The MSI GTX 1080 TI Gaming X is a Pascal based card with 11 GB of memory. The card is capable of playing the newest games in 4K resolution and on highest settings at a very decent FPS.
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Pros
Pro Relatively quiet
The noise levels are 30 and 38 in IDLE and LOAD accordingly. The MSI GTX 1080 TI GAMING X is a quiet card. Furthermore, it's fans turn off completely when idling - so they don't make any noise at all.r
Pro Great looks
The card looks similar to other MSI cards, it has a cool red and black design and customizeable RGB lighting. The card comes with a backplate, which protects the GPU. It also makes the card look much better - it has an MSI dragon on it.
Pro Great cooling system
This GTX 1080 TI has a great cooling system and shows no throttling. The temperatures are 36 and 69 in IDLE and LOAD respectively.
Pro Awesome game performance
The MSI GTX 1080 TI GAMING X can play Gears of War 4 in 1080p with 178 FPS. It handles Battlefield 1 in 1440p with 136 FPS. Rise of the Tomb Raider runs in 2160p with an amazing 65 FPS. The card can run even the newest games in 2160p with an average FPS that's above 60.
The card scored 10,062 in the 3D Mark Score(Time Spy) test. This is the highest score out of all the 1080 Ti cards.
Cons
Con Large in size
The dimensions of this GTX 1080 Ti card are 28.0 cm x 14.5 cm. It's 2.5-slots thick. This means that the card might not fit all cases.
Con Hard to acquire
It's been a while since the GTX 1080 Ti cards were released, but the MSI GTX 1080 TI GAMING X is still very hard to get your hands on. You will probably need to pay an extra $200-$300 and buy it from a reseller - which makes the card not worth buying at the moment.