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ASUS Strix GTX 1080 Aura OC Review

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http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...epublic-of-gamers-strix-gtx-1080-aura-rgb-oc/

A detailed review with a good choice of GPU comparisons.
I don't know if this has been shown in FE reviews but what really excites me here is at 1440p the low of 67fps in GTA compared to a 980ti OC where the low is 53fps. To stay comfortably above 60fps at all times seems significant to me.
Gaming temperature of 63 degrees, although no mega-overclock potential.
 
Surprised that it uses a whole 60W more than the reference card even before manual overclocking. Level with a factory overclocked R9 390.
 
Aretak said:
Surprised that it uses a whole 60W more than the reference card even before manual overclocking. Level with a factory overclocked R9 390.
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Its kind of disappointing really re power for 16nm factory stock asus custom
 
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Still looking like all these fancy cards will do nothing to help with overclocking. No difference between the lower end and higher end except cooling, RGBs and extra £££ it seems.

Obviously other than overclocking it looks like a decent card (with a hefty price tag)
 
The triple fan cooler works wonderfully well, holding noise levels just above 33 dBa under gaming load. At idle, the card makes no noise, as the fans stop spinning completely. This is a very low noise card which will appeal to gamers wanting to build as quiet a system as possible without compromising on performance.
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Phew! Was a bit worried about noise, but I'm sticking with my pre-order thanks to this comment!
 
Could it be true that Asus have made a cooler that actually works? They made the same 30% cooler claim with the 980 ti strix yet no review seemed to manage that and most seemed to average around 78-80c.
 
I'm just hoping theres none of that dreaded Coil Whine, so sick of my 7990 whining all the time in games. I feel like my case is home to wasps and mice half the time -_-
 
Defiant306 said:
Anyone else felt underwhelmed with the gains from the ASUS Strix GTX 1080 Aura OC over the founders edition?
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Yep looks like Nvidia have capped everything so all you get from a custom card is a better cooler.

Seems odd to me how there are so many cards with 10+ power phases and 2 x 8 pin etc.
 
Kotarija said:
I'm just hoping theres none of that dreaded Coil Whine, so sick of my 7990 whining all the time in games. I feel like my case is home to wasps and mice half the time -_-
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From the kitguru review - I can only hope this is true across all the boards and not just the preview ones:
The Asus Republic Of Gamers Strix GTX 1080 doesn’t suffer from any coil whine issues, so bonus points to Asus for their adoption of concrete alloy chokes and higher grade, long life capacitors.
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Safetytrousers said:
''Galax GTX 1080 HoF reaches 2,5 GHz''
https://youtu.be/VKj-Cz9S6hg
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That was on LN2 though, which is a whole different ball game. The best they managed on air was 2.2GHz. To quote 8 Pack from the other day...

8 Pack said:
There is no such thing as unlocked BIOS. Currently any voltage over 1.25v in 3D is not working at all. Power limit is also locked. 2.2+ is simply look of the draw.

Gigabytes card is basically reference PCB so I cant see it doing any more than FE.
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The Nvidia-imposed restrictions seem to be happening at either a driver or chip level, so there won't be any movement on that front unless they decide to allow it.
 
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