MSI’s GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z has been pictured and specced
MSI’s GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z has been pictured and specced
This new GPU will operate with three different clock speed modes, a silent mode which runs at Nvidia reference GTX 1080 Ti clock speeds, Gaming mode which runs at 1582MHz/1695MHz base/boost clock speeds and Lightning mode which runs at 1607MHz and 1721MHz. All modes except for silent runs the GPU’s GDDR5X memory at 11120MHz
Below is a table that compared the specification of the GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z and MSI’s existing GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X.
| GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition | MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X | MSI GTX 1080 Ti Lightning | |
| GPU Architecture | Pascal | Pascal | Pascal |
| Process node | 16nm | 16nm | 16nm |
| SM Units | 56 | 56 | 56 |
| Cores per SM | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| CUDA Core Count | 3584 | 3584 | 3584 |
| ROPs | 88 | 88 | 88 |
| VRAM Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5X | GDDR5X |
| Memory Clock | 11008MHz | 11100MHz | 11120MHz |
| VRAM Cappacity | 11GB | 11GB | 11GB |
| Memory Bus Size | 352-bit | 352-bit | 352-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 484 GB/s | 484 GB/s | 48 GB/s |
| Base clock speed | 1480MHz | 1569MHz | 1607MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1582MHz | 1683MHz | 1721MHz |
| Power Connection |
1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin |
2x 8-pin | 3x 8-pin |
| PCI Express | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
This new overclocking GTX 1080 Ti variant will come with 3 -8-pin power connections, which will be sure to allow this card to be supplied more than enough power under LN2 overclocking loads.
The MSI GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z is expected to support RGB LED lighting, though at this time this has not been confirmed.
(Image from Tweaktown)
On the rear I/O this GPU will support dual HDMI 2.0b ports, dual DisplayPort 1.4 ports and a single DVI-D port, with this GPU sporting an extra tall PCB design and a 3-slot cooler.
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