Review: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 GAMING

thanks for yet another great product review Hilbert , had fun reading it comparing it AGAIN to my GPU:nerd: as I'm sure all of us must agree with
Geryboy, the MSI wit it's 8+6 pins is on bar with the G1 8pins, guess all these power phase control are handicapping the AIB GTX 1080 OC wise.
still can't wait for the Asus Strix Gaming Aura test results, hopefully Hilbert going to release those soon :nerd:

 

This was the card I was planning on getting, since the last few G1's rocked. But doesn't seem much different. So I'm leaning towards an AIO (MSI SeaHawk or EVGA version). Hopefully reviews/availability are soon.

 

Nice review again Hilbert.Awesome looking card from Gigabyte.

 

yeah speed is about the same on both cards, but MSI has more efficient cooler.

MSI GAMING X = 70C 39dBA
Gigabyte G1 GAMING = 72C 41dBA

 

overclocking is rather poor with all gtx 1080 I guess. Boost 3.0 needs to be eliminated really.

 

Interesting, the card seems to be a bit hotter and louder than the MSI counterpart.

Eager to see the STRIX review. Got any around there Hilbert?

 

i saw strix review on german website (forgot which one) and it doesn't look promising. it runs hot and loud. MSI is the best so far of all reviewed cards.

 

Hilbert, could you include max fan RPM either in the Afterburner graph or in the text in the future? It would make comparing stuff easier since % can mean anything. Great review as always!

 

This is what I've been waiting for!

 

Hi,
great review, as with the custom 1070 gtx review im missing the official TDP of the card, so we can see if its actually worth to buy the higher binned/priced cards or are all on the same TDP limit. I did see you wrote 108% Power limit on the OC page, but i wonder if more is not possible (on the tdp limit side)
I think to know this is very useful with the new Pascal generation.
Thanks

 

Lots of great GTX 1080's coming out but the shortage of these and the reference cards, sorry Founder's Editions, and the higher than expected prices here in the UK means that I am finding easier to resist buying one. Yes, these might be 20-40% faster than a stock GTX 980 Ti but that only means the inevitable 1080 Ti will be even faster and, thus, better value 6-9 months down the line, whenever it is released. At this point I am more excited about what is coming next.

Just. Need. To. Hold. On. A bit longer...

 

If there's one thing I've learned over the last two card gens it's those two things .

If the Strix or HOF versions of the 1080 don't do better than this on the OC I don't think any variant will do more than slightly edge out the ref. card and have better temps. I wonder if anyone will be able to do much more on water.

 

I like how this only has that single 8-pin power connector and the rest through PCIe. I'm all for less cables, coming from SLI...

OC looks good on this one, best out of what Hilbert tested so far. Likely silicon lottery though.

 

Thanks from me also Hilbert

That was the one thing missing from these recent reviews , a lot of people on the web really liked that your reviews were one ones to include the RPM screenshot , the RPM/TEMP connection can tell an awful lot about a card especially to people like me who like quiet and cool systems even when gaming.

I personally bought the MSI 780 Gaming on the spot when i read your review and saw that the max RPM was 1132 even when the card was stressed.

 

I don't know , the power delivery and core clock certainly looks more stable on the MSI to me , the extra power and phases must be doing something

GIGABYTE g1 1080






MSI Gaming X 1080

 

Hi Hilbert,

i have a question regarding the boost? Some sites, and users, are reporting that the the gpu only works (boosts) properly when the card is cold and that after 15 minutes or more, the card starts to trottle heavily and the boost almost disappears, becoming meaningless. Some sites are even starting to warn up cards for 30 minutes and then do the tests to make sure the boost doesn´t influence the results wrongly. And a few are starting to suggest (indirectly) that the boost is only intended to "cheat" on benchmarks, so the cards results are higher than they should.

My question is if you have found any evidence that confirms or contradicts this issue???

Thanks!