A Closer Look

The ASUS thermal solution uses four heatpipes that make direct contact with the GPU surface.


Voltage regulation circuitry is cooled by a second, smaller heatsink.


Power delivery requires a single 6-pin PCI-Express power connector. This configuration is specified for up to 150 W power draw.


ASUS is using a uPI uP1608 voltage controller that we've seen on some GTX 750 Ti variants.


The GDDR5 memory chips are by Samsung and carry the model number K4G41325FC-HC28. They are specified to run at 1750 MHz (7000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


NVIDIA's new GM206 graphics processor brings the Maxwell architecture to the mainstream. It is produced on a 28 nm process at TSMC, Taiwan, with a transistor count of 2.9 billion and a die size of 228 mm².