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I was skeptical to buy this water-cooled 1080 after everything I researched and seen about the pump noise. Well, let me put you at ease. I bought TWO of these cards and boy am I glad I did! That water-cooling is DEFINITELY noticeable! I have these bad boys in a SLI setup overclocked to 2100mhz and they do not go over 50-55c, mostly 50c. They perform AMAZINGLY and the fans for the radiators are not that loud, nor is the pump. And that's coming from me, a guy that games with them overclocked AND my side panel to my case is off and I hardly wear a headset. Its not really that noticeable. The only thing I don't really like is the hoses are made of PET tubing I believe, thus not as durable as rubber hoses, for example. They're VERY flexible, so be careful on installation not to bend them too much or anything like that so you don't damage them. Other than that, I'm extremely pleased! Highly recommend this model! UPDATE: 5/13/2017 One, maybe both of them(Im not sure yet) are starting to make a sand noise, almost like the noise an old HDD makes. As I dont wear a headset, this noise to me, is very noticeable and bothersome. Thinking about doing an RMA.

I'm driving three 27" 1920x1080p monitors via Nvidia's 3D Surround technology and I still get amazing frame rates in all the games I play. This card replaced two GTX970's running in SLI. Not only was it cheaper than the two graphics cards, my PC is now far more stable and less glitchy than when I was running an SLI configuration. Plus, it actually outperforms the SLI setup. It even uses less power. This card comes in a huge box and includes some bits and pieces that I will never use (but the gaming mouse pad is really nice) and the card itself is a monster. If you have a Micro ATX case, check your clearances before ordering this card. I am using a full ATX size case and there is plenty of room in it. As high performance graphics cards go, this one is definitely a Cadillac. With it you will be able to play all the latest games on the highest settings. If you aren't looking for bleeding edge performance (that will also bleed your wallet dry) try the GTX1070 or even the GTX1060. However, if you want to do some future-proofing in your PC, this is probably the best bang for the buck.

this is a first impresion review and not the full thing since i have a slow FX8350 running this beast, until i get my Ryzen 7 1700, i really wont see its full power, that aside, I purchased this card basically because it was the cheapest 1080, since i was already replacing the stock cooler with a EK water block i didnt see the need to get a more pricier one, after removing the block and inspecting the board i found it to be nothing less of a quality refrence design card, the gigabyte cooler was good don't get me wrong but am already setup with big water and have my rig fitted with two 480 rads from my previous build am running this card on a 27" Asus rog 1440p 144hz monitor, and can say that it is a beast of a card, probably the best enthusiast card out there, i don't see the need to go with a 1080TI over this unless you are gaming on a 4k monitor or playing on 1080 ~ 1440p competitive above 100FPS, i get 80 to 144hz on most of my games, which is plenty, very smooth game play, low power draw, and stays much cooler than my previous water cooled R9 280X Crossfire setup, with much more FPS, i will followup my review when i get my hands on a Ryzen 7 1700 or a I7 7700K, am sure this card has much more to offer.

I decided to go with gigabyte again because I had a wonderful experience with two G1 gaming 970's. These cards came today and all I can say is wow. Extremely good build quality and a unique design. I was worried as some other reviews stated they received cards with bent parts or issues with the fans. Thankfully, both of mine came in near perfect condition. I say near perfect because one card had two bent heatsink fins at the back of it. However, I easily corrected this with a pair of tweezers, returning it to pristine condition. Installation was simple save for the SLI bridge. It is, as one other review stated, a little finicky unless you get it on just right. After a minute of fiddling it was working perfectly. I already had the latest drivers so after a few minutes, geforce experience recognized them, and adjusted the resolution all by itself. Temps are great on both of the cards even though they do sit very close together with a 1 slot space between them. These cards are actually 2.5 slots tall, so if you like more space between them you wont be using the included SLI bridge. As for performance, they are amazing. My 970's were struggling to run my new 3440x1440 monitor on a few games (another reason for the upgrade). I'm now easily getting 100 FPS plus on anything I play with maxed settings. All while staying dead quiet. Kind of over kill, but I figure this way I'm set for a few years. Plus, they have finally dropped below MSRP so I couldn't resist grabbing two. Now for the reason I took one star off. The stupid xtreme gaming software. They don't come with a disk, or any kind of paper work saying where to download it. So naturally I found it on the downloads page of the xg,gigabyte website while registering them for the warranty. Upon opening it...surprise surprise...it didn't work. For some reason it refused to find the cards. I tried wiping the drivers and re-downloading, restarts, and just plain waiting to see if it needed a minute. Nothing seemed to to work. So, to the google I went for answers! I found a reddit page that said the version on that site wasn't right. So I uninstalled it and went searching on gigabyte.us. You have to go to the product page for the card, click support and downloads at the top, change download type to utility, and poof! There is the correct version. 1.18 as of 11/03/2016. Downloaded that and it worked perfectly. No need for restarts to get it to save lighting or oc profiles like others encountered. All of the changes were immediate and saved upon clicking apply. It should not have been that complicated to find the proper software. An hour of my life is gone because some one at gigabyte is to lazy to fix it properly. If they ever do, i'll add that fifth star. As for now, they get four. The cards themselves are easily 5 stars though. I highly recommend them.

Excelente tarjeta de video, no hace ruido, es de muy buena calidad, lleva los graficos de tus juegos al limite, llevo meses usándola y estoy muy contento. excelente vendendor.

A really great card. Amazingly quiet.

I bought it for around Rs 40K, including customs fee deposit. The card is awesome, you can crank up your settings to ultra and still get 60hz fps at 1080p. Though you may experience trouble at higher resolution like 4k. Given this, I dont believe it should cost a penny more than 40k. And another word of caution, if you are buying this beast you will need an i7 7700k to support it and with no frame rate drops

Muy bonitas, esteticamente. Potentes, no son muy ruidosas y ademas cuando la tarjeta no esta en uso los abanicos se apagan, entrando en silencio completamente. Aguantan un overclock normal (400mhz en la memoria, como 100mhz en el core). Perfectas para tu maquina gamer!

Solo por debajo de la 1080ti, esta muy guapa. Recuerdo (o al menos es mi opinion), invierte en la mejor tarjeta grafica que tu bolsillo pueda comprar, esto alargara el tiempo qn el que tengas que reemplazar tu tarjeta.