So far I love this card. Arrived quickly and was packaged well and boxed in a word exquisitely (you will see what I mean when you buy one). The actual card is very will made and in an attractive package that has LED lights installed to light their logo in your computer. It is a relatively long card but is short of a full size card. Requiring two slots and a six pin power connector it might have some trouble fitting in some of the smaller ITX cases. Cooling is supplied by one fan that is ducted to force air through their heatsink. So far the fan has hardly run. Very quiet though I imagine that once under load could get louder. The video ports are 3 graphic ports a DVI and HDMI port.
For reference this is in a Intel I7 with 32gb ram Optane ram and 4 Tb WD Black HD
Conclusion: This is a high end card that can both be used by extreme gamers and video workstations. I am the later. The gpu accelerates most programs that utilize it fantastically fast. MSI support is always pretty good and drivers for their products usually keep coming for a couple years after initial release.
While 500+ at the time of this review seems like a lot, but if you compare it with the Titans and the like @ 1500.00 (Titan X) to $3000.00 for the Titan V (no comparison here) the 1080 is a bargain when you consider that the extra 1000.00 for the Titan X only buys you an approximately 15 to 20% increase in speed.
| Max Screen Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 5005 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | Nvidia GeForce |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
