Sunday, March 9th 2014
ASUS Reveals the ROG MATRIX R9 290X and MATRIX GTX 780 Ti Graphics Cards
After just a little teasing ASUS has today opened the flood gates and published over a dozen images depicting its newest ROG Series graphics cards, the MATRIX R9290X (based on the Radeon R9 290X) and the MATRIX GTX780TI (GeForce GTX 780 Ti).
Both of ASUS' cards make use of a custom PCB and come equipped with a dual-slot cooler featuring two fans (one of which is a CoolTech fan), and a black nickel-plated heatsink boasting five direct contact copper heatpipes. The upcoming MATRIX models also have dual 8-pin power connectors, a 14-phase DIGI+ VRM, a backplate, dual-DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs, and OC-oriented additions like the LN2 Mode Switch.
ASUS hasn't revealed the cards' clocks or prices but says more info is 'coming soon'.
Both of ASUS' cards make use of a custom PCB and come equipped with a dual-slot cooler featuring two fans (one of which is a CoolTech fan), and a black nickel-plated heatsink boasting five direct contact copper heatpipes. The upcoming MATRIX models also have dual 8-pin power connectors, a 14-phase DIGI+ VRM, a backplate, dual-DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs, and OC-oriented additions like the LN2 Mode Switch.
32 Comments on ASUS Reveals the ROG MATRIX R9 290X and MATRIX GTX 780 Ti Graphics Cards
Plus it doesn't clock any higher than other cards with less beefy vregs anyways.
no mention of that just LN2 switch .
From its naming I assume some kind of heater for memory when LN2 is used ??
I won't mind if black heat pipes and heat sinks become a trend.
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_780_Ti_Direct_Cu_II_OC/4.html
Did you even bother taking a look at this picture? You can clearly see the MOSFET packages not being covered with the heatsink, which is supposed to cover them.
To be absolutely clear. Problem is not having VRM, and cooling, arranged like that. Problem is that the heatsink is either badly mis aligned or too narrow.
I did look at the pic before . Maybe this is early prototype .
The heatsink just seems to be placed/balanced for the photo since the heatsinks screws are missing. The heatsink itself doesn''t seem overly different from the standard DC2 unit.
Lazy design
R9-290x = Elpidia
Im guessing if you OC it too much just flip that switch and it resets memory OC?
Maybe with LN2 you can't let the memory get to cold or it has issues .
I don't think it would be OC reset as you don't need that as we are not editing the bios of vid card, a simple reboot will reset OC via software/driver .
the nvidia one got SLI.
Crossfire uses the PCI-E bus now.