Reddit reviews Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Graphic Card GV-N1080D5X-8GD-B

ASUS: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01FWI7J7G/?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

EVGA (pre-order sold out earlier): http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01FWI6F08/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Gigabyte: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01FWI8ACO/?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

MSI (pre-order sold out earlier): http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01FX2KS6U/?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Zotac (pre-order sold out earlier): http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01FMF6DAS/?ie=UTF8&condition=all&tag=nisa-20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

What follows is a potentially idiotic question from a computer newb. I'm absolutely confused as to the difference between different graphics cards. I don't mean different brands but like this.

When you look at the Amazon page there's a handful of different 'styles' to choose from. Aside from shape and price, what in the hell is the difference?

Edit: Thanks for the help!

This is the US Amazon price for a 1080 and this is the India Amazon price for a 1080.
Undoubtedly you can find a FE much cheaper than on Amazon but that's besides the point the author of the article tries to make. He said that the products listed on Amazon India are overpriced, naturally you have to compared them to the US Amazon prices, not Newegg.

Total was around $2200 when I got it all, it was during cyber Monday so it was all on sale.
Parts and Spec list:

• Intel i7 6700k 4.00 GHz
  
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
  
• Corsair LPX 32GB 2 x 16GB Memory
  
• Gigabyte LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard GA-Z170X-Gaming GT
  
• NZXT Computer Tower Cases CA-S340W-B3
  
• Cryorig H5 Universal CR-H5A Mid Tower CPU Heatsink with XT140 Fan for AMD/Intel
  
• Noctua 140mm Premium Quiet Quality Case Cooling Fan x3
  
• Samsung 850 EVO 1TB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD
  
• Seagate 3TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
  
• Corsair HXi Series, HX1000i, 1000 Watt (1000W), Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Platinum Certified
  
• Acer XF270HU 27-inch WQHD Widescreen LCD Monitor
  
• Razer BlackWidow Chroma Clicky Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01FWI8ACO/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

these are from nowinstock, they all show up on amazon for me, just not available yet.(never posted links on reddit so idk how this will go)

Gigabyte - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FWI8ACO/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Asus - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FWI7J7G/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER

MSI - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FX2KS6U/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Thanks for you help, I really appreciate it. I have the
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, which I believe has two fans. I updated the fan curve to be pretty aggressive. And it dramatically improved the temps.

After fan update

I can probably back off on that fan curve, but as you can see in the image, playing again under the same load I maxed out at 60C and during playing my temp monitor mostly hovered around the mid 50s

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-Founders-Graphics-GV-N1080D5X-8GD-B/dp/B01FWI8ACO/ref=sr_1_3

There's also a link for a Gigabyte one:

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-Founders-Graphics-GV-N1080D5X-8GD-B/dp/B01FWI8ACO?ie=UTF8&redirect=true

It's showing unavailable but you can at least set it up for e-mail notifications.