Gigabyte RTX 2080 Windforce OC vs Gaming OC

[austinkearns47]

I'm looking at purchasing one of the new RTX 2080 cards and I can't find any reviews of the Windforce 2080 model. I'm looking at the Gigabyte cards because they are cheaper and presently in-stock (I'm not opposed to waiting and getting a different model if the others are substantially better and worth the increased cost). So far, the differences I've been able to gather are 80 mm fans in the Windforce vs 82 mm fans in the Gaming OC, slightly different dimensions (Gaming OC is thicker), different clocks (+30 mHz for the Gaming OC), and +1 year warranty on the Gaming OC. The Windforce OC is $790 whereas the Gaming OC is $830. I'm not an expert and I'm not sure how much these differences really add up to be. Which card do you guys think is better for the price? I'm using an AW3418dw (3440x1440, 120 Hz) and just built a new i7-8700k PC sans-GPU.

 

[gmmichaeljiang]

The Gaming OC features factory OCed clock speeds and they have slightly better cooling due to the fact that they are thicker and have slightly larger fans. It is like the Gaming X with higher clock speeds than the windforce, only the Gaming OC 2080 has 3 fans. BTW the 2080 can definitely handle the ultrawide 1440p. Hope this helps you decide

 

[cpmackenzi]

I have read people complain that Gibabyte was generally sucky when it came to 1080s... Such as peiple saying to buy any 1080 EXCEPT Gigabyte ones. Any expectation that they have improved for the next generation?

 

[gmmichaeljiang]

They are most likely the same for the 20xx series as they are much cheaper than the strix and gaming x ones. The 2080 will get quite hot when underload so I suggest getting one of the MSI or the ASUS cards if you have the budget. The Gaming OC will also work but will not have the strix and MSI gaming series's temperatures under load.

 

[bmockeg]

Not sure about the 1080, but the Gigabyte 1080ti aurous extreme is one,of the best 1080tis on the market