MSI GTX1080 GAMING X 8G - Performance and Overclocking Review

[@Bitwit]

That's a mighty fine shirt you're wearing. Whoever designed it must have a huge... imagination.

[@perryt2039]

lol

[@tkornfeld]

A huge, sweaty, vascular imagination

[@matthewbrewer4090]

Scissor me Xerxes!

[@thedapperllama6579]

Oh Kyle...we all know if you try to promote your Johnson size you're over selling.

[@ChrisSparke]

How are you not verified?

[@tubyfavs]

Benchmarks start at 5:47, for anyone who has little time!

[@Jayix_]

tt

[@Jayix_]

+Phant0m_1011 ty

[@AlbzterNinja]

I've literally been refreshing over and over to see more 1080 videos! I'm getting one soon, but I'm just stuck trying to figure out what one I should get.

[@kayseyomalley8703]

the evga hybrid :p

[@Jayix_]

get a cheap one

[@Jayix_]

+Phant0m_1011 not founder edition

[@Jayix_]

+Phant0m_1011 better cooling

[@TheBobcat418]

The EVGA 1080 FTW looks pretty good, it is what I ordered

[@F7INN]

Finally! Now if only I had money...

[@Jayix_]

haha

[@vincenthodges647]

use ur credit card!

[@octoman_games]

I feel you brother, the closest Ive gotten to these cards is in youtube

[@vincenthodges647]

octavio mancilla LOL

[@octoman_games]

Pc gaming upgrades are a disease! When You know theres somehting out there... YOU WANT IT! even if You dont need it lol

[@MrEpicSpace]

I went on Square Space. Saw a circle on their site.

[@TheodoreMauros]

I'm starting to get the feeling that the Founder's cards are hand-picked by NVIDIA even though they are not saying so.

[@rand0mtv660]

Didn't they say that the Founder's edition is basically $100 more because they are using "premium" components ? Or you mean they are trying to pick the best GPU chips ?

[@feelingtardy]

that's what they said, they used highest quality components to make founders, maybe there's something to it. pick up a founders and watercool it might be best case for overclocking.

[@TheodoreMauros]

What I'm saying is that maybe they are testing the GPUs and keeping the better-performing ones for themselves.

[@rand0mtv660]

Theodor Mauros Hmm I don't know, wouldn't that be a long process actually, just to keep the better performing cards for Founder's edition ? I don't think they are trying that hard for that extra 100$ you pay for Founder's edition.

[@taiiat0]

+Rand0mTV all of the Board Partner Companies do it, they Bin based on Tier of product. super special snowflake thunderbolt edgemaster electrocution supernova hooplah versions of GPU's get higher Binning priority. just like with Processors, and basically all other Computer Components.

[@Dncmaster]

This thing costs $900+ over here... Fucking Denmark ;__;7

[@Jayix_]

rip wallet

[@mehigh234]

Same here m8. 1080 appears to be at a decent price only in USA.

[@jonodragicevich1286]

Cute. www.doolz.com/store.html?id=866345&ref=pricespy

[@TheOsju]

ye... 940$ in Poland.

[@pangbangdang3672]

Just bought the Asus gtx 1080 strix in Sweden for 924$ usd. It will arrive on Saturday #hype.

[@Nevsack63]

Sorry Jay, you're right about the silicone lottery to an extent. But you are also completely wrong. The reason for not being able to consistently reach 2.1GHz + on air is that pascal is already at the limit of its architectural design. We have seen this across various AIB's.

[@TheXipherZero]

I just got my MSI GTX 1080 Gaming card. It is the Newegg special which does not have a factory overclock hence *NOT* the Gaming-X version. That being said I am achieving a stable Boost Clock of *2113MHz* and Memory Clock of *5120Mhz*. I agree with Jay, its really all about the silicon lottery at this point. Also, if you are planning on getting this card, *DON'T* spend $20 more just to get a factory overclocked version (The Gaming-X vs. the Gaming) unless you REAALLLYYY don't want to mess with MSI Afterburner.

[@longjohnsteve94]

MM an ad in your video less that a minute in. LOVE IT

[@Carpenter92]

So basically nvidia fooled everyone by saying that 599$ MSRP, and showing that 2114 mhz overclock with a 67 Celsius GPU core. (Yeah, 67C my ass). Seriously, fuck nvidia, at this point i'm only waiting for Polaris to come out.

[@mrhavoc2415]

I just did my overclocking and I stick around 65-70c. It's a Gaming X though.

[@DiamondPugs]

And don't forget it was cooled just with ambient air.

[@bladactania]

Jay, don't apologize for making longer videos. we watch your videos because we know we're getting the full, thorough, examination of the subject. keep up the excellent work.

[@StephenWgames]

Sweet video Jay, keep em coming!

[@failaip12]

You havent even watched it to end xDDD

[@acorad30]

'cause u watched it right? RIGHT?! nope you didn't :C

[@minimash2485]

he didnt say he did

[@reallunacy]

+BadRock That doesn't really make sense. You complimented a video you haven't watched, he didn't.

[@StephenWgames]

I know it's gonna be good, and I watch all his videos.... and I'm looking forward to more reviews of 1080's and 1070's, so what's the issue?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

We're looking the same over at OCN. What it comes down to now is silence, aesthetics and of course cost. They're all sitting at 2-2.1 GHz.

[@TheHecklerYT]

Wow, last time I was this early I made an unoriginal joke.

[@Jayix_]

k

[@Weeniemeister]

k, blaze the jokes m9

[@boxadmiral]

Last time I was this early I was at Jay's house watching him upload it Jkjk

[@mayahaim1461]

Since the new office/house you really upped your game! Keep the good work

[@Bdog1067]

When can you do the ROG 1080? That is the one I want! :D

[@ODIOPOWER]

He don't cover ASUS.

[@Bdog1067]

ODIO POWER Oh... guess I gotta wait a month for Linus to do it then :/

[@ODIOPOWER]

Sinable you can give a look at guru3d, he review all the cards @day1

[@mayahaim1461]

I was also going to and then I saw that the xtreme is only 680$

[@ReventonQ]

+Sinable go to OC3D youtube channel he did a review on that card

[@scarlett806]

Snagged one off Newegg on Tuesday, I'm very excite

[@TeePee505]

Good to know my $619 EVGA ACX performs the same as the $719 MSI Gaming X. I'll enjoy my extra $100 on something else.

[@johntotten4872]

Good call. I am getting a 1070 and haven't decided what to buy yet.

[@mrawesomelemons]

You dont know if it performs better..

[@byron7843]

Jayz already done a video with the EGVA ACX. It performs similiar to this card.

[@byron7843]

EGVA ACX is also just a founders edition pcb with a 2 fan custom cooler. You saw the founders edition in this video do better then the MSI Gaming X

[@mrawesomelemons]

Byron B The particular founders edition Jay has is faster than this particular MSI card that Jay has. As said it is just the luck of the draw. A good overclockable core performs probably better in the MSI card than in the founders edition card.

[@mrBytemare]

Just got one of these and really enjoying it. Thanks for awesome review! :D

[@Nevoexpo]

Get another MSI card and see if your luck of the draw would fair any better just because you can and just because we would like to see that. :)

[@givemeajackson]

pretty much every single custom 1080 review i've read so far came up with max OC of 2030-2080 mhz. i think that's just how pascal works. i've so far seen reviews of the strix, the g1 gaming, the inno3d iChill x3, and the msi, and all got pretty much the same clocks, despite very different approaches to power delivery and board design. the 2107 mhz card they had at the reveal must have been the product of a lot of cherry-picking.

[@correzzana1992]

I very much agree with you on the chip limitations, TTL @OC3D couldn't get past 2100 Mhz with the 1080 Strix. I expected much more, this cards have so much thermal and power headroom, but can't take any advantage. That additional 6 pin it's not even used. BTW, that card at the Nvidia launch was simply running a static rendering and not real world DirectX gaming, and they got it 100% fan. Would have never been stable at that frequency and at 67°c, under genuine gaming load. Probably they could even reach 2300 Mhz when browsing chrome or watching KZbin videos XD

[@givemeajackson]

correzzana1992 i'm really wondering how it will fare under custom watercooling and ln2. i'd say it won't go over 2300 even under liquid nitrogen, maybe 2150 in a badass custom loop if you get a good chip.

[@correzzana1992]

givemeajackson Very curious too, I bet the same. At a certain point doesn't matter how much voltage you add the chip just bricks. Then the only way is to be able to find a golden one that has that bit more. But i doubt they perform as well as Maxwell GM200. BTW these aftermarket cards have very nice cooling, temps are not such a limitation. Just seen all the EVGA lineup on HW canucks

[@Syhon62]

I own one of these and they don't push past 2088, highest I can get lol

[@matt-g-recovers]

plus, I love you. been waiting for custom pcb 1080 review forever. that's worth a donation

[@JerryNeutron]

17:24 sounds like my wife in the bedroom

[@LilPeen773]

Subbed to you a while back Haha

[@LilPeen773]

+zxcvb no jerry

[@davylievens295]

R.I.P.

[@Scoutboe]

I like your style Jay. Facts to the table + present them as simply as possible + conclusion. No bullshit or speculations

[@Amphibeas1]

It look so beautiful, glistening in the sun! I must have one and make sweet love to the I/O ports

[@mrhavoc2415]

Got my Gamin X in yesterday, did my overclocking this morning. CV +100 PL 107(can go up to 121% in Afterburner) Core +100(crashes at 110) Mem +250 Stock fan curve max temp 70c

[@NuthinButRespect]

Good to know my FE overclocks better then Aftermarket so far.

[@Bang4BuckPCGamer]

The founders Edition is solid all you need is a lightly more aggressive fan profile and you are good. All these people that waited for AIB cards from what I have seen will get similar overclocks

[@Xirus5]

Many wait for aftermarket so they can play with a higher baseclock. Believe it or not.. the majority don't overclock their cards.

[@thebossaquartet9115]

Yeah, my MSI founders is holding a solid 2100mhz and +506 memory, always below 70C

[@JohnSaldana]

Great job Jay!! Lets get more!!

[@WayStedYou]

So the MSI doesn't drop its clock down but the Founders you got hit a higher peak clock. the MSI still gives a better frame rate than the founders since it doesn't get so hot

[@givemeajackson]

where on earth did you get that from? the benchmarks were without OC, when overclocked the founders would definitely be faster than the msi. he didn't mention that the founders dropped it's clock down, but the voltage adjusted constantly.

[@rankcolour8780]

Just put it under water, problem solved.

[@givemeajackson]

***** of course the founders' cooling system is crap, but as demonstrated in the video, the card stabilizes at a very loud and obnoxious 2088 mhz. that means the framerates on the founders would be better. of course the msi is a better card, but not performance wise (at least this particular one)

[@givemeajackson]

***** jay said it. he said it's been running for a good while and that that's the clock he got after it stabilized. and of course a 2% difference in clock speed doesn't make any real world difference, but the msi can obviously not get better frame rates if it's clocked lower, right? i'm not arguing whether the msi is a good card or not, nor am i denying that the "founders edition" is idiotic and anyobody who paid 100 bucks extra to get an inferior product 2 weeks earlier than anyone else is an idiot (cases were direct exhaust is necessary excluded), i'm just saying that waystedyou's statement doesn't make sense.

[@Todestelzer]

+Tea drinking crumpet munching British chap I have stable 2ghz with my FE at 1.0v. Higher voltage doesn't do anything sadly. 1.085v don't help me to get more ghz.

[@Trylen]

Jay, I got used to some of OC3D's videos and this is shorter, don't worry about your rambling, it's still under 20min, you're good.

[@wsxgfhccr]

So that Nvidia event where the 1080 ran at over 2.1GHz was a fluke? So much for "the card was not cherry-picked". Lol

[@Primeyy]

Guru3D got a stable boost clock of 2067 MHz with the GAMING X 8G A better card will probably get even closer

[@izmedyan]

2000MHz is still impressive, you'll never see any card in the 9xx series and lower go near that.

[@taki4707]

+Exynos FTW the GTA 980ti matrix from Asus gets pretty close. I got mine to a solid 1798 MHz.

[@izmedyan]

+Harry Szaniszlo I don't consider a 200MHz gap close. 1798 is still impressive though.

[@taki4707]

+Exynos FTW considering a reference founders core clock at about 1900, it's pretty close to pascal.

[@jacobwcrosby]

As much as I do greatly appreciate the effort that Jay goes through to bring us reviews and his opinions, I am thoroughly disappointed by his buildup to the Silicon Lottery... "Why did the Founders card overclock more than this card? Well I'll tell you why... It's because of the Silicon Lottery...", There are a few things that I absolutely despise when ANY youtuber/reviewer does, and that is when they do clickbait titles, and these big, long buildup exaggerations like they have some kind of secret, inside info that only they know... KZbin, well, not just YT, but all video platforms it seems are becoming nothing but garbage clickbait trash. Just a few years ago people made longer, more informative, knowledgable videos, and now we get either more shorter videos that don't explain anything, and are just meant to boost the number of videos and views a person has, or we get long, drawn out videos that don't tell us anything that couldn't have been said in half the time... I am struggling to find which one is worse... Again, I am really grateful for the work that these people do, but come on, when is enough, enough??? :-( Fortunately, I am at least nice enough to never downvote legitimate videos...

[@leonisbacher1772]

Jay is a moron don't be too hard on him, it's not his fault he was born this way !

[@Music42Ever]

Was that not obvious to you already...? Theres a reason why the 1080 only has one plug...because more wattage isnt going to magically make it perform better.

[@il2xbox]

He warned you at the beginning that the video was going to be longer than normal, weren't you paying attention?

[@Ryan-fh9fh]

Gonna wait for the binned gpu cards

[@Ryan-fh9fh]

I have a 4k monitor so I will

[@bmcginnis6543]

except you won't.. scaling is terrible at higher frequencies with these cards.. if you're waiting for 2300mhz on air or water, you're going to be disappointed. 2000mhz vs 2200mhz is around a 2-4% increase. I'd bet less than 5% of all cards will be 2200 game stable even on water. The silicon wall for good cards is ~2150mhz. You want the highest clocks? Get a FE card and a water block. Memory is effective to around 11000 on most FE cards too. Maybe nvidia saved all the good stuff for themselves this time.

[@ApexSim]

A friend got a FE about a week ago. It couldn't go past 1890Mhz with voltage, tdp and fan speed as high as it could go. It was heart breaking.

[@ApexSim]

I guess it all depends on the game. We synth bench'd the card and there was no issues at performance gains but games like WOW that he plays a lot saw little difference with everything maxed out vs his old 980Ti. That was on a i7 6700k@4.5Ghz.

[@Ryan-fh9fh]

***** some cards have bios that go past the microvoltage limit like evga said the classified would

[@Ks-zz9lh]

i was hoping for a bit better performance actually.. Bit suprised by this outcome! thank you for the great review!!!

[@michal89chz]

My 1080 msi gaming x is doing +150 on core and + 750 on mem ;)

[@broken1965]

I bought 1 yr back an its a beast OC but fps gains @1440p are marginal

[@uwa997]

Hey buddy im getting a used 1080 i have two options similarly priced gigabyte g1 1080 or msi gaming x , which would you suggest for better cooling and performance and rma support. Also shld i go for used vega 64 instead?

[@xristosimprezas5006]

mine +120 core +900 memory!!!

[@michal89chz]

@@xristosimprezas5006 and its slower due to memory correction on high vram freq. Nice one hahha

[@xristosimprezas5006]

@@michal89chz can you plz explain that to me?i made it slower?

[@ernani148]

i wasnt surprised at all, after i done some testing with my 980ti HOF and comparing it with other 980ti's i figured out that a custom VRM wont help OC on air, and i even asked Faster Benchmarker (enthusiast overclocker and hes one of the 30 people who has THE KING achievement on HWBot) if the custom vrm helped with OC on water, and from his experience with older cards, it doesnt. Im rlly happy that u talked about that in this video.

[@GamersComputer]

can you buy 10 cards and check them all to see which of the cards won the silicon lottery, and return the others?

[@Amphibeas1]

Yes, do it!

[@ayushbishnoi8026]

That sounds like Linus' job.

[@agungde13]

Great review Jay!

[@cloroxbleach-si4jp]

This card costs $1500 in hungary, f*ck my life, rip wallet.

[@onomatopoeia162003]

nice to live in America XD

[@cloroxbleach-si4jp]

If i could ship it from USA, with the taxes it would be at least $1000, $1200, it's just not worth it :(

[@IntelCoreI77700K]

taxes? I live in the us and never pay taxes on items when ordering on amazon we have prime (idk if that helps any)

[@THELEGEND-gt4wo]

In europe you can forget that you nedd to pay taxes and they are fucking expensive

[@IntelCoreI77700K]

A TUA MÃE In America we have taxes, but I guess you can avoid them on Amazon, and sorry about that I feel so bad for you guys..

[@totallynottrademarked5279]

Anyone that knows anything about low voltage knows, you only need two wires. Positive and ground. As amperage increases (DC current relies on this) heat on the wire increases. Thus A) Thicker wire - B)More wires... to spread the heat load. Wattage is always equal to amperage times voltage. P(Power in watts)= I (voltage) x E (amperage) That being said once your power supply switches the AC electric from your wall socket to DC. It then ups the amperage being transmitted to the device as voltage will remain pretty stable on the line, with most quality power supplies. Thus needing the aforementioned thicker or more wires. Since computers go into a small container where wires need to bend a lot. It has always been better practice to add more smaller wires to a connector. Instead of a larger one which, would be harder to bend in a small radius around other components and case parts. The total wattage needed by a device will never change the voltage being supplied on the line. It is limited down by components on the device itself. To the desired voltage for the chip etc. All of that being said. The only reason I want to see two 8pin connectors on cards is so I can continue to do nice looking 3 color sleeving. Symmetry is my vice.

[@strikepaw1]

Are you going to be doing the RX 480?

[@GamingTurkey]

no coz he is a nvida fanboy

[@esthergennn]

NDA is over the 29th or something like that. He cant talk about the performance and he probably doesn't have one.

[@Arlyon9999]

When he gets one he will. :)

[@strikepaw1]

Tekuila Gaming Lol yay!

[@Krytern]

Yeah notice how he hasn't even talked about it's announcement in a regular video, at all, not even for a few seconds. He will probably benchmark it to try and look unbiased.

[@correzzana1992]

FUCKING FIRST, for the first time ever!

[@TheColoredTofu]

Hey nice man. What now?

[@JeremyWorcester1]

Only 19 seconds behind you haha

[@correzzana1992]

Aahahah, I was like "Let's see if Jays got some new vids", maybe new 1080s or something on his skunworks update... And I saw the last video loaded 1 second ago !!! Maybe luck, or maybe crystal ball. BTW it's the TROLLEST comment ever and I never had the pleasure. I always see it around, but hey I was really the first ! XD

[@RofICopters]

I've been binge watching educational videos and reading about video cards for about a week now. I finally understand what 75-85% of what you said means!

[@maxstevenson5183]

1:38 imagine it fell off the railing

[@xaviertheparagon7442]

My heart sank just imagining it.

[@j_shaw]

Huge shoutout to Squarespace for sending us to CES 2016... oh sorry I thought I missclicked an old linus video. In all seriousness though great video :)

[@singsbadly]

earty, coot

[@swegmaster7930]

dat es coot

[@singsbadly]

no

[@vincenthodges647]

VentureTracks you fuking mug

[@VentureTracks]

Smell my roar #PCMASTER RACE

[@vincenthodges647]

VentureTracks lol

[@EmanGameplay]

How bad is the coil whine? That has always been my issue with MSI

[@mikebigram608]

That's odd, I have the msi 980ti and there is absolutely zero coil whine. Maybe I got lucky

[@padlockbeats151]

never had any coil whine either on my two msi 970's

[@padlockbeats151]

except for when the frames are above 1000 and i can hear it through the speakers

[@padlockbeats151]

and did you even watch the whole video 15:09

[@AkibaCorner]

Did you even watch the video? He directly talked about that

[@Tamer1]

EVERYONE JUST BUY THE: Amd rx 480 :3

[@theasdking283]

Is they’re a joke here

[@amanc9835]

THE ASD KING “is they are a joke here”? Ok

[@LLCooLM595]

3 years later and I still love this card! Now that they're cheaper I'm thinkin about getting a second one and watercooling em both when I have the money!

[@mlody8801]

Nice ! Did you overclock your ? Have a few questions :)

[@ellypsis603]

So overpriced...

[@linoz880]

in sweden its $20 more than strix

[@RealSB]

I have the MSI 980. It's preformed flawlessly since it I got it and that was near release. I really like their 1080.

[@RealSB]

See this is why you watch the whole video first. Those were not the results I was expecting at all. Disappointing compared tp how much better the their gaming 980 was over reference.

[@ollyye6722]

I'm glad that I ordered a EVGA superclock and go for watercooling

[@Arlyon9999]

Good job Jay, ignore the haters.

[@HumzahHussain]

Great video! Got my Founders Edition of the GTX 1080 and really enjoying it! Its an absolute beast of a card and a huge upgrade over my GTX 980. Overclocked the card, increase the power to 120% and temp target 92 degrees C. Set a +170 MHz offset on the Core and +300 MHz on the Memory, tried getting +180 to +200 on the core but the driver kept crashing. But getting 2025 MHz on the Core and an effective 10,600 MHz on the memory plus power usage reached highest at 111% to 116%. 3DMark score of 17,474 with my i7 4790K, so really loving it! I will note that my card is part of a custom loop with my CPU & 240mm radiator, temps were hovering around 47 to 55 Degrees C under load. Can't test Asic quality as my GPU-Z is saying the video card is not supported, so yeah.

[@shinnn7617]

Great informative video that real world users can relate to regarding silicon lottery and all the headaches that ensues with it. I know I'll be praying when I'm buying one.

[@matthewbowen2152]

like your work jay. as always a good honest video :)

[@dunno6153]

My favourite youtube channel!!

[@msalhi92]

nice review as always

[@phil_matic]

I'm watching this in 2023 just to look back on how far we came. I didn't have this exacty 1080, I had a Gigabyte and also a Zotac one. I miss these times though.

[@Wolf_1775]

The GTX 1080 is a good card, no doubt, but I'm actually more excited to see benchmarks come out for the GTX 1070, GTX 1060(?), RX 480, and RX 490 (when it gets announced). I just can't ever afford a GTX 1080, so while videos on the flagships are great for eye candy and fantasies of having a righteous rig, it doesn't do much for learning about products I might be able to realistically own. That being said, good video.

[@tarandeepsidhu6812]

U can afford it now

[@LuisCampos-entertainment]

My 1080 is pushing 2000+ mhz overclock. It's the founders edition. Difference is i'm running at 80C temps on full load in a room hot ass hell. Just sitting in there i'm sweating. I got it for 620 dollars, no thermal throttling so far. Im happy.

[@Thomas0661]

I guess im still happy with my MSI Founders Edt. Card. Got it Friday and still happy with it. :D It did cost 938 Dollars...

[@kaesden]

I think this is the first time i've ever seen an overclocking review not have some super amazing sample that overclocks for days. This is much more in line with the kind of results i get whenever i buy a chip or graphics card for myself lol. I had a 2500k that couldn't hit 4ghz on water, and my 970 can only overclock around 60-75mhz on the core just like this before stability becomes an issue.

[@Zebhie]

Great video again. Can you do video about the Asus gtx 1080 Strix if you get one? Want to see the potential of that one.

[@UndercoverFerret404]

May I suggest that you use either two cameras or capture the screen, so you can show the numbers from the top left corner? Just like a zoomed view, so we are actually able to read it.

[@G4lx4yW1hsprr]

have this one on pre order, cant wait :3

[@dylanangel2870]

i liked the video format, its going to help over clocking my card too

[@claydog6422]

Thing looks SICK!!

[@slaQ83]

+200 and +500 is what we're used to now on an overclock. I have it on my 970 as well. The msi card is still preferable to the founder's card , cause of the better cooling solution.

[@khalore5971]

@JayzTwoCents I could only get my Founders 1080 to OC to 2050 mhz on the stock cooling. Temps were not an issue for me, though I am sure they'll get much lower with the EK water block I ordered. Keep up the good work.

[@rylodinson]

Great review as always, and it it confirms what I think about Silicon Lottery for quite a moment now. Well, I'm still waiting for the final clockspeeds of the Gaming Z edition asking myself if I really want that babe in my rig ^^ You done a pretty good job here captain', keep on doin' the good job.

[@OGSuperDirty]

With custom bios that unlocks voltage and removes boost 3.0, this card should easily get above founders edition.

[@andrewskaterrr]

Since everyone started complaining on release day about the single 8 pin, I've been betting that it wouldn't make a difference unless you're LN2 coolling. I think people just assume that it will be an issue without thinking about the technology. We've seen this before in OC3D's 750ti video where a MSI without a 6 pin, out clocked and performed the Asus 6 pin version. It also used less power.

[@boostcr3p]

Did they bin at all on Founders Edition, mine does 2.1 and +500 on RAM without a problem. Glad I pulled the trigger on it.

[@iiiiii1449]

i was digging the music during the benchmarks

[@tapwater128]

I LOVE YOU JAY!

[@Beinteinsson]

Thanks, yu solved every doubt that i had about this gpu.

[@jkr3115]

Just finished overclocking mine. Maxed at 2138 with 4% overvoltage. My max temp was 68 degrees. Surprisingly, I didn't see a huge increase in min/max FPS numbers at 3440X1440 with the OC. (63.2 Max FPS at that resolution if you're wondering)

[@MustangSkar]

My Extreme Gaming GTX 970 runs at 1605 Mhz.. I love this card, I won the lottery BIG TIME. Hopefully my 1070 does the same when I get one. :P

[@BroImMcLovin]

I'm probably getting this one because I have an all MSI red/black build.

[@Tyler181]

Also Jay, I am able to get my MSI 1080 Gaming X to 2133 before crashing on the same test. If you'd like to take a look please let me know.

[@adamwilkinson5846]

I really hope to see a review of an EVGA 1080 Classified in the future!

[@Hyndez]

Great analysis. pretty surprising.

[@ThatOneDudeNick]

Thanks for the thorough review. This is the first time I'm spending this much on a video card, so I'm trying to gather every ounce of information before making a decision.

[@haraldrichter7264]

The 8G will make a handy addition to my Msi980 4G and MSi 980TI 6G collection :)

[@JohnSaldana]

Gosh Jay, I really like how well you benchmark, like you say, you can't argue with the facts! I was very surprised that it didn't perform better given it had more power. Have you had a chance to test the EVGA FTW and the SuperClock editions? They have 2 bios..

[@RyanCGames]

I like the slight redesign that MSI did to their card. It makes it pop out a bit more and look more striking.

[@TheRealAncientGamer]

previous heatpipes were flattened, not milled flat, prior to that it was intra block pipes. i cannot fathom why they made claims about square piping when it is highly inefficient for space.

[@jesperknudsen2913]

Thats the 3rd review i see of this card, and all the overclocking results is similar to yours. I had a Founders edition for a couple of days, GPU max was 2000 mhz in most games, and +600 mhz on the RAM. But made noise like a blowdryer. I now got a Gigabyte G1 Gaming (std. PCB - 1x 8pin) - Clocks are between 2025-2088 in games and benchmarks. Ram reaches just over 400+ mhz, but the funny thing is, if i set it above 400 mhz, the results gets worse. The best result i +400 mhz on the RAM. Temp is 72-73 degrees C with standard fan profile. Very happy with the card :)

[@johntotten4872]

That card is definitely a sweet spot for price and perf.

[@eddiemoser3150]

Thanks for the info. had to double take though, thought I was on LTT with squarespace plug

[@Apothecarii]

Soooo Lightning edition confirmed for this 1080 series?! Nice vid btw Jay.

[@86eab05]

Hey Jay, I really enjoy the videos you put up and they have helped me on many occasions! Will you be doing a 6700K overclock tutorial soon? Thanks for the great content!

[@ayushbishnoi8026]

Next aftermarket cooler you get, can you do a similar video with that?

[@DarkLinkAD]

Thanks for an honest review Jay, I know its not easy balancing your choice of words and having a job at the end of the day.

[@MiskTG]

I had a card from Gigabyte with the same issues, but when I lowered the voltage back to stock, I could overclock far more than what was previously allowed.

[@CarlosDeBernardMrAgapi]

I am impress i have not see that coming. in fact i have being seeing a lot of different numbers. the only line is that is better than 980ti and a kick on the titan. There will a lot of vendors with a lot of flavors in any color, leds, lights, and coolers. let see what tomorrow will bring. Thanks Jay!

[@JaxeferOfficial]

I want the MSI 1070 if that ever happens. Hopefully it does get released when the 1070 is available

[@grob682]

Jay do u plan on doing any 1080/1070 SLI testing/benchmarking

[@ms00kye]

I was finally able to pick this card up today from my local shop. They only got two in and luckily I got one of them :) So far it's a good card but I was definitely hoping for more oc potential. the rgb is cool but weird because like you said the design of the card has red in it with unchangeable rgb on the red fins (at least for me it doesn't change). Also it doesn't keep the lighting I set so I keep having to set it every time when I start up my PC. Super quiet card though and I love it so far

[@zozefinoulis4]

evga gtx 1080 sc or msi gtx 1080 gaming x for msi x299 sli plus motherboard????