Wednesday, March 15th 2017
ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti STRIX Specifications Surface
Ahead of its launch, specifications of the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti STRIX graphics card by ASUS, appeared on the web thanks to a leaked press-deck. The one spec on most people's minds is the factory-overclock. Out of the box, in the so-called "gaming mode," the card is clocked at 1569 MHz core, 1683 MHz GPU Boost, and an untouched 11 GHz (GDDR5X-effective) memory. The "OC Mode," a clock-speed preset that you activate with the included GPUTweak II software, runs the card at 1594 MHz core, 1708 MHz GPU Boost, and 11.1 GHz memory.
It turns out that the DirectCU III cooler deployed on the GTX 1080 Ti STRIX is indeed beefier than the one found on the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 STRIX cards; with ASUS claiming up to 30% lower temperatures, thanks to a 40% increase in surface area of the heatsink. ASUS took advantage of the heavier heatsink to lower fan-noise, which it claims to be significantly lower than the reference-design card. The company is also using a newer thermal interface material (TIM) called "MaxContact," which due to its particle density, can get up to 10 times flatter than conventional TIMs, for lower thermal resistance posed by the TIM, and higher conductivity. Display outputs of this card include two each of HDMI 2.0b and DisplayPort 1.4 ports.
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It turns out that the DirectCU III cooler deployed on the GTX 1080 Ti STRIX is indeed beefier than the one found on the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 STRIX cards; with ASUS claiming up to 30% lower temperatures, thanks to a 40% increase in surface area of the heatsink. ASUS took advantage of the heavier heatsink to lower fan-noise, which it claims to be significantly lower than the reference-design card. The company is also using a newer thermal interface material (TIM) called "MaxContact," which due to its particle density, can get up to 10 times flatter than conventional TIMs, for lower thermal resistance posed by the TIM, and higher conductivity. Display outputs of this card include two each of HDMI 2.0b and DisplayPort 1.4 ports.
10 Comments on ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti STRIX Specifications Surface
Might consider going green if VEGA is to far off performance on this card.
As for Volta, we actually have even less info than about Vega. But we do know that GTX 2080 can't possibly be slower than GTX 1080Ti so that's already a bar set very high. Which is good for consumers and reason to poke AMD in the eye and demand from them to be even more aggressive either with prices or performance. This is why competition is good :)
Too much weight, the same awful fan positioning (by necessity, but nonetheless), the same consequences in as far as heat and dissipation may be concerned. I can understand the reasoning behind fans, but on cheaper models. At this level, i personally find no excuse.
But of course, none is needed. It's out, people buy. End of story.. :)
It just looks like they highly polished the contact surface to a mirror finish to increase contact area.
People have been doing this for years with CPU's to aid cooling, no reason it can't help GPU's too.
That is the idea basicly. It's nothing new. In best situations it can save a few degrees at max.