PNY XLR8 GTX 1080 Ti Graphics Card Review

Final Thoughts

Price

The Nvidia 1080 Ti is an expansive graphics card no matter which brand you go for. Adding a custom cooler and any amount of factory overclock is going to bump that price up pretty darn quickly too. With that in mind, I can’t find stable pricing information for this card, or many 1080 Ti’s right now. Stock limitations, popularity, who knows, but I suggest you check with the retailers you trust to find the best deals. If you can get it as close to £700 as possible, you should be comfortable.

Overview

There are quite a few high-end GTX 1080 Ti’s on the market right now, and it can be hard to pick between them. Of course, the performance is fairly similar between most of them, and as the performance goes up a bit, the price goes up a lot. It’s certainly a scale of diminishing returns right now. However, the PNY XLR8, when you can find stock of it, is pretty competitive.

Performance

The XLR8 1080 Ti isn’t the fastest of the bunch, it sits above the reference card from Nvidia by a nice margin and it’s close enough to some of the more extreme models to be competitive. It’s not really overclocked out of the box, but the much bigger cooler allows it to maintain the raw performance of the 1080 Ti chipset for much longer, giving us solid performance figures.

Aesthetics

The design is certainly unique, not to everyone’s taste I will admit, but that’s very subjective anyway. Without a doubt, there will be some of you working on builds where this design will be perfect! The build quality is decent though, and the metal panels of the shroud do look cool. Three large fans deliver lots of airflow, and while not as quiet as they could be, they’re a far cry from being a problem.

Should I Buy One?

If you can pick one up at the right price, the PNY XLR8 GTX 1080 Ti is one of the fastest graphics cards on the planet right now and more than worthy of your attention.

Pros

• Unique design
• Competitive performance
• Excellent cooling
• Competitive price
• Great for gaming

Cons

• Hard to find stock at most retailers