It is well known that the ASUS brand loves to delight fans with new products in the IT technology world, so it is no surprise that the market is buzzing about the latest creation from the Taiwanese manufacturer – the ASUS ROG Strix GTX 1080 8 GB 11Gbps GDDR5X graphics card.
Familiarity with Strix products is not new to readers. The graphics card is designed for ATX cases and requires a compatible motherboard, as the dimensions are impressive – 310×130 mm. For comfortable operation of the chip, a power supply of at least 500 watts is needed, and it is necessary to ensure the presence of additional 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power connectors.
Regarding specifications, future owners have nothing to worry about. Built on a 16 nm process technology on NVIDIA Pascal architecture, the board features 2560 CUDA cores. Frequencies are no longer a concern, as with 256-bit memory, the video adapter delivers a bandwidth of 352.3 gigabytes per second. This is the best indicator for GTX 1080 chips. Cryptocurrency miners will definitely be interested in this new product.
Returning to the topic of gaming, since graphics cards are primarily purchased for entertainment rather than mining, the owner will enjoy high performance. In Battlefield on DX12, at 4K resolution, the new product delivers 69 frames per second on high settings. At Full HD, with the same options, it achieves 157 frames per second – a breakthrough. Tank enthusiasts, with vertical sync turned off, will get 105 frames per second at 4K or 118 frames per second in Full HD, setting Ultra in the settings.
