GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 DirectX 12 GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support ATX Video Card

Pros: - Been running cool for months

Cons: - Prices have skyrocketed - Inventory has dried up

Overall Review: Miners are making gamers sad.

Pros: This card is fantastic. Immediately upon upgrading from a 970 to this I have seen incredible performance upgrades. Including being able to run Ubisoft games at 60+ FPS! Seriously. Wildlands which was horribly optimized you can run at max graphic settings and hit the 60-75FPS with no issues. Runs very quietly, installation is easy and depending on the overall power of the rig very low power consumption too. Can't recommend the card enough.

Cons: It's a little long so if you don't have a mid tower case or larger you will not fair well with this card. Sorry mini form factors :(

Overall Review: If you are looking for the best of the 10 series, but don't want to splurge the extra 100-300 for a Ti, but still want Titan power. This is a great choice. This or the 1070. Good luck in your future builds my friends.

Pros: Great performance ! Can run any game I play at 60 fps + in max settings Probably the cheapest 1080 there is

Cons: There is indeed a coil whine but only when overclocked and with high fan speed which I currently do not need to do.

Overall Review: Buy if you don't care about the coil whine or do not expect to overclock it enough to get the fan speed at more than 50% since it's the cheapest 1080 at the moment.

Pros: i overclocked my card to 2100 mhz core and 5400 memory this thing is a beast

Cons: as of right now i have no complaints whatsoever mine runs at 65c in a phanteks enthoo evolve under full load at 60% fan speed

Overall Review: i would recommend this card to anyone wanting to save money and still get a gtx 1080

Pros: Runs cool and quiet. No coil whine. Performs as expected.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Runs 32C at idle. When pressed playing 7 Days to Die (which I understand is poorly optimized) my fan curve keeps it at 62C with 60% fan. Fans are then audible when not wearing earphones, but not excessively noisy. But my big tower case is "under-fanned" so I will probably add a couple quiet 120 mm fans. That should reduce the speed of the 1080 fans. The $499 price really sold me. 50 bucks cheaper than I paid for the GTX 680 it replaced. I was pretty happy with the 680, but it couldn't run ultra settings on newer games. I gambled that prices wouldn't drop any time soon. We'll see. I bought one for my son too. He doesn't do reviews, but said his experience mirrors mine. 12/26/2017 - MINOR UPDATE After adjusting fan curve, runs at 27C idle. Fans at 570 RPM. Can't even hear them.

Pros: So much performance. Runs cool.

Cons: If you install the Gigabyte Extreme Engine, it will lock up in a few minutes at full load. Card has run flawlessly after uninstalling the Extreme Engine.

Pros: - Cheaper than other 1080s - Solid performance

Cons: - Fan is a tad louder than previous graphic cards I've own but not terribly loud as others have stated.

Overall Review: - Had to re-review this since previously i thought the fan on the card was being obnoxiously loud and turns out i was wrong. Switched back to my old card and noticed the noise was still there so i realized it was not the 1080 but my fan on my cpu.

Pros: I've had this for 6 months now in an SLI setup and this card is mighty impressive. I haven't had any issues with this card; many people spoke of coil whine - I guess I'm not quite sure what that sounds like. I don't hear noises over my case/CPU fans so if it does have it I can't tell. This card is great if you want a simple GTX 1080 - no flashing LEDs or anything like that or fancy packaging/accessories - none of that but I like that it has a very nice backplate installed on it and looks nice installed in my PC

Cons: - Not a con for me but no LEDs or robust accessories - wind noise a bit loud when under load - Very basic packaging The cons are nit-picky because I didn't want to leave this section blank and nothing is "perfect" but I wouldn't hesitate to get this card again

Overall Review: No way around it, GTX 1080s are expensive however if you've decided to get one and not big on aesthetics, this is a great deal because other "budget priced" GTX 1080 offerings don't include the backplate and to me that makes more of a difference than LEDs etc.