Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8GB GDDR5X
VBESTLIFE Radeon HD 7670 4GB GDDR5
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8GB GDDR5X
The GTX 1080 is praised for its strong performance and value, especially at the $499 price point. Users report cool temperatures and good frame rates, but some mention coil whine, thermal throttling, and software issues with Gigabyte's Extreme Engine. Overall, it's recommended for those seeking a cheaper 1080 without needing extreme overclocking.
Pros
- Great performance
- Good value for money
- Runs cool
- Quiet fans at low speeds
- Strong 4K capability
Cons
- Coil whine
- Thermal throttling issues
- Software issues with Extreme Engine
- Fan noise at high speeds
- No SLI bridge included
VBESTLIFE Radeon HD 7670 4GB GDDR5
The product receives mixed reviews, with one positive review praising its great quality and perfect size for cases with large CPU heatsinks. However, the majority of verified reviews are extremely negative, citing lack of Windows 11 drivers, being a bad gaming card, not working on some PCs (producing video errors and beeps), and one user accusing it of being a scam with a laptop chip and less VRAM than advertised.
Pros
- Great quality
- Perfect size for large CPU heatsinks
Cons
- No Windows 11 drivers
- Bad gaming performance
- Video output errors on some PCs
- Laptop chip instead of desktop chip
- Less VRAM than advertised
Scores
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC | VBESTLIFE Radeon HD 7670 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1080 | Radeon HD 7670 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Pascal | RDNA 3.0 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 16★ | 40 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 8 GB★ | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X★ | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 54★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 55.29999923706055★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 8.873000144958496 | 27.649999618530273★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 180★ | 295 |
| Recommended PSU | 500 | 450★ |
| Power Connectors | 8-Pin | None |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 1 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | PCI Express X16 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | — |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | — |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 280★ | — |
| Slot Width | 2★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 0.90 kg | 0.48 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Upscaling | DLSS | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✗ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 | 11 |
| RGB | ✗ | — |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8GB GDDR5X
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong social proof (78th percentile)
- Strong affordability (74th percentile)
- Below average compute (27th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (28th percentile)
- Below average vram (28th percentile)
- Below average ai (31st percentile)
VBESTLIFE Radeon HD 7670 4GB GDDR5
- Strong affordability (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Below average user sentiment (1st percentile)1st %ile
- Below average social proof (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average efficiency (6th percentile)6th %ile
- Below average raster (9th percentile)9th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 43 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 16 of 38 specs.
