Nvidia GTX1080 Founders Edition Review
Temperatures and Power Draw
Published: 21st May 2016 | Source: nVidia | Price: |
Temperatures
With the GPU Boost ensuring that you're always pushing towards the thermal limits it is no great surprise to find that all of the nVidia reference cards end up with about the same load temperature. The GTX 1080 is, however, the lowest of the various flagship models.
Power Draw
All that effort into getting the Pascal GPU to be power efficient has certainly paid off. Equal to an overclocked GTX 970. Incredible.
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Nice review and card. I think I will wait for the GTX 1080 Ti though.
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never mind I just saw its inside the case but was the side on?Quote
However, may I ask if it is possible to include OC scores also?
I'm comparing the 1080 scores with the (better) OC 980ti's and there are hardly any difference at all.
Looking at 2560x1440 resolution, the difference in Bioshock is 3 (three!) FPS and in Tomb Raider it is 6 (six!). As the numbers are in the >100 range we are talking a few percentage points difference. Less than 5% improvement.
To me, that means the 1080 'FE' is identical in performance to the best aftermarket version of the 980ti.
Or am I missing something?
PS: I'm *SO* looking forward to see what the chip can do with a bit more power and a bit more cooling!Quote
Rocking a GTX780 this is very tempting indeed.
However, may I ask if it is possible to include OC scores also? I'm comparing the 1080 scores with the (better) OC 980ti's and there are hardly any difference at all. Looking at 2560x1440 resolution, the difference in Bioshock is 3 (three!) FPS and in Tomb Raider it is 6 (six!). As the numbers are in the >100 range we are talking a few percentage points difference. Less than 5% improvement. To me, that means the 1080 'FE' is identical in performance to the best aftermarket version of the 980ti. Or am I missing something? PS: I'm *SO* looking forward to see what the chip can do with a bit more power and a bit more cooling! |