Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8GB GDDR5X PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 12 expert reviews

Excellent:

10
Good:

1
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Effective cooling system, Minimum LED bling, GPU Gauntlet, Light Weight
Solid, predictable performance, Two-slot form factor, Rear heatsink works well
Overclocked out of the box, Fans turn off in idle, Quiet, Good performance increase over reference, Temperatures below 80°C - no throttling, Power efficient, 8 GB VRAM, Backplate included, Customizable RGB lighting, New NVIDIA technologies: Ansel, FastSyn...

Cons:

Minimum LED bling, Thin thermal pad on the VRMs, XG OC Utility overwrites selected profile when clock/fan speed is increased
Louder than we'd like, Getting more expensive by the day, Limited OC potential on core

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Last revision on May 9, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Effective cooling system, Minimum LED bling, GPU Gauntlet, Light Weight
Solid, predictable performance, Two-slot form factor, Rear heatsink works well
Overclocked out of the box, Fans turn off in idle, Quiet, Good performance increase over reference, Temperatures below 80°C - no throttling, Power efficient, 8 GB VRAM, Backplate included, Customizable RGB lighting, New NVIDIA technologies: Ansel, FastSyn

Reviewers Didn't Like

Minimum LED bling, Thin thermal pad on the VRMs, XG OC Utility overwrites selected profile when clock/fan speed is increased
Louder than we'd like, Getting more expensive by the day, Limited OC potential on core
High price, 15% reduced efficiency vs. reference design, Memory not overclocked, DVI output no longer includes analog VGA signals

Expert reviews and ratings

When Nvidia released the GeForce GTX 1080 last month, it was the biggest intergenerational performance leap that we've seen in six years. The GTX 1080 offers a massive 60% increase in performance over the GTX 980 that it's replacing. It does this while...

By TechSpot on June 15, 2016

100

The Gigabyte GTX1080 G1 GAMING Graphics card comes overclocked straight out of the box that it will bring an additional boost in your framerate. The best thing about this is that you get the added benefit of an overclocked card without having to take...

By TheStreamingBlog on May 11, 2018

100

". the Gigabyte GTX 1080 Xtreme has the power and the cooling to handle high factory overclocks....

By PC Authority on October 13, 2016

100

Starting with the build quality and design of the GTX 1080 G1 Gaming we have a card which immediately impresses. There is no denying that the reference/founders design 1080 is a cool looking, well-built card but it is a little generic and there are...

By HardwareHeaven on September 30, 2016

Decent card, single power...

By techteamgb.co.uk on July 06, 2016

Right now there simply isn't a faster GPU than the GTX 1080, and by extension the GIGABYTE G1 Gaming is amongst the fastest GPUs money can...

By nag.co.za on July 06, 2016

There are exciting times ahead for us in the coming weeks – we are really interested to see what AMD bring to the table around the £200 mark with their upcoming RX 480 graphics card. As it stands in the high end sector however Nvidia are currently...

By Kitguru.net on June 16, 2016

The Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming is available online for $649 - but it is out of stock at the moment. Overclocked out of the box Fans turn off in idle Quiet Good performance increase over reference Temperatures below 80°C - no throttling Power efficient...

By techPowerUp! on June 14, 2016

100

Gigabyte offers an incredibly attractive looking and performing product with that all new G1 Gaming. With that 8 GB of GDDR5X memory you will purchase a product that is future proof for a while (although in the world of technology that I am afraid is a...

By Guru of 3D on June 13, 2016

The results show that the custom GTX 1070s and 1080s perform slightly better than the reference model, however the difference is rather small. Custom cards offer more value mostly due to much better cooling and therefore lower noise levels. Those who...

By uk.hardware.info on February 10, 2017

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