imposed on the card, so for extreme
overclocking this isn’t the one for you.
For your gaming needs however, this
should do the trick because it really
doesn’t get much faster than this.
So why then wold you want the
AORUS RTX 2080 Ti instead of any
other brand? Well let’s start with the
cooling complex. You’ve likely seen this
cooler before but that doesn’t mean it’s
not capable. It uses a combination of
direct heat pipes through a dense fin
stack that's cooled by three 100mm
fans. These fans are arranged so that
the fan blades on the left and right
actually overlap the center fan blades.
This central fan spins in the opposite
direction to the ones on either side.
According to GIGABYTE this reduces
turbulence and improves cooling
capabilities.
It’s hard to measure this given that
one would have to compare a more
traditional in-line fan system against
this one to tell. What one can sat is that
the AORUS card runs relatively quiet.
Maybe too much so as the operating
temperature is almost always 79’C, but
more about that later on.
Cooling the DRAM and MOSFETS
is done with a single plate, which is
attached to the fin stack and heat
pipes. Naturally this means if you
remove the GPU cooler, all other
cooling comes off as well. Not ideal for
those who only have a GPU block as
another way of cooling the MOSFETs
will be required.
I would much rather a two-piece
configuration similar to what you
find on some of this generation’s
cards (FTW3 comes to mind).
As such, regarding cooling, this
isn’t anything to write home about.
What is of greater interest perhaps
are the aesthetic elements of the
card should you care for that kind
of thing. The AORUS Xtreme looks
fantastic, easily among the best
looking RTX cards on the market.
The plastics aren’t obvious at first
glance, but they do sell ‘the look’
well. With the ability to customize
each of the fan’s RGB LEDs you can
make some truly unique patterns.
As customary with high end
AORUS cards, specific mention
must be made to the number of
display outputs on offer. The card
has a total of seven outputs of which
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