ASUS Intros GeForce GTX 1060 STRIX with Classic DirectCU II Cooler

[btarunr]

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.



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[madness777]

We need a single slot card for goodness sake! Come on, the cards are efficient enough!
Whoever does it first will make people lose their mind over it! Probably.

 

[champsilva]

We need a single slot card for goodness sake! Come on, the cards are efficient enough!
Whoever does it first will make people lose their mind over it! Probably.

Maybe temperature its a issue.

 

[mascotzel]

I don't know what took them so long.
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.

 

[Air]

I don't know what took them so long.
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.

I would guess thats because most of even the smallest itx cases seem to support full length cards.

 

[bug]

How much? Because previous custom Asus 1060s are (were?) priced quite ridiculously.

 

[NBH]

This should have been the Asus 1060 from the start. I don't understand why the 970 strix had 2 fans, Pascal is better temperature wise yet on the 1060 they put 3 fans on it.

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.

 

[Smanci]

Excellent. Might be my next card if the pricing is correct.
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.

 

[micropage7]

We need a single slot card for goodness sake! Come on, the cards are efficient enough!
Whoever does it first will make people lose their mind over it! Probably.

i guess coz dual fan with bigger heatsink looks cooler than thin single slot cooler