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  • owan - Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - link

    The question for me on all of these high-end 1080's is whether or not the boost clocks cap out at 2100mhz. Sure, stock clocks will boost higher than a FE (used in the article for comparison) is supposed to, but back when I bought my card it looked like everyone was topping out around 2100mhz (+/-50 or so).... even the FE's. Whats the point of this overpriced and overbuilt card if it can't do more than that?
  • eldakka - Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - link

    "Whats the point of this overpriced and overbuilt card if it can't do more than that?"

    To overprofit from it.
  • BrokenCrayons - Thursday, February 2, 2017 - link

    We have a winner here!
  • Freakie - Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - link

    I got the Gigabyte Xtreme 1080 because it was the same price as the Founder's Edition, but had better cooling and the lighting options were a nice touch. I haven't tried rigorously overclocking it to see how far I can push it, though in general ~2035Mhz is stable in everything I throw at it. Rise of the Tomb Raider didn't much like overclocks past that but Witcher 3 handles it fine. Funny how cards are like that.

    Unrelated to your comment but for the article: " The new card has a nearly similar Windforce 3X cooling system with multiple heatpipes, two fans" the Windforce 3X is a 3 fan system, not a 2 fan system.
  • iluvgaming1 - Monday, March 13, 2017 - link

    Um, the Aorus GPU DOES have 3 fans, so "The new card has a nearly similar Windforce 3X cooling system with multiple heatpipes, two fans" is in fact quite accurate.
  • CoD511 - Saturday, February 4, 2017 - link

    Well, at least it'll be quieter than a Founder's edition :P
  • Hxx - Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - link

    you nailed it man. there really is no point but since it looks really really good on paper, they always find suckers to fall for it so they make them. easy profits
  • Achaios - Thursday, February 2, 2017 - link

    So, this is a rebranded Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8192 MB GDDR5X.

    I have always thought that GIGABYTE is ASUS' younger and retarded cousin from the country where everybody is into incest. It took GIGABYTE 9 years to dig the ROG brand, to understand that it sells, and to develop a similar brand for themselves.

    Somebody should fire the marketing strategist they employed for the past 9 years.
  • DrkHared - Monday, February 13, 2017 - link

    Asus and Gigabyte are from the same country. Gigabyte is also older.
  • DrkHared - Monday, February 13, 2017 - link

    fyi
  • Ej24 - Thursday, February 9, 2017 - link

    Meh, my 1080FE stays up around 2.1ghz during gaming while staying at acceptable temps of 72-76C @ <60% fan speed. It also exhausts the hot air out of my PC and isn't ridiculously loud. I'm sure these would be quieter, but no faster. I thought the FE was a pretty edgy design compared to older reference cards when it was released, these just look ridiculous by comparison. To each their own I suppose.
  • iluvgaming1 - Monday, March 13, 2017 - link

    I am glad you find 72-76c @60% fan speed acceptable; if you can't get better temps at that fan speed, they you don't have very good ventilation inside your PC case.

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