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MSI GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z Owner's Thread

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#1 ·
The much anticipated MSI GTX1080 Ti Lightning Z Edition is here!











Official Product link:
https://us.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1080-Ti-LIGHTNING-Z.html#hero-overview

Test bed:
MSI Gaming Pro Carbon AC X299
Intel Core i9 7900X @ 4.5GHz Corsair AIO/LN2
4x8GB Galax HOF 4000MHz B-die
1x Corsair AXi 1500W for the motherboard
2x EVGA NEX 1500W, one for each GPU

Air Cooling:

Card #1






Card #2






LN2 Cooling:
Coming soon
 
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Originally Posted by Gunslinger. View Post

Don't be such a Debbie Downer
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Setting the bar "low" for normal users.

For guys like you and I with LN2 this is good, but for normal gamers, it's just money thrown down the toilet ( since you get the same clocks & performance with a cheaper card like the Strix, Aorus, JetStream, AMP, etc ).

Waiting for your scores man
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#12 ·
Picked up a Z last night off of NewEgg - should have it on Friday. (Edit - now Wednesday due to an address error...yarggh).

Looks like your extra $10 gets you faster clocks than the X and that's it:

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1080-Ti-LIGHTNING-X.html#hero-overview
Quote:
Boost Clock / Base Clock / Memory Frequency
1683 MHz / 1569 MHz / 11124 MHz (Lightning Mode)
1657 MHz / 1544 MHz / 11124 MHz (Gaming Mode)
1582 MHz / 1480 MHz / 11016 MHz (Silent Mode)
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1080-Ti-LIGHTNING-Z.html#hero-overview
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Boost Clock / Base Clock / Memory Frequency
1721 MHz / 1607 MHz / 11124 MHz (Lightning Mode)
1695 MHz / 1582 MHz / 11124 MHz (Gaming Mode)
1582 MHz / 1480 MHz / 11016 MHz (Silent Mode)
 
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#392 ·
Quote:Originally Posted by 404Error 

That's curious that the memory is notably better at oc'ing


More voltage does that to memory


My gaming X can reach +800 (6300) without any voltage modification so I see no reason why the LZ can't reach higher clocks with more mem voltage assuming both cards have the same quality memory.

I also have a Gaming X. Do you have a custom bios for it besides the XOC Asus bios ?
Have you tested the Lightning Z bios on ours Gaming X ?
 
#21 ·
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Originally Posted by 404Error View Post

That's curious that the memory is notably better at oc'ing. Can someone who has the card figure what memory is being used? Maybe with the micron shortage it's using something different than other 1080tis
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All GDDR5x is Micron. Nobody else makes it. I suspect the reason the lightning VRAM is clocking better is because its using the late-model GDDR5x batch that were originally binned for the Titan Xp (those could mostly do +800-> +1000). That and also extra GDDR5x voltage.
 
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