Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB
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MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB has the GP106-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The graphics memory of the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB 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 980 Ti Armor 2X OC 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB 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 980 Ti Armor 2X OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual V2 6GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2020.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.