PCI Express® based PC is required with one dual-width X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard AMD Athlon® or Intel® Pentium 1GB of system memory Connection to 400 Watt (550 for CrossFire™) or greater power supply with two 2x3-pin PCIe® power connectors is required.
- GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 DirectX 12 GV-N1030OC-2GI 2GB 64-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express x16 Video Card. Core Clock: 1290 MHz in OC Mode 1265 MHz in Gaming Mode Max Resolution: 4096 x 2160 DVI: 1 x DVI-D HDMI: 1 x HDMI 2.0b Model #: GV-N1030OC-2GI Item #: N2004 Return Policy: Extended Holiday Return Policy $88.99 –.
- Four PCIe Gen2 / Gen 3 x16 expansion slots (x16 electrical) in each Xpander Desktop Elite; Up to four single-slot or dual-slot graphics cards such as NVIDIA GTX or Quadro Series graphics, NVIDIA Tesla Series GPU cards, or AMD Radeon Pro graphics cards; An independent 1200W, 1500W or 1600W power supply to meet any expansion requirement.
NVIDIA® GeForce® uses the new NVIDIA® Turing® GPU architecture with revolutionary technology such as real-time ray tracing, artificial intelligence and programmable light shading to elevate the game's realism, speed and energy efficiency to a whole new level, bringing you more exciting and realistic visual effects.
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GeForece RTX™ graphics cards are powered by the Turing GPU architecture and the all-new RTX platform. This gives you up to 6X the performance of previous-generation graphics cards and brings the power of real-time ray tracing and AI to games.
1 USB Type-C Output interface
2 Metal back plate
3 NVLINK
4 Full copper base and large area heat sink fins
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5 Esports RGB LED
6 Three 85mm large cooling fans
Hurricane-class fans
WinFast RTX 2080 Ti HURRICANE has three 85 mm large fans, hurricane level airflow to quickly reduce the temperature and maximize the performance to bring you a smooth and blazing fast experience.
Five heat pipes for strong heat dissipation
Four 8mm large-size heat pipes, one 6mm heat pipe and large aluminum fins and all-copper heat-conducting base, coupled with three large fans, they can cool the temperature quickly and efficiently.
Full copper base and efficient thermal paste
High-conductivity copper base is used to quickly dissipate the heat emitted by the GPU by using the WinFast RTX 2080 Ti HURRICANE exclusive thermal module.
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Thermal protection for important components
With the integrated design, the important components on the board are cooled by the excellent heat dissipation module, which protects the important components of the board and greatly improves the life and strengthens the stability.
8+8Pin Supplementary Power Connectors
New PCB design, 8pin+8pin power connector, providing amazing speed and energy efficiency.
USB Type-C™ output interface
Turing GPUs are designed for hardware that supports USB Type-C™ and VirtualLink™. VirtualLink™ is a new open industry standard developed to meet the power, display and bandwidth requirements of a new generation of VR headsets connected via a single USB Type-C™ connector.
Metal back plate revamped
The back end of the back plate is bent to strengthen the strength of the back plate to avoid bending and failure of the board due to long-term use, and to provide more reliable structural stability.
Esports RGB LED
The WinFast RTX 2080 Ti HURRICANE incorporates LED with the sense of Esports, building a professional gaming computer that complements the user's excellent gaming skills.
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How Many PCIe Lanes Do You Really Need?
With the new line of X570 motherboards coming up, PCIe 4.0 is finally within reach for the average consumer. With that in mind, it seemed like a good idea to talk about PCIe lanes. What are they exactly, and how many lanes do you really need?
First, a refresher: PCIe 3.0 is the current expansion bus standard used on most modern motherboards. It’s the hardware interface between devices (e.g., video cards, sound cards, M.2 drives, network cards) and the motherboard. The slots come in various sizes (x1, x2, x4, x8, and x16)1, and the speed of a given slot is determined by the number of available PCIe lanes.
The total number of lanes for a slot are broken up into thesame numbers as above (1, 2, 4, 8, 16). However, to make things slightly
confusing, the number of lanes in a slot does not always match the physical slot length. Meaning, you can (and often do) encounter a x16 slot with only 8 lanes. Pro-tip: you can actually see this by looking for the shiny little contacts in the slot itself. If the contacts only go up halfway, that x16 slot only has 8 lanes.
confusing, the number of lanes in a slot does not always match the physical slot length. Meaning, you can (and often do) encounter a x16 slot with only 8 lanes. Pro-tip: you can actually see this by looking for the shiny little contacts in the slot itself. If the contacts only go up halfway, that x16 slot only has 8 lanes.
But 8 lanes are often plenty. Even though the theoretical data transfer limits of 8 and 16 lane slots are vastly different2, there is currently no consumer card on the market capable of saturating the bandwidth of a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot. While the amount of data being “crunched” by a high-end video card is often above that limit, the majority of calculations related to the device are actually handled by the card’s internal processor, and therefore do not need to travel through the bus. Performance differences are mainly dependent on the card itself, and not the theoretical limits of the slot.
Motherboards are designed with various amounts of PCIe lanes, and different processors are designed with support for certain amounts of lanes. Server and enthusiast boards are typically designed with more lanes to provide more expandability, and CPU manufacturers segment their products similarly. For example, the Intel Core i7-9700K supports a maximum of 16 lanes, while the Core i9-9980XE supports a maximum of 44. But bigger is not always better—the processors are simply designed for different environments.
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However, to complicate things further, there is such a thing known as a PCI Express Switch, which is a chip on some motherboards that is often said to double the number of lanes, but this is not strictly accurate. While it does not magically create more, it does alter how the CPU manages signals to the slots via signal multiplexing. In short, it changes how data is sent and received from the CPU to the PCIe slots in order to utilize the same number of lanes more dynamically across devices to achieve better performance.
Back to the topic at hand: the number of lanes you need depends on how many PCIe devices you want to use in your system, and how fast you want all those devices to run, though noticeable effects on performance usually only occur in niche configurations. A single GPU runs best with 16 lanes. When installing an additional GPU, be sure to use a x16 slot with 16 lanes, if possible. Conversely, if you are adding a x4 card and only have a x8 slot available, that will work too. All PCIe 3.0 slots are compatible with smaller form factor devices, assuming they physically fit into the slot.
Any time you dive into a technology topic, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. Luckily, BOXX has done all the research for you and designed workstations to fit any workflow. The APEXX S3, our flagship workstation, is designed for single-threaded applications that run at peak efficiency with a single high-end GPU. However, if you require that same unmatched overclocked processor (8 cores at 5.1GHz) but require more PCIe lanes, the APEXX Enigma S3 is the perfect option. Or if you need even more space, the APEXX S4 has enough lanes to run four dual-width GPUs.
Those are just a few examples. Regardless of your specific needs, BOXX has a workstation with your workflow in mind. Talk to a BOXX Performance Specialist today to learn more.
1 Technically x32 slots do exist, but they’re very rare.
2 7,880MB/s and 15,760MB/s, respectively.