ASUS ROG MATRIX GTX 980 Platinum Graphics Card Unveiled – Black Heatsink and Powerful 14 Phase DIGI+ II VRM

ASUS has unveiled their flagship ROG MATRIX GTX 980 Platinum graphics bill of fare which features the GM204 core architecture coupled with a powerful DIGI+ PCB and a premium cooling design. ASUS launched their offset ROG MATRIX Platinum, the GTX 285 and HD 5870 Platinum'south back a couple of years agone and has seen several new variants such as the GTX 580, GTX 780 Ti, Radeon HD 5870, Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon R9 290X. Today, we are looking at the latest and updated revision which features the Maxwell GPU. ASUS ROG Matrix GTX 980 Platinum_Box

ASUS Unveils ROG MATRIX GTX 980 Platinum Graphics Card

The specifications of the card are pretty straight forward, for starters, the ROG MATRIX GTX 980 Platinum does feature the GM204-400-A1 cadre that features 2048 CUDA Cores, 128 texture mapping units and 64 ROPs. Their is a 4 GB GDDR5 VRAM interfaced with a 256-chip memory charabanc that is clocked at seven GHz (7010 MHz) clock speed effectively. Core clocks for the carte are maintained at 1342 MHz heave, the reference clock speed was not told by ASUS however, it should be somewhere in betwixt the 1200-1250 MHz range. The ROG MATRIX GTX 980 has a powerful PCB blueprint which will let overclockers and enthusiasts to push the card to its limit. Details of the PCB are mentioned below.

The ROG MATRIX GTX 980 Platinum features 12 Phases for core and two Phases for memory with their latest DIGI+ Ii blueprint featuring the high quality components, ICs, Super Alloy Power design, chokes and capacitors to deliver unprecedented performance to overclockers and enthusiasts. Juice is provided through dual eight-Pin connectors so we are looking at a TDP around 300W which means that a lot of power will be put into the VRM to unleash the full potential of the graphics carte du jour. The PCB is larger than the reference model due to the custom blueprint and the addition of more phases on the board. The VRMs are cooled by a large blackness colored heatshrink which offers cooling support.

For cooling, ASUS has went with an all black designed heatsink which is a large stack of aluminum fins cooled by two 92mm fans with CoolTech technology like to the design featured on the DirectCU Mini graphics menu. The estrus sink features an internal heatpipe design, we can't get an verbal number but the 1 black colored heatpipe that comes out of the heatsink is big and measures at 10mm in diameter. The heatsink features a DirectCU Two contact surface which dissipates heat from the core to five blackness coated heatpipes that circulate the heat to the big aluminum fin array.

According to ASUS, reviews of the card are due for next week. Pricing on the other hand remains a mystery but expect a hefty premium tag on the card over the reference variants effectually the $600 The states.

ASUS ROG MATRIX GTX 980 Platinum Specifications:

Nvidia GTX 980 GPU with 1342 MHz GPU Boost Clock
4GB, 7010 MHz (effective) GDDR5
3 10 DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, 1x dual-link DVI-I display outputs
ROG color-coded load Indicator
ROG Edition GPU Tweak
DirectCU II libation with CoolTech fan, 10mm matt-black heatpipes
Extreme OC Features: Memory Defroster, Safe Mode,
DIGI+ VRM ability control with 14-stage Super Alloy Ability and Black Metal capacitors.