The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G has 20 execution units with 2560 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 9.91 TFLOPS.
- GPU Chip
- GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 (Pascal)
- Streaming Multiprocessors
- 20
- Shader
- 2560
- Render Output Units
- 64
- Texture Units
- 160
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is equipped with 8 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5X. The memory clock of the graphics card is 1.300 GHz and the speed is 10.4 Gbps.
- Memory Size
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5X
- Memory Clock
- 1.300 GHz
- Memory Speed
- 10.4 Gbps
- Memory bandwidth
- 332 GB/s
- Memory Interface
- 256 bit
The base frequency of this graphics card is 1.759 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.936 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.
- Base Clock
- 1.759 GHz+9 %
- Boost Clock
- 1.936 GHz+12 %
- Avg (Game) Clock
- 1.898 GHz
- Overclocking
- Yes
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.
- TDP
- 180 W
- Tjunction max
- 94 °C
- PCIe-Power
- 2 x 8-Pin
Graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G are cooled by a AIO water cooling.
- Fan-Type
- Axial (Radiator)
- Fan 1
- 1 x 120 mm
- Cooler-Type
- AIO water cooling
Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G.
- Max. Displays
- 4
- HDCP
- 2.2
- HDMI
- 1x HDMI 2.0b
- DisplayPort
- 3x DP 1.4
- DVI
- 1
With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_1 is supported.
- Max. resolution
- 7680x4320
- DirectX
- 12_1
- Raytracing
- No
- DLSS / FSR
- Yes
- LED
- GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
This area lists the video codecs that the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.
- h264
- Decode / Encode
- h265 / HEVC
- Decode / Encode
- VP8
- Decode
- VP9
- Decode
- AV1
- No
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 264 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.
- Length
- 264 mm
- Height
- 124 mm
- Width
- 41 mm
- Width (Slots)
- 2 PCIe-Slots
- SFF-Ready
- No
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $. The graphics card manufactured in 16 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes.
- GPU Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x 16
- Release date
- Q2/2016
- Launch Price
- 599 $ (Reference)
- Structure size
- 16 nm
- Part-no
- GV-N1080XTREME W-8GD
