Reviewers Liked
- Very quiet in gaming
- Excellent temperatures
- HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 1.4
- Overclocks great
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Significant increase in power draw
- Memory not overclocked
- Quite expensive
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X Plus 8GB GDDR5X PCIe
96
9.2
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