MSI unveils its new GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X

MSI teases its new GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X graphics card.

@anthony256

Published May 5, 2017 10:05 PM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:55 PM CST

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MSI is continuing to add to its roster of custom GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards with the announcement of the GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X, the first custom GTX 1080 Ti with a full-cover water block.

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MSI's upcoming GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X features a custom PCB, 8+2-phase power design, and 8+8-pin PCIe power connectors.

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EK Water Blocks designed the water block, which features a gorgeous MSI dragon and logo, as well as NVIDIA's now-required GeForce GTX logo on the front. There's also a nickel-plated base cover on the GPU, memory, and VRMs.

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As for the clock speeds, we're looking at the same overclocks as the Gaming X and Sea Hawk X cards - 1569/1683MHz for base/boost, respectively - while the 11GB of GDDR5X is clocked up to 11120MHz, an increase of 1%.

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Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.