Purchasing a system and the option is between the asus turbo or gigabyte gaming oc
1080 ti
Which is going to be the better option ?
Also the turbo is blower style
GTX 1080 TI - Asus Turbo vs Gigabyte Gaming OC
LBretto87 on 28/06/2018 - 12:42
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Also the turbo is blower style
Don't get the blower-style unless you're using it in a SFF or otherwise small case because it has terrible thermals. It's one advantage is that it outputs hot air directly outside the case - but that's only relevant if your case is tiny and has bad airflow, because it comes at the cost of well, having terrible thermals for the card itself.
Blower styles also tend to be noisier for the equivalent cooling performance.
In terms of Desktop GPU styles, I mentally rate them such as:
1- OEM graphics block with Aftermarket cooler (eg Arctic Xtreme III plus Noctua Fans)
2- Water cooling
3- Dual-fans
4- Triple fans
5- Single fan (blower style)
6- (worst) Passive coolingWhere do you even get OEM GPU blocks as a private buyer?!
Also, why double fan > triple fan?
double fan = bigger diameter which means same airflow at slower rpm, which means quieter than triples.
That's not usually the case. Fan diameter is limited by the width of the card, not by how many fans are on the card. For example for these Gigabyte GTX 1070 cards:
Dual fan:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1070WF2OC-8GD-rev…Triple fan:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1070G1-GAMING-8GD…Those have the same size fans.
Like you said "it depends"… however on average, the Twin-Fans are actually larger and do move more air at slower speeds. On top of this, they're usually better mounted and quality as well. The triple-fans are mostly for marketing, to draw in the gullible crowd, those cards sometimes provide better cooling at the highest fan-speeds but the data is probably skewed since they are larger and offer bigger VRM cooling.
So, if I had to make a recommendation twin-fan > triple-fan.
However, the real-world performance differences we are talking about are between 1-6 fps, nothing to write home.
Gigabyte
Unless you can save yourself a couple of hundred dollars on purchasing the ASUS model, stick with the Gigabyte Gaming OC.
I purchased the ASUS 1080Ti turbo in this deal but was unhappy with the cooling performance and noise levels.
I swapped out the stock blower and installed the Accelero Xtreme IV in the end.
if you wear headphones, the blower will be fine since you can't hear it anyway.
The gigabyte gaming will have better cooling, which may have a very small effect on throttling, but unlikely.
In terms of FPS difference, the gigabyte may be 2-5FPS more. Usually not much
If your case has poor airflow/cooling capacity, I would go for Asus turbo. If not, gigabyte