Introduction

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released just a few weeks ago. It is built on the same GM200 GPU as the GeForce Titan X, but has fewer shaders (2816 vs 3072). While the GTX 980 Ti's GPU is still produced on a 28 nanometer process at TSMC in Taiwan, it comes with the fantastic power efficiency optimizations of the NVIDIA Maxwell architecture, which promises lower power draw, higher performance, and reduced fan noise all at the same time.

Our review of the reference design GTX 980 Ti revealed that it is barely slower than the Titan X, which means custom designs could surpass Titan X performance at a much lower price point.



Today, we are reviewing the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Edition, which introduces a new all-metal, triple-fan, dual-slot cooler. Zotac has overclocked their GTX 980 Ti AMP! to 1051 MHz base clock, a medium-sized overclock. Pricing is quite good because the card comes at NVIDIA's reference design pricing of $650.

Packaging

Contents

You will receive:

• Graphics card
• Driver CD + documentation
• 2x PCI-Express power cable
• DVI adapter

The Card

Zotac's GTX 980 Ti AMP! Edition comes with a new dual-slot, triple-fan cooler that's completely made of metal. This gives it a very high quality look and touch, which definitely beats the plastic coolers out there. On the back, you find a baseplate. Dimensions of the card are 30.0 cm x 12.0 cm.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include one DVI port, one HDMI port, and three DisplayPorts.

The GPU also includes an HDMI sound device. It is HDMI 2.0 compatible, which includes HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies support.


NVIDIA has confirmed Quad-SLI support, so you may combine four GTX 980 Ti cards in a multi-GPU SLI configuration.


Pictured above are the front and back, showing the disassembled board. High-res versions are also available (front, back).