Introduction

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Market Segment Analysis GeForce

GTX 980 Ti Radeon R9

Fury X GeForce

GTX 1070 GeForce

GTX 1080 GeForce

GTX 1080 Ti Palit GTX 1080 Ti

GameRock Premium 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+ 1594 MHz+ 1418 MHz+ Memory Clock 1750 MHz 500 MHz 2002 MHz 1251 MHz 1376 MHz 1376 MHz 1251 MHz Price $390 $380 $360 $490 $700 $770 $1200

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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock Premium is Palit's new flagship card. It introduces a triple-slot, stacked quad-fan thermal solution, which promises higher air pressure and lower noise. Out of the box, the card comes overclocked to a frequency of 1594 MHz (OC Mode), but you can also switch to a quiet mode BIOS that runs at 1518 MHz.Palit's products are not available in the US. In Europe, the card is listed for €834, which we converted to $770 for comparisons in this review.