ASUS Announces the Fastest GeForce GTX 980 Graphics Card

GreiverBlade · Apr 3, 2015

Batou1986 said:
I like the recessed power connectors this should become a standard thing

it's not the power connector who are recessed ... but the rest of the card before the connector who is wider ... look at the PciEx bracket ... the power connector is at the exact place of a normal width card (aka: all other than some beefier VRM stage specific cards ) iirc all card that have a unnusual width pcb have connector parts at the same width of a normal card

d1nky · Apr 3, 2015

glad someone noticed its the massive vrm thats widened the card and not just a recessed connector

some people have damned the matrix platinum which this is and more, for daily use this ott and i bet cherry picked dies purely an uber oc card. cant wait for the reviews or some scores

The Von Matrices · Apr 3, 2015

Jorge said:
I laugh at the product claims for a "powered defrost circuit... so that frost doesn't collect on the PCB which has a water-repelling material". I'll bet the gullible LN2 kids fall for this nonsense.

You do realize that the science behind this, right? If you keep the PCB temperature above the dewpoint of the ambient air, then frost won't form.

rtwjunkie · Apr 3, 2015

GreiverBlade said:
it's not the power connector who are recessed ... but the rest of the card before the connector who is wider ... look at the PciEx bracket ... the power connector is at the exact place of a normal width card (aka: all other than some beefier VRM stage specific cards ) iirc all card that have a unnusual width pcb have connector parts at the same width of a normal card
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You've got a good eye to see that!

BorisDG · Apr 3, 2015

Big lack of new ideas in ASUS. Matrix with downgraded fans (no cool-tech fan as Matrix) painted in gold.. really ASUS? WTF?

GreiverBlade · Apr 4, 2015

rtwjunkie said:
You've got a good eye to see that!

i had 2 GTX580 Matrix Platinum before, they where of a normal 580 width if we except the Matrix led logo who was about the same width of the current Matrix line, remember the 580 3gb Classified from EVGA? i got one to compare at the time i ran my Matrix SLI, that one was the opposite xD normal width SLI finger zone and widened back part (not mentioning the triple PciEx connector8+8+6.)

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Vlada011 · Apr 5, 2015

Yea, that card came much later than normal GTX580 series. ASUS give us 816MHz in Matrix.
580 Classified had 900MHz. ASUS start to sell 580 DCII with 10MHz OC... That's shame.
Reference model was 772 they give 782MHz... But when you get 900MHz that's completely different hardware.
How someone even can give you advice to choose 782MHz and gamble with OC instead to pay 900MHz immediately and continue to play games as man and forget on overclocking or check what is card capable to offer over that.

GreiverBlade · Apr 5, 2015

Vlada011 said:
Yea, that card came much later than normal GTX580 series. ASUS give us 816MHz in Matrix.
580 Classified had 900MHz. ASUS start to sell 580 DCII with 10MHz OC... That's shame.
Reference model was 772 they give 782MHz... But when you get 900MHz that's completely different hardware.
How someone even can give you advice to choose 782MHz and gamble with OC instead to pay 900MHz immediately and continue to play games as man and forget on overclocking or check what is card capable to offer over that.

my Matrix Platinum cards both clocked at 900 (stable ingame) that's why i didn't bother with the classified (i just got it to compare the size)

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