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MSI GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z 11GB Review by Techpowerup

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is a mean machine based on NVIDIA’s second-biggest implementation of its “Pascal” architecture, the 16 nm “GP102” silicon. This is the same chip that drives the TITAN X Pascal. The GTX 1080 Ti features the same number of CUDA cores as the latest TITAN, at 3,584 spread across 28 streaming multiprocessors. There is some cost-cutting here, but none that is designed to lower performance – the chip has a slightly narrower memory bus at 352 bit; that’s one memory chip less than what you’d find on the TITAN X Pascal. The total memory amount is hence 11 GB. A cluster of ROPs is also disabled, so you now get 88 ROPs (as opposed to the 96 ROPs on the TITAN). The memory chips are, however, clocked 10% higher to make up for the 8.3% narrower memory bus. This move also translates into cost savings due to the lack of a 12th memory chip and probably better yields for the GP102 chip. 

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning was unveiled at Computex this year. It comes in three variants, the regular Lightning, Lightning X, and Lightning Z. All three cards are identical in terms of cooling, looks and features, with the only exception being GPU clock frequency: Lightning 1506 MHz base / 1620 MHz boost, Lightning X 1544 MHz base / 1657 MHz boost and Lightning Z 1582 MHz base / 1695 MHz boost. If those frequencies sound low to you now, don’t worry, the boost range is extremely large.

Today, we review MSI’s GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z, which, just like the other Lightnings, is based on a completely redesigned PCB, using a large triple-slot, triple-fan cooler. Also included is amazing RGB lighting, VRM heatpipe cooling, and a metal backplate. According to MSI, the card is expected to retail for $999.

Source: Techpowerup

 

  GeForce 
GTX 980 Ti
Radeon R9 
Fury X
GeForce 
GTX 1070
GeForce 
GTX 1080
GeForce 
GTX 1080 Ti
MSI GTX 1080 Ti 
Lightning Z
GeForce 
Titan XP
Shader Units 2816 4096 1920 2560 3584 3584 3840
ROPs 96 64 64 64 88 88 96
Graphics Processor GM200 Fiji GP104 GP104 GP102 GP102 GP102
Transistors 8000M 8900M 7200M 7200M 12000M 12000M 12000M
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB 11 GB 11 GB 12 GB
Memory Type GDDR5 HBM GDDR5 GDDR5X GDDR5X GDDR5X GDDR5X
Memory Bus Width 384 bit 4096 bit 256 bit 256 bit 352 bit 352 bit 384 bit
Core Clock 1000 MHz+ 1050 MHz 1506 MHz+ 1607 MHz+ 1481 MHz+ 1582 MHz+ 1418 MHz+
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 500 MHz 2002 MHz 1251 MHz 1376 MHz 1390 MHz 1251 MHz
Price $390 $380 $360 $490 $700 $999 $1200

 

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