ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition GTX1080-8G 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0

I am not the biggest gamer that ever lived, but I recently bought the HTC Vive virtual reality system, and I wanted a video card that could handle that, and whatever other games I wanted, so I wouldn't have to update to a new card in a year or less. I looked at other cards, and this card was better than 2 of the next best cards, but priced at less than 2x the price. So, the choice was obvious: Buy two competing cards, spending more money, getting less performance, or buying this card.I run all my games on a 4K UHD monitor, and I use the highest settings. I have never seen a visible lag, or pixilation, it is just flawless. As for the virtual reality, it is amazing, with this card there is no comprehensible lag between motion and update on the display. It is so incredibly immersive. I have to assume this card has a lot to do with just how great this experience is. If you are considering getting the Titan, or this, get THIS. If you ever need a little boost then you buy a second 1080, and put it in SLI mode. The two 1080's are still cheaper than the Titan, and I guarantee you that this is the only card you will need for a while. With DDR4 memory, 4Ghz CPU, M.2 HDD, and this card there is nothing this machine cannot do. You can enable every setting, to the max, 4K resolution, and this card just happily takes it. The STRIX supports overclocking via their app, so you can squeeze out a little more if you need it, but I seriously doubt you will need if for quite a while.I have played with the app, it lets you overclock as you want, and it lets you set the fan thresholds, and colors, etc. I tried overclocking a bit, and it worked just fine, but I haven't found a game that it couldn't handle without overclocking, so I don't bother to actually use it. You can create different profiles, so you can easily turn on or off the overclocking. I set the fan to be quiet, but I don't set it at the 0db setting. I prefer a little fan noise and keeping my card nice and cool. However, in the case that I have I cannot hear the fan, so it really doesn't matter.I set the colors to match the motherboard, case, keyboard and mouse. Now my computer looks like a work of art. It is something I display proudly as it is just so friggin cool.The specs speak for themselves. 8GB of VRAM is impressive, especially that it is GDDR5, running at 1,825Mhz at 256-bits in width. That is a sick memory throughput. The new Titan is the only card that I know of that can beat this one in compute power, but it is not as good for gaming as this. The number of CUDA cores is staggering, something like 2560+. This video card is a true supercomputer in and of itself. But, it plays games like they're nothing. It just works, on the highest setting, at 4K resolution, or in Vive VR, and it doesn't even get hot. It usually runs like 40-50C at the most when playing the most taxing games. Keeping it nice and cool will ensure a long life span.I don't know what else I can say. If you want to play the newest and best games, this is the card for you. Whether you are a true overclocker, or just want to drop in the card and forget it, this is the card for you. If you have a fancy machine, with LED lighting, and an open side panel, this is the card for you. I had originally bought the reference model of the 1080, but I changed to the ROG version for the better fans, and more sturdy heat sink.Another great feature is the number of video ports this has. It has 2 UHD HDMI ports, two full sized display port ports and a DVI port. I use one of the DP with my HTC Vive, and one of the HDMI with my Samsung 28" 4K UHD monitor.Pros: Incredible performance, as good or better than 2 of the next best cards. Supports SLI for 2 or three cards. Has 8GB of GDDR5 memory, and over 300 CUDA core. Plays the newest games in 4K UHD with >60fps and never lags or stutters. 2 HDMI and one DP for multiple monitors, or VR. Works perfect with HTC Vive.Cons: It is a bit pricey. But, when you figure you would need to of the next best card to compete, it is really not that bad.

Specs: CPU - Intel® Core™ i7 4820K ProcessorRAM - 16GB (4x4gb) DDR3-1866 ADATA XPG V2Mobo - ASUS P9X79 LEPower - 750 Watt - Corsair CX750M - 80 PLUS BronzeOS SSD - 120 Samsung 840 EVOOS - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BitI bought this graphics card with Amazon gift cards that I received from my wife for my birthday and Christmas last year. It goes without saying that I was waiting for this card for awhile. I was tempted to buy the 980ti many times. It didn't help her brother and one of my best friends both bought the 980ti. Now that I have the 1080, I'm glad I waited. I upgraded from a 780 with 3g of video memory. Going from 3g to 8g made a huge difference as I use a 2560x1440 27in monitor. It wasn't a needed upgrade by any means. I played most games on highest settings prior, but with some frame drops. Now, if my frame drops in a game, it's due to poor coding. At least, I tell myself that. Hasn't happened much, but if it does, it's in a populated server/city/channel on an MMO.I purchased the graphics card on 7/8/16 and it came in on 7/13/16. It wasn't in stock on the 8th, but said it would be on the 10th. I wasn't sure if I should trust it, but since it was at MSRP and said to be fulfilled by Amazon, I figured if I received it within a month, it would beat paying someone $800+. Whenever these cards became available to purchase, they were already sold. This made it a pain in the rear to even buy it. I turned on 1 click purchasing and went to [...] to set up browser notifications to alert me when it was available. After clicking purchase about 100 or so times, the transaction went through and I became an owner of this card.The packaging from Asus was solid. The packaging from Amazon was a bit weak, but with the hard foam and static resistance cover of the graphics card, they probably didn't even need to box it. I'll never use the coupon/game code they gave me. Battleships just isn't my genre.To install the card, it required getting to my mobo, removing the 780, placing the 1080 into the same slot, and plugging in the same cords into the 1080. When you apply power to the graphics card, there are two LED lights, one by each of the power plugs, that indicate if they are plugged accurately. If they are white, you're good. If they are red, you're not good. When I booted my computer the first time it loaded my OS and took me to my desktop. The resolution wasn't 2560x1440, but after it finished updating the BiOS (I'm assuming, that and UPnP stuff) it required a restart.On the restart it loaded to my windows login page, but everything was black. I figured out that it had swapped to the DisplayPort vs HDMI. When I reverted to HDMI, it was on my monitors native resolution and all was well. I ran the set-up CD provided by ASUS. Not sure where the overclock management program went, but I've been to amazed at the smooth graphics on games to even try to reinstall or fiddle with it.Bottom line, if you were like me and had a graphics card with <6gb of video memory, I would suggest getting this card. If you have a 980 or 980ti, even though this card is better, I would hold on until the 1080ti or the rumored/pre-released Titan version is released. Hope this helps someone.

I purchased this Asus GTX 1080 way back in June of 2018. It is now November of 2024. This card has never given me any sort of trouble and can even handle extremely recent games like Space Marine 2, Helldivers 2, and Baldur's Gate 3 just fine. I felt like finally leaving a review because I am about to upgrade to a RTX 4070 ti Super OG OC, and only because I wanted to put the GTX 1080 into a build for my little sister. She's on some sort of refurbished business potato that makes me cry inside. My frankenbuild will allow her to play some newer games at an acceptable resolution and frame rate.If you are on a very itty bitty budget, I would 100% recommend this card as a good starting point for a gaming PC. Try to find it around $100-ish or so on the used market.