MSI announce their GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X GPU
MSI announce their GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X GPU
MSI has announced their new GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X GPU, which comes with a pre-installed EK water block and a significant factory overclock.
This GPU will come with an MSI themed EK water block design, with both MSI and EK logos on the block itself and a custom MSI backplate. On this GPU’s rear IO this GPU will feature dual HDMI 2.0 ports, dual DisplayPort 1.4 ports and a single DVI-D connection.
Below is a table that compares the base and boost clock speeds of MSI’s GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X with that of Nvidia’s reference/Founders Edition model.
| GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition | EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid | |
| GPU Architecture | Pascal | Pascal |
| Process node | 16nm | 16nm |
| SM Units | 56 | 56 |
| Cores per SM | 64 | 64 |
| CUDA Core Count | 3584 | 3584 |
| ROPs | 88 | 88 |
| VRAM Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5X |
| Memory Clock | 11008MHz | 11024MHz |
| VRAM Cappacity | 11GB | 11GB |
| Memory Bus Size | 352-bit | 352-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 484 GB/s | 484 GB/s |
| Base clock speed | 1480MHz | 1569MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1582MHz | 1683MHz |
| TDP | 250W | 250W |
| Power Connection |
1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin |
1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin |
| PCI Express | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
Right now MSI’s new GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X is available to Pre-order at overclockers UK for £899.99.
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