GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0)
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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC

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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC 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 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.