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.

[InfinityJosh]

Първоначално публикувано от Agnes Washington:

Първоначално публикувано от DefinitelyNotMonk:

huh?

I guess he means Founders Edition lol.

Yes.

[DefinitelyNotMonk]

yeah i get it now

[☠ Jordan ☠]

As an ASUS 1080Ti owner this things runs cool I highly recommend it. Performance is amazing.

[RTX 5080 FE(Mr Happy)]

Първоначално публикувано от ☠ Captain Jordan ☠:

As an ASUS 1080Ti owner this things runs cool I highly recommend it. Performance is amazing.

I already ordered the EVGA, I was all sold on buying that ASUS, BUT. they jacked up the price $200 US dollars overnight. When I made this post that card was only $800 before taxes. Today, on Cyber Monday, its $1,000 before taxes and being called a sale. lol That last minute price hike lost them the sale.

Anyway, Ill update this thread next month when I install the card.

[RTX 5080 FE(Mr Happy)]

And thanks everybody for all your feedback, opinions and experience on this, it did help me decide in the end

[Azza ☠]

Can I ask you for EVGA, did you get the ACX cooler model?

If so, just ensure it's ACX version 3.0 - not 1 or 2. They redesign it a few times (some minor faults in previous versions, such as the heatpipe design and the fanblades improved). Most latest EVGA card will have the latest ACX anyways, there's just a few exception where stores try to sell older model to cut costs.

EVGA with ACX Cooler 3.0 or ICX, I would personally recommend up there with ASUS STRIX DirectCUIII (Again, notice the redesigned version III).

[John Doe]

Първоначално публикувано от Infinity Josh:

Първоначално публикувано от John Doe:

Hell, the FE I had overclocked better than my FTW3 ICX.

Because it did. Overclocking at the end of the day depends on your luck. Also, the only thing bad about Founder's is the cooler, its PCB is well made. Stick a waterblock on it and it might easily OC more than a custom.

More so, you can't find a FE on sale neither did I suggest one.

You're talking nonsense.

[RTX 5080 FE(Mr Happy)]

Първоначално публикувано от Azza ☠:

Can I ask you for EVGA, did you get the ACX cooler model?

If so, just ensure it's ACX version 3.0 - not 1 or 2. They redesign it a few times (some minor faults in previous versions, such as the heatpipe design and the fanblades improved). Most latest EVGA card will have the latest ACX anyways, there's just a few exception where stores try to sell older model to cut costs.

EVGA with ACX Cooler 3.0 or ICX, I would personally recommend up there with ASUS STRIX DirectCUIII (Again, notice the redesigned version III).

I went with the model below. ASUS added $200 price tag overnight, so screw em.


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

This is what I bought. part of the reason I went with them, is I did buy a EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked w/ EVGA ACX Cooler about 4 or 5 years ago and it still works well today on my backup pc and gets daily use on my BDO alt account and even runs Ark on low settings at 40 fps.


So EVGA and gigabyte are 2 companies I have always had great luck with.

[John Doe]

The FTW3 I had was an ACX 2.0, I didn't have any quality issues with it. Was a nice GPU over all, but I do know that eVGA has had some QC issues with other GPUs in past.

[Azza ☠]

Първоначално публикувано от John Doe:

The FTW3 I had was an ACX 2.0, I didn't have any quality issues with it. Was a nice GPU over all, but I do know that eVGA has had some QC issues with other GPUs in past.

Just to clarify, ACX version 1 had a heatpipe design fault. ACX 2.0 fixed that issue. ACX 2.0+ also fixed another minor issue with heatsink design. ACX 3.0 is more of an improvement on the fans.

ACX 1.0 heatpipes didn't fully run across and one curved, causing an area of the board to be missed completely.

The redesign of the 3 heatpipes on the original ACX 2.0 then did not make full contact with the chip on the card in some cases, which is what ACX 2.0+ addressed.

Първоначално публикувано от READ PROFILE DESCRIPTION:

Първоначално публикувано от Azza ☠:

Can I ask you for EVGA, did you get the ACX cooler model?

If so, just ensure it's ACX version 3.0 - not 1 or 2. They redesign it a few times (some minor faults in previous versions, such as the heatpipe design and the fanblades improved). Most latest EVGA card will have the latest ACX anyways, there's just a few exception where stores try to sell older model to cut costs.

EVGA with ACX Cooler 3.0 or ICX, I would personally recommend up there with ASUS STRIX DirectCUIII (Again, notice the redesigned version III).

I went with the model below. ASUS added $200 price tag overnight, so screw em.


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

This is what I bought. part of the reason I went with them, is I did buy a EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked w/ EVGA ACX Cooler about 4 or 5 years ago and it still works well today on my backup pc and gets daily use on my BDO alt account and even runs Ark on low settings at 40 fps.


So EVGA and gigabyte are 2 companies I have always had great luck with.

That's the newer iCX technology, which is the next step up from the ACX series. Meant to be even better, but I have yet to try it myself. It has multiple temp sensors around the board, so it can detect which area is heating up and applies more focus towards that (aka one fan might increasing it's speed, rather than all of them). It's more intelligent as such keeping both noise vs heat levels down under high load.

Happy gaming on that! Should be a beast :D

[DefinitelyNotMonk]

I'm pretty sure the ftw3 launched as and only with icx, the acx was the 1080/1070 etc.

[John Doe]

These kind of namings are confusing TBH, one of the reasons why I don't dig too much into eVGA (not saying their top end GPUs are bad or anything). Just this Superclocked FTW3 ICX whatever branding.

[Boss 429]

Първоначално публикувано от DefinitelyNotMonk:

I'm pretty sure the ftw3 launched as and only with icx, the acx was the 1080/1070 etc.

nope, my gtx 1080 sc is icx

[DefinitelyNotMonk]

But that's the super clock and not the ftw3 so !y point stands, totally different cards.

[FeilDOW]

The 1080 ti doesn't have ACX coolers.