”Don't let the naming convention fool you, as MSI's X designation lets you know it is the factory overclocked model that receives a backplate and RGB lighting for the card. The X model signals a significant boost to the core clock speeds and memory speeds over the Founders Edition. MSI has equipped this model with a 1847MHz Core (Boost) and 8GB of GDDR5X memory running at 10108MHz. With the added features like running a silent, gaming, and OC mode, MSI can easily achieve this using Twin Frozr VI cooling with Zero Frozr technology. The fans stop spinning for idle, multimedia, light gaming, and anything below 60 °C. MSI also adsd in double ball bearings to give the TORX 2.0 fans a long life. This GTX 1080 model comes as a full custom PCB with 10-phase power circuit for the maximum power stability. Considering this card is on par with last year's GTX 980 running in SLI, there is no reason not to buy this card if 4K gaming is in your near future.”



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