Which 1080Ti

[bloodkil]

Hey all,

Been debating getting a 1080Ti to upgrade my ageing 290X, I was looking for an aftermarket card which has the best performance for the price.

I was looking for ones with a UK based RMA centres after issues with international RMA's in the past.

Does clock speed matter on this card, or will most aftermarket cards be able to achieve the same (or very similar) clock speeds?

Thanks

 

[Azer]

Personally I would just go with the cheapest one I could find that doesn't use a blower style cooler if you aren't planning to watercool (as long as it has favourable write ups).

If RMA / warranty is important to you though, I would definitely recommend EVGA.

 

[bloodkil]

Personally I would just go with the cheapest one I could find that doesn't use a blower style cooler if you aren't planning to watercool (as long as it has favourable write ups).

If RMA / warranty is important to you though, I would definitely recommend EVGA.

I've heard good things about EVGA, apparently after reading around, Gigabyte do too?

 

[Mr.Cookie]

I'm going to be changing a 7950 to a gigabytes 1080ti will let you know how it goes.

 

[Azer]

I've heard good things about EVGA, apparently after reading around, Gigabyte do too?

I believe they have a UK based customer service / RMA centre, which is ofcourse great.
...however they are not as well regarded as EVGA, and you get varying reports of product reliability and customer support experience.

 

[Panos]

Hey all,

Been debating getting a 1080Ti to upgrade my ageing 290X, I was looking for an aftermarket card which has the best performance for the price.

I was looking for ones with a UK based RMA centres after issues with international RMA's in the past.

Does clock speed matter on this card, or will most aftermarket cards be able to achieve the same (or very similar) clock speeds?

Thanks

I have the Aorus 1080ti xtreme. A beast of card both in size, weight and out of the box performance. If you don't plan to watercool is fantastic card.

if you plan to watercool either get the cheapest 1080ti and block but also make sure the card is by a company not voiding warranty (gigabyte, evga). In addition calculate the combined cost with that of Aorus Waterforce model, which already is a pre watercooled card with years of warranty and no hassle.

As for support there is UK gigabyte rep here in this forum, and everyone asked his assistance got it.

 

[Phixsator]

If you have 3rd party cooling options be it water(aio) or air, then get the cheapest 1080ti. Thats what i did since i had a MK-26 layin around waiting to be popped on.

If you are doing a custom loop, safest bet will be the cheapest reference design.

If you want to use the cooler that follows then stay away from cards like the Inno3d X2 or MSI armor as they are to weak to properly cool the 1080ti. They will certainly sound like jet engines(my x2 does anyway)

Now if you are going to do cooler removal i would look at inno3d as mine didn't come with a warranty seal on the screws. Otherwise if you want ease of mind EVGA should provide proper warranty.

 

[subbytna]

Most of the 1080ti chips are the same performance, it's just the warranty and cooler type you're paying extra for. Overclocking is much of a muchness with all non reference cards.

 

[jeff83nz]

I'm going to be changing a 7950 to a gigabytes 1080ti will let you know how it goes.

Did exact same upgrade a while ago. Amazeballs. Althouggh most of that was going from a cyclone 7950 to a silent auros

 

[RSR]

My vote would be for a EVGA FTW3 card.

 

[Wrinkly]

My vote would be for a EVGA FTW3 card.

I went for the FTW3.

As a plus you can purchase an exteneded 5 (~£20) or 10 (~£45) year warranty from EVGA, not bad for a £700+ card (cost £738.98 with Destiny 2 back in July).

Only negative so far is currently being forced to use Precision XOC due to fan control when overclocking. It's not the best looking or bug free solution having come from MSI Afterburner. The card does come with a decent O/C out of the box so maybe that's not so important.