Memory clock ddr2 or ddr3

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Hello,
i am looking to buy either an Asus rog 1080 O8G (OC) or the Zotac 1080 Amp Extreme. What caught my attention was on Asus specs it says ddr2 under memory clock. I can't find what kind of memory is on the Zotac but i think the ddr2 is not the fastest available among the 1080's. I am a bit confused as to if the asus memory technology is a bit outdated or if i just don't know enough about the topic. I'll assume i can post links so here they are: Asus https://www.asus.com/us/Graphics-Cards/ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-O8G-GAMING/specifications/
Zotac https://www.zotac.com/product/graphics_card/zotac-geforce-gtx-1080-amp-extreme
Thanks in advance
 
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Oh and the Asus site is wrong. Even 10 years ago only the lowest end cards had DDR2....not sure what's up with that. Both those cards have the original 10Gb/s GDDR5X. The Zotac card has a factory overclock on the memory. Only the cards released in the last few months have the faster VRAM. Like this one:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487318

The 11Gb/s stuff is the same as found on the 1080 Ti.
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Are you sure? Have you looked at the webpage i linked? Also thanks for the warning, but does that affect me in any way pther than less free slots and more space taken up? Do i have to have a bigger case because of the mounting points?
Sorry for all the questions and thank you for taking your time.
 
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The GTX 1080 is available with both 10Gb/s GDDR5X and recently with newer 11Gb/s GDDR5X. The performance difference is very small. Just a few percent. Nvidia made the newer, faster VRAM available a few months ago with the price cuts.
 
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Oh and the Asus site is wrong. Even 10 years ago only the lowest end cards had DDR2....not sure what's up with that. Both those cards have the original 10Gb/s GDDR5X. The Zotac card has a factory overclock on the memory. Only the cards released in the last few months have the faster VRAM. Like this one:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487318

The 11Gb/s stuff is the same as found on the 1080 Ti.
 
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