ASUS Unleashes GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition - Fastest GM204 Card With DirectCU II Platinum Cooling

Annotation - This production is not an April's Fool joke and would be launched in the upcoming weeks.

ASUS has officially launched their latest high-functioning graphics card, GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition. This special graphics card is fabricated to mark the 20th twelvemonth of ASUS'southward commitment to the graphics market and information technology has been twenty years since they started producing their commencement graphics cards. The new GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary gold edition has some key features which include a custom pattern PCB that comes with insane factory overclocked frequencies and update to the aesthetics of thier DirectCU II Platinum cooling.

ASUS'due south GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Golden Edition Pushes For Superior Pattern and Insanely High Clock Speeds

Coming to the specifications, the card features the GM204 chip which could be found on the GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 graphics cards. This in specific, makes use of the GM204-400-A1 core which packs 2048 CUDA Cores, 128 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The fleck is backed by 4 GB of GDDR5 memory running across a 256-bit interface. The core clocks are maintained at 1317 MHz (reference) and 1431 MHz (boost) frequencies which are ridiculously high for a factory overclock but the Maxwell architecture has proved from acme to bottom that the new cores can sustain really loftier clock frequencies. The memory remains untouched with the reference clock speed of 7 GHz (7008 MHz) but can exist overclocked by users to speeds of 8 GHz due to the actress cooling.

The card boasts a really beefy PCB design which is custom built by the hands of ASUS'southward engineers. The PCB is the same 1 nosotros saw on the GeForce GTX 980 Platinum that features 12 Phases for cadre and two Phases for memory with their latest DIGI+ 2 design featuring the loftier quality components, ICs, Super Alloy Ability pattern, chokes and capacitors to deliver unprecedented performance to overclockers and enthusiasts. Juice is provided through dual viii-Pivot connectors so nosotros are looking at a TDP around 300W which means that a lot of ability will exist put into the VRM to unleash the total potential of the graphics card. The PCB is larger than the reference model due to the custom design and the improver of more than phases on the board. The VRMs are cooled by a large black colored heatshrink which offers cooling support.

For cooling, ASUS has went with an all black designed internal dense-aluminum fin heatsink which is a large stack of aluminum fins cooled by ii 92mm fans. Unlike the Platinum, the Gold Edition doesn't come up with the CoolTech blueprint but the standard fin blade fan which adopt 0dB technology when the card is under thermal limits. The heat sink features an internal heatpipe pattern and the single black colored heatpipe that comes out of the heatsink is larger than the residuum of the cooling pipes measuring at 10mm in diameter. The heatsink features a DirectCU 2 contact surface which dissipates heat from the cadre to five black coated heatpipes that circulate the estrus to the large aluminum fin assortment.

As for design, the carte is a pure gilt and black colored beast. Information technology is labeled with its 20th Ceremony Edition marker on the acme of the shroud with strikes of gold on the sides. A colour-coded load indicator gives users a sense of more control and accessibility over the card. Display outputs include DVI-I, HDMI and three display ports. The backplate is colored aureate which looks great with the card itself and a support subclass keeps the several layers of the menu including PCB and Shroud in place. Voltage read-out points, Condom Manner functioning and retentivity defroster are ASUS'due south OC tools which are going into the design of this bill of fare and you can hands use iv of these inside your rig when launched. ASUS didn't gave a discussion on the pricing but expect it to hit at a price range around $600 U.s..

While the GeForce GTX Titan X has launched, we won't see whatever custom designs since Titan series has been restricted to reference made design only. We can expect the GeForce GTX 980 Ti which is going to be the more consumer optimized and price conservative graphics card based on the GM200 GPU cadre to become a design make over like the Gold Edition from ASUS.

ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition PCB:

ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition Backplate:

ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Aureate Edition Technical Features:

ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Ceremony Gold Edition Specifications:

• Nvidia GTX 980 GPU with 1317/1421 MHz GPU Boost Clock
• 4GB, 7010 MHz (constructive) GDDR5
• iii x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, 1x dual-link DVI-I display outputs
• DirectCU II with 0dB fan technology
• ROG color-coded load Indicator
• ROG Edition GPU Tweak
• DirectCU Two libation with CoolTech fan, 10mm matt-black heatpipes
• Extreme OC Features: Memory Defroster, Safety Style,
• DIGI+ VRM ability control with 14-phase Super Alloy Power and Black Metallic capacitors.

Source: https://wccftech.com/asus-unleashes-geforce-gtx-980-20th-anniversary-gold-edition-fastest-gm204-card-directcu-ii-platinum-cooling/

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