OEM geforce gtx 1080 or partner manufacturer

Tlandro · Jun 8, 2016

Trying to decide on which geforce GTX 1080 card to buy.

My personal preference leans to the one manufactured by Nvidia themselves, I kind of figure if they built the GPU they would know what they're doing with integrating the gpu into a card. The problem with this is that it's out of stock....

Having said that, I do tend to like Asus products, so I'm considering the Asus geforce gtx 1080 founders edition in stead of the Nvidia one

can anyone tell me what the actual difference is? NVidia support told me that it's essentially the same card, is this actually the case?

Nuckles_56 · Jun 8, 2016

I wouldn't bother with a founders edition card be it nvidia or one of the partners, unless you are running an ITX system, as the aftermarket coolers are superior as they have better cooling and extra power inputs for overclocking

clonazepam · Jun 8, 2016

I saw the Asus Strix review sample that OC3D had was hitting 2Ghz clocks. They have some charts up, or check out their youtube channel if you prefer that format.

sik231 · Jun 8, 2016

The main difference between nVidia FE and the rest of the FE cards will be manufacturer warranty. They are all reference cards.

Fredo_ · Jun 8, 2016

Tlandro :

The board partners add better coolers such as water cooling,improved air components, hybrids and such.They also OC them since they have those better and improved cooling mechanisms. While Nvidia has renamed it to "Founders Edition" it is basically still a reference card. If you wait a bit longer I saw that Galax is going to release a blower style card like the 1070 Founders edition so it may be cheaper and better if they release a 1080 varient. P.S I love the whole ASUS Strix cards too ROG!!!!! lol

sik231 · Jun 8, 2016

Fredo_ :

Tlandro :

The board partners add better coolers such as water cooling,improved air components, hybrids and such.They also OC them since they have those better and improved cooling mechanisms. While Nvidia has renamed it to "Founders Edition" it is basically still a reference card. If you wait a bit longer I saw that Galax is going to release a blower style card like the 1070 Founders edition so it may be cheaper and better if they release a 1080 varient. P.S I love the whole ASUS Strix cards too ROG!!!!! lol

It seems he knows about aftermarket upgrades board partners do. He wanted to know if there were any differences in reference cards between nVidia and other brands.

RobCrezz · Jun 8, 2016

Nvidia dont manufacture ANY cards.

sik231 · Jun 9, 2016

You're wrong Rob, http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1080 you can buy straight from them, always has been an option, but people tend to go with partner cards

RobCrezz · Jun 9, 2016

sik231 :

I'm telling you, nvidia aren't making them, they use a partner, used to be foxconn. They may sell them and brand them, but they don't make them.

sik231 · Jun 9, 2016

RobCrezz :

sik231 :

That's true, even AMD doesn't make their own. OP was probably just referring to buying the nVidia FE found on their website. Not actually who makes the card. I assumed you were talking about nVidia branded cards not being sold by them.

I'm telling you, nvidia aren't making them, they use a partner, used to be foxconn. They may sell them and brand them, but they don't make them.

Alan Caldwell · Jun 9, 2016

There are generally three types of cards circulated:

Reference Cards - These cards use the same PCB with no modifications though sometimes as with the EVGA SC series, they will change the cooler. These are basically "all the same" and the above advice holds

Special Cards - At the other end of the spectrum we have after market "Souped Up" and tweaked as far as technology will allow. These include cards such as the MSI Lightning, Asus Matrix and EVGA Classified. These represent the top end limit if the technology available. Here the above advice does not hold. There are significant differences between the cards tho not so much that one has a huge advantage over the other.

Non-Reference Cards - This segment represents the bulk of the market by far and includes cards like the Asus Matrix and MSI Gaming Series. Here we see a large variation in component quality which is one reason, for example, that when you read reviews on the GTX 970, just about every one reviewing the Gigabyte WindForce and MSI Gaming shows performance levels above 1500 Mhz and Asus / EVGA do not. The suggestion that these cards are all the same is not based in fact. The suggestion that though they may have different clock rates in the box, they all OC to the same level is not based in fact.

Looking at this article for example on various 970s, if you focus on the bottom of the page, you will see that each card has different PCI-e sockets, different numbers of power phases, some cool the PCB chips with thermal pads or heat sinks, some do not, some use premium chocks, some do not ... each uses a different method of cooling (Asus uses single channel fan control / MSI uses dual control)

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/1

As a result, they perform differently, they OC differently, they run at different temps, and they respond differently to overclocking. It must be noted however, that the manufacturer's investment in this extra / improved technology diminishes the further down the chain you get from the top card.

RobCrezz · Jun 9, 2016

sik231 :

RobCrezz :

No, the Op was asking about nvidia made cards if you read it.

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