Need 1080 Help please

[REPO]

OK so I included a couple pics here to help as well. There are a million different combos of 1080 cards all have different specs, however when you watch videos from Linus and others they all seem to use the "classic" look cards over the others, even though clock speeds and such on other show to prove to be better. Is there a reason for this other than looks of the card?  Am I missing a processor difference blow vs suck on fans? what am I missing as there is a huge price difference as well.  Thank you in advance for the help.

[Jurrunio]

The 'classic' one you're talking about is called 'reference card' and the looks are designed by the GPU manufacturer. Those that look different are from AIB partners like EVGA or Asus.

 

In places with good airflow, open coolers do better. In places with bad airflow, blower does better. The reference card is one of the many blower designs. The FTW model you put in is a open cooler design.

 

Price isnt a consistent factor. No way of telling whether reference or aftermarket ones are cheaper at any given time without checking.

[REPO]

Perfect so on the face no difference, now just dive into clock speeds of each and such and but all the card you can afford lol

 

Thanks for the help!

 

My main games are Seige, BF, WOW, COD, and Crysis 

 

I see there are differences in the FPS from a 1080 to the TI but is it something the human eye will notice for 2x the price?

 

[Streetguru]

22 minutes ago, REPO said:

 

Hang on, what's your monitor resolution/refresh rate and CPU?

GTX 1080s are still generally overpriced, GTX 1070tis usually make more sense because they can match the performance for less with a 5 minute overclock.

Reference cards are always trash because of the cooling system.

[REPO]

MG248 set at 144htz    I am looking into buying a different monitor at the same time to become 4K capable for some of these games

CPU is a i7-7700K 4.2Ghz

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, REPO said:

 

A GTX 1060 6GB and RX 580 are generally enough for 1080p 144hz if you turn off AA settings and Shadows.

Otherwise a GTX 1080 isn't enough for 4k high-ultra gaming, so save your money on the GPU front and live with an almost normal 1050ti/1060/580 until Next Gen GPUs are out in a few months and prices are maybe normal.

 

Or find a used 980ti and overclock it, has about the same performance as the 1080 at that point.

If you get a 4k display in the near future you can just run games at 1080p upscaled to the display, I run a 4k display on an RX 560 waiting for Navi Info.

[REPO]

I have a 980Ti now

 

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, REPO said:

I have a 980Ti now

 

Then just overclock it, the GTX 1080 isn't much faster than a 980ti near 1500mhz, that was actually a pretty big deal when the 1080 launched since it wasn't a major upgrade from the 980ti, yet Nvidia still charged an extra $100 for the reference model. Those were sad times, if only we knew how bad it would get with pricing.
 

 

[REPO]

Great video, thats crazy in Witcher, the the FPS was the same....CRAZY!!!!!  Ok so now to sound like a noob at OC as I am!  So is that the Kboost, or do you have a video or reference for how to do it and not mess things up.

 

Thanks again for the help!

[Streetguru]

23 minutes ago, REPO said:

Great video, thats crazy in Witcher, the the FPS was the same....CRAZY!!!!!  Ok so now to sound like a noob at OC as I am!  So is that the Kboost, or do you have a video or reference for how to do it and not mess things up.

 

Thanks again for the help!

 

[Streetguru]

7 hours ago, REPO said:

Great video, thats crazy in Witcher, the the FPS was the same....CRAZY!!!!!  Ok so now to sound like a noob at OC as I am!  So is that the Kboost, or do you have a video or reference for how to do it and not mess things up.

 

Thanks again for the help!

AdoredTV also covered some of the stuff with the 980ti vs 1080