ASUS GTX 1080 Strix Gaming 8 GB

[RazrLeaf]

W1zzard, could you PM me the invite code for World of Warships that is on the front of the box?

Also, would it be possible to also report the fan duty (RPM or percentage) alongside it's noise levels?

 

[newconroer]

Definitely, i love the fact my card is completely silent under light loads or whilst being idle, but to have a couple of case fans also in sync would reduce noise levels even further, and in the case of (my case) even with the fans turned down a low as possible the constant fan noise is obvious.

Hope to see others cards do this in the future, but great feature for sure!

Even low RPM 140mm case fans will be more audible than a modern GPU's idle fan speeds. I am not sure why this is even an issue for people.

 

[Fluffmeister]

Of course, that's because my GPU fans aren't spinning.

Wonders never cease!

 

[TheLostSwede]

$834 locally, compared to $770 for the MSI card... quite the opposite to the US pricing interestingly enough...

 

[Caring1]

W1zzard, could you PM me the invite code for World of Warships that is on the front of the box?

Isn't that expecting something for nothing?
The code is on the box for those that buy it, having the code by itself won't enable you to play the game, you need to send in a copy of your receipt too.

 

[maukkae]

Thanks for the review! Could you post a screenshot of the GPU Tweak Utility that is supposed to be able to control the onboard pwm fan headers and their curve?

Apparently there is no way of controlling the case fan headers on the card? What a bummer.

 

[bogda]

Among the cheaper 1080's here as of yet.

I find it hard using word cheap in connection with any 1080 card.

 

[mgwhat]

Just wanted to say thanks to reviewer for including 970 sli setups in your benchmarks. As a sli user it can be very difficult to compare new card performance in like-conditions to see where my set up stacks up

 

[Air]

Im late to comment but...

One feature this card have that is not mentioned at all, is that the power connectors are recessed, improving small form factor case compatibility. Fits the Ncase M1 thanks to it.

Also, if possible, with all the RGB leds recent cards are getting, I think it would be nice to inform in the review stuff like: what software is needed to use it, if you need to run the software at start up to get the correct color, and whats the default berravior, in case you do not install anything.

Nice to see the gaming noise added to the temperatures table. Its great to compare the cooling performance of each card. By the looks of it, all of the custom 1080s reviewed have similar perfomance, some choosing a little more noise for a little lower temperatures.

 

[Smerjel]

I am a little confused over the power draw between the ASUS GTX 1080 STRIX, MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X and Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1.

The MSI card has a MAX power draw of 254w while the ASUS halts at 200w but still seem to be the better performer of all three cards. Where on earth does the MSI card spend all that extra power?

It looks like the ASUS throws more performance/watt AND overclocks better.

If the card behave like it does because it has recieved more work, better components or both I fail to see why it is not priced higher than it is, compared to the competition unless this is a "reviewers golden sample".

Is this a review error, card related and if it's the latter, is this a handpicked golden sample?`


Thank you TPU for your valuable reviews.

 

[Ungari]

Also, if possible, with all the RGB leds recent cards are getting, I think it would be nice to inform in the review stuff like: what software is needed to use it, if you need to run the software at start up to get the correct color, and whats the default berravior, in case you do not install anything.

It's a shame so many reviewers do not think this is important, and the reason why they gave review samples higher presets as default.

 

[W1zzard]

I am a little confused over the power draw between the ASUS GTX 1080 STRIX, MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X and Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1.

The MSI card has a MAX power draw of 254w while the ASUS halts at 200w but still seem to be the better performer of all three cards. Where on earth does the MSI card spend all that extra power?

Max power draw is the power draw in Furmark, it does not translate into any game performance, it basically reports what the board's power limit is set at in BIOS.

You want to look at typical gaming power draw, for the conclusions you are making.

 

[Air]

It's a shame so many reviewers do not think this is important, and the reason why they gave review samples higher presets as default.

I cant see how that is related... I think reviewers doesn't focus so much on it because its a new feature, it isn't a part of the review "flowchart" (and most likely not so many people care...)

 

[Ungari]

People who buy those cards read about the various mode presets---they care!

 

[Smerjel]

Max power draw is the power draw in Furmark, it does not translate into any game performance, it basically reports what the board's power limit is set at in BIOS.

You want to look at typical gaming power draw, for the conclusions you are making.

Yes, you are right of course and I did this now. I agree that we are not talking about LEAPS of differences here, quite the contrary, but considering the strict span of performance and variation of the launch-silicon of gp104-400 it puzzles me still what asus did to pull ahead and still keep the price below the competition. Add to that the exclusive on board FAN headers that also took some more design hours.

To me it seems like a "higher quality" product than the others, so far. How this then translate to lower price is beyond me. Though, most likely I just dont know all the facts.

 

[Humay]

you should fix article it is ROG STRIX-GTX1080-O8G-GAMING card not regular card ROG STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING which has
GPU Boost Clock : 1733 MHz
GPU Base Clock : 1607 MHz
its really misleading to have benchmarks for wrong factory OC card that asus give to reviewers to mislead consumers its different priced as well

 

[toxic80]

A friend of mine bought this card yesterday, although I advised him against. He had problems from the first game. In idle the temperature is 47C, in game it jumps directly to 82C. So the card has issue with cooling. The GPU can't spread all the heat to the "great" heat-pipe cooling systems. The same problems i had with three Asus r9 280/x - misalignment of the heat-pipe. I read on Newegg that other people experience the same problems with the same card. I don't understand why nobody is taking attitude!!!!(ex: Asus Radeon R9 Fury STRIX, Asus Radeon R9 390/X STRIX) Conclusion: for 777 euro is a garbage.