The short version is that this card is really fast and it's pretty quiet but not as quiet as you would expect. It's really big so make sure you have room. Keep reading for more details.
This is an absolute beast of a card. I only play at 1920x1080 with a 60hz monitor, this card is total overkill for that. Actually this card is overkill in general, it's overclocked to like 1950mhz and it runs ridiculously cool and quiet. There's not just a good backing plate but a solid case around the whole thing. It feels really sturdy and even though it's heavy it doesn't sag when it's installed in the case and the case is standing.
There are plenty of sites you can look at for actual test results and performance data, just google it. Basically this is the fastest card you can get besides the Titan which only gets you like 15% more FPS but costs almost 50% more.
To cool the radiator we're provided just one wire with a 3 pin plug. You can set a custom fan curve through some very nice EVGA software. With only one fan it can either run cool or run quiet but not both. It's quieter than my old card but not as quiet as I expected considering the watercooling and whatnot. Maybe you could find an adapter to hook up two 3 pin fans of your choice and they could still be controlled by the card. (2 working together wouldn't have to run as fast. Slower is quieter) I replaced mine with two 2000 rpm Noctua PWM fans that are controlled based on the motherboard temperature. The fans stay pretty quiet most of the time and the card never gets much hotter than 50c.
Beware that this thing is HUGE. It hangs over my SATA connectors along the edge of the motherboard, actually touching them. Because of that it was hard to push the card down into the PCI slot and lock it in. That seems like a pretty obvious design flaw but the card is already so big they couldn't have made it any taller. The hoses coming off the top of the card already get kinda squished when I put the side panel on my case.
Some reviewers complain about pump noise. To prevent that, with any of these all-in-one type watercooling systems you want the radiator above the pump, with the hoses at the bottom of the radiator. That way any air bubbles will get trapped at the top of the radiator and stay there. If you mount it wrong you could get noisy air bubbles in your pump. I'm not saying everyone with a noisy pump did something wrong but that might help.
| Max Screen Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 11000 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 11 GB |
