The MSI 1080Ti armor edition has poor cooling, this is widely known. Wouldn't purchase.
powerbrick to ritchiedrama
18 Sep 17#9
I have have read this too, but still miles better in a gimped version than anything AMD has to offer, so what you gonna do.
redx to powerbrick
18 Sep 17#10
I agree, AMD have very hot deals (pun intended)
idbirch to ritchiedrama
19 Sep 17#14
I also saw lots of reports of this when I was hunting around for a 1080Ti. The Armor was looking like a good deal but with all the heat problems people were having, I just paid a bit extra for the Gaming X.
LoveDealz
18 Sep 17#3
Too expensive.
taras
18 Sep 17#4
import tax
Crossbow to taras
18 Sep 17#5
When you buy items from Amazon US (which are also despatched by them), import taxes are always included in the price.
polarbaba
18 Sep 17#6
I have a similar evga version with two fans and another with 3 fans (ftw3 edition) which cost slightly more. Easily go with the 3 fan version everytime as it's around 10 degrees cooler on load and much quieter.
Oneday77
18 Sep 17#7
I never quite understand paying exrtra for a factory over clock on an enthusiast card. Better cooler yes, clocked no. Moist people aiming for this level of GPU will try clocking it anyway. Odds on it's is going in an overclocked CPU build anyway.
Nate1492 to Oneday77
18 Sep 17#11
Then you are missing on the concept of 'processor binning'. The 'factory over clocked' cards are made both with a better processor that has been 'binned' and usually better voltage regulation, cooling, and other things that allow for higher OC's.
Scribbinge to Nate1492
20 Sep 17#18
Usually only the top of the line cards are binned, the mid range AIB cards are normally the same card with a custom PCB for better power delivery and a beefy cooler slapped on. I really doubt the armor series is binned.
Would do nicely for anyone planning to watercool it which is likely on a 1080 Ti.
ritchiedrama to Scribbinge
20 Sep 17#19
Sure, but people looking for budget deals aren't going to buy this, then water cool it and pay another +£100 lol.
jayjayuk1234
19 Sep 17#12
My Voodoo 1 will slaughter this card if you know the special unlock registry setting
plewis00
19 Sep 17#13
Do people buy ultra-high end that much now? Isn't the sweet spot something like the GTX 1070 for price/performance - I get that people will always want the best for some cases, I'm just curious more than anything. I mean, a lot of people are offsetting card costs by mining in spare time but this isn't even that good at mining
Also interesting to note the RX 5xx doesn't have enough cards active to register any numbers, which means at most .15% share for any of those. And the 480 has .81% share, just a bit ahead of the 1080 ti at .56%
plewis00 to Nate1492
19 Sep 17#16
I reckon that's because most 'decent' RX cards are being used for mining not gaming (much to your annoyance I'm sure!). If I was still gaming frequently, the GTX 1070 is what I would have gone with, though I wouldn't really call it a 'value' or 'mid-range' proposition, I do know what you mean. I suspect the 1050Ti is the 'value' option.
Nate1492 to plewis00
19 Sep 17#17
The ratio of cards has been pretty stable, as in, even before the mining craze, AMD have tailed off for a long time.
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Moist people aiming for this level of GPU will try clocking it anyway.
Odds on it's is going in an overclocked CPU build anyway.
Would do nicely for anyone planning to watercool it which is likely on a 1080 Ti.
Have a peep. Of course the 'value spot' is somewhere in the middle, that's how most products work.
The 10xx series makes up 17.61% of all GPUs.
37% 1060
20% 1050ti
19% 1070
12% 1060
9% 1080
3% 1080ti
Also interesting to note the RX 5xx doesn't have enough cards active to register any numbers, which means at most .15% share for any of those. And the 480 has .81% share, just a bit ahead of the 1080 ti at .56%