Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Review - Asus Strix OC!

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[@dksteffe]

Great review PC Centric. I normally doesn't write comments on KZbin, mainly because my English isn't very good, but I had to write a comment here. I have followed your KZbin channel for quite some time and have always been able to make informed buying decisions based on your great reviews. Hope to see lots more reviews an interesting KZbin videos from you in the future, PC Centric :-)

[@PcCentric]

+Steffen Kristensen Thanks, appreciate it

[@groothelion9321]

Fine video, good editing. Only thing that I think you can improve is the benchmark graphs. It's a bit clunky with all the min-max-avg fps in different tabs.

[@PcCentric]

Ye, I agree

[@timons777]

What? Man, how did i mised your chanel? ;) Amazing quality! Thanks!

[@geforce5591]

Vega needs to step up to the occasion.

[@geforce5591]

One can only hope.

[@Laughing_Individual]

Though I am excited for what Vega can bring to the table, it may become irrelevant when Nvidia announces Volta.

[@josiahjones5293]

vega will be great either above or below performance i have a ti and you can bet AMD will deliver better Frames per dollar than the ti But may not compete

[@V_ii]

EVGA emailed me a notification about the FTW3. Just as I'm in the process of pre-ordering I stopped myself and decided to wait for the Vega. I'm becoming increasingly impatient with them being so tight lipped about release details. I know "its right around the corner" but I'm clueless as to why their marketing team or whomever thought it would be a good idea to not let release info out considering the competition. Anyone with a better understanding care to give some insight or share their opinion of how these companies operate?

[@tomriley5790]

Yep they need to at least give a date or I'm going to have to give up and go with an nvidia card and gsync monitor (buliding from scratch)

[@guzzbro]

I like to see a performance comparison between this and the reference 1080ti

[@ScottTuscher]

You shaved! Looks much better haha. This card is beast mode to the max. Good review.

[@powergannon]

Just ordered this card and a Ryzen 7 and Geforce Mobo. Can't wait

[@dolboyeb5089]

just ordered mine, thanks for the strip tease vid mate.

[@RaitonGG]

is that a custom abstergo pillow? :o where you get that?

[@Cocomaku]

Great video mate! Can I ask whats your speakers?

[@PcCentric]

Bowers & Wilkins 685 S2

[@PCTechHub]

Man that card is a beast. Those figures are incredible!

[@brandonn161]

I'm currently running a 1080 Strix in SLI setup with the Asus PG348Q monitor. Since Gsync doesn't work right with SLI atm, I'm thinking of switching out both the cards for a single 1080Ti. How much of an upgrade/downgrade would that be? Will I be able to run games like The Witcher 3 at max setting with a steady 91+ fps?

[@BrutalOwls]

Hey man, whats the chair that you're sitting in? Ive been looking for a good white/black chair and couldnt find any

[@Mrwhosetheboss]

This video was everything I hoped it would be

[@PcCentric]

+Mrwhosetheboss the key is low expectations ;)

[@DuaneChipman]

Two questions: 1.) Is there a big difference between the OC/non OC versions? (I'm an idiot and i had multiple tabs open on NewEgg while comparing and ordered the non OC version when the OC was only like $30 more and I ordered the wrong one XD) 2.) Do I need an Aura enabled MB to use the lighting on the card itself? (Have an older z97-A board and plan on upgrading the board when i get either a 7700k or an 8700k chip)

[@RAMtrails]

What are your thoughts on the current state of SLI? I'm debating upgrade to SLI but am wary

[@matiasenriquez2897]

you are really lucky, good job! greetings from Argentina.

[@godz2928]

Am i doing a justice on the graphics card if i use a 1080p 144hz monitor on it or an ultrawide 144hz? I ordered the OC edition and i have no budget to buy 1440p monitor yet or 4k

[@nathanwong5644]

How much faster is this card compare to my GTX1080Ti Founders Edition?

[@KingJaeTV]

Damn. You would also need a 4k monitor aswell to display true 4k. Is 4k worth this much?

[@JoaoPedro-yq3ry]

Since the board comes with overclocking, it lasts less than a "normal" one?

[@khmergodhobbies]

sli 1080 ti with 1080p monitor ftw

[@TrollermanSixtysevan]

Vandoeun Long 240 hertz for the win

[@vladdydaddy6954]

More like 400hertz

[@samaniglo8858]

more like Cpu bottlenecks and Engine fps caps 😂

[@RapidBlaze89]

Vandoeun Long at least you know you are future proof ultra settings and fps wise LMFAO

[@a-news1957]

Vandoeun Long j

[@yoitsmegabe]

Thanks for the review, how's the crunch at university going? hang in there!

[@PcCentric]

Cheers - It's not long left :)

[@KentuckyAirBros]

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL VIDEO SUBBED.

[@fancentollito]

es cierto que la nvidia 1080 ti tiene ya deserie el direcxt 12 nativo o lo sigue haciendo por sofware , gracias

[@zeinnaja]

Awesome review!

[@nikolayrayanov2895]

Very good review, just work a bit on the graphs :)

[@elit4780]

So, I guess inside the case the card can reach up to 75c? I guess the 68c you mentioned is on an open bench.

[@void9452]

does someone know.. how do i know which manufacturers make the cards(1080ti) with the least COIL WHINE in general? i have been a bit unlucky with extreme coilwhine on Evga SC2! thx guys :)

[@MoosePolo]

Just set up my SLI with these cards and wow they’re amazing

[@joachimgranberg9263]

What is the performance difference between the 1080 ti Strix vs 1080 ti founder's edition?

[@S7StudioElfPaladin]

if only the blasted thing would come out. Been sitting here waiting with my preorder for a month & a half & still no real release date for me! goddamnit!

[@popcornwonk87]

Doing good thank you! :) Cheers for video mate.

[@q2subzero]

Great review, but I think it would have been that much better if you were able to throw in a stock 1080TI into the review to show how much the Asus unit shines over stock.

[@PcCentric]

+q2subzero I agree, but I don't have one :(

[@omrielinav5467]

Now you have to show us what this puppy can do with that 4K 144hz hdr monitor you teased us with

[@PcCentric]

+Omri Elinav I'm fairly sure I'll be running it sli when that day comes. :D

[@ImCippa]

Any idea on the release date?

[@Sulfen]

Is it worth the extra $100 to get the TI over the FTW?

Your PC looks like my PC twin brother!!

[@gpapa001]

if money was no object. would you recommend a 1080 in sli or a single 1080ti if you already owned a single 1080? trying to decide if I should sell my current 1080 and buy a ti or if I should keep it and get another 1080 to sli it up (understanding that it also depends on game support - although most newer games support sli fine)

[@AdolfHitler-xp1nx]

1080 ti man i swapped from a 980 ti hybrid to 1080 ti and it's a religious experience 2x the fps everywhere at any res at minimum

[@Brandon-pq1pn]

how fast did you get it? gpu clock?

[@rphxleonine]

I am tempted. But I have a FS monitor, so I will wait for Vega. If it isn't up to snuff, I will (likely) go with a 1080Ti. By then, I hope the likes of the EVGA Classified and MSI Lightning are available.

[@salamanteriop]

rphxleonine i wish that MSI Lightning 1080Ti would look like 980Ti, because it looked good.

[@dannyhefc69]

got this sucker coming on Wednesday, bad news is im still gaming at 1080p @ 60fps, good news is i need it for my htc vive. maxing EVERYTHING at 1080 with solid 60fps without breaking a swest is a very nice thought tho

[@cookiesontoast9981]

BIG PC But if you're buying 1080Ti's and HTC Vive's then why are you still on 1080p? the 1080Ti can easily handle pretty much every game maxed out at 1440p and can handle a shit ton of games maxed out at 4K (not all though but who really cares about fully maxing out games?), get yourself a 4K monitor or a 1440p 144HZ monitor instead 1080p, i can't even imagine seriously playing a game at 1080p anymore.

[@dannyhefc69]

MechaMinilla99 iv got my gaming pc set up to a 150" projector and designed the room around it, so changing monitors is not as straight forward as just buying a 4k monitor. i cant go back to gaming on a small screen now after use 150" for so long. when 4k projectors become cheaper i will for sure jump on the 4k gaming

[@cookiesontoast9981]

BIG PC Fair enough haha.

[@Timoxi80]

Asus 1080 OC full overclocked vs Asus 1080ti OC (default clocks) I would like to see how close overclocked Asus 1080 will come :)

[@POCKATA]

Will we be seeing a benchmark comparison between all the Ti variants: FE, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte?

[@PcCentric]

+POCKATA I'll be getting more cards in yeah :)

[@unsc0212able]

waiting to see which one out of this one and Evga is about the only ones I like and Zotac is way to bulky. Be nice to see more reviews on these cards to see how they differ from one another.

[@jjoncm1]

Spartan 212 this one is pretty bulky too but it helps with the temps, just hope it doesn't sag without a support

[@unsc0212able]

hope newer cards that come out work on making not so bulky cards. There got to be something they can do to these cards.

[@th3orist]

2-3 more fps in 4k gaming between this one and the FE is not that big of a deal i find. the only reason one would want to get a custom design is the noise level.

[@marshy3293]

can i buy this gpu and use it on a 1080p 144hz monitor

[@rayikaikin]

my gtx780 is tired new games at medium settings on 1080p are a struggle so time to get a 1080 ti :):) is there any competition for the strix? what about evga?

[@tntdude64]

Really? My old 770 ran fine at high settings for some games. I did have to turn some settings down but it ran at about 50-60 FPS on a 1080p monitor. Well, if you are sticking with a 1080p monitor, then I would go with an RX 480, GTX 1070, and maybe a 1080 if you can find one for a really good price. Even I would consider the 1070 a little overkill.

[@maddoctor99]

Does anyone know what FPS counter is being used here to log the frame rates ? I'm a novice when it comes to these things and am using the built-in FPS counter through Steam. Thanks

[@PcCentric]

Fraps was used for a 100 second run in Andromeda. Otherwise it's taken from in game benchmarks.

[@KSTUDIOFILM]

i have Asus Z97-K Motherboard and i want to know,Is this board can support GTX1080 and GTX1080 Ti? processor i7 4790K Asus Z97-K Motherboard smps 500w Ram 16 gb SSD 250 HHD 2.5 TB

[@PcCentric]

If the CPU is overclocked, you should be fine. These cards are meant to 1440p and above though.

[@degitgitagitya9473]

Raise the volume output please...

[@aka-.-1981]

what monitor do you have

[@CosmicMindSense]

i guess EVGA takes time precaution before the release of their 1080 ti's.....

[@jay-1172]

what about triple 4k monitors! that's what I want

[@manuelf.almeida]

PC Centric please what are ur speakers? And do u use an amp to connect them to PC?

[@PcCentric]

B&W 685 S2. I use a Marantz PM6005 amp via optical

[@manuelf.almeida]

and the brand of the stands? i love them

[@EUK007]

This is a very good card on the 1080Ti range, but i prefer to buy the ZOTAC GTX 1080 Ti AMP Extreme Edition.

[@junjecguatno8584]

next gen gpu's are expected too to be "ridiculously" insane for certain resolutions , its always been like this since stone age.

[@superwidger]

Did he just say he wasn't "well off"? With a LG 38" Curved Ultrawide behind him?

[@PcCentric]

+Matthew Tresidder review unit :p

[@superwidger]

+PC Centric oh k ;) my bad

[@Tripokaridos22]

What about New Bios from ASUS the silent one ?

[@jaystwopence]

Does this fit in atx micro case?

[@MilesLuwa]

what camera lens to you use?

[@PcCentric]

+tekrevz Sigma 18-35 1.8

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Could someone please help me with my 1080Ti, i have this one in the video and in quite a few games there is hitching/chugging every couple of seconds when i move anything? does anyone know what's wrong with that? i have the latest Nvidia graphics driver and everything, a response would be much appreciated.

[@bobbyfischer604]

MechaMinilla99 Maybe a CPU bottleneck?

[@assyria89]

I have this baby. It also handle most games at 5k maxed out under 60-50fps. It's better than Titan Xp and much cheaper lol

[@KSTUDIOFILM]

i have Asus Z97-K Motherboard and i want to know,Is this board can support GTX1080 and GTX1080 Ti?

[@PcCentric]

Whats the CPU? You may run into bottlenecks

[@KSTUDIOFILM]

thanks for response bro, I have processor i7 4790K smps 500w Ram 16 gb SSD 250 HHD 2.5 TB

[@prajwalnaik47]

What is more GPU demanding, 1440p @144hz or 4K @60hz? And is the 1080Ti overkill for 1440p @144hz?

[@patthonsirilim5739]

1440p at 144hz is more demanding if you want to hold that kind of number 4k 60hz is comparable to 1440p 120hz in pixel being push per second in theroy but some really demanding games will start pushing even the most hardcore cpu to its limits after you go more then 100hz that why you sometime dont see to much improvement from this monster cards at 1080p

[@arielsabillon4075]

Does it fit in a Omen X?

[@andrewx8888]

Looks great, I need 4.

[@NotHimJim]

I have the Strix 1080 and it's certainly audible. It's the only thing I don't like about the card! Unfortunately I would have to be mental to pay £800 for a GPU.

[@bigbuttboy3462]

should i pay extra for the overclocked model?

[@cmoneytheman]

BigButtBoy no

[@SebastianNR]

what cpu cooler does he have? And is it aura sync compatible?

[@RCrider185]

NZXT Kraken series, don't waste your money mine lasted 6 months then pump died. Yes it syncs with my maximus IX Formula... if you roll back to the older aura light control patch not the new junk one.

[@multiplecomet3930]

Tim Beals urs lasted 6 months it’s different for everyone

[@RCrider185]

Oh no someones on mommy & daddy's Puter again, Sorry didn't mean to hurt a little fanboy's feelings, It's a common issue read up on the first gen NZXT krakens & Corsair H100, both had major pump life issues which is why they have a big refurbish program on both brands but they did remedy the problem after Asetek released an update on the pump design. now off to bed little one the adults are talking.

[@leestar7156]

You talk sense, I'm on the verge of switching to PC gaming & obviously want the best like everyone. £800 like you say is ridiculous! What's your personal opinion? I have around £2000 for the PC. Should I get...More storage, best card, attempt to build myself or get a company (Dino Pc) to do it? Thanks

[@robhewitt5640]

LEESTAR i7 6700 plus 980 ti is best value. Or 1080 ti beast card. Get Samsung cf791 ultra wide monitor

[@johnnyvad8247]

£800 isn't that much, you pay for what you get. If you are building a PC for £20,000 you'll still have plenty of cash to spend on the rest of the components (more than most people in fact).

[@blackscorpion2992]

what is the monitor behind you ?

[@PcCentric]

LG 38UC99. A big boy!

[@nickaiple4395]

it's Wednesday my dudes

[@TheAwesonymous]

Nick Aiple thursday

[@fdu6]

Nick Aiple Friday, suckers of the passssst

[@kevintemido]

jimmy here reporting my dude

[@littlejack841]

I've got evga 1080 do you think I should get rid for the Ti or should I just get another 1080

[@empty8440]

jack black sli doesnt scale that well and not all games support SLI and unless you are playing at 1440p with high refresh rates or your playing at 4k you dont really need the 1080ti

[@johnnyvad8247]

Get rid of it and buy a 1080 Ti. SLI is very far fetched and in most applications it's still very unstable.

[@albertohernandez1158]

awesome!

[@Dknightxs]

mine hits 72 underload ( only game i play is total war warhammer 1 and 2 @ 1600p max details)

[@trancefreak64]

You Don't Have a Nvidia 1080ti FE for comparison sake. That is fairly important if you are doing KZbin reviews. I would also try or recommending reviewing the GPU also with GPU benchmark utilities, and if you could do game's like, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, The Division, GTA 5, Battlefield 1, Ghost Recon, to name a few. Ya I am being critical but, IMO these are Important to me when I make a GPU purchasing decesion.

[@Hakeem597]

....of course we can't hear the card in a KZbin video unless you are using some sort of microphone to record it.... wow...

[@comedyman112]

will it reach 2000mhz? any other good 1080ti in this price braket? gigabyte , msi?

[@PcCentric]

+comedyman112 mine clocked to 1999 in valley benchmark

[@dcpc2142]

PC Centric So you're saying in OC mode gpu boost allowed the card to get up to 1999mhz in Valley? I'm just curious because I know the Aorus xtreme has been said to be hitting around 2050mhz with gpu boost in OC mode.

[@Sanju007ism]

Bro your video is awesome as always

[@mihneaandrei5104]

can you link you r full pc build you use atm ?

[@PcCentric]

+Mihnea Andrei kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHXPf2l4aZajZq8

[@mihneaandrei5104]

i don't see the system audio , a link pls. tkz

[@Neburion]

Would a i7 4790k enough for the 1080ti ? i will buy me a gtx 1080ti but at this moment i got a i5 4570. bying a 7700k too is to much for my pocket :)

[@PcCentric]

Depends on the resolution, but should be ok

[@Neburion]

i have the dell s2417dg 144hz with g-sync and wqhd resolution. so im playing always 1440p. i got the 1070 and i know in few month this card will be on limit @ 1440p and ultra setting. i think i buy the 1080 ti and the 4790k. should be fine for the next 2 years ( i hope) :D

[@Yamyatos]

As a computer science student i'm generally at least quite decently informed about computer hardware. Since it's time for a pc upgrade and i have the money to do so, i'm getting this card. However, concerning monitors i seem to have been living under a rock over the past years. I still use a rather "old" 1080p monitor that was new when 50000:1 contrast was *the shit*. Now i seemingly have to decide whether i want to go for a higher refresh rate or 4k. I'd really like to test 4k, but even with this monster of a graphics card i'm quite concerned about the FPS. Most benchmarks are barely over the 60 FPS on ultra settings, and i dont plan on upgrading again for the next 5 or so years. Then again.. most of those benchmarks have anti aliasing enabled which might or might not be necessary on 4k. On the other hand.. is it worth it? Opinions seem to really differ a lot regarding 4k gaming. And what about 144hz? This is probably more important in competitive gaming tho. Can anybody give me some advices on good monitors to look into? Preferably nothing too expensive, even tho i'm aware that decent monitors will probably cost 200-300€ or even more. Just dont give me some crazy 1000€ monitors or something lol. The rest of my setup will already be quite expensive and i cant shit money xD

[@mk-19memelauncher65]

Yamyatos lol your comment is too formal

[@Yamyatos]

Well, that's probably a sideeffect of studying a formal topic. You start to think a bit differently. Even tho, what's wrong with writing a half decent comment for youtube? :) And my english is far from perfect too i believe.

[@casualfreediving8780]

Yamyatos Dell S2417DG is a Extremly good monitor for its price. it costs about 500 bucks but it is 1440p, 165hz, G-sync, 24" and it is flicker free so it gets more comfy for your eyes.

[@Yamyatos]

Thanks, gonna check it out :)

[@chronojai]

i think the gtx 1080ti is the perfect card atm for 1440p with high refresh rate for now and future. cause future games will be heavier. 40-60 hz 4k is not really pleasureble to play games.. you will get like maybe 30-50 fps future games..

[@EdKenny]

Any idea of release date?

[@johnnyvad8247]

April 20th where I am buying it

[@kevintemido]

i watig for this thing to go back in stock

[@Trenavix]

Are you in the US? I can sell you mine since it doesn't fit in my ITX case if so

[@ens44n30]

what is your motherboard?

[@PcCentric]

+ens44n X99 Strix

[@johnnyk617]

is this more powerful than the founders edition

[@syth-1]

Jay Bisky well yes and no like the comments said, if ur gonna water cool the cards, u may wonna go with the founders, as it is more cheaper and ur gonna get the same performance... air cooled would be this behemoth...

[@giuseppedalconzo8898]

Max Temperature in stock?

[@PcCentric]

Highest I saw was 68 Oc

[@DrPinball]

38 Assholes didn't like this video for some reason... Good Job man! Just subscribed!

[@juanmora6184]

we do people not play csgo for benchmarcks

[@powntastic]

SLI?

[@richardcalf8337]

Oh dear I can't run it in SLI on a micro ATX board. There is no point in living then.

[@PinkasBrown44]

It may ¨destroy¨ 4K, but it´s a wimp when comes to 8K

[@MrGuildies]

Strix or MSI GAMING X? Which one is slightly better?

[@PcCentric]

+guildiess On the older cards I liked the gaming X as it was better value.

[@jeremyteti914]

Strix

[@MrGuildies]

Could you elaborate?

[@NATA-jo5js]

Nah man.. 4k has been defeated? You didn't even benchmark 4k... pfft. I can't speak for everyone, but when I see benchmarks; I want exact numbers.. take a little off here, add a little there doesn't cut it for me

[@lj123900]

the screen he is using is the cinemascope standard of 4k 21:9 which is 3840x1600 UHD standard. cinema 4k is 4096x1720 at 21:9 aspect ratio. 16:9 4k is 3840x2160. so he is using the 4K version of 21:9 which is utrawide

[@ZeroGravity23]

I have the exaxct Msi gtx 1070 gamma x

[@mertcnylmz0698]

does it bottleneck with i7 4790?

[@waldemarudal3219]

I have the same question.

[@itsfed8288]

Mertcan Yilmaz a liter bit for sure, you will need to overclock your cpu

[@itsfed8288]

Little*

[@MeRiJohnny]

didn't expect something less from Asus (Y)

[@josesemino8284]

why is every retailer in the US out of stock of this card

[@HybridEnergy]

VR, it finally runs VIVE like it should be run, it's selling like hot cakes.