A new addition to MSI's ‘Gaming X' series of products, the GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio is actually the first triple-fan card to join the Gaming X family. Because of that, as well as several design tweaks, it is perhaps more accurate to think of this as a hybrid of the Gaming X and Lightning models. The limited edition GTX 1080 Ti Lightning remains MSI's flagship card, but the Gaming X Trio is not far behind and should also be more readily available.
GPU | Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition | MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio (OC Mode) |
Base Clock |
1480 MHz | 1569 MHz |
GPU Boost Clock | 1582 MHz | 1683 MHz |
Memory Clock Effective |
11008MHz | 11124MHz |
Memory Bandwidth | 484 GB/s | 502 GB/s |
Price (£) | £689 | £769 |
Coming in at £769 in the UK, the MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio is priced similarly to high-end models from the likes of ASUS, Aorus and EVGA, so the only question remaining is just how good this card really is. In this review we'll take a good look at the design, features and performance of the card before coming to our final conclusion.