Conclusion
Cooling is monstrous, the look industrial, and the overall performance about as good as an air-cooled GTX 1080 is going to be.The GeForce GTX 1080 has been the fastest partner-built card for some time now. Though rumours of the GTX 1080 Ti intensify, hinting at its imminent arrival, those building a quality gaming rig today should still consider this card.
A bunch of Nvidia partners have varied and, sometimes, wild designs. The Aorus Xtreme, the first from the Gigabyte spin-off, falls more into the latter camp. Cooling is monstrous, the look industrial, and the overall performance about as good as an air-cooled GTX 1080 is going to be.
Expected to cost £680 or so, the Aorus Xtreme Edition card is up against some serious competition. It makes most sense to the real enthusiast who wants to take a card out of the box and clock it further for long-term gaming.
Overclocked on core and memory
Four-year warranty
Primed for VR
Well suited to a high-res G-Sync display
Still remains expensive
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