Side by side comparison: Asus STRIX 1080 oc VS STRIX 1080 Ti oc.

[Arct1c0n]

So I FINALLY got around to opening my sexy box that has been sitting and taunting me for the last 5 days after being busy with anime convention, Easter, work and just plain not having energy at work.  Finally was able to unbox my own Ti glory and join the ranks of fellow Ti peeps at last!

 

Opened at last!

 

I was anxious to finally see the GPU's side by side and let me say, pictures of the difference don't do this hunk of  a GPU justice. The STRIX 1080 was pretty hefty and solid to begin with, but the 1080Ti feels like your holding something epic and powerful, like Thors hammer lol!  There is a noticeable weight difference between the two, sadly I don't have a scale for exact weight comparison but you can likely look that up on asus's website anyway. The size difference between the two is noticeable, this bad boy has an epic heatsink compared to the 1080!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First things first, lets remove this stupid thing. We know its a Geforce GTX nvidia, piss off

 

So the big question comes up with these large and hefty GPU's, how bad is the GPU sag? The  STRIX 1080Ti answers "What sag my child?" The added internal brace definitelyhelps a lot! Properly screwed and positioned, sag basically does not exist with this GPU. Take notes ZOTAC...

 

 

 

 

The internal brace the STRIX 1080 lacks

 

 

 

Dunno about you but I always hold my breath firing up a new GPU for the first time in worries of a DOA, but thankfully, she fired right up and blazed in RGB glory in my new work in progress case project

 

 

 

 

 

So, lets test and see what this thing can do! First off, lets do a burn in and see how well that beast of a HSF works!  With a custom fan curve that I ALWAYS do with my GPU's, even with the case closed up minus the front intake panel as its getting water cut, a 15 minute Heaven benchmark and the temp never hit 60c! Wow! I took of the side glass panel and the temps only fluctuated by 1-2c. Putting my hand to the top the GPU, I could REALLY feel that heat being blown off that heatsink!  ASUS's decision to get rid of that stupid direct heatpipe contact and maybe even their maxcontact marketing gimmick is working really well!

 

As far as coil whine for my STRIX, I can hear some shreiking/whining at very high FPS in menu's and such in games and some while doing benchmarking in Heaven, but only if I put my head less then a foot away from GPU, 3 feet away it's barely noticable and with the glass phantek panel on, I can't hear a thing, just fan noise. Considering I will be running Adaptive VSYNC in all my games as I only use a 60hertz monitor, it won't be an issue

 

 

Compared to the STRIX 1080, the 1080Ti is even quieter in the 60% fan range, only when it passes 70% does it start to get bit noisy but its SHIT tons better then the crap EVGA Founders Edition!

 

 

 

Now lets overclock! Well....sadly, the silicon gods didn't smile on me, AGAIN!  With power limiter maxed out in Afterburner, I was only able to get a 60mhz core increase that wouldn't immediately crash Heaven, which resulted in a GPU core that bounced between 2025-2012-2000-1987mhz  I may try getting the 4.4 beta Afterburner and increasing core Voltage, but I dunno if it will help me any unless someone has ideas. I left memory alone as I prioritize core overclocking vs memory for game FPS increase

 

Now the real test, how well does she run my custom modded Witcher 3 vs my STRIX 1080? I'll let the chart speak for itself.  I run a heavily modified config file which increases shadow, foliage, distance rendering in the game as well as texture sharpening, increased grass distance by 100% vs stock game which REALLY pounds any GPU but it looks soooooo good in game!** Needless to say, my Witcher 3 demands more GPU horsepower then stock settings, so its been a battle of framerates for the last 2 years and the 1080Ti finally conqures it with flying colors!

 

 You can find a lot of the tweaks I did at

 

 http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide 

 

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/forum/en/the-witcher-series/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/tech-support/pc-aa/36300-a-compendium-of-tweaks-and-fixes-for-the-pc-version#post36300)

 

[Guest]

How is temperature of both card in comparison?

According to Guru3d both card have same temps but wanna see irl from someone who actually had it

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[Arct1c0n]

7 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

How is temperature of both card in comparison?

According to Guru3d both card have same temps but wanna see irl from someone who actually had it

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The large heatsink and totally flat heat speader on the Ti vs the smaller heatsink and shitty direct heatpipe is about a 4-6c decrease in temp vs the 1080 model in my case

 

1080 heatsink

 

1080 Ti heatsink

 

[Hip]

Great comparison.

[not_Linus]

BUT will it run Crysis?

[Kryptyx]

So I'm on the fence with upgrading my 980ti sli to 1080ti single or sli. Asus HB bridge isn't out yet I don't think.

[maartendc]

36 minutes ago, Kryptyx said:

So I'm on the fence with upgrading my 980ti sli to 1080ti single or sli. Asus HB bridge isn't out yet I don't think.

I would wait another generation to upgrade if I were you. I mean, are there any games you cannot max out with 980ti in SLI? Those are still very fast cards.

[Andreas Lilja]

Screw you OP, only available in May here in the North. 

[Arct1c0n]

2 hours ago, Raskolnikov said:

Screw you OP, only available in May here in the North. 

 

You got that fresh syrup though

[foamygopher]

16 hours ago, Kryptyx said:

So I'm on the fence with upgrading my 980ti sli to 1080ti single or sli. Asus HB bridge isn't out yet I don't think.

The bridge has been pictured. As for being out in the wild yet I don't know. As for sli I wouldn't. Seriously this thing is bonkers..... In unigine at 1440p maxed its within 10 frames of  2 980tis.

[Arct1c0n]

And you don't have to deal with any SLI bullshit either