Test Setup

We used the following test system for comparison between the different graphics cards. Latest drivers that were available at the time of testing were used from AMD and NVIDIA on an updated version of Windows 10. All games that were tested were patched to the latest version for better performance optimization for NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.

ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080 Ti OC Test Platform:

CPU	Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.5 GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte AORUS Z270X-Gaming 8
Video Cards	ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080 Ti OC (Overclock) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (Reference) MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Armor X OC (Overclock) MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning OC (Overclock) XFX Radeon R9 Fury X (Reference)
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z Series 32GB (4 X 8GB) CL16 3600 MHz
Hard Disk	Samsung 960 EVO 500 GB M.2 NVMe
Storage Disk	Seagate 3 TB (7200 RPM) Hard Disk Drive
Power Supply	Corsair RM 750X Gold Plus
Drivers	NVIDIA GeForce 378.92 WHQL / AMD Radeon Software Crimson Relive 17.4.1
Operation System	Windows 10 64-bit Anniversary Edition

• All games were tested on 2560×1440 (2K) and 3840x2160 (4K) resolutions.
• Image Quality and graphics configurations have been provided in the screenshots below.
• Games with PhysX were benchmarked with the settings on Low or off for fair comparisons.
• The "reference" cards are the stock configs while the "overclock" cards are factory overclocked configs provided to us by various AIB partners.

ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC Overclocking:

For overclocking, I pushed the core to +100 MHz beyond it's overclock profile and +300 MHz on the memory. The end result was the memory bandwidth boosting beyond 510 GB/s and the core boost beyond 2070 MHz under gaming load. No power limit was increased but I could have gained an extra overclock bit from it.

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9.9

WCCFTECH RATING

The ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080 Ti OC is an outrageously powerful graphics card that eats games at 4K resolution as if they were nothing. It has a beefy cooler, a powerful PCB and is capable of delivering the best gaming experience currently possible at $750 US.

Pros

• Up To 40% Faster Than GTX 1080 Founders Edition.
• GTX 980 Ti users will notice huge increase in performance.
• First card to achieve playable FPS at 4K resolution.
• Pascal GP102 GPU is big leap in terms of efficiency.
• Good overclocking potential, G5X delivers more than 500 GB/s bandwidth when overclocked.
• Factory Overclocked Out of Box. Ships with 3 profiles (Silent/Gaming/OC)
• ASUS DirectCU III heatsink offers great cooling.
• ASUS Wing-Blade fans feature 0dB operation under 55C.
• ASUS AURA Sync RGB Lighting system looks great.
• Backplate included (with ASUS AURA Sync).
• AURA Sync RGB header included on the PCB.
• Lot's of display connectivity, great for VR and multi-display PCs.
• Power connectors easy to access, come with LED indicators.

Cons

• Bulky design, may not fit inside most cases.
• Price is very high. ($749.99 US)
• Overclocking gains little performance gain.

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