Best GTX 1080 Ti version?

[Atrumoris]

For gaming of course. When I started looking into this graphics card I was gobsmacked when I found out how many versions of this GPU exists. There are even several versions of this card from single manufacturer. After some research I personally concluded that the best version in terms of raw power is GTX 1080 Ti - RoG Strix from Asus, while the most aesthetically pleasing is the original one, Founders Edition from Nvidia. This is, as I stated earlier, just my personal opinion and since I'm not really that much of an expert when it comes to hardware I'd like to hear it from you peeps.

BTW if you think there are even more powerful GPUs for gaming please let me know, I'd definitely like to check those out as well.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Some brands have their "Founders Edition" GPUs as well, similar to Nvidia's. The rest are basically similar, just some might be better at cooling and some at performances, but nothing marginal. Whatever costs more doesn't mean it's better - it's all aesthetics.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Doesn't rly matter, the real diiference is +/- 0

It's more or less a personal thing, if u like the optic of the strix, amp, exoc, hof, gaming x and so on.
Gpu's with blower cooling design like the FE or asus turbo, don't rly have a good cooling solution.
So ya, go with the custom cooler design like gaming, strix or so.

More power, well titan, but the 1080ti offers enough power for the next x yrs.
*depends on your goals and the rest of your setup.

[Double Deez Nuts]

引用自 Blazko Boy：

Some brands have their "Founders Edition" GPUs as well, similar to Nvidia's. The rest are basically similar, just some might be better at cooling and some at performances, but nothing marginal. Whatever costs more doesn't mean it's better - it's all aesthetics.

founders are ♥♥♥♥ at cooling

[Kaihekoa]

There aren't different versions of the GPU itself. The difference in the cards comes down to cooling, factory overclock, power circuitry, and aesthetics. The models offered by US retailers with best air cooler and factory overclocks are the MSI Lightning, MSI Trio, Asus STRIX, EVGA Kingpin, and Gigabyte Aorus, but other cards aren't all that far behind. Google reviews of an individual card on a site like guru3d to see how each performs. The lowest priced 1080 TIs will have the worst cooler, such as the founders edition and MSI Armor cards. Those should be avoided unless you plan on replacing the cooler.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

引用自 🌋↪ToƦcH↩🌋：

引用自 Blazko Boy：

Some brands have their "Founders Edition" GPUs as well, similar to Nvidia's. The rest are basically similar, just some might be better at cooling and some at performances, but nothing marginal. Whatever costs more doesn't mean it's better - it's all aesthetics.

founders are ♥♥♥♥ at cooling

They definitely are. From what reviews suggest, ASUS's edition is probably the worst out there.

[Revelene]

For the most part, they're all the same, especially with aftermarket cooling solutions.

Differences are minimal, usually most different in cooling potential or PCB configuration, but in the end a 1080 Ti is still a 1080 Ti.

The biggest factor in performance differences are not between different models, but rather luck of the draw in the silicon lotto.

Your best bet is to go with something that is aesthetically pleasing to you, has a cooling solution that works with your setup, and has an acceptable warranty for your locale.

[Malygos]

As long as you dont get a founders edition youll be fine they tend to suffer from higher thermals

[Monk]

the lightning and kingpin versions are the fastest, kingpin takes the overall honours i think as they are heavily binned (and you pay a premium for it) but both are much more intended to be used for extreme overclocking using LN2 than the stock coolers.

stepping down form those trhe 'best' cards will be a tie between the evga ftw3, msi titanium and asus strix.

edit.
the evga 1080ti ftw3 elite is now offered with 12GHz memory over the 11 on the other cards, but you need to jump through a few hoops to be allowed to buy one of the el;ite cards directly from evga them selves (100 forum posts, registered a couple of evga products within a year etc).

[Atrumoris]

Ok, so the consensus is that single fan designs are definitely off (I always preferred function over form anyway) and that performance differences between versions isn't very big, thanks. However, you guys do agree that GTX 1080 Ti is currently most powerful graphics card, right?

Oh, and sorry for misusing term "GPU" I kinda used it as if it refers to the entire graphics card and not only one component of it, as I said, total dolt when it comes to hardware, but I'm learning.

[Kaihekoa]

It's the most powerful GPU for a normal gamer. If you're rich and can afford to spend four figures on a PC part you can buy a Nvidia Titan Xp for $1200.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

引用自 Atrumoris：

Ok, so the consensus is that single fan designs are definitely off (I always preferred function over form anyway) and that performance differences between versions isn't very big, thanks. However, you guys do agree that GTX 1080 Ti is currently most powerful graphics card, right?

Oh, and sorry for misusing term "GPU" I kinda used it as if it refers to the entire graphics card and not only one component of it, as I said, total dolt when it comes to hardware, but I'm learning.

Well titan ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Malygos]

引用自 Atrumoris：

Ok, so the consensus is that single fan designs are definitely off (I always preferred function over form anyway) and that performance differences between versions isn't very big, thanks. However, you guys do agree that GTX 1080 Ti is currently most powerful graphics card, right?

Oh, and sorry for misusing term "GPU" I kinda used it as if it refers to the entire graphics card and not only one component of it, as I said, total dolt when it comes to hardware, but I'm learning.

Yes its the most powerful the titan barely benches better and its several hundred dollars more

[Revelene]

引用自 Monk：

the lightning and kingpin versions are the fastest, kingpin takes the overall honours i think as they are heavily binned (and you pay a premium for it) but both are much more intended to be used for extreme overclocking using LN2 than the stock coolers.

stepping down form those trhe 'best' cards will be a tie between the evga ftw3, msi titanium and asus strix.

Pascal is heavily limited by voltage. No matter how binned, you will always hit that voltage limitation as you approach 2.1ghz.

Last that I heard, the record holder of just under 2.5ghz stable (debatable) was done with a founders edition (reference) on LN.

As far as air coolers go, pretty much all of them will go a little over 2ghz no problem. As far as anything higher goes, it is luck of the silicon lotto. Sure, getting a guarenteed higher binned card, like the Kingpin, will help in that regard, but it doesn't mean that the other card options won't get a chip able to clock as high. In fact, most cards are able to go over 2ghz without even touching overclocks, or just boosting the power limit. You can thank GPU Boost for that.

The biggest difference in all these cards basically comes down to cooler and PCB. And PCB doesn't really matter too much with the way Pascal is designed, and limited in PCB design as well.

[Monk]

yeah, theres a titan xp, and techncially titan Volta above it, but the XP isnt much faster, but costs 50% more, the volta is 20-50% faster, but its REALLY not intended for gaming as its a scientific / professional card, and costs $3000.

consumer volta or something may arrive around may.

[[☥] - CJ -]

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