Test Set Up
We are testing with our X99 set up supporting DDR4, 2011-3 Socket CPU and some serious power and bandwidth for the GPU to play with. All updates to the Operating System, games and synthetic benchmarks are assumed, and a full de-fragmentation on the SSD after a fresh install before any benches are carried out. We will be testing in 1080p and UHD resolutions using the ViewSonic VP2780-4K 27-Inch UltraHD IPS Monitor.
- Processor: Intel i7-5820K
- Motherboard: Asus Rampage V Extreme Motherboard
- Memory: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400Mhz @ 2666Mhz
- PSU: Corsair HX1000i
- OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit
- Storage: Crucial BX100 500Gb
- Cooler: Reeven Okeanos RC-1402 CPU Cooler
- Resolutions: 1920 x 1080 and 3840 x 2160 UHD 4K
Default driver settings were used for synthetic and gaming tests, we only changed the game settings to push the resolutions, we maintained the Ultra quality settings throughout. All game tests have the game settings screenshot included.
The games and synthetic benchmarks are fully patched as well, though they may change the net performance from time to time, only the fundamentally flawed games or apps would have a significant performance jump when patched, and we don’t use them for testing. Also, Futuremarks’ systeminfo needs to be fully up to date before you can call a benchmark result valid.
Our Charts
We use charts to describe the benchmark results. These use colours that can often be similar or even different shades of each colour. If this becomes hard to read, you can click on any of the review samples on the chart to remove it, or add it back in.
Testing Methodology
All synthetic and gaming tests are carried out several times with the best result taken. If the test is an online multiplayer, the same map is used each time and a ping constantly under 30ms is required before a test is valid. We always try synthetic and real world tests, for graphics cards, there is no better real world test than gaming.
Synthetic Tests
- AIDA64 Engineer
- 3DMark Professional
- Unigine Heaven 4.0
Real World Tests
- Battlefield 4
- Crysis 3
- Alien Isolation
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- Doom
- The Division
- Far Cry 3
- Watch_Dogs
4K UHD Tests
- 3DMark Professional
- Battlefield 4
- Crysis 3
- Alien Isolation
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- Doom
- The Division
- Far Cry 3
- Watch_Dogs
We have introduced a couple of newer games into our testing cycle, Alien Isolation and Batman: Arkham Origins, Doom and The Division, some excellent game titles. We didn’t have all review samples for all the game tests, so some of the charts will be missing some of the cards. We will keep adding games behind the scenes and more will come out in future reviews. If you have a game you would like to see tested, post a comment. We always run the benchmarks several times, taking the best results and recording them on the graphs, and only with the minimum diagnostic software running to capture the results.
EVGA Nvidia GTX 1080 Founders Edition Graphics Card Review
Package and Bundle - 8
Performance - 9.5
Price - 8.5
Consumer Experience - 9.5
8.9
Nvidia may have dropped the ball a little with the release drivers, and the subsequent drivers that game to fix the issues, but there's no doubt, the Nvidia GTX 1080 Founders Edition is a stellar performance, and the VGA GTX 1080 Founders Edition exercises the GPU core perfectly.
