now, GnomishViking said:

I feel like I should just go for the highest clocked card I can find out of the box then. 

You don't need to. GPUBoost will do it all for you.

1 minute ago, GnomishViking said:

silicone lottery

http://grammarist.com/spelling/silicon-silicone/

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Whatever you like the looks of and hope you win the lottery.

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18 minutes ago, GnomishViking said:

And which one do you have? The FTW or the Strix?

Strix

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I would go for the EVGA one out of those 2, it would save you on $80 for the warranty. I had an Asus motherboard I had trouble with and they did nothing for me. AKA Support sucks. I have 2 MSI gaming x 1080's cause I like the looks of them, but they are more expensive then most. I cannot recommend them from hands on because I haven't done my build yet, but from all the reviews I've seen they are suppose to be really good

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In love with my Gaming X model.  Looks good and runs absolutely silent.

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17 minutes ago, IrshaadH said:

In love with my Gaming X model.  Looks good and runs absolutely silent.

I do too, that's what made me get it

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2 hours ago, GnomishViking said:

I guess the EVGA SC is an option too. already clocked higher than the FTW. But the FTW is custom PCB I think? Plus more power connectors. Which in theory would give better overclocks but from what Ive seen every card hits the same OC wall.

You can also take into account EVGAs step up program too.

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2 hours ago, GnomishViking said:

I guess the EVGA SC is an option too. already clocked higher than the FTW. But the FTW is custom PCB I think? Plus more power connectors. Which in theory would give better overclocks but from what Ive seen every card hits the same OC wall.

You can also take into account EVGAs step up program too.

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Palit Gamerock is pretty much the quietest out there. Asus Strix for example was 87% louder in a german Test, and at th same time 2°C warmer.

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