Asus 1080 TI Strix difference

[geordiejc]

Both cards come with an OC mode, do you need the strix software installed to activate OC mode or can this be done via MSI afterburner ?

 

[RanxZy]

Also the vrm cooling sucks on the Strix, look at the Guru3d review and they are getting to nearly 90c on the thermal imaging measurement.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_rog_strix_geforce_gtx_1080_ti_review,9.html

The Aorus is closer to 75c.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_aorus_gtx_1080_ti_xtreme_gaming_review,10.html

Vrms can take a lot of heat but I would still rather the card to be cooler all round.

Gigabyte should be really proud of the Aorus, I've seen very few air coolers better than it when comparing thermal imaging, while also considering every review has mentioned that the 100mm fans are non intrusive at full load

 

[geordiejc]

Guru3d don't show ambient temps during testing for delta calculation. The Strix with hotter VRMs show 67C under load and the Aorus 71C with cooler VRMs?? The Aorus is 2dB quieter. I got the strix £788 the Aorus is 799 or 860 for the extreme and the MSI is £809 - Price wise its a no brainer.

What i like about the Strix fis the Fan Connect 2 pins on the GPU - as the GPU warms up, your case fans turn on and ramp up. Therefore when the system is idle, all my case fans will be off. My PSU is silent (EVGA P2 Platinum)

 

[RanxZy]

Guru3d don't show ambient temps during testing for delta calculation. The Strix with hotter VRMs show 67C under load and the Aorus 71C with cooler VRMs?? The Aorus is 2dB quieter. I got the strix £788 the Aorus is 799 or 860 for the extreme and the MSI is £809 - Price wise its a no brainer.

The fact that you are questioning a 13c difference in vrm temps in favour of the Aorus due to possible ambient temperatures, but bringing up a 4c difference in GPU temperature to support the Strix makes no sense.

The Aorus Xtreme is available for pre-order at ~£800. The standard Aorus can be pre-ordered for ~£760 now.


*** careful with price hinting please - Thanks, Armageus ***

 

[Brazo]

I'm not confused, the OP asked what the difference was between the Strix and Strix OC - with those the boards and coolers are identical, they test them and mark them up accordingly
you've referenced a completely unrelated situation and said that the 1080 amp is just a failed extreme - its a completely different PCB and cooler between the two, not the same situation at all

I gave an example of binning using the chips on the two zotac cards. Not once did I mention the coolers. That is where your bringing confusion into the discussion.

 

[andybird123]

It's a simple binning process.

My zotac amp is a 'failed' amp 'extreme'

It's as simple as that. My vanilla amp is also the lowest clocking 1080 I have had (out of four) but it reaches at least 2050 and is the quietestso this time I'm sticking!

The OP asked what the difference was between the two strixes, which are the same PCB and same cooler. Your example is the same GPU core but two completely different PCB's and coolers... how that wouldnt be construed as massively misleading is beyond me.

The strix cards are identical and binned based on final card results, your amp vs amp extreme may not even be binned, the pcb's are different enough that they might not even feature binned chips at all. I cant find a single reference to zotac binning chips prior to boarding them.