MSI teams up with Corsair for GTX 980 Ti Watercooled "Edition"

[BiG StroOnZ]

 

 

 

 

As Corsair has announced its newest Hydro Series HG10 GPU cooling brackets for Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X, GTX 980, GTX 980 Ti and GTX 970 graphics cards, it appears that these were perfect for what MSI wants to have on its Geforce GTX 980 Ti Watercooled graphics card. While there are still no precise details regarding precise specifications, MSI did note that this will be an overclocking focused graphics card and with hybrid air+liquid solution from Corsair, so we are quite sure we will see some rather high factory-overclock.

 

According to a report from Kitguru.net, the new Geforce GTX 980 Ti Watercooled will be coming sometime in August and MSI is sure that this will be the fastest "out of the box" GTX 980 Ti experience.

 

 

Source 1: http://www.fudzilla.com/news/graphics/37907-msi-teams-up-with-corsair-for-gtx-980-ti-watercooled

Source 2: http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/msi-celebrates-shipment-of-100-millionth-nvidia-geforce-graphics-cards/

 

This is a good move by Corsair and MSI. It's nice to see companies in this industry teaming up to bring cutting edge components, rather than constantly competing. Hopefully this custom designed unit looks better than the HG10 units, as I'm not very enthralled about their designs for the HG10 as I personally think they look a bit dated. But they do indeed perform well, which is what counts. Hopefully by this being a joint operation between MSI and Corsair they will be able to deliver a product that performs well as well as being appealing to the eyes. I think together they can make this happen. Interested in seeing what the clock speeds are, wondering if they can bring them as high as EVGA's 980 Ti HYBRID, maybe even higher.

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[FireFox]

That is pretty nice but I really hope they release a Lightning version

[Sidiox]

Isn't that the cooler also seen in that bulldog case?

I quite like the look of it, but I've never actually heard of anyone using one of these systems on a card. MOst people going through the effort of deshrouding the card usually just throw a waterblock on it.

[miyabwah]

I don't even know how much it costs, but probably enough for me to not want one.

doesn't help that i don't want one in the first place, but yunno..

[Bananasplit_00]

can i have it plated in gold tho?

[Jerakl]

Mandatory

 

Although personally I think that's p cool, that's not enough to buy one.

 

Don't really need one/not enough money to buy even if I did

[givingtnt]

nice. company partnering for a product !

[That Norwegian Guy]

Why are frankenstein GPU coolers being shoved down our throats left and right? Who asked for this?

[Sky Daddy]

Why are frankenstein GPU coolers being shoved down our throats left and right? Who asked for this?

because they're effective 

 

I'd personally go air before hybrid

[The Gaige]

So this is what's going in Corsair's Bulldog!!!

[BiG StroOnZ]

Why are frankenstein GPU coolers being shoved down our throats left and right? Who asked for this?

 

Personally if these coolers mean higher overclocks along with lower temperatures, I'm fine with it.

[AHaskin14]

Wish they put a nice shroud over it still to actually make it different than just buying a card and cooler yourself

[Blackler]

Pretty sure they're selling that as an after market cooler anyway for the GTX 970/980/Ti

[Norman_the_Owl]

It better be cheaper than the hybrid from EVGA, because that's ugly as balls

[DeViLzzz]

So to make an already expensive card more expensive this is done.  Will it cost over 9000?

[jbslayer]

So to make an already expensive card more expensive this is done.  Will it cost over 9000?

It wouldn't be too expensive. The EVGA hybrid watercooled 980ti is only $100 more than a reference 980ti, so expect this to be around that price point. The extra cost is worth it in my opinion because GPUs react better to water cooling than CPUs which can give them more room for higher overclocks than an air cooler can.

[Fred Castellum]

@BiG StroOnZ while it's nice when companies team up together, competition is extremely vital for us consumers, it drives them to churn out better products or more options in a attempt to get our money.

[silberdrachi]

Odd.this is basically a 980ti ref board with a HG10 and a H60? I dont get why you would do this when we know that custome boards are coming out relatively soon. Its not like why i got it for my 290x. I did that because i bought the reference board because the custom ones took a long time to come out and it ran way too hot. This isnt the case with the nvidia cards from what i can tell...

 

Also i have my obligitory Fuck MSI, never buying them again after having to deal with their CS and RMA process. I will never support MSI again unless i start hearing that they fixed their issues. Their products arent even good enough to justify it to me at all.

[Guest Kloaked]

Why are frankenstein GPU coolers being shoved down our throats left and right? Who asked for this?

 

This is hardly being shoved down our throats.

 

I don't think you understand what that means.

[Ex14]

I actually like this idea. As some one mentioned gpus really respond well to water cooling I dare say even better than cpus. What I'm concerned with such implementations is the temps of other component of the gpu like the mosfets and vram.

[HeyKenGuy]

evga's hybrid looks so much better and more elegant

 

this looks like no thought whatsoever was put into the look of the card

[Benbass]

Two massive companies are needed to put corsair cooler and aio bracket?! Why can't they do something that look decent like that.

 

[Victorious Secret]

This is hardly being shoved down our throats.

I don't think you understand what that means.

Because if I don't see a need and I wouldn't buy it = being shoved down my throat.

Nothing better than watching people complain about products they won't buy and prices they couldn't afford in the first place.

[MrDynamicMan]

Wow... An aio bracket... That's pretty ugly in the first place... Amazing.

[Derangel]

I really like the HG brackets (have one on my 290x) but they really should get some kind of shroud for it for selling the combination in retail. It would make it look better and would offer a nice little bonus that people who just buy a card and the bracket can't get.