ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti
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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

The graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.