GeForce GTX 1080 

I loved the look of the previous-gen GeForce GTX 980 Ti LIGHTNING, with its sleek yellow and black looks... but damn, does the new MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z look shmick.

GDDR5X is a monster in the memory bandwidth department, and it shows when you push it past 12Gbps and reach nearly 530GB/sec of memory bandwidth.

Performance (overclocking, power)95%Quality (build, design, cooling)95%General Features (display outputs, etc)95%Bundle, Packaging & Software95% Overall TweakTown Rating95% The Bottom Line: ASUS nails the high-end market with the ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti, with military-like performance, style, and cooling.

4K 60FPS+ in today's games is a great point to hit, and high FPS in 1080p and 1440p native resolutions is perfect.

Performance (overclocking, power)90%Quality (build, design, cooling)90%General Features (display outputs, etc)90%Bundle, Packaging & Software90% Overall TweakTown Rating90% The Bottom Line: MSI fills out its GeForce GTX 1080 line up with the new and improved GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X+, with its 8GB of GDDR5X clocked up to 11Gbps providing a nice bump in performance over the stock GTX 1080 with 10Gbps memory.

NVIDIA's surprise shift with the upgraded GeForce GTX 1080 and its 8GB of GDDR5X being clocked up to 11Gbps was a strange move, but there's definitely a nice performance bump - and when you mix this with custom GTX 1080 8GB 11Gbps cards, we have a pretty decent offering between the GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti.

If you're gaming on my favorite native res: 3440x1440, then you're going to be enjoying your native refresh of 100Hz easily, with 80-100FPS on Ultra details on the AORUS GTX 1080 Ti 11G.

For 4K gamers, you're fine with 60FPS average not being a problem in most games - some of them, however, you will be dropping some in-game details down.