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KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 HOF 8GB Video Card Review

Videocards/VGA Reviews by stefan @ 2016-12-03

The GeForce GTX 1080 HOF card sports a unique white/silver appearance in order to be fitted inside high-end gaming setups with a transparent side panel. It is equipped with a massive three slot cooling system which does integrate one back plate, one frontal plate, a big heatsink with no less than five heatpipes but also three 90mm silent fans. The back area of the PCB houses a row of blue LEDs which do stay on at all times, while the Hall of Fame logo area does come with RGB LED lighting, which is fully customizable thanks to the Xtreme Tuner Plus utility. 1080 HOF is also pre-overclocked from the factory and performs well in most games at 4K resolutions.

A Closer Look Part II

The User Manual is quite general and applies for most Nvidia cards from the latest generation:

The Quick Installation Guide includes a few steps for us to install the card inside our machines. This one is usually useful for people which haven’t performed such a process before:

The HOF FlexHold Installation Guide must be checked out if we decide to install this accessory:

The HOF cards are also supplied with a “Game in Progress/DO NOT DISTURB” funny door sign:

We can also choose to install the door sign on the other side, which says “Overclocking Under Progress…/DO NOT DISTURB”:

As hardware bundle, we are getting the HOF FlexHold but also two PCI-E 8-pin to 2xMOLEX adapters:

The FlexHold adapter comes with two components -> one of them is fixed to the cards’ cooling system, while the support stick can be adjusted to the needed size, depending on the case we are using. Since the HOF 1080 card is quite heavy, the system was designed to prevent bending during transport and cause damage in the process. This system may not fit in some cases which do have fans on the bottom or are not wide enough to install the black adapter with screws. For the second case KFA2 have thought of a workaround by supplying a secondary installation spot:

Both tips of the support stick are built from rubber in order not to scratch the insides of the case:

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