Are founders edition cards really that bad? We got gift cards

>>60081820
They run in the mid-80s by design and get pretty loud (even more so if you want to lower temperatures). I don't know about the 1080 Ti, but the 1080 one also throttled like crazy, right down to its rated base clock over time.

>>60081849
Does it help if I have a Define R5? It's an isolated case

>>60081820
The vrm of the FE are very good in OC thonght

>>60081820
They're just extremely overpriced. They're not bad, but you're hitting thermals much more easily.

>>60081820
Unless you're watercooling your gpu, you'll get cucked by high temps.

I have one and it's fine. Doesn't go above 75°C with my slightly aggressive fan curve. I am used to the noise though since I've been on reference designs since 2010. Granted, I also have a Silverstone case with a 90° turned motherboard orientation.