MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming Z 8GB GDDR5X PCIe

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GeForce GTX 1080 and the fastest single GPU, The high level of factory overclocking, 8 GB GDDR5X, GPU Boost 3.0 with new options, RGB Backlight.

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High price, Relatively noisy under load

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Last revision on April 23, 2018

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GeForce GTX 1080 and the fastest single GPU, The high level of factory overclocking, 8 GB GDDR5X, GPU Boost 3.0 with new options, RGB Backlight

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The detailed specifications of our current graphics card testbed system are as follow:-We'll naturally be pitting the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming Z 8G against the Founders Edition card to see how much of an improvement the factory overclocks and custom...

By hardwarezone.com.sg on July 26, 2016

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The model Z is the most high-end SKU from MSI (currently), but I keep asking myself this question. Does the extra money you need to pay bring you extra benefits ? Personally I don't think so. Don't get me wrong, this is a top notch card, but compared...

By Guru of 3D on July 18, 2016

The results show that the custom GTX 1070s and 1080s perform slightly better than the reference model, however the difference is rather small. Custom cards offer more value mostly due to much better cooling and therefore lower noise levels. Those who...

By uk.hardware.info on February 10, 2017

MSI’s GTX 1080 Gaming Z is a study in contrasts and it goes directly against some tenets that are being set within today’s GPU market. These days vastly powerful graphics cards carry marketing slogans that scream their capabilities from the hills and...

By Hardware Canucks on July 28, 2016

MSI took a great base of the Pascal GP104 silicon and made it even better with the release of their take, the GTX 1080 Gaming Z 8G. They started out by adding more power phases (up from 6 on the FE to 10) along with better quality parts in the Super...

By overclockers.com on July 26, 2016

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z MSI introduced another high-end model on the fastest single GPU. But the performance is inferior to the leaders of Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme Edition and Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX 1080 X3. More often than...

By hw4all.com on July 22, 2016

The GTX 1080 acquits itself very well as a 4K gaming card but the quality and consistency of the experience here is more solid thanks to the overclock we have in place, adding up to 15 per cent more performance. MSI's Gaming X and Gaming Z cards share...

By eurogamer.net on July 17, 2016

Questa è la scheda più veloce in assoluto delle GeForce GTX 1080 di MSI (Attualmente). Le differenze di prestazioni tra tutti i modelli non sono poi così evidenti. Le differenze sostanziali in prestazioni sono solo di pochi FPS. Con questa piccola...

By techuniverse.it on July 20, 2016

Mit der GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z reiht sich MSI in die Klasse der leistungsstärksten Modelle der aktuell schnellsten Single-GPU-Grafikkarte ein. Doch weiterhin heißen die performantesten Modelle Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme Edition und Inno3D...

By Hardwareluxx on July 18, 2016