Which 1080 should I buy?

[Owlman]

My question is which 1080 I should go with? Preferably with an open air cooler, or maybe a hybrid cooler. Looking for the best performance.

[pcshme33]

evga 1080 ftw or the evga hybrid 1080.

[Flavlus]

titan x or wait for 1080ti .. performance between the1080 have been proven to be pretty much negligible. many people have gotten the founders card to overclock the best due ui to better quality components.

 

If you want to buy now save some money and just buy the cheapest 1080 with an aftermarket cooler so you don't have a jet engine in the case.

[Cereal5]

1 minute ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

evga 1080 ftw or the evga hybrid 1080.

Agreed. However, it doesn't much matter because they will mostly all overclock the same if that's what you're concerned about

[Owlman]

Have cosidered waiting for the 1080ti, but with blackfriday and all that coming i thought i might buy a 1080

[ZakeyKyle]

Asus Strix 1080 

[Flavlus]

1 minute ago, Owlman said:

Have cosidered waiting for the 1080ti, but with blackfriday and all that coming i thought i might buy a 1080

then cheapest 1080 with an aftermarket cooler, the hybrid water cooled ones and stuff may get you like 2 fps better frame rates .. not worth the buy 

[SeanAngelo]

18 minutes ago, Owlman said:

My question is which 1080 I should go with? Preferably with an open air cooler, or maybe a hybrid cooler. Looking for the best performance.

EVGA FTW

[pcshme33]

29 minutes ago, Owlman said:

Have cosidered waiting for the 1080ti, but with blackfriday and all that coming i thought i might buy a 1080

if you can wait, wait.

[Guest]

41 minutes ago, Owlman said:

My question is which 1080 I should go with? Preferably with an open air cooler, or maybe a hybrid cooler. Looking for the best performance.

EVGA Hybrid. It's quiet, can allow for a bit more overclocking (not much I know), and doesn't collect much dust. My 980Ti has been a beast, cleaned it out after three months use and barely had anything collect on it. Granted I don't overclock, but it's nice to know my headroom to do so is pretty high.

[TheBasicJoker]

EVGA is defiantly one of the best cards you can get for a 1080, the FTW version.

[BubbleBoySP]

MSi 1080

[stealth80]

Having bought one already (I read a lot of reviews) the Palit Gamerock Premium is great, it's cheaper than a lot, has RGB lighting, and good cooling and it's one of the fastest out of the box. However it doesnt come with the fantastic support which comes with EVGA cards

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/palit_geforce_gtx_1080_gamerock_premium_edition_g_panel_review,15.html

 

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/94100-palit-geforce-gtx-1080-gamerock-premium-edition/?page=6

 

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/palit-gtx-1080-gamerock-premium-edition-review/16/

[HungryHamster]

I see many people recommending the EVGA FTW. I own two, but after the recent discovery of a poor PCB layout causing dangerously hot VRMs / VRAM sections, I honestly can't recommend them over the ASUS Strix. Also, you may still have a chance of receiving an EVGA FTW card that suffers from a seperate hardware issue that causes black screens. Apparently only EVGA FTW cards manufactured after August 31st have had this issue fixed. To be fair, I have not had any issues with my cards (yet), but I know lots of others who have. I will be installing the free thermal pads that EVGA is offering to 1080 FTW owners to fix their poor design.

[Owlman]

7 hours ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

if you can wait, wait.

think i'll wait then, gonna by a peripheral or two instead. any idea when the 1080ti is out?

[The Belgian Waffle]

Seems like it'll launch in January

[Owlman]

Just now, The Belgian Waffle said:

Seems like it'll launch in January

ok thanks