Quiet, fast and hungry as needed: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X 11G in review

No, kleckern is not their thing and MSI likes to put one more on it when the specifications of the standard or Reference models ("Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB in Test") do not appear pompous enough. Why not, as long as you have the consequences of the... The board at a glance MSI relies on a rather tidy multi-layer board with a somewhat unconventional design, which was probably also developed from a thermal point of view. How to use the GPU as a whole... Benchmarks in 2560 x 1440 pixels We have deliberately dispensed with Full HD (1920 x 1080p) as the card runs into the CPU limit even in the highest settings. In WQHD (2560 x 1440 pixels), on the other hand, the actual working environment and the MSI ... Benchmarks in 3840 x 2160 pixels The MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X 11G is between 7 and 9 percent faster than a GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition or ge's game, depending on the game. TitanX (Pascal). Overall, many tite... When it is up to the power, we first need to know that the card with the factory settings at 290 watts has been set a limit. This Power Target is almost exploited in gaming and almost completely used in stress testing. The increase i... In fact achievable clock rates The actual achievable clock is subject to some influences. Even if GPU quality plays a bigger role here - unfortunately you can't influence it as the only one. And so in the end it is quite possible that ... Summary If the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is generally a fast card, the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming 11G is all the more so. MSI has actually (almost) solved everything perfectly and delivered a fast yet quiet card that...

Summary

If the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is generally a fast card, the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming 11G is all the more so. MSI has actually (almost) solved everything perfectly and delivered a fast yet at the same time quiet card, which at least in the delivery state comes very close to the ideal desired by the customer. But it is also different, because the card has certain thermal and electrical reserves, which are not from bad parents.

In this way, the card also tolerates its own overclocking tests, which ended in stable 2050 MHz with air cooling. Of course, you also have to adjust the fan control and it gets noticeably louder. What was also helpful was the possibility to remove the limitations by the power target set to 290 watts from the factory with the appropriate software and to set the target to up to 330 watts. But that is more than enough. In the end, it is only the cooling that decides where Boost draws the line.

The only small flaw is the positioning of the voltage converters for the memory, which MSI cools over the cooling plate of the memory. The possible influence of the waste heat then affects the three adjacent memory modules to a particular extent and one should not overdo it when throttling the housing ventilation, because almost 300 watts of power consumption is almost 300 watts of waste heat. And that's exactly what you should actively transport and respect from the housing.

Especially with further overclocking tests with higher Power Target, housing fans seem almost miracles and even a larger tower will certainly suit the whole thing very purposefully. So it is not cards for small dice, which could then mutate into an unwanted steam cooker. Since part just needs air to breathe.

Conclusion

Nevertheless, we give a purchase tip, because on the one hand the factory settings are a good compromise between performance and the use of goods in the form of energy, on the other hand, MSI has also put on a good impression of the cooler. This also eliminated the criticisms we found with the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X.

Sure, a whopping 1.2 kilos of combat weight are a killer announcement, even on the motherboard. But there is also the accessories retailer, which offers corresponding graphics card stands cheaply. It is a pity that MSI itself did not take action here, because we would have loosened a fine bee in addition to the award.

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