Nvidias new graphics cards are a big deal

Nvidia GTX1080 

The hotly anticipated Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 is now official, marking a major leap in performance and efficiency with the introduction of the new Pascal architecture. How major? Take the ultra beefy and expensive Titan X graphics card from last year, slice its power demands from 250W to 180W, cut its price from $999 to $599, and then throw in a bit more performance on top. Virtual reality and multi-monitor gaming have also been foremost concerns in Nvidia's Pascal development, and the graphics company has a super cool new technology to make both better, called simultaneous multi-projection.

GeForce GTX 1080 full specifications

GPU Engine Specs:

2560NVIDIA CUDA® Cores

1607Base Clock (MHz)

1733Boost Clock (MHz)

Memory Specs:

10 GbpsMemory Speed

8 GB GDDR5XStandard Memory Config

256-bitMemory Interface Width

320Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)

Technology Support:

YesMulti-Projection

YesVR Ready

YesNVIDIA Ansel

Yes - SLI HB Bridge SupportedNVIDIA SLI® Ready1

YesNVIDIA G-SYNC™-Ready

YesNVIDIA GameStream™-Ready

3.0NVIDIA GPU Boost™

12 API with feature level 12_1Microsoft DirectX

YesVulkan API

4.5OpenGL

PCIe 3.0Bus Support

Windows 7-10, Linux, FreeBSDx86OS Certification

Display Support:

7680x4320@60HzMaximum Digital Resolution1

DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIStandard Display Connectors

YesMulti Monitor

2.2HDCP

Graphics Card Dimensions:

4.376"Height

10.5"Length

2-SlotWidth

Thermal and Power Specs:

94Maximum GPU Tempurature (in C)

180 WGraphics Card Power (W)

500 WRecommended System Power (W)3

8-PinSupplementary Power Connectors

1 - 7680x4320 at 60 Hz RGB 8-bit with dual DisplayPort connectors or 7680x4320 at 60 Hz YUV420 8-bit with on DisplayPort 1.3 connector. 
2 - DisplayPort 1.2 Certified, DisplayPort 1.3/1.4 Ready.
3 - Recommendation is made based on PC configured with an Intel Core i7 3.2 GHz processor. Pre-built system may require less power depending on system configuration.