Guru3D.com
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • Channels
    • Archive
  • DOWNLOADS
    • New Downloads
    • Categories
    • Archive
  • GAME REVIEWS
  • ARTICLES
    • Rig of the Month
    • Join ROTM
    • PC Buyers Guide
    • Guru3D VGA Charts
    • Editorials
    • Dated content
  • HARDWARE REVIEWS
    • Videocards
    • Processors
    • Audio
    • Motherboards
    • Memory and Flash
    • SSD Storage
    • Chassis
    • Media Players
    • Power Supply
    • Laptop and Mobile
    • Smartphone
    • Networking
    • Keyboard Mouse
    • Cooling
    • Search articles
    • Knowledgebase
    • More Categories
  • FORUMS
  • NEWSLETTER
  • CONTACT

New Reviews
Razer Leviathan V2 gaming soundbar review
Guru3D NVMe Thermal Test - the heatsink vs. performance
EnGenius ECW220S 2x2 Cloud Access Point review
Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora HPE 360 LCS cooler review
Noctua NH-D12L CPU Cooler Review
Silicon Power XPOWER XS70 1TB NVMe SSD Review
Hyte Y60 chassis review
ASUS ROG Thor 1000W Platinum II (1000W PSU) review
ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 WIFI6E router review
Backforce One Plus Gaming Chair review

New Downloads
CrystalDiskInfo 8.17 Download
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.6.1 Windows 7 driver download
ReShade download v5.2.2
HWiNFO Download v7.26
7-Zip v22.00 Download
GeForce 516.40 WHQL driver download
Intel ARC graphics Driver Download Version: 30.0.101.1736
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.5.2 WHQL driver download
Corsair Utility Engine Download (iCUE) Download v4.24.193
Intel HD graphics Driver Download Version: 30.0.101.1994


New Forum Topics
Ryzen 7000X3D with 100 MB of cache already planned for this year NVIDIA GeForce 516.40 WHQL driver download & Discussion NVIDIA Profile Inspector 2.3.0.13 JONSBO two-sided glass middle tower U6 Blac" pulls out the internal unit easily. GeForce GTX 1630 will launch on June 28 Collapse of crypto mining industry leads to auctioning off of thousands of graphics cards AMD Radeon Software - UWP Weird color issue new driver vs old NVIDIA RTX 40 Series Might Get 800 Watts TBP We need to talk about UE4 Shader compilation issues




Guru3D.com » Review » ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 ArcticStorm Review » Page 2

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 ArcticStorm Review - Product Showcase

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/20/2016 08:53 AM [ 4] 21 comment(s)

Tweet

Product Showcase

Let's start with our photo-shoot. A few pages that show the ins and outs with photos, all taken with an in-house photo-shoot of course.
  


The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 ArcticStorm a rather sexy looking product, once you hooked it up and RGB LED color configure it, you'll be looking at something rather special. You will spot a nice matte black PCB with 10-phases (8+2) and two power headers (both 8-pin) for a little more overclocking headroom, similar to the AMP! edition.

 

 

As board partners are allowed to release the 1080 model cards in their own configurations you will see many versions, mostly based on customized PCB/component and the obviously mandatory different cooling solutions. This one liquid cooled, albeit not needed with modern air cooler, does bring in a certain x-factor to your PC.

The card is clocked very shy out of the box alright, box with a boost clock of 1,771 MHz. The PCB is as mentioned matte black in color. Some of its features are:

  • SPECTRA LED Lighting System
  • Direct copper cold block contact with 0.3 mm micro-channels
  • Full coverage with waterblock
  • Metal wraparound backplate
  • Standard G1/4 threaded fitting and comes bundled with a pair of barbs that supports 10 mm inner diameter tubing

 


The card itself is a dual-slot solution. The LEDs embedded in this graphics card can be controlled with a Zotac APP. Check out the backside where there is a thick sturdy metal back-plate with plenty of venting spaces applied as well. ZOTAC used the AMP! backplate, and I completely fail to see why they used it. I find the frontside cooling block to be subtle in all manners and ways, and then this screamy industrial looking thing at the backside...  it just does not make any sense (to me, taste however is a subjective matter).


The card has a power design of roughly 180 Watts. The GeForce GTX 1080 is DisplayPort 1.2 certified and DP 1.3/1.4 Ready, enabling support for 4K displays at 120 Hz, 5K displays at 60 Hz, and 8K displays at 60 Hz (using two cables). This model includes three DisplayPort connectors, one HDMI 2.0b connector, and one dual-link DVI connector. Up to four display heads can be driven simultaneously from one card. The GTX 1080 display pipeline supports HDR gaming, as well as video encoding and decoding. New to Pascal is HDR Video (4K@60 10/12b HEVC Decode), HDR Record/Stream (4K@60 10b HEVC Encode), and HDR Interface Support (DP 1.4).




42 pages 1 2 3 4 next »



Related Articles
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMP HOLO review
In this review, we test the ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMP HOLO, a premium aimed product the offers mediocre performance results and acoustic levels....

Zotac GeForce RTX 3070 Ti AMP Holo review
We test the most premium GeForce RTX 3070 Ti from ZOTAC, meet the AMP Holo edition. This card has been throttled up to the max, with a custom design PCB, components, a massive cooler and a factory tw...

ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 AMP WHITE review
We travel to the bases of ZOTAC, which released a compact-sized AMP GeForce RTX 3060, also with 12GB, 3584 shading processors activated and with a default boost clock of 1867 MHz the OC edition graphi...

ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC review
We review the ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB, it's the value proposition from ZOTAC with a duo of spinners. Targeted at GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER perf levels in a small ...

© 2022