The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
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The GeForce GTX 1080 “Founders Edition” is 10.6 inches (268 mm) long and uses two slots. It uses a centrifugal fan, which is a good choice because it pushed the hot air outside the case, and allow you to use the contiguous slot to the video card.
Figure 2 shows the video connectors of the GeForce GTX 1080 FE. It brings three DisplayPort 1.4, one HDMI 2.0b and one DVI-D connectors.
Figure 2: video connectors
In Figure 3, you see the top of the card, where there is an eight-pin PCI Express power connector. The “GEFORCE GTX” logo lits in green when the card is powered on.
Figure 3: top view
Figure 4 shows the bottom of the card.
Figure 4: rear view
Figure 5 shows the solder side of the GTX 1080, which is covered by a backplate.
Figure 5: backplate
In Figure 6 you see the GeForce GTX 1080 with the backplate removed, unveiling the solder side of the PCB. There are no memory chips on this side.
Figure 6: solder side
Figure 7 shows that the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition uses a two-piece cooler: a heatsink with vapor chamber at the base that cools the GPU chip, and a big metallic plate where is installed the fan.
Figure 7: GPU cooler removed
In Figure 8 you see the GTX 1080 with the cooler removed. This cooler touches the memory chips and the voltage regulator circuit transistors.
Notice that there are eight memory chips.
Figure 8: cooler removed
Figure 9 unveils the GP104 chip, which is manufactured under 16 nm process.
Figure 9: the GP104 chip
Figure 10 shows one of the memory chips present on the GeForce GTX 1080. It is a GDDR5X Micron 6HA77 memory chip. Unfortunately, we were not able to find this chip specifications.
Figure 10: memory chip
Figure 11 shows the voltage regulator of the GeForce GTX 1080. It uses five phases for the GPU and one phase for the memory chips.
Figure 11: voltage regulator
