The Card

Gigabyte's new GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming comes with a new color theme that uses silvery metal highlights, which looks quite good. Unlike the GTX 980 Ti reference design, a metal backplate is installed on the board. Dimensions of the card are 30.0 cm x 12.0 cm.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include two DVI ports, one HDMI port, and three DisplayPorts, a unique output configuration Gigabyte calls "FlexDisplay". Gigabyte put an automatic TMDS switch chip on the board, so you may run 2x DVI, 1x DP and 1x HDMI or 3x DP, 1x DVI and 1x HDMI at the same time. This setup provides additional flexibility while allowing for a triple-monitor-surround gaming setup with a single card.

The GPU also includes an HDMI sound device. It is HDMI 2.0 compatible, which includes HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies support.


NVIDIA has confirmed Quad-SLI support, so you may combine four GTX 980 Ti cards in a multi-GPU SLI configuration.


Pictured above are the front and back, showing the disassembled board. High-res versions are also available (front, back).