A Closer Look

Palit's thermal solution uses four thick heatpipes to keep the GPU cool. You can also see various thermal pads here, which provide cooling for the memory chips and VRM circuitry.


The backplate is made from metal and protects the card during installation and handling. It also has two thermal pads, which help a little bit with cooling the VRM circuitry.


These fans are the heart of Palit's new TurboJet4 fan technology. Two fans are each stacked on another, and each fan has its own motor.


A dual BIOS switch is located near the SLI connectors; it lets you switch between the default performance BIOS and a quiet BIOS with lower clocks and reduced fan noise. It's a bit hard to reach. I used a screwdriver.


Palit has upgraded the power input of their GTX 1080 Ti to two 8-pins. This input configuration is specified for up to 375 watts of power draw.


We have seen the OnSemi NCP81274 on various other custom design cards. The reference design uses a uPI controller.


These look like voltmodding or measuring points. They are unlabeled though, so it is up to you to find out.


Palit has added some RGB headers to which you can attach your own LEDs that will follow the card's RGB coloring.


The GDDR5X memory chips are made by Micron and are marked with "D9VRL," which decodes to MT58K256M321JA-110. They are specified to run at 1375 MHz (11,000 MHz GDDR5X effective).


NVIDIA's GP102 graphics processor is the company's second-largest chip using the Pascal architecture. It is produced on a 16 nm process at TSMC, Taiwan, with a transistor count of 12 billion and a die size of 471 mm².