ASUS launches "the fastest GTX 980 Ti on the planet"

[eLucid]

ASUS has announced the 20th Anniversary Gold Edition GTX 980 Ti graphics card. This is "the fastest GTX 980 Ti on the planet - even without liquid cooling," claims ASUS. Headline specs show that the card offers base/boost GPU clocks of 1266MHz/1367MHz. This translates to 22.1 per cent more performance in Grand Theft Auto V, and 20.8 per cent more frames per second in The Witcher 3 when compared to reference cards in ASUS's own tests.

 

The 20th Anniversary Gold Edition GTX 980 Ti was built to celebrate ASUS's 20 years of producing graphics cards. ASUS says it has meticulously crafted this fast graphics card, it looks splendid in its metallic gold livery, it even goes so far as describing it as a 'collectable'.

 

ASUS has kitted out the 20th Anniversary Gold Edition GTX 980 Ti with its full portfolio of modern performance and reliability enhancing technology. The card comes equipped with DirectCU II with patented wing-blade 0dB fans, 10mm direct-GPU-contact heat pipe and a 325 per cent-larger heat dissipation area. The board is equipped with Digi+ voltage-regulation modules (VRMs) with 14-phase Super Alloy Power II components - long-life capacitors, concrete-core chokes, and hardened MOSFETs for reliability. It is built on ASUS's 'Auto-Extreme' production line.

 

If you buy this card for extreme overclocking features ASUS has you covered as it features an LN2 BIOS setting with "even more overvolting options," and a 'safe mode' push button if your BIOS tweaking oversteps the laws of physics.

 

Again for those operating at extremes, 'Memory Defroster' is a built-in function that defrosts the graphics card’s memory during below-zero overclocking to ensure sustained stability. Last but not least colour changing LEDs are present behind the card's 20th Anniversary panel to show a real-time guide as to how far you are pushing this Gold Edition GTX 980 Ti.

 

As you might expect, ASUS has thrown in its recently remodelled GPU Tweak II with XSplit Gamecaster for easy tweaking and streaming. You get one year of game casting in the bundle plus a free mouse pad. Availability is imminent and pricing TBA.

 

Specifications:

• Graphics Engine: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TI
• Bus Standard: PCI Express 3.0
• OpenGL: OpenGL®4.5
• Video Memory: GDDR5 6GB
• Engine Clock: GPU Boost Clock : 1367 MHz, GPU Base Clock : 1266 MHz
• CUDA Core: 2816
• Memory Clock: 7200 MHz
• Memory Interface: 384-bit
• Resolution: Digital Max Resolution:5120x3200
• Interface: DVI Output : Yes x 1 (Native) (DVI-I), HDMI Output : Yes x 1 (Native) (HDMI 2.0), Display Port : Yes x 3 (Native) (Regular DP), HDCP Support : Yes
• Power Consumption: up to 375W, additional 8+8 pin PCIe power required
• Accessories: 1 x GOLD 20th Mouse Pad, 2 x Power cable
• Software: ASUS GPU Tweak II & Driver
• Dimensions: 11.62" x 5.44" x 2", 29.52 x 13.82 x 5.09cm

 

Source http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/88445-asus-launches-the-fastest-gtx-980-ti-planet/

 

 

 

 

[PlayStation 2]

Quote, "fastest", unquote.

 

noice

[connorpiper]

It's quite ugly. 

[arnavvr]

@Lays Hypeeee

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

It's quite ugly. 

Its quite buety

[Dabombinable]

That looks like the only card from Asus that is worth buying.

[eLucid]

It's quite ugly. 

 

Preference. I don't mind it tbh.

[SurvivorNVL]

Oooh.  

[connorpiper]

Preference. I don't mind it tbh.

 

Reminds me of the TI-Nispire with the bigger top.

Also, looks as if the cooler is about to fall off, like the MSI ones. 

[Swndlr]

Ummmmmmmmmmm hasnt this been out for like a while now?

Or am I thinking of the 980?

[Lethal Seraph]

Cool.

[Interfectorem]

They still recycle the damn same cooler year after year.

[pagani123]

be good in a gold build

[pagani123]

They still recycle the damn same cooler year after year.

so does everyone else

[White Rabbit]

It's quite ugly. 

It looks a hell of a lot more better than MSI's "Gold" Edition.

 

 

That looks like the only card from Asus that is worth buying.

I doubt it, because if you look at the listed specs and compare them to the Matrix Platinum, they're almost identical! The Gold does have higher stock clocks, that I'll admit, and it uses a different colour paint (lol), but otherwise the two cards have identical PCBs, identical coolers, and basically identical features, including stuff like 14 power phases, LN2 BIOS, memory defroster, etc. Also, who buys a card with this much bling just to take it all off and run it under LN2?!

 

The Matrix Platinum is already way out of most people's price range, and it doesn't even carry the "gold" premium that this new card will.

 

That said, I wish I could afford one.

[connorpiper]

It looks a hell of a lot more better than MSI's "Gold" Edition.

 

I like the MSI coolers shape better, but the ASUS one does have the right shade of gold. 

[WereCat]

"Fastest GTX 980ti for people who are scared to OC".

Looks ugly though. Not that I am going to buy it anyway

[eLucid]

"Fastest GTX 980ti for people who are scared to OC".

Looks ugly though. Not that I am going to buy it anyway

 

I'm pretty sure these cards are binned higher so you'll be seeing greater overclocking potential.

[CtW]

but it isnt tho

[CtW]

I'm pretty sure these cards are binned higher so you'll be seeing greater overclocking potential

it isnt nearly as good for oc as a KPE or Lightning is

[Nomy]

Everyone here saying it looks ugly...

My first thought was, it looks expensive

[Alfa404]

But will I be able to afford it?

[BuckGup]

Ehhh I beg to differ. Also coming at more then a KP is stupid

[reapersivan]

SO  many cards but such a skinny wallet

[Bouzoo]

I am honestly interested in this since it's made by Asus Auto-Extreme, we could see if it makes a difference in performance.