The NVIDIA GTX1080 public version has been available for some time. I believe that many players have already experienced the changes brought about by Pascal's core. The non-public version of GTX1080 has also been lifted. The non-public version of GTX1080, which has attribute plus markup, has gradually begun to distribute products. The non-public version of the graphics card has a lower price, better power supply design, and better thermal performance than the public version of the graphics card. At the same time, it also has a certain overclocking design based on the public version. Today, the author has brought us a GTX1080-8GD5X player power from Sotec for extreme non-public graphics evaluation.
GTX1080's core codename is GP104. It is based on Pascal's new architecture and is manufactured using a 16nm FinFET process. The memory uses 8GB GDDR5X. The equivalent frequency has been increased from GDDR5's 7GHz to 8GHz to 10GHz, which has reached a landmark height.
Sotec GTX1080-8GD5X player power supreme on the basis of the original GTX1080, through the Boost to achieve the 1911MHz core frequency and 10210MHz memory frequency, while increasing the Z-ELVES Chi Ling module, the core hardware of the graphics card can be centralized control, including fan speed Control, LED light management and GPU voltage monitoring, overclocking settings, etc. GTX1080 public version of the card uses an 8pin external power supply design, while the Sotec GTX1080-8GD5X player power supreme uses a more luxurious design than the public version. The material used is quite conscience. It can be described as a “壕†and uses 8+. 8pin external power supply interface design, 16 + 2 phase luxury power supply, compared with the public version of the GTX1080 5+1 phase power supply, the specification has been increased by 3 times, and its power engine POWER BOOST ENGINE provides up to 7 times the voltage regulator Performance and 3 times current, up to 600% load margin, effectively improve graphics stability.
The following figure shows the GP104 architecture diagram provided by NVIDIA official, including four groups of GPC and corresponding two groups of ROP, eight 32bit memory controllers, L2 Cache, each GPC five groups of SM, each group of SM has 128 CUDA cores .
Sotec GTX1080-8GD5X player power supremacy belongs to Sotec's top product, Prime Gamer Force, will further explore the GTX1080's power and give players, give players a supreme gaming experience.
Product packaging uses yellow and black color matching, gilding the PGF highlights the high-end identity, and the GTX1080 logo also shows that it is currently the strongest game single card. Sotec offers a three-year warranty for this graphics card, allowing players to experience extreme gaming performance while eliminating the need for worries.
The back of the box shows the characteristics of this video card with pictures and text description.
LSC colorful light control system, using RGB-LED colorful main lights, colorful back lights, customizable light control mode, that can show the color, but also can light PGF beliefs.
Aurora compound backplane is made of high-transmission PMMA material and high-strength alloy material. It can inject more stylish lighting elements while ensuring the structural strength and electrostatic protection capability of the graphics card.
On the right is the description of Z-ELVES Smart Module and Firestorm interface, which can intelligently manage the graphics card.
Non-public graphics cards are generally enhanced in terms of heat dissipation. Sotec's graphics card is no exception. It uses an 8+6mm high heat pipe design, with a welding process dense FIN film and full coverage of pure copper base, which can make GPU heat more effective. The lead to the heat sink fins to avoid heat build-up is 1.6 times more efficient than traditional heat sink designs.
Its power engine, the POWER BOOST ENGINE, provides up to 7 times the voltage regulator efficiency and 3 times the current, up to 600% load margin, and effectively improve the stability of the graphics card.
After taking out the inner box, the hot-stamped PGF characters are presented in front of the eyes and the texture is bursting.
Attachments include product manuals, quick operation guides, drive CDs, two dual D-type ports, one USB cable, and one all-metal backplane.
The metal backplane has always been one of the designs that high-end graphics cards can't ignore. In addition to providing a light-loaded backplane, Sotel's GTX1080 graphics card also provides an all-metal backplane, possibly considering installation compatibility issues. Avoid over-height of the composite backplane blocking the audio I/O interfaces on some motherboards. From the figure you can see the texture of this metal backboard is very good, with a light metal brushed surface.
The screws required for fixing have been fixed in the corresponding hole positions, and the parts are disassembled and replaced.
Positive graphics, non-public version of the common three-fan design, the fans on both sides of the "X" design, highlighting the meaning of the extreme EXTREME, the design of new style related, inhaling the eye.
On the back of the card, you can see the design of the composite backplane. The metal part enhances the card strength and anti-static capability. The high-transmittance PMMA material can be well transmitted to the light. The middle speed engine chip is printed with red characters. Appearance has played a finishing touch.
The output interface is consistent with the public version, providing three DP1.4, one HDMI 2.0b and one DVI-D. It should be noted that the DVI-D is added and the VGA is not supported. The opening design of the interface board is consistent with that of the public version. A large number of vent holes with triangular openings are used to ensure the heat dissipation performance.
The front of the graphics card can vaguely see 4 heat pipes.
Different from the public version of the 8+8pin power supply.
SLI interface, AMD has been able to achieve bridgeless connection, NVIDIA still retains this complex design, but some of the bridge's beautiful design is still welcomed by the players. This time, GTX1080 introduced a new version of the bridge to convert this interface, which was originally sufficient to support four cards, into an enhanced dual-card efficiency. However, dual cards are already quite powerful.
Goldfinger part without any logo.
The DVI interface is shielded and well received.
The three-fan design features a gray matte finish and a carbon fiber-like finish at the edges, highlighting game elements and embodying PGF's themes.
Take a closer look. The upper part of the fan is designed with a concentric circle of metal and printed with Sotec's logo. The texture can be.
The fans on the left and right sides use the “X†type bracket, and there is an adjustable light bar in the middle of the bracket.
The PGF lamp on the top of the graphics card is also RGB adjustable.
Back of the video card at a glance.
Speed ​​Engine POWER BOOST ENGINE, Sotec for the supreme series of customized chips, luxury design, this chip can play the role of filtering, voltage regulation, steady flow, can provide a more secure and stable power supply for the GPU core and memory, also Allows the graphics card to be overclocked for security.
The Z-ELVES Smart Module is located on the bottom edge of the graphics card and is the core intelligent butler of the graphics card. Compared to the Sotec's previous OC+ module, it provides a powerful memory function and can centralize and control the hardware of the graphics card core display hardware, including fan speed and LED. Light management and GPU voltage monitoring and other functions.
Use USB connection.
Looking at the graphics card from the top, you can see the full radiator of the fins.
The disassembly of the cooling module and the backplane is quite simple. It can be seen that the heat sink is full of materials.
Not only the copper contact surface, but also the heat spreader design can be used to better transfer the heat. The heat pipe is designed in a one-way way, so as to achieve one-way heat dissipation and avoid the heat returning to the GPU through the cycle.
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Reinforced high heat pipe, using 8 + 6mm high heat pipe design.
Remove the composite back plate.
The wrapped ribbons can be seen from the back.
Comparing two backplanes, the dimensions are basically the same, with the only difference being the height and light bars.
The front side of the PCB has a 10-layer PCB design with a size of 30.5cm x 15cm. Compared with the public version, it has increased a lot of area and can accommodate more electronic components.
The back of the PCB.
From the details you can see that the graphics card material is quite solid, solder joints clean and full.
The back of the GPU.
16+2 phase luxury power supply part, looking at neatly arranged capacitive inductance, watching it comfortable, AIO inductance, Octopus Mos, X-Cap super capacitor array, is not nothing to see the heart of Sotec in this block of extreme graphics And work at all costs.
Passive heat sink.
Power interface section.
Some interfaces, including fan power, light adjustment.
GTX1080 Pascal core, model GP104-400-A1, the basic frequency of 1607MHz, the core area compared to the previous generation of Maxwell architecture has been reduced, after all, the process from 28nm to 16nm.
With the same version of the public version of the magnesium GDDR5X memory, a total of 8 with a total capacity of 8GB, the frequency of 10210MHz.
Designed for extreme overclocking.
Shielded DVI connector.
The test platform adopts the top configuration of the 6700K+Z170. This test uses the Sotec GTX1080-8GD5X player power supreme, the public version of the GTX1080 and the public version of the GTX980Ti for testing, and the driver uses NVIDIA 368.39 – WHQL.
CPU: Intel i7-6700K
   Motherboard: ASUS Z170A
   Memory: GALAXY HOF DDR4 2400 8GB X 4
   Solid State Drive: Samsung 850 PRO 256GB
   Graphics Card: Sotec GeForce® GTX1080-8GD5X Player Power Extreme
   Chassis: IN WIN 303
   Radiator: Cooler Supreme Blizzard T400i
   Power Supply: Tt Smart DPS G600W
The effect of the graphics card installed on the machine.
This video card is full of materials, resulting in a large weight, you can see a certain amount of sagging after installation, but this does not affect the use of the IN WIN 303 comes with the video card holder can be a good solution to this problem.
The top of the light of faith.
Backplane section.
The LSC Colorful Lighting Control System was also introduced earlier.
The use of Firestorm software in the driver panel allows easy overclocking settings, fan settings, and lighting adjustments.
In fact, the rendering of electricity is different from the previous design of belief lamps of other graphics cards. The backboard has also added lighting effects.
The lighting effect of the backboard can be quite cool, and the components under the Sotec logo are also faintly visible.
When using the side-through chassis, under the illumination of the backplane, various components on the graphics card can be clearly seen.
The top of the light of faith.
Left and right sides of the graphics card on both sides of the fan with the lights, you can also adjust the color and lighting effect, I prefer this green, there is no change.
The comparison of the specifications of the three video cards used this time shows that this non-public GTX 1080 has exceeded the public version in terms of core frequency, memory frequency and power supply.
3DMark test
In this test, the high-frequency advantage of Sotec GTX1080 was obvious. In the Fire Strike Ultra test, it was 473 points higher than the GTX1080 public version, and 809 points higher in the Fire Strike Extreme. Overall, the performance was improved significantly.
The game used GTA5, Tomb Raider 10 and Crysis 3 to conduct tests in accordance with 4K resolution and 1080p resolution respectively. From the test results, it seems that Saturn GTX1080 player power is superior to the public version of GTX1080. These differences can also be felt in the game. However, in the Crysis 3K test of the burned graphics card, the results of the Sotec GTX1080 and the public version are basically the same, and it can be seen that if we want to play 4K games, the existing GTX1080 is still somewhat difficult.
In terms of power consumption, tests were conducted in three modes, including standby, games, and the use of Furmark. As a non-high-frequency video card, the high power consumption in game and pager testing can be foreseen, reaching 400W, but compared with the previous generation of GTX980Ti (382W), it can be seen that Sotec's GTX1080 is still controlled. Very good.
The use of Furmark to test pagers, to test the cooling capacity of the video card, in the use of IN WIN 303 chassis, room temperature 25 °C case, Saturn GTX1080 player power supreme ran out 77 °C results, lower than the public version of the cooling °C.
Sotec GTX1080 player power supreme itself has a higher frequency than the public version, while using the included Firestorm software can also carry out certain overclocking, can easily reach the core frequency of 2GHz.
The experience of Sotec GTX1080-8GD5X player power to the author is shocking. The cool lighting system and the Z-ELVES Smart Spirit module already correspond to Firestorm software, allowing players to easily perform comprehensive management of the graphics card. The appearance or the internal operating performance can be controlled in the front. The player's video card, the all-consuming material, and the cool design that Sotec brought us this time all reflect its intentions and fully interpret the theme of the Prime Gamer Force. If you need to talk about the disadvantages of this video card, then there is only one, that is, the price is still too high at this stage, if there is a need for players can wait for a while to start, I believe that Sotec GTX1080-8GD5X player power extreme will certainly bring you Different game experience.
