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Cheapest 1080 vs high-end 1080?

Meaning it's pretty much pointless.

There are some things you might gain from a more expensive card like longer warranty and better cooling but for the most part it's useless marketing spiel
 
The absolute cheapest ones tend to have slightly flimsier coolers on them and run a bit warmer.

But performance wise there won't be a lot of difference. Personally i wouldn't buy either end of the scale. Get one somewhere in the middle price wise.
 
nightrider1470 said:
Meaning what exactly?... I don't pay more for names
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Meaning you're paying more for the name on the box, typically "Asus". High end Pascal cards are particularly pointless due to how locked down and standardised overclocking is. All these fancy cards with a hundred power phases and three 8-pin connectors do nothing for overclocking (unless you're planning to do it with LN2 perhaps). The noise factor doesn't come into it, since the Palit/Gainward JetStream/GameRock/Phoenix cards are some of the cheapest around and the quietest, with massive, well-built coolers on them. At best you might get a better warranty service from a company with a UK RMA base like EVGA, Gigabyte or KFA2 (but certainly not Asus).
 
nightrider1470 said:
So clocks seem higher on the expensive ones, but then again you can just overclock the cheapest to same clocks.

So why pay more?

So the high-end 1080's clock super higher or something?
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having handled a cheaper card vs an evga classified you are paying for the build quality and also better components around the gpu. in some cases it means you are guaranteed to avoid coil whine.
 
Besty said:
having handled a cheaper card vs an evga classified you are paying for the build quality and also better components around the gpu. in some cases it means you are guaranteed to avoid coil whine.
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As above, with more power phases etc and coolers that were better designed to handle large power draws but seems pascal has really changed things around. Don't really need huge number of VRMs or tens of heat pipes as its such a good design . blower style do throttle a bit but even a lot better then previous designs .

Having a budget is key and stick to it , then find reviews on your card. Budgets tend to have less reviews .
Take Gigabytes Turbo, was cheapest 1080 sold with no reviews what so ever, big gamble for a sale. My card hadn't reached me on time .
 
Warranty is a reason as well.

I like the Zotac cards, because they have great overclocks out of the factory and 5 year warranty, plus in my experience they are good build quality and there's virtually no whine coil. Either that or I got lucky every time I bought a Zotac card :)
 
I second that about zotac. Very pleased with my 1070 amp indeed. Very cool, quiet, fast clocks out of the box and well built. 5 year warranty and no coil whine. Best card in its price bracket i think.

Oh and proper cooling on the vrms (evga take note) ;)
 
The VRMs etc can sometimes be better, so you get a more stable card. But it's not always the more expensive ones that are best.

Asus charge more just because they think we think Asus is a premium brand. It's not.
 
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have to ask with the 5 year warranty... who actually keeps there card 5 years?
Longest I've had was my 8800 for 4 years!

I know Gigabyte un-officially support 2nd hand warranty if receipt is in hand and EVGA being the only one to officially support passed down warranty.
how would that work with Zotac specially being bought through and dealt with OCUK?

would be interesting for an OCUK member to answer if they'd support it.
 
orbitalwalsh said:
have to ask with the 5 year warranty... who actually keeps there card 5 years?
Longest I've had was my 8800 for 4 years!

I know Gigabyte un-officially support 2nd hand warranty if receipt is in hand and EVGA being the only one to officially support passed down warranty.
how would that work with Zotac specially being bought through and dealt with OCUK?

would be interesting for an OCUK member to answer if they'd support it.
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I've had my gtx670 for 4 years now, my HD5770 serves me well in a HTPC and I've had that since new. I must admit though if I were playing games more regularly I would have bought a RX480 or 1060 by now.
 
It used to make a difference, because the more expensive cards would clock better. A lot better.

But it seems Nvidia shipped Pascal chips close to their limit anyway so makes little difference.

You pay more for

"nicer" looking and feeling cards
"potentially" higher quality components. (but its not as if cheaper cards are breaking left right and centre anyway).
longer warranty
slightly quieter
Bragging rights
RGB lights

If I were buying a 1080 I would get the Palit Card. I think it looks nice and gets very good reviews.
 
orbitalwalsh said:
have to ask with the 5 year warranty... who actually keeps there card 5 years?
Longest I've had was my 8800 for 4 years!

I know Gigabyte un-officially support 2nd hand warranty if receipt is in hand and EVGA being the only one to officially support passed down warranty.
how would that work with Zotac specially being bought through and dealt with OCUK?

would be interesting for an OCUK member to answer if they'd support it.
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It's not about keeping the card for 5 years. It's about projecting confidence in their own product.
With a long warranty, they are saying.

"Look how good our products are that we an offer such a long warranty, our product is the best one and we are confident of that"

That's all it is.
 
beany_bot said:
It used to make a difference, because the more expensive cards would clock better. A lot better.

But it seems Nvidia shipped Pascal chips close to their limit anyway so makes little difference.

You pay more for

"nicer" looking and feeling cards
"potentially" higher quality components. (but its not as if cheaper cards are breaking left right and centre anyway).
longer warranty
slightly quieter
Bragging rights
RGB lights

If I were buying a 1080 I would get the Palit Card. I think it looks nice and gets very good reviews.
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my palit jetstream is working great, no whine, great and massive cooler. even has rgb if you like that sort of thing. all good
 
beany_bot said:
It's not about keeping the card for 5 years. It's about projecting confidence in their own product.
With a long warranty, they are saying.

"Look how good our products are that we an offer such a long warranty, our product is the best one and we are confident of that"

That's all it is.
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Ferrari offer 3 years warranty , Kia offer 7 :D

but I see where your coming from. would be nice if OCUK could confirm hand handy warranty if initial receipt is passed on
 
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