ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080 Gaming A8G Review

Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure game played from either a first-person or third-person view. Players complete missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story. Outside of missions, players may freely roam the open world.

Composed of the San Andreas open countryside area and the fictional city of Los Santos, the world is much larger in area than earlier entries in the series. It may be fully explored after the game’s beginning without restriction, although story progress unlocks more gameplay content.

We use the Ultra quality settings (or the highest alternative – generally Very High or High – when Ultra is unavailable). MSAA is set to 2x for 1080p and 1440p and is disabled for 4K. The Advanced Graphics options are all set to their maximum levels.

At 1080p the game suggests 3469MB of VRAM usage. At 1440p that number increases to 3764MB. At 4K the video memory usage is quoted as 4171MB.

GTA V has a slight preference for the ASUS STRIX A8G GTX 1080 over its Gigabyte G1 Gaming competitor. The long GTA V benchmark run plays into the hands of ASUS' model as the card is slightly more able to hold its maximum boost clock speeds over extended periods of time (which is important for real-world gaming sessions).

But again, you aren't going to notice a performance difference between the factory-overclocked ASUS or Gigabyte cards. More importantly, both cards are a FPS-or-two quicker than the GTX 1080 FE out-of-the-box.

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