MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G
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XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 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 XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB 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 1080 ARMOR 8G has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is based on the graphics chip Polaris 30 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 225 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.