ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card TURBO-GTX1080TI-11G

Pros: -Performance: 2000Mhz+ right out of the box without touching or tweaking anything. My specs are the following:

ASUS Rampage V Extreme
Intel Core i7 5930k at 4.6Ghz
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 at 3000Mhz
Samsung 850 PRO SSD
Corsair HX 1050W PSU

I upgraded to this card from 2xEVGA GTX 980 Hydro Copper cards in SLI. I am getting on average about 30-35fps+ in ME: Andromeda ,Prey and Hitman. I have not had time to test other games yet but so far there is a very noticeable upgrade from my SLI setup. 4k Textures eat up a lot of vram but you have 11GB here so you dont have to worry and can just crank up textures to the max.

-Cooling: The hybrid cooler is really unique. I have mine watercooled. My loop consists of a Thermochill PA 120.3 radiator, Scythe gentle typhoon fans, and a LGA 2011 EK waterblock. The GPU stays very cool under load. So far I have seen it hit 40C max after a couple of hours of gaming. You can also run the fan at the same time and it is EXTREMELY quiet even at 60% fan speed. I had to look in my chassis to check if the fan was on. Once you have the fan going my temps stay in the 30s range at all times no matter what.

-Aesthetics: RGB is cool if youre into that sort of thing. I think it looks cool but Im not wowed by anything RGB. Everything has RGB feature lately and I for one do not really care. With that being said, the card itself is absolutely gorgeous! Backplate and the cooler look extremely sleek compared to EVGA cards. ROG knows how to look good!

Cons: -Not a crazy overclocker. Mine hits the 2100Mhz wall. I can only get it stable at 2088Mhz which is kind of disappointing but to be honest in actual gaming there is no noticeable difference between 12Mhz.

-The card is BIG. Way bigger than my GTX 980 Hydro Copper cards. Its longer, wider, and fatter because of the hybrid cooler. Im using a Corsair 800D case so I dont have to worry much but make sure you have ample room if you are putting a pump or other watercooling equipment near the card.

-Not much clearance between the G1/4 threads and the card itself. You will not be able to just put in a normal bitspower compression fitting right into the waterblock. You will need at least 1 fitting extender in between your card and your compression fitting.

-Expensive. The whole 1080 Ti line is expensive in general is what I mean. But you will be in the same price range as this card if you got with a founders edition and slap on your own waterblock and backplate. If Im paying about the same in both scenarios, I personally go with pre-blocked cards like Hydro Copper (or this) to eliminate the extra work and time.

Overall Review: I have been using SLI setup since GTX 480. I have always stayed with EVGA Hydro Copper up until the 980 HC. I have not really had much issues with using SLI. There is the usual tweaking here and there to get maximum scaling on both cards and when new games come out you sometimes have to wait a bit to get proper scaling performance which I never really minded because i have been doing so for years. The heat and power of an SLI setup should always be taken into consideration.

I was initially planning to order 2 of these for SLI but I must say I am actually very very satisfied with just a single one of these. I game on a 2560x1440 144Mhz ASUS ROG monitor and occasionally a 65" Samsung KS8500 Curved 4K 60Hz TV. Im very happy with the performance on both setups.

So for me personally, I dont think I will be going SLI with this card.

I dont know what else I can say about the card...the box presentation was slightly better than EVGA. Basically it is a very sexy GPU and a beast performer. Loving it so far!

Pros: Runs games at 1440p on ULTRA settings without a problem and has no lag unless its internet lag

SEE UPDATE BELOW FOR CURRENT STATUS ORIGINAL RATING WAS 5

Cons: Could run a little cooler but I assume since Im running at stock settings from Asus then the temp should be fine

SEE UPDATE IN OPTIONAL SECTION AS THE HEAT ISSUE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MORE OF A ISSUE THEN I THOUGHT AT THE TIME

Overall Review: The future will tell since upgraded from a 1070 I hope this card will last for years to come. It does not appear I will need another upgrade in the near future unless its to go SLI

THIS IS A UPDATE TO MY ORIGINAL FEEDBACK THE CARD LOST ALL FAN CONTROL AFTER 4-1/2 WEEKS THEN STATED OVERHEATING, SOME ARTIFACTS AND CRASHING. ONE OF THE FANS APPEARS TO BE COMING APART FROM THE INSIDE. RMA THE CARD AND STILL WAITING CANT GET ANY ANSWERS FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT WILL KEEP MY FEEDBACK UPDATED. AT THIS POINT FOR A CARD AT THIS PRICE THAT WASN'T EVEN OVERCLOCKED BUT ONLY RAN IN GAME MODE CAN'T SAY REAL HAPPY AT THIS PRICE POINT.