Which Graphics Card?

My 980Ti went down the other day and i am in the process of a warranty claim, they have said that it's highly likely that i will get a refund.. so with that in mind i have set to and looked at some better cards...

so, what cards are the best out there? im currently looking at the Asus Strix 1080Ti 11GB ROG Poseidon edition..

anything faster?

cheers.

 

Faster than 1080Ti, sure
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/8/16750326/nvidia-titan-v-announced-specs-price-release-date

Or wait a couple of months for more consumer pocket friendly Volta.

 

ASUS ROG cards are very well made but generally overpriced and are generally not clocked very high by default as they are meant to be overclocked by the user. That Poseidon card is built to be watercooler so unless you plan to do that it will be a waste. I like the Gigabyte Aurus Extreme card. One of the highest factory overclocks and very quiet. The non extreme version is the same really with a slightly lower clock speed, it’s the card I run and it’s awesome

 

I personally stick with EVGA for build quality, features, and support.
Pascal likes it cold due to aggressive temperature based clock control (downclocking)
Check out some water cooling or go for hybrid AIO cooler, this is what I am currently use.
https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=11G-P4-6698-KR

 

I own two 1080 ti's. The Asus Strix OC edition and a EVGA black series. There's no way the EVGA can match the Asus. Maybe a FTW3. I can get the Asus to consistently stay at 2025 Mhz for core clock. The EVGA would throttle max to 1925...any higher it would crash(bad silicon lottery?). Asus is also very quiet . I bought my Asus for $700 USD and my EVGA for $719. I hear that the Asus retails for $800-900. If price is not an issue you might just want to get a reference and water cool. You should be able to get better performance by putting a water block. The Asus does consume 30 watts more of power. The Asus is massive. Tall and wide.

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Silicon lottery, exactly, little to do with the brand.
My FTW3 is not the best overclocker, 2050 is my everyday stable OC, but it boost to 2000 even on stock clock during load.
ASUS is a reliable brand too. I would probably stay away from MSI, not sure about Gygabyte. If money allows, always recommend top of the line EVGA.

 

huh? Why stay away from MSI? Especially the X Trio and the FTW3 are supposed to be top notch according to reviewers.

 

From what i jave seen the zotac is the fastest card on the market, it also comes with a 5year guarantee..

But when i spoke to my local store he said either get asus or evga, stay away from the others as they have more returns for gpu’s than asus or evga.

When i checked them out asus was the fastest.

 

Keep in mind that “the fastest” is a bit redundant when it comes to 1080Ti cards, they are all crazy fast. Noise and warranty is a good consideration. In Australia the price difference can be up to $300 or so (26-27%) between 1080Ti cards but the performance difference on any benchmark is never over about 3% between the basic overclocked 1080Ti and the most hardcore factory card. Unless you really plan to custom overclock and use all the sensors and and other stuff on those cards you have to ask if it’s worth it?

 

Why only EVGA? Is there something magical about their cards that no other manufacturer has ever figured out?

 

I just got off the phone with them and they have decided to repair my 980ti..

Damn! Lol no cheap upgrade for me! Lol

 

Build quality, reliability, innovative designs, features, impeccable support. Aren't they are also the most expensive brand, mostly due to the components selection.
Never had any issues with GPUs since I've switched to EVGA, and I've been through 3 gens of them already. Prefer ASUS for Motherboards though. May be one day I'll try their GPU, may be they are just as good, but as with everything we are usually loyal to the brand that works for us.
Didn't mean to start brands war, I am sure there are plenty of happy owners of MSI, Gygabyte, and others second tier GPU manufacturers.

 

I burn an evga 780 gtx last year, it was finaly a good news because they refund me almost the price of the 1070 i bought to replace it.
The 3 year warranty is for me very interesting.

 

It depends what components they actively cool and even within their the respective brands... some models have different coolers. EVGA had issues with not having thermal pads on some components which seem ok during gaming but not benchmarking. They since went overboard and put pads on almost everything. https://www.pcworld.com/article/313...with-faster-fan-speeds-free-thermal-pads.html

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I actually looked at EVGA 1080Ti’s as they were well priced to get it online but didn’t like that they were all dual slot only instead of 2.5 slots. After reading the reviews all said that they made compromises to make them dual slot and if you needed them for space reasons then that’s the card to get but if not to look elsewhere. Hence the gigabyte card

 

Faster than Asus Strix 1080Ti? Asus Strix 1080Ti - OC.

The charm in it is that its not just faster, but its cooling is optimised. When I researched cards for my system, the OC version, although faster, stays colder than the default (non-OC) card.

But expensive as sin.

 

Hehe. On my home planet, the 1080Ti (damn, even the 1080!) is already more expensive than any sins I can afford

 

The poseiden is oc