Review: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders edition graphics card

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/17/2016 07:50 PM | source: | 460 comment(s)

The embargo has been lifted, we review the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders edition. This 8 GB GDDR5X based spawn of something evil is fabbed with all new Pascal architecture and yes, 16 nm FinFET has arrived. It's impressive, it's silent and it rocks hard when it comes to sheer performance. We'll test the card with the hottest new game titles based on DX12, DX11 and OpenGL.

Read the review right here.

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moeppel
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#5274737 Posted on: 05/17/2016 03:07 PM

Well, seems like quite the monster - unarguably.

700€ for a 80°C beast leave somewhat of a bitter taste, though.

Nvidia, NotLikeThis.

I assume that the Founder's additional $100 will be the baseline for board partners, as they're likely gonna stomp the reference design into the ground. Then there's 'big pascal', quite a few months away, of course, but potentially crapping all over the 1070/1080 again.

I don't expect this card, insofar available to begin with, to drop anytime soon in price.

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#5274739 Posted on: 05/17/2016 03:09 PM

picked up crossfire 290s for 380 USD and not regretting it at all.

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#5274741 Posted on: 05/17/2016 03:12 PM

The servers are getting hammer very hard Hilbert :/ , i cannot go pass page 1 as it times out and not loading pages

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#5274742 Posted on: 05/17/2016 03:13 PM

Yeah the site is being hammered, 800% increase in traffic. This'll take a few minutes to resolve.

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#5274744 Posted on: 05/17/2016 03:13 PM

Woo somehow read it.

It like it, but I don't like it enough to replace my Titan X just yet.

Hands down it's a powerhouse. No doubt about that.

Power draw is down a considerable amount, that's awesome too!

Performance is great, but not a significant amount over what I have now.

I would have to score a pretty sweet deal to get one of these, but anyone with a 970 or lower would easily get a nice upgrade with one of these.

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