ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G is 10.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.251 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q4/2014.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.