{"id":91737,"date":"2016-05-09T14:18:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T12:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=91737"},"modified":"2016-05-09T14:19:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T12:19:29","slug":"nvidia-gtx-1080-ultimate-guide-performance-and-specifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/91737-nvidia-gtx-1080-ultimate-guide-performance-and-specifications","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia GTX 1080 ultimate guide – performance and specifications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nvidia recently unveiled<\/a><\/strong> its new GeForce GTX 1000 Series with the announcement of the GeForce GTX 1080 – the most powerful graphics card the company has ever created.<\/p>\n

The GTX 1080 is considerably faster than the Titan X, and its new Pascal architecture will bring an even higher level of power efficiency than that offered by the previous Maxwell architecture.<\/p>\n

Now that the GeForce GTX 1080 has been officially announced, we can take a look at all the details of the newest Nvidia GPU –\u00a0including its specifications<\/strong>, pricing<\/strong>, features\u00a0<\/strong>and benchmarks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The amount of content Nvidia bombarded viewers\u00a0with during the announcement could\u00a0be a bit overwhelming, so we’ve put together a summary of everything you need to know about Nvidia’s amazing new technology.<\/p>\n

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Specifications<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Specifications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
CUDA Cores<\/strong><\/td>\n2560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boost Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n1607MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory <\/strong><\/td>\n8GB GDDR5X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Speed<\/strong><\/td>\n10Gbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Interface Width<\/strong><\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Bandwidth<\/strong><\/td>\n320GB\/sec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TDP <\/strong><\/td>\n180W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VR, G-Sync, GameStream, SLI, Vulcan API<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DirectX<\/strong><\/td>\n12 API with feature level 12_1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Performance<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Benchmarks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Below are the GTX 1080 benchmarks that were published<\/strong> <\/a>just before the Nvidia launch event.<\/p>\n

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Benchmark Scores<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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3DMark 11<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics Score<\/strong><\/td>\n27,683<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Physics Score<\/strong><\/td>\n9,979<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fire Strike Extreme 1.1<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics Score<\/strong><\/td>\n10,102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Physics Score<\/strong><\/td>\n9,791<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Gameplay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out the GTX 1080 in action below:<\/p>\n