GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0)
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EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) has the Polaris 30 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

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

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 225 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0).

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 4096x2160 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2018.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ came on the market in Q2/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.