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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 V

After removing the four spring-loaded screws for the cooling system, we will be able to take a look freely at the frontal PCB area, which is also covered by a custom aluminum plate. It was designed to provide additional cooling for the memory, VRM and other components:

By removing some more screws, we can free-up the PCB entirely. Since the PCB is colored in white, the components mounted on the surface can be spotted much easier:

The card is using Micron GDDR5 memory chips (eight of them in total), with a 10Gbps transfer rate:

One of the PWM controller for this card is a uP9509P made by uPI Semiconductor and is in charge of the GDDR5X RAM:

Measuring points are also available on the PCB:

An IOR 3595A GPU PWM controller is also available nearby:

The card is equipped with a beefy 12 + 3 VRM in order to offer the ability of overclocking even further:

One of the unused connectors in the back of the card is a PWM-marked one:

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