I have ordered two cards today.
ZOTAC: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme, ZT-P10800B-10P, 8GB GDDR5X IceStorm Cooling, Metal Wraparound Carbon ExoArmor exterior, Dual-blade EKO Fan, Spectra Lighting, PowerBoost, FREEZE fan stop-Newegg.com
EVGA 1080 GTX FTW: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 DirectX 12 08G-P4-6286-KR 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 Graphics Card - Newegg.com
So which one should I keep?
Its a hard decision, they are both priced the same since the FTW I ordered through EVGA directly and the Zotac came to be about $710 since I had a coupon from newegg.
Here are my thoughts:
EVGA = Better support, RMA, better looking card overall.
Zotac = Faster card, excellent temps, quiet fans, bad ass looking card.
I've read a review today (user google translator) Roundup: 5x GeForce GTX 1080 im Custom-Design im Test - Hardwareluxx
And it shows that the Zotac card just beats any cards on benchmarks out of factory clocks. Also surprisingly the card runs the coolest out of them all.
Here is a background of my situation, I bought an MSI 1080 GTX Gaming X, returned due to coil whine.
I bought the Gigabyte 1080 Gaming Xtreme returned because the stupid fan kept hitting the shroud after few days of use and coil whine as well.
Which one would you go with?
ZOTAC: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme, ZT-P10800B-10P, 8GB GDDR5X IceStorm Cooling, Metal Wraparound Carbon ExoArmor exterior, Dual-blade EKO Fan, Spectra Lighting, PowerBoost, FREEZE fan stop-Newegg.com
EVGA 1080 GTX FTW: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 DirectX 12 08G-P4-6286-KR 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 Graphics Card - Newegg.com
So which one should I keep?
Its a hard decision, they are both priced the same since the FTW I ordered through EVGA directly and the Zotac came to be about $710 since I had a coupon from newegg.
Here are my thoughts:
EVGA = Better support, RMA, better looking card overall.
Zotac = Faster card, excellent temps, quiet fans, bad ass looking card.
I've read a review today (user google translator) Roundup: 5x GeForce GTX 1080 im Custom-Design im Test - Hardwareluxx
And it shows that the Zotac card just beats any cards on benchmarks out of factory clocks. Also surprisingly the card runs the coolest out of them all.
Here is a background of my situation, I bought an MSI 1080 GTX Gaming X, returned due to coil whine.
I bought the Gigabyte 1080 Gaming Xtreme returned because the stupid fan kept hitting the shroud after few days of use and coil whine as well.
Which one would you go with?