In my experience with 1080's most cards will overclock to close to the same, the OC models take the work out of it.
Purchase what ever card that either matches the looks of your system or whatever card you prefer, costs less etc.
Purchase what ever card that either matches the looks of your system or whatever card you prefer, costs less etc.
MasterC@ASUS wrote:
Hi mathewjknott,
As you are probably aware, not all GPUs are created identical. Higher quality GPUs are reserved for the OC edition, it is highly unlikely you'll get the same OC headroom from the non OC edition (not as stable in any case).
Your buddy Raja said to me not long ago that anything above the reference card was a waste of money, that the architecture was solid, better voltage regulation was not needed and chips were not binned and they all overclocked just as good.
Me, I bought the OC edition because it was on special and a promotion for Assassins creed Origins came with it. Even at regular prices and no promotions its a no brainier when the cost difference is next to nothing. Whats $40 or so difference when you are already spending just under $800 on either card?
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Raja@ASUS wrote:
Yes, I stand by what I said: if you are going to water-cool Pascal, it levels the playing field. The architecture is the limit. That was the context of the comment, which is apt advice if one is paying extra money towards a card in hope of seeing more overclocking margin.
If you're going to keep things on the air cooler, you may see some difference (for overclocking) because not all coolers are the same. Capiche? 😉
No Capiche, No Comprende, я не понимаю....
Two ASUS reps 180 out. One says its binned and outperforms where the other says a pascal is a pascal and buying up is a waste of money as all you are getting are better fans?
Everyone just wants to know which rep it right.
There both right
With all else being equal the card with the better power section, circuit design, better components, cooling system has an edge and a better chance of out performing the one that doesn't, Nvidia has closed this gap in performance from what it used to be a few generations ago and the manufacturers have filled the gap with options like RGB, better cooling performance
The standard cards can be much louder than aftermarket cards when pushed to the limit, for those that don't water cool there cards this is worth any price difference
With all else being equal the card with the better power section, circuit design, better components, cooling system has an edge and a better chance of out performing the one that doesn't, Nvidia has closed this gap in performance from what it used to be a few generations ago and the manufacturers have filled the gap with options like RGB, better cooling performance
The standard cards can be much louder than aftermarket cards when pushed to the limit, for those that don't water cool there cards this is worth any price difference
