Best 1080Ti?

[Kloudkicker]

I'm looking for a 1080Ti to complement my 1800X, what is the best model? I would prefer something neutral colored.

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Kloudkicker said:

I'm looking for a 1080Ti to complement my 1800X, what is the best model? I would prefer something neutral colored.

EVGA FTW are about the best, especially for neutral colours + a great warranty

[DocSwag]

Best air cooled is the strix, best water cooled probably ftw3 hybrid, best if you're willing to go custom loop probably Asus Poseidon.

 

I personally would only recommend an sc2 or ftw3 to most people (sc2 for most people and ftw3 if you really can afford it). Any non blower style 1080 ti is going to overclock about the same so going for more expensive 1080 tis don't actually give you much benefit. Yes you may argue they're quieter but something like an sc2 is already pretty quiet so... yeah.

 

On a side note, why an 1800x and not a 1700x or 1700 if they oc just as well for cheaper?

 

EDIT: Forgot to mention I'm recommending evga products because they have good customer service.

[Kloudkicker]

7 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Best air cooled is the strix, best water cooled probably ftw3 hybrid, best if you're willing to go custom loop probably Asus Poseidon.

 

I personally would only recommend an sc2 or ftw3 to most people (sc2 for most people and ftw3 if you really can afford it). Any non blower style 1080 ti is going to overclock about the same so going for more expensive 1080 tis don't actually give you much benefit. Yes you may argue they're quieter but something like an sc2 is already pretty quiet so... yeah.

 

On a side note, why an 1800x and not a 1700x or 1700 if they oc just as well for cheaper?

 

EDIT: Forgot to mention I'm recommending evga products because they have good customer service.

I got a great deal on the 1800x bringing it down to about the same price as a 1700.

[rondocap]

 I have both strix  oc  and also the founders edition.  Believe it or not, I actually am liking the simplicity and blower style of the founders ed more recently

[stealth80]

19 minutes ago, rondocap said:

 I have both strix  oc  and also the founders edition.  Believe it or not, I actually am liking the simplicity and blower style of the founders ed more recently

great send me the Strix! 

[rondocap]

Honestly though, I am testing both now, and deciding which to keep. Obviously I went for the Strix first as that's more highly touted, but for some reason I feel the FE just works better in my vertical GPU oriented system, as hot air rises and it blows it all out. 

 

 

Seeing about 5-10 FPS less in general in games, but that's FE stock vs the Strix which is OC. I may OC the FE and that should bring it closer. Noise is fine on both, but the FE does run around 85 degrees vs the 70 on the strix under gaming load. (All that heat goes back into the case though, which I don't particularly like) 

 

 

[chris cooper]

I personally have a gigabyte Auros 1080ti.  +75mhz core and +500mhz memory.  So sits at 2050mhz/6000mhz - Runs at stock fan curve, never thermal throttles and is stable as f***.  Brilliant card.  

 

After a long gaming session temps are at a max of 76, normally averaging around 65-70.

 

Depends what you want to to do.  If you are going LN2 then I probably would recommend something else.

[dewuevnoc]

I spent several hours this week looking at various AIB 1080ti's before I ended up with an Aorus extreme.

 

What does 'the best' mean to you?

 

All of the vendors have their own RBG lighting gimmicks that try to attract you to them, most are going to back their cards with 2-3 year warranties. Performance wise they all are within 2-3% of each other.

 

You mentioned neutral colored so I would recommend the Asus and EVGA cards as they tend to avoid 'flash' accent colors. Inno3D also does an 'all black' card.

 

Gamernexus has a couple of teardown and PCB reviews of various 1080ti cards so that might be worth checking out. 

 

Me personally, I went for the Aorus extreme because of the 4 year warranty, I have a gigabyte board so it integrates well with my build and most importantly, it runs virtually silent even at full load while keeping temps around 70C. No other AIB air cooled card comes close. 

 

It's downside is that it's got a massive 2.5 slot cooler to accomplish that. 

 

and here's a roundup from hardware.info too;

https://us.hardware.info/reviews/7385/16/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-round-up-which-one-is-the-best-noise-levels-and-temperatures