It's Gigabyte's turn to unveil its customized GTX 1080 Ti.
We start with Gaming OC 11 G, which uses a personalized PCB with 8 phases for the GPU and 2 for the GDDR5, and a cooling with 5 heat pipes and 3 axial fans. The GPU operates at 1518/1632 MHz in Gaming mode (default), 1544/1657 MHz in OC mode, against 1480/1582 MHz callback on the reference card.
The card is equipped with a Gigabyte logo with customizable RGB illumination, is powered by an 8 pin connector and another 6 pin and measures 28cm long and 11.4cm high.
Even more top-of-the-range, the Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11G switches to a 12 + 2-phase PCB powered by two 8-pin PCIe connectors. The number of heat pipes is not specified but they are at least 6, Gigabyte incorporates a copper base that covers the GPU as the GDDR5 as well as a small copper insert in the rear backplate. The three fans make this time 100mm and in order to keep a reasonable length (293mm) they are not all at the same level. The height of the board increases to 142mm due to a PCB higher than the square.
RGB lighting is not limited to the Aorus logo on the edge but also to a part of the frame at the fans and a logo on the back plate. At the level of the graphics outputs, one finds on the card 1 DVI-D, 3 DP 1.4 and 3 HDMI 2.0 of which one ... in the back! In practice, however, it is not possible to use more than 4 at a time.
The Aorus is available in "classic" and Xtreme Edition versions. The latter has an extended warranty of 3 to 4 years after recording and higher frequencies: 1607/1721 MHz in Gaming and 1632/1746 MHz in OC, as against 1594/1708 and 1569/1683 MHz for the classic model.
The dates of exact availability and prices are not yet known.