Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme 6GB Review

Name: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme 6GB
Brand: ZOTAC

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on Nov 16th, 2015,

in Graphics Cards.

Manufacturer: ZOTAC

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Introduction

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released this June. Built on the same GM200 GPU as the GeForce Titan X, it has fewer shaders (2816 vs 3072). While the GTX 980 Ti's GPU is still produced on a 28 nanometer process at TSMC in Taiwan, it comes with the fantastic power efficiency optimizations of the NVIDIA Maxwell architecture, which promises lower power draw, higher performance, and reduced fan noise all at the same time.

Our review of the reference design GTX 980 Ti revealed that it is barely slower than the Titan X, which means custom designs could surpass Titan X performance at a much lower price point.

Today, we are reviewing Zotac's flagship GeForce GTX 980 Ti using the "Amp! Extreme" branding. The card comes with a nice triple-slot all-metal cooler, large GPU overclock out of the box, and overclocked memory.

With a retail price of $680, the ZOTAC GTX 980 Ti Amp! Extreme is also cheaper than competing models, like the MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning for a whopping $100 more.

GTX 980 Ti Market Segment Analysis
	GeForce GTX 970	Radeon R9 290X	Radeon R9 390X	GeForce GTX 780 Ti	GeForce GTX 980	Radeon R9 Fury	Radeon R9 Fury X	GeForce GTX 980 Ti	ZOTAC GTX 980 Ti Amp Extreme	GeForce GTX Titan X	Radeon R9 295X2
Shader Units	1664	2816	2816	2880	2048	3584	4096	2816	2816	3072	2x 2816
ROPs	56	64	64	48	64	64	64	96	96	96	2x 64
Graphics Processor	GM204	Hawaii	Hawaii	GK110	GM204	Fiji	Fiji	GM200	GM200	GM200	2x Hawaii
Transistors	5200M	6200M	6200M	7100M	5200M	8900M	8900M	8000M	8000M	8000M	2x 6200M
Memory Size	4096 MB	4096 MB	8192 MB	3072 MB	4096 MB	4096 MB	4096 MB	6144 MB	6144 MB	12288 MB	2x 4096 MB
Memory Bus Width	256 bit	512 bit	512 bit	384 bit	256 bit	4096 bit	4096 bit	384 bit	384 bit	384 bit	2x 512 bit
Core Clock	1051 MHz+	1000 MHz	1050 MHz	876 MHz+	1126 MHz+	1000 MHz	1050 MHz	1000 MHz+	1253 MHz+	1000 MHz+	1018 MHz
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1250 MHz	1500 MHz	1750 MHz	1750 MHz	500 MHz	500 MHz	1750 MHz	1805 MHz	1750 MHz	1250 MHz
Price	$290	$300	$400	$390	$470	$520	$630	$620	$680	$1000	$620