The thermal solution, meanwhile, is designed to maintain consistent performance, even in the most thermally-challenging environments. Whether that be a multi-GPU setup, a small form factor chassis, or a packed nightclub-turned-world stage, the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition maintains its cool better than other air-cooled, blower-style graphics cards, avoiding performance-decreasing thermal throttling.
Built around a radial fan with an advanced vapor chamber (our first on a graphics card with a TDP less than 250 Watts), the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition pushes all heated air outside the chassis via a rear exhaust, keeping the rest of your components and the inside of your case cool.
To keep things quiet, a metal baseplate placed on top of low profile components delivers clean air channels, minimizing air resistance and noise creation, and improving thermal performance. And as with previous-generation NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics cards, fan speeds and curves have been optimized for whisper-quiet acoustics and smooth, inaudible fan speed changes.