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The 1080 Ti is based upon the GP102 graphics processor from Nvidia, it is a Pascal 16nm FinFet architecture based GPU, and with 12 billion transistors, 3584 shader/stream cores, and 11 GB of GDDR5X, it’s a rather impressive product. In Ultra HD it can advance up-to becoming a true Ultra HD capable graphics card solution.

The GPU empowering it all is called the GP102-350-A1 GPU, which is Pascal architecture based. It has a nice 3,584 CUDA cores, while texture filtering is performed by 224 texture units. The reference (Founder Edition) cards have a base clock frequency of 1,480 MHz and perform texture filtering at 332 Gigatexels/sec. This ZOTAC AMP Ex card clocks in at a default of 1,645 MHz, a 165 MHz higher clock frequency seen over reference.

The reference cards have a 250 Watt TDP, 75 Watts is delivered though the PCIe slot, then 150+150 Watts through the 8-pin PEG (PCI Express graphics) power connectors. Coupled with the 12-phase GPU VRM design that means a board power design of 375 Watts.
 

 
That's plenty spare for a nice tweak but be aware that due to the clocks , the boost frequency already hovers around the 2 GHz marker. Now, if you haven't noticed it already, the cooler is HUGE, and that also means it is very heavy, almost 1.6kg heavy. Located above the display ports you will notice a BIOS switch and USB header that bring some limited functionality abilities to the GPU.