MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1
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KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.13 TFLOPS.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.32 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 has a turbo clock of 1.252 GHz. The turbo frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition is 1.317 GHz.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 was released in Q4/2014.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition published in Q4/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.