Comparison of ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti video card vs MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z video card by specs and benchmarks. ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti runs at 1.000 GHz base clock speed and has 6 GB of GDDR5 memory, while video card MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z runs at 1.000 GHz base clock speed and has 11 GB of GDDR5X memory. The weight is different, -- vs 1707 g. The TDP of the first video card is 250 W, and the second is 250 W . Compare the benchmark results to find out which video card is better.