Which is best aftermarket GTX 1080

[KonTiKi]

Hello,

I am going to get new graphics card which is GTX 1080 but I don't know which one is best aftermarket since there is a'lot of those. Recommendations which one is best ?

I was thinking about MSI but not sure.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

ASUS Strix

or

EVGA FTW

 

[Proofy]

The one that runs coolest which would be Gainward Phoenix and it's also one of the cheapest models around.

They will all have the same clock because of the nvidia 3.0 boost meaning all of them will operate on ~2.1MHz clock in games so manually overclocking is "not valid" anymore, since phoenix has the best cooling it should have the biggest lifespan of them all.

 

[geofelt]

define "best".

For US support, I like EVGA.
The GTX1080 is a very strong card, I think the SC version is about right.

 

[TonyRoma]

I'd choose EVGA GTX 1080 FTW. The quality of EVGA cards is fantastic, they are class.

 

[Proofy]

I'd never spend so much money on a GPU that has the same ingame overclock, runs hotter and is about $80 more expensive 😀

 

[Samer1970]

I vote for :

1-ASUS GTX 1080 Strix Gaming

2- Palit GTX 1080 GameRock Premium

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

The gigibite G1 Gaming is one of the cheaper ones, but with one of the hoigher clock speeds also.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3fvZxr/gigabyte-video-card-gvn1080g1gaming8gd

 

[Proofy]

People please read on Nvidia 3.0 GPU boost before recommending pascal graphic cards. How much you can manually overclock your GPU DOES NOT MATTER anymore, at least not for Pascal because BIOS hacking tools haven't been written yet for Pascal. The guy who wrote Keplar and Maxwell tools is clearly having trouble backwards engineering everything, cause it's taking him a long time this generation and might never be realeased.

You can't manually overclock more than 3.0 GPU boost technology can give you which is the same clock for all graphic cards atm. GPU to look for should be the coolest one (lowest temperatures), not the one that has highest manual overclock.