Can't decide what 1080 i should buy

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miners518

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currently looking at 2 versions of the 1080,

Gigabyte GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING ICX

The EVGA is €129 more expensive.

is the EVGA worth the extra money?

 
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justin.m.beauvais
Performance is going to be roughly the same. So unless the EVGA card has a better warranty or a far superior cooling solution, pass on it. Any performance advantage is going to be from the overclock or a higher boost thanks to cooling.

Looking at it, the EVGA has a superior cooling solution and higher clocks. Actual performance is probably less than 10% greater though. Not really worth the price, unless you like gadgets and gizmos with your cooling.

That said, they have 3 yr warranties... so it all comes down to the cooler and how important overclocking is to you.
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Performance is going to be roughly the same. So unless the EVGA card has a better warranty or a far superior cooling solution, pass on it. Any performance advantage is going to be from the overclock or a higher boost thanks to cooling.

Looking at it, the EVGA has a superior cooling solution and higher clocks. Actual performance is probably less than 10% greater though. Not really worth the price, unless you like gadgets and gizmos with your cooling.

That said, they have 3 yr warranties... so it all comes down to the cooler and how important overclocking is to you.
 
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I would personally go with the MSI myself.

 
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The EVGA FTW has a higher factory supported overclock with a boost of 1860 vs. 1797 for the gigabyte.
In the US, you get a warranty that can be transferred to a second user.

Ultimately, WORTH is something only YOU can determine.

If I have the budget, I buy the better part to avoid second guessing myself later.
 
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I'm curious, I was never quite sure, but is this EVGA transferable warranty ONLY if you get it directly from EVGA?
 
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No the warranty should apply no matter where you purchase it.

 
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