8 Pack reviews the HOF Extreme 1080 Ti.
This is a follow up on the forum to the You Tube video review I did on our channel before I left for Computex.
The system I used for card testing was:
6950X at 4.6ghz
Galax HOF memory 32gb 4x8gb
ASUS Rampage V Xtreme MB
8Pack PSU
Windows 10 64 Bit.
Here are the screen shots of the bench scores with the card running stock clocks. We have Heaven, Valley,Firstrike 1080P Time Spy 1440p and Firestrike Ultra 4K.
As you can see a pretty impressive stock boost clock of between 2025/2059mhz on the Core and 5800mhz on the mems which is by far the fastest out of the box boost
clocks on the market. This produces some truly outstanding scores.
Stock full load temps:
The screen shot shows a peak of 66 C and an average of 63C after Heaven maxed out for 1 hour with fan on auto and at a almost silent 50% of max fan speed.
This beats the Founders edition card by over 23C on average in the same test conditions, but with a boost clock around 200mhz higher. In my eyes this is the best looking
and performing cooler on the market.
Overclocking results where very good too using the almost silent auto fan profile game stable results of 2125mhz Core and 6350mhz mems was no problem for this card.
In benches 2150 core was possible if you crank up the fan to full speed.
(Screen Shots to go here on return from Computex)
In conclusion the Galax HOF is the best stock performing and the best OC performing card I have tested. It looks great and has a truly class leading cooler. Bitspower has
added a waterblock to there catalogue for those who want to liquid cool too. This is a truly elite tier TI in every way and well worthy to be part of the 8Pack range of hardware.
Buy this card here:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-09k-kf.html
and the very slightly lower clocked one here:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-09g-kf.html
xtreme cooling testing to follow...........
8 Pack reviews the KFA2 EXOC 1080 Ti.
This is a follow up on the forum to the You Tube video review I did on our channel before I left for Computex.
I tested both white and black versions of the card finding performance and overclocking very similar on both which is unsurprising as the only difference is cosmetic.
The system I used for card testing was:
6950X at 4.6ghz
Galax HOF memory 32gb 4x8gb
ASUS Rampage V Xtreme MB
8Pack PSU
Windows 10 64 Bit.
Here are the screen shots of the bench scores with the card running stock clocks.
As you can see a pretty impressive stock boost clock of between 1925/1950mhz. This is beating Nvidias founders edition by around 100mhz on stock boost clocks.
Stock full load temps:
76 C peak after Heaven maxed out for 1 hour with fan on auto and at a very quiet 56% of max. Beating the Foundation card by over 10C in the same test conditions.
With the founders editions single fan design having to run the single fan much higher RPM and much louder to maintain these temps. XOC is cooler and quieter.
Finally overclocked benches:
OC with very quiet auto fan profile game stable results of 2025mhz Core and 6100-6150mhz mems was no problem for this card.
In conclusion the Galax EXOC outperformed the Nvidia Founders edition reference card across the range of testing. Faster at stock, cooler and quieter as well as good
overclocking performance. It looks great and with both colours available can be integrated into any power users gaming system. The card is also around £30-£40
cheaper than the Nvidia reference equivalent so really every reason to buy.
Get the White here:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-09j-kf.html
and the Black here:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-09f-kf.html
Gregster reviews the MSI gaming X 1080 Ti.