A pictureoffthisboxnowinsidethisboxisapparently a gigabyteGTX 10 80 g oneadditionGPUondhe.
It's totallydifferentfromthestuffweusuallytake a lookatonthischannel.
Sowhydid I buyit?
Well, thisisactuallyonlysidethepersonalrigbehindmehereas a littlebitof a treattomyself, a littlebitofanupgradefromthe 10 70.
Andtobehonest, itdoesn't reallyneedupgrading.
That 10 70 isstill a fantasticcardthatcanhandleallofmyfavoritegamesat 60 framespersecondandforallegedlyresolution.
Butwhen I cameacrossthis, I thought, youknow, I mightnotfindonethischeapin a longtimeonDDEat £300 thiswasthecheapest 10 80 I couldfindanywayinthecountry.
I'vealsopurchased a largertelevisiontohookthePCuptoforwhen I'm playinggames.
Andthereasonforthatisbecausemyeyesareslowly.
Howdo I putthisbreakingin a fewyears?
There's a goodchancethat I'm gonnaneedglassesaboutthisthickon, maybeeven a guidedog.
So I bought a biggerTVand, ofcourse, thatroundsatan 84 K resolution.
So I thoughttheextrahorsepowerofthe 10 80 heremighthelpwiththosehigherresolutionsaswell.
WhenitcomestorunningsomemoremodernTripleeighttitlesondhe, I tooktheplungeonthiscard.
I clickBuyitnow, asmuchasitpainsmetopartwiththatsortofmoneybecause I thought, youknow, that's a goodpriceforoneondhe, I thought I couldalsocombineitwith a littlebitof a minireviewofftheAmazonwarehousedealsitenowAmazonWarehouseTherewasspecializingcustomerreturnsorunwanteditems.
I guessit's thesamething, buttheyoftensellhimonat a heftydiscountbecausetheymayhave a fewaccessoriesmissingortheitemconditionitselfmaybe a littleworseforwearnow.
Fromwhat I readthiswaasinusedbutverygoodconditionmissing a fewaccessories, andthere's also a fewblemishesonthecard, apparentlyso I thought, Wedon't boxitoncamera, seewhatwedogetandthentestitouttoseeifitisfullyfunctionalandseewhetherornotwe'vegot a greatbargainor a cardthatisfarbeyonditsbestdaysandisclingingtolifeafterbeingtotallyabusedbyitspreviousowner.
I justwanttoestablishwhatwe'vegot, whatconditionit's inandwhetherit's fullyworking.
I'llbetesting a fewgames a 10 80 p, but I plantomake a fullperformancevideoonce I'vemadeallmyupgrades, because I'm notsureif I'm goingtoswapoutanyothercomponentsforanythingdifferentjustyet.
Itdependsif I canfindanymoredecentdealwasabout.
Asyoucansee, we'vegotwhatcertainlylookslike a 10 80 inhere.
As I movedontojustcauseforwhichismoreGPUintensivethanCPU?
I noticedthatwewereaveragingabove 100 framespersecondattheultraSettingsonthecardwasstillstayingprettyquiet, too.
Thisisthegigabout G oneversion.
Sowe'vegotthenicethreefanwindforcecooleronhereoutoflovetoownoneofthosemini I T.
X versionslikethe 10 70.
But I couldn't findanyofthoseor, moreover, couldn't findanyat a decentprice.
After a goodfewhoursofgaming, itseemsthatthecardwasworkingasitshould.
Butas I said, it's earlydaysandit's alldowntothelongtermresults, I think, or I liketohopethatit's beenwelllookedafter, butthatdoesn't meanthatithasn't beenheavilyoverclockedorpushedtoitslimitsanyway.
Toconclude, youcanfindsomegreatdealsontheAmazonwarehousesectionofthesights, butthemaincatchesthatyouwon't bereceivingmuchinthewayof a warranty.