MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU)
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) has the Polaris 20 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 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 MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 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 120 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 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 MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2018.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.