ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X 256-bit Graphics Card, ZT-P10800J-10S

I love this graphics card. Likely the best one I've ever purchased. And that says a lot since I've been an MSI fanboy for years. This card has it all-- powerful, great graphics, small form factor (great for my mini-itx build), powered only by 8 pin connection, hardware and software work flawlessly. So much better than the RX 580. And better than the 1070 card. This is like a having a real professional card vs. the toys (graphic cards) i had before. I was bit skeptical about Zotac as a brand since i've never tried it, but all the reviewed i ready said Zotac was quality.

I bought this to replace my old gpu, the galax 1060 3gb. I had to decide which GPU is more suitable for my whole system, 1080ti or 1080. but 1080ti's had bit high prices and massive volume for my middletower PC case, so I selected this. It's amazing. the performance is almost even or even better than full scale 1080s in some benches. And it has perfect pair with my core i5-8400 and 850w seasonic prime. It can lock 60fps and highest settings in most games. if not locking fps, it can be rise up to 120 or above in some games. In short, I highly recommend this GPU for middleclass gaming PC in 2018.

I purchase the 1080 mini about a month ago. I've been putting it through the ringer since then and I believe I'm now ready to share how this card stacks up compared to other aftermarket 1080s. My use was with stock settings, with exception of a custom fan profile.I'll start with the bad.-Cooling setup is lacking compared to the competetion's setups. There are two major reasons for this:1. Smaller card means less surface area to dissipate heat. This means fans will need to work harder to pick up the slack and thus make for a much more audible card in comparison to something like an MSI frozr setup. (Though, not as loud as a reference card) Even while idle, fans will be at least 30% speed due to the second reason.2. There is a revving issue which is present in many if not all of Zotac's AMP/Mini series. The fans cannot maintain a consistent speed bellow 30-35%, they will rev back and forth between varying speeds in a short burst of time. Thankfully, the default fan profile has the fans running above 30% while idle, so you don't necessarily need to make a custom profile.-No RGB, just a white Zotac LED logo. May clash with your existing case lighting.That's pretty much it for the bad. Now the good.- While lacking, the cooling setup IS adequate if you don't mind a little noise. The card sits at about 30c idle, but I've never seen it go past 70c while under load even for an extended period of time (about 5 hours). It usually sits at about 66c.- Performance has been on par with most other full sized 1080s. I'm getting 1870MHz out of the box, without overclock. Memory is 5005MHz. Though, this may be more luck of the draw.-Decent overclocking potential. Good amount of headroom in terms of power and temps to apply an overclock given you get an OK piece of silicon. Does particularly well with undervolting as well.-Very power efficient. Uses one 8-pin power connection. A 500w psu is plenty enough for this card.All in all, it completely outdoes reference-style cards and trades blows with full-sized aftermarket 1080s even if it lacks all the bells and whistles they have. If you don't care for a quiter fan stop setup and need/don't mind something with a smaller form factor, this is a good choice.(Edit 11/28/2018): I ran some benchmarks to get a more accurate determination of clock speeds and added memory speeds as well.

First bit here is important. The product came in fantastic packaging and honestly it looked like a brand new card. It probably was brand new. The sellers are really good about making sure the product looks great and is fully functional so I have to give huge props there.Now…. got it for $130 on October 7, 2023. Two weeks later it’s $398 so I definitely can’t recommend it at that price.Performance so far is flawless and it’s really the best 10 series card you can get if you need a compact card. A lot of people are saying the noise is loud but honestly it’s not bad.The other great thing about this card is that it works great with a 500W power supply. That’s really nice for people looking for an upgrade from an older PC.Performance still holds up very well. It’s about as good as an RTX3060 so it’ll still be good for a while now if you don’t care about Ray Tracing.

This is a lot of power in not a lot of space. The mini card is perfect for anyone with a mini ITX build. If you know anything about video cards you know about what kind of performance you are going to get from a GTX 1080 chipset. As a quick baseline for you, with a core i5-8600k, and this card I am easily running Fortnite on EPIC settings no problems. FPS are around 100-144 (I bet it will max at higher but I have it set to stop at 144). If you knock a couple of the GPU intensive settings down it will lock at 144 FPS no problem.I have read reviews that this card can be loud. Unless your case is on your desk, directly next to your head, you will barely hear it. And if you are hearing it, why aren't your speakers on?! Pretty much any ambient noise is louder than this card.