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EpIckFa1LJoN :
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Take it one step down with Zotac and review just the AMP! version.
Thanks for downvoting ALL THREE OF MY COMMENTS just for disagreeing with you originally. You deserve the downvote though, the AMP! is a mediocre card and isn't THAT much less than the Extreme, why consider it at all over the Extreme, it's nonsense. The only thing it has going for it is value. Performance is nothing to brag about. The Extreme performance is the best that's why its up there. Fastest 1080 on the market.
Just because you HAVE the card does not mean anything less should be considered. I want to know the Thermals of the significantly reduced size of the Heat sink. I mean lets be honest. The AMP! Extreme is gargantuan. The AMP! version is more small and sleek and not taking up 3 slots.
I'd also like to know how much performance your getting per dollar. The price difference is around $100 here for 88 MHz base 89 MHz boost. How many extra frames can that garnish? Is it even worth the premium? It may not even matter either depending on the monitor your running, just as long as those minimums stay on par with refresh rate.
Zotac AMP!
Engine Clock
Base: 1683 MHz
Boost:1822 MHz
Memory Clock
10 GHz
Power 230W
Zotac AMP! Extreme
Engine Clock
Base: 1771 MHz
Boost:1911 MHz
Memory Clock
10.8 GHz
Power 270W
The simple fact is you suggested NOT reviewing the Extreme at all, there were many comparable cards which were not reviewed. The Asus ROG Strix OC for example, which is also an extremely fast card. The benchmarks simply prove that the AMP Extreme is the fastest, and with a better fan curve, which is easily made using MSI:AB, its the best card on the market, I'm not saying the AMP doesn't have a case if anything BOTH should have been reveiwed because yes, the AMP is one of the cheapest cards on the market and probably has the highest price-to-performance of any of the 1080s but to suggest that it should be reviewed INSTEAD of the Extreme is laughable, because the Extreme IS the best 1080. (Except the very limited edition Chinese Zotac PGF).
I agree it should have been given attention as well, just don't throw a fantastic card out of the running just because it's too big for you.