The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is the best card you can buy on the market now (discounting the new Titan X aimed at deep learning researchers). That said, it isn't always lonely at the top, and there are plenty of custom cards for you to choose from. We round up cards from ASUS, MSI, and Palit and put them to the test.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G features the new Twin Frozr VI cooler and upgraded Torx 2.0 fans. It is one of the quietest custom cards on the market now.