Thursday, November 10th 2016
ASUS Intros GeForce GTX 1060 STRIX with Classic DirectCU II Cooler
ASUS introduced a new GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB ROG STRIX series graphics card featuring the company's classic STRIX DirectCU II cooling solution (model: STRIX-GTX1060-DC2O6G). The card features a shorter custom-design PCB than the one found on the STRIX DirectCU III graphics card ASUS debuted the GTX 1060 6 GB with, although the cooler is longer than the PCB. Overall, the card is about 21 cm long. The card draws power from a single 6-pin PCIe power connector.
The ASUS GTX 1060 6 GB STRIX DirectCU II comes with factory-overclocked speeds of 1569 MHz core and 1785 MHz GPU Boost, out of the box. The included GPUTweak software unlocks OC Mode clock speeds of 1595/1811 MHz. In both modes, the memory clock is left untouched at 8.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective). Display outputs include three DisplayPort 1.4, one HDMI 2.0b, and one dual-link DVI. The company didn't reveal pricing or availability.
The ASUS GTX 1060 6 GB STRIX DirectCU II comes with factory-overclocked speeds of 1569 MHz core and 1785 MHz GPU Boost, out of the box. The included GPUTweak software unlocks OC Mode clock speeds of 1595/1811 MHz. In both modes, the memory clock is left untouched at 8.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective). Display outputs include three DisplayPort 1.4, one HDMI 2.0b, and one dual-link DVI. The company didn't reveal pricing or availability.
8 Comments on ASUS Intros GeForce GTX 1060 STRIX with Classic DirectCU II Cooler
Whoever does it first will make people lose their mind over it! Probably.
This cooler proved more than capable on the similar TDP GTX960, and they were already producing it for a while.
It's not unnecessarily long(unlike their DCU III triple fan version) and it has the "0dB" feature (unlike their white dual-fan version, from what I know).
They also had miniITX variants for GTX970/960 that seemed decently cooled. I wonder why haven't they gone the same route for the GTX1060 yet.
This is the card I needed a few months ago but I got my GPU now, making a 3 fan 295mm long 1060 was just unnecessary.
If the heatsink works as well as in the 960 Strix, this is the one and only short out-of-the-box cooling solution that currently has the means to provide practically silent and cool operation in idle and at full tilt.