Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition Review - Product Showcase

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 performs texture filtering at 332 Gigatexels/sec. This Gigabyte card clocks in at a default of 1,607 MHz, a 127 MHz higher clock.

The reference cards have a 250 Watt TDP, 75 Watts is delivered though the PCIe slot, then 150+150 Watts through the and 8-pin PEG (PCI Express graphics) power connectors. Accumulated with the 12-phase GPU VRM design that means a board power design of 375 Watts. Gigabyte will allow you to increase that 250 Watt TDP towards 375 Watts by an extended power limiter. That's plenty spare for a nice tweak.

The Pascal display engine is capable of supporting the latest high resolution displays, including 4K and 5K screens. And with HDMI 2.0b support, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti can be used by gamers who want to game on the newest state-of-the-art big screen TVs. At the backside you can spot that third HDMI connector, this puppy has a lot display connectors alright.