Buying a GTX 1080ti tomorrow. Does brand matter? And 2 or 3 fan model?

[RTX 5080 FE(Mr Happy)]

*Update I went with EVGA over ASUS since ASUS increased price from $800 to a grand overnight, to milk Cyber Monday. EVGA price is same, and I bought from them in the past without issue, so they won.

Here is the model I bought.

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-GDDR5X-Technology/dp/B06Y15DWXR/ref=pd_cp_147_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q0PSE2N65618BKMN2XZ4


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Hey all, I am upgrading my GTX 980 to the 1080ti.

Currently I have 2 gaming pcs. Ill leave specs at bottom. I use Gigabyte for the motherboards and my 980. Never had any issues with Gigabyte and I am leaning towards the Gigabyte Brand again for this upgrade. Unless there are reasons to go with another brand?

I am aware MSI and ASUS are fan favorites, but unless there is some performance difference or lshelf life difference between them, any reasons not to go with Gigabyte? Seeking input as it is not everyday I can scrap up a grand to put into my pc lol. Thanks


Main Gaming PC

I7-6700K
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX980
Gigabyte G1 Gaming Z170x-ud5 mb
16GB ddr4 ram
H100i Water Cooler
250GB SSD
2TB sata
750Watt PSU
Triple Monitors used, or 4k TV sometimes used.

PC 2

FX 8350
16GB ddr3 ram
GTX 760
Gigabyte GA 990FXA UD3
Hyper 212 EVO Air Cooler
500GB Sata
600watt PSU
1 to 2 monitors hooked up

Pictures of them can be found on my profile.

[Azza ☠]

The graphic card GPU itself is the same for each, the main difference is the cooler and heatsink.

I would highly recommend...

Asus ROG STRIX 08G
- Has a huge DirectCU III with triple wing-blade fans. So it's around 30% cooler and 3x quieter than the reference card. Higher quality component. Better overclocking. Aura RGB Lighting. Note they split the overclocking model O8G vs A8G, suggest getting O8G has it means they have excelled in higher quality testing. A8G is the ones which failed and therefore are slightly underclocked to remain stable.

It's extreme good either way!

The matching Gigabyte model would be the...

Gigabyte AORUS
GPU Base and Boost Clock MHz is the same as STRIX, but STRIX has slightly higher Average Clock Mhz. STRIX would run at slightly higher voltage, out of the box. AORUS has a high quality build too, plus a metal fan cover. It has Gigabyte RGB Lighting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-YxVm0h_nc

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

The graphic card GPU itself is the same for each, the main difference is the cooler and heatsink.

I would highly recommend...

Asus ROG STRIX 08G
- Has a huge DirectCU III with triple wing-blade fans. So it's around 30% cooler and 3x quieter than the reference card. Higher quality component. Better overclocking. Aura RGB Lighting. Note they split the overclocking model O8G vs A8G, suggest getting O8G has it means they have excelled in higher quality testing. A8G is the ones which failed and therefore are slightly underclocked to remain stable.

It's extreme good either way!

The matching Gigabyte model would be the...

Gigabyte AORUS
GPU Base and Boost Clock MHz is the same as STRIX, but STRIX has slightly higher Average Clock Mhz. STRIX would run at slightly higher voltage, out of the box. AORUS has a high quality build too, plus a metal fan cover. It has Gigabyte Aura RGB Lighting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-YxVm0h_nc

Aorus has tripple fans too and are in my case absolutly silent too. Aorus doenst use Aura. Aura is Asus. Aorus as a Gigabyte Brand uses RGB Fusion.

In the End go with the card you like most by the looks or the cheapest as the difference is marginal. The difference between partner cards are in a single digit fps number.

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by tacoshy:

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

The graphic card GPU itself is the same for each, the main difference is the cooler and heatsink.

I would highly recommend...

Asus ROG STRIX 08G
- Has a huge DirectCU III with triple wing-blade fans. So it's around 30% cooler and 3x quieter than the reference card. Higher quality component. Better overclocking. Aura RGB Lighting. Note they split the overclocking model O8G vs A8G, suggest getting O8G has it means they have excelled in higher quality testing. A8G is the ones which failed and therefore are slightly underclocked to remain stable.

It's extreme good either way!

The matching Gigabyte model would be the...

Gigabyte AORUS
GPU Base and Boost Clock MHz is the same as STRIX, but STRIX has slightly higher Average Clock Mhz. STRIX would run at slightly higher voltage, out of the box. AORUS has a high quality build too, plus a metal fan cover. It has Gigabyte Aura RGB Lighting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-YxVm0h_nc

Aorus has tripple fans too and are in my case absolutly silent too. Aorus doenst use Aura. Aura is Asus. Aorus as a Gigabyte Brand uses RGB Fusion.

In the End go with the card you like most by the looks or the cheapest as the difference is marginal. The difference between partner cards are in a single digit fps number.

Thanks for the correction. Removed 'Aura', I knew they where a certain Gigabyte version, but wasn't sure.

I haven't personally used the Gigabyte AORUS myself, but love the Asus STRIX.

You shouldn't go wrong with either pick however, they appear very similar in quality, noise and performance level.

[King_BR0K]

Will you be passing the 980 down to your secondary rig? just wondering

[FeilDOW]

The best 1080 ti I've had is the MSI gaming x, it clocks higher than both my Aorus and EVGA SC2.

[DefinitelyNotMonk]

just dont buy the msi armor, its designed to be used for watercooling really which is why it has an underpowered 1060 cooler on a gaming x pcb.

Edit.
Cheers feildow my bad lol

[FeilDOW]

Originally posted by DefinitelyNotMonk:

just dont buy the asus armor, its designed to be used for watercooling really which is why it has an underpowered 1060 cooler on a gaming x pcb.

**MSI Armor

[Wakobi Junior]

Asus strix brand cards are amazing I have a 1070 strix and its super cool, doesn't go past 65c at 100% load

[RTX 5080 FE(Mr Happy)]

Originally posted by AKing1:

Will you be passing the 980 down to your secondary rig? just wondering

Yes, The 980 is going into the FX 8350 box, and the 760 will be going into my even older pc, an old fx 6300

Originally posted by FeilDOW:

The best 1080 ti I've had is the MSI gaming x, it clocks higher than both my Aorus and EVGA SC2.

My GTX 760 is a EVGA SC2, it has worked well from launch til now, though its dated, the only issue is it always ran hotter than I would like, but EVGA has been a good brand for me.

The only experiance I ever had with ASUS was several years back with a slew of craptop laptops that they made, net books or something. Worst thing I ever saw, so I have always been a bit cautious with ASUS, even though I hear they make great gpus. So far still thinking gigabyte, but the MSI is looking nice Ill do some more research on the ASUS Strix, but pretty much they all seem to be doing damn good from what I can gather

[RTX 5080 FE(Mr Happy)]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Originally posted by tacoshy:

Aorus has tripple fans too and are in my case absolutly silent too. Aorus doenst use Aura. Aura is Asus. Aorus as a Gigabyte Brand uses RGB Fusion.

In the End go with the card you like most by the looks or the cheapest as the difference is marginal. The difference between partner cards are in a single digit fps number.

Thanks for the correction. Removed 'Aura', I knew they where a certain Gigabyte version, but wasn't sure.

I haven't personally used the Gigabyte AORUS myself, but love the Asus STRIX.

You shouldn't go wrong with either pick however, they appear very similar in quality, noise and performance level.

great video link thanks man

[Elon Mosque]

This video may help you deciding which one to get.
https://youtu.be/l6nFfXP8iiM

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

May be MSI Gaming X "Trio" edition is the best-

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJf7oXS6lI

[John Doe]

I'd suggest this:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487346

I've had three 1080 Ti's and they do get hot with the FE cooler, so I'm assuming they'd get hot with other weak coolers like the Asus Turbo as well. Not saying the 3 fan coolers wouldn't be up to the task, they easily would (the FTW3 ICX I had did) but under water I'm assuming that it'd just function at significantly lower temps.

I'd actually have suggested the Gigabyte Xtreme Waterforce, which doesn't come with a fan on the card but it seems to have gone out of stock.

[RTX 5080 FE(Mr Happy)]

Originally posted by John Doe:

I'd suggest this:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487346

I've had three 1080 Ti's and they do get hot with the FE cooler, so I'm assuming they'd get hot with other weak coolers like the Asus Turbo as well. Not saying the 3 fan coolers wouldn't be up to the task, they easily would (the FTW3 ICX I had did) but under water I'm assuming that it'd just function at significantly lower temps.

I'd actually have suggested the Gigabyte Xtreme Waterforce, which doesn't come with a fan on the card but it seems to have gone out of stock.

Im gonna avoid that model, read way too many horror stories about that model being short lived, and cheaply made. the air version they have seems better quality from what I read. A friend actually has that same model, sent it back 2x for poor pump and one was doa.

Amazon and newegg reviews also have alot of similar stories on that card, more than the other cards. Thx tho

[John Doe]

Originally posted by READ PROFILE DESCRIPTION:

Im gonna avoid that model, read way too many horror stories about that model being short lived, and cheaply made. the air version they have seems better quality from what I read. A friend actually has that same model, sent it back 2x for poor pump and one was doa.

Amazon and newegg reviews also have alot of similar stories on that card, more than the other cards. Thx tho

Didn't know about that. Yeah, the FTW3 ICX has great PCB quality. I had it before selling and it had like 5-10 sensors for temps, and the cooler was pretty heavy as well.

Though, actually, with the $800 prices on some cards that come with a full cover waterblock, you might wanna go custom water as well.