Msi gtx 1080 ti gaming x trio review in Spanish (full analysis)

That MSI makes high-performance graphics cards is well known! In these weeks we have tested the MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio with 11 GB of GDDR5X memory, an innovative three-fan cooling system, brutal design and enough power to play any game in 4K at 60 FPS.

Prepared? Heat some nachos with cheese or guacamole that we start!

We thank MSI Spain for trusting the product for its analysis:

MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio technical features

Design and unboxing

MSI presents us its graphics card in a box with all dark where a small RGB LED light shines. You can see on the cover the main compatibility of the graphics card: Ansel, GameWork, VRWorks, Direct X12, VR Ready and its fabulous 11 GB of GDDR5X memory.

While in the rear area we have the main technical characteristics of the product in detail.

Once we open the box we find the following bundle:

• MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio CD with drivers / software A quick guide PCI Express thieves for your power

The MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio graphics card is designed with the new Nvidia Pascal graphics card architecture, specifically it is the GP102 that It is manufactured on a 16 nm FinFET lithograph and its die is 314 mm2 in size. While a total of 224 texturizing units (TMUs) and 88 crawling units (ROPs) complement it.

The base clock frequency runs at a speed of 1569 MHz while in turbo mode it goes up to 1683 MHz, well above the average for custom GTX 1080 Ti. As an interesting detail, the graphics card has dimensions of 325 x 140 x 48 mm and a weight of over 2.23 kg. Impressive when we have it for installation!

Regarding its cooling, it has a heatsink together with two TORX 2.0 fans (double ball bearing) of 100 mm and a third of 92 mm. We find it interesting to detail that its radiator is made of premium aluminum and incorporates six nickel-plated copper heatpipes that cool all internal components and the GPU PCB.

Among its most notable benefits it has 0dB technology. Okay, what is this? It is a technology that allows the fans to be stopped at rest, when the graphics chip starts to rise above 60 ºC the fans turn on to always leave the graphics card as cool as possible.

For the most curious we leave you some views of the back backplate. We love that the MSI Dragon and all the indentations that the graphics card cools are screen printed.

As can be seen in the images, the graphics card occupies only 2.5 slots when installed on our computer. That is, we will have no problem installing it on any ATX chassis.

It incorporates two 8-pin power connections. We always recommend at least mounting a QUALITY power supply of 600 or 700 W. If you do not know which model to choose, we leave you our guide to the best power supplies on the market and in our forum there is a comparative table of how much power your PC needs.

Finally, we would like to mention that it only has digital DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0B signals, specifically:

• 2 Displayport connections. 2 HDMI connections. 1 DVI connection.

PCB and internal components

Removing the heatsink from the graphics card is a fairly simple task. We must unscrew about 10 superficial screws from the backplate. Both the heatsink construction and the thermalpads are super premium.

We find a heatsink with 6 very thick heatpipes and several thermalpads in charge of correctly cooling the entire system. The view of the PCB is spectacular.

The MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio features Military Class 4 components (as on motherboards) and a reinforced PCB with multiple manufacturing layers. In terms of stability, it has a total of 10 + 2 power phases that will offer all the sufficient potential to take it out to the last MHz. Although Nvidia has us limited by voltage, surely for lovers of the LN2 they can beat or compete with more than a record with her.

Test bench and performance tests

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel Core i9-7900X
Base plate:	Asus TUF X299 Mark 1
Memory:	32GB DDR4 Corsair Dominator SE
Heatsink	Corsair H100i V2
HDD	Samsung 850 EVO SSD.
Graphic card	MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio
Power supply	Corsair AX860i

For benchmarks we will use the following titles:

• 3DMark Fire Strike normal.3DMark Fire Strike 4K version.Time Spy.Heaven Superposition.VRMARK.

All tests have been passed with the filters to the maximum unless we indicate otherwise. In order to have adequate performance, we have carried out three types of tests: the first is the most common at Full HD 1920 x 1080, the second resolution is making the leap to 2K or 1440P (2560 x 1440P) gamers and the most enthusiastic with 4K (3840 x 2160). The operating system we have used has been Windows 10 Pro 64 bit and the latest drivers available from the Nvidia website.

What are we looking for in the tests?

First, the best possible image quality. The most important value for us is the average FPS (Frames per second), the higher the number of FPS the more fluid the game will go. To differentiate the quality a bit, we leave you a table to assess the quality in FPS, but we will also have the minimum Fps in the tests that were thus possible:

FRAMES BY SECONDS
Frames for Seconds. (FPS)	Gameplay
Less than 30 FPS	Limited
30 ~ 40 FPS	Playable
40 ~ 60 FPS	Good
Greater than 60 FPS	Fairly Good or Excellent

Synthetic benchmarks

This time, we've narrowed it down to three tests as we consider them to be more than enough as synthetic performance tests.

Game Testing

We have decided to make the leap to checking various games manually. The reason? Very simple, we want to give a much more realistic vision and cover tests with current games. Since we make an effort, it is consistent with the level of the website and that of our readers.

Testing in Full HD games

Testing in 2K games

Testing in 4K games

Software and overclock

Note: Remember that overclocking or manipulation carries a risk, we and any manufacturer are not responsible for improper use, use the head and always do so at your own risk.

We recommend that you install the MSI Afterburner application, since it allows us to apply advanced overclock without much difficulty. In addition to monitoring from the game itself any parameters with rivatuner: FPS, temperatures, processor and almost any value we want.

We have increased the overclocking capacity to 1598 MHz in the core, leaving a maximum of 2030 GHz and the memories at 1383 MHz. The upload is minimal but it allows us to scratch the odd FPS, especially in high resolutions.

Temperature and consumption

The temperatures of the MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio have been quite remarkable. At rest we have obtained 37ºC since the fans are stopped until the GPU load and therefore its temperatures. While playing we do not exceed 69 ºC in any case.

Consumption is for the entire team *

Another of the great advantages of this range is the reduced consumption that we have in the equipment. Until very recently it was unthinkable to have high-end graphics and get 51 W at rest and 351 W playing with an Intel i9-7900X processor. While overclocked it goes up to 53W and 379W respectively.

Final words and conclusion about MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio

The MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio becomes one of the best graphics cards on the market. MSI had commented in some other event that they did not need to have three fans to be in the elite, but it seems that they have wanted to overcome with this new version: temperatures, overclock, build quality, heart attack PCB and RGB lighting system that is not intrusive.

Our gaming experience could not have been better. We have been able to enjoy as a small child in both Full HD, 2K and 4K the main titles of our test bench. We have been able to squeeze a little the factory values ​​but we believe that it does not compensate, since the gain is 1 or 2 FPS in 4K.

Currently we can find it for a price of 795 euros. Of course it is not the cheapest price but we believe that the difference of just 30 euros compared to the Gaming X version is worth it. Great job MSI guys!

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ QUALITY DESIGN.	- NONE.
+ INTERNAL COMPONENTS.
+ OVERCLOCK CAPACITY.
+ REFRIGERATION.
+ MSI AFTERBURNER SOFTWARE IS IN THE OVERCLOCK ELITE.

And after carefully evaluating both the evidence and the product, Professional Review awards him the platinum medal:

MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio

COMPONENT QUALITY - 95%

DISSIPATION - 95%

GAMING EXPERIENCE - 96%

SOUNDNESS - 95%

PRICE - 93%

95%