ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Anniversary Gold Edition, 4096 MB GDDR5 [90YV07J2-M0NA00]

The cutting-edge GPU architecture named "Maxwell" which inherits the Kepler generation had, NVIDIA first introduced to the small, fine gaming Introductory card GeForce GTX 750 (Ti) - finally pulling with the GeForce GTX 970 in upscale performance segment and the GeForce GTX 980 (factory overclocked here and with custom cooler from ASUS) in the high-end range and impressed by how in the small first-fruits by an incredible energy efficiency with outstanding gaming performance.

The GM204-chip offered here ASUS GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition clocked at the Basic Level with 1,317 MHz and boosts up to 1,431 MHz when needed and deployed there - despite a significantly lower power consumption than previous VGA generations - an overwhelming gaming performance! This conjures up via DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 2.0 and DVI even 4K (surround) resolutions smoothly and with high details at (more) Ultra-HD displays.

G-Sync-compatible monitors can be 980 even served by the NVIDIA GeForce GTX way up to 4K resolution, which now also the ultra-HD gaming, the specific interaction of NVIDIA graphics card and display ensures that unsightly tearing effects of past. Thanks to NVIDIA's new "Super Resolution" feature 4K graphics are now displayed in detail on Full HD monitors and the "Game Stream" technology ensures that PC games can be streamed to an NVIDIA SHIELD device.

For the enormously strong performance of the ASUS GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is in addition to the Maxwell GPU GM204 with its revised SMX units and the 2,048 CUDA cores and the 4,096 MB lush GDDR5 video memory responsible for the in 3505 (effective 7010) MHz and operates on 256 bit is attached. The power of the GeForce GTX 980 takes place in this ASUS model via two 8-pin PCI Express connector of the power supply, which can muster at least 500 watts of power should. The power itself is specified with up to 375 watts.

This NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0 can take full effect, it is important that the electronics of the card stays as cool as possible, which is why ASUS is at this very special card to a particularly effective 2-slot cooling solution with an ultra-chic aluminum heat sink, on the two large fans sit. (!) Several black copper heatpipes are - flattened at the appropriate place - directly on the GPU (= DirectCU = DC) and run the heat quickly from this from.

The heat tubes fall in the ASUS GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition extra thick, namely stately 10 mm! On the back of the card covers a chic backplate the PCB, it gives the map stability and achieve an additional cooling effect. Overall, temperatures and consequently the fan noise level compared to the reference design are significantly reduced. After ASUS to the cooler up to three times quieter, and the card up to 25 percent stays cooler than the reference layout.

Power has been here much reamed by ASUS to a 14-phase digital power supply. For extreme overclockers, the so-called "Memory defroster" function is also interesting, in which the RAM modules are specially heated to prevent Coldbug occurs. But amateur overclockers enjoy the settings via software and the illuminated lettering on the side that shines depending on the workload in a different color. When "Safe Mode" feature to be with just one click on the button VBIOS the standard frequencies and voltages of the graphics card restored, so overclocking experiments are no longer a problem!

In addition to their very high gaming capability with low power consumption, the GeForce GTX 980 inspired by many other modern features, such as Adaptive Vertical Sync, the image enhancement modes FXAA and TXAA, support for PCI Express 3.0 and DirectX 12, NVENC, VXGI or NVIDIA Shadowplay , Of course, not missing old friends such as the ability to GPU PhysX, 3D Vision and Surround.

With the latest NVIDIA drivers, it is still "experience with GeForce GEFORCE EXPERIENCE"! The ingenious tool is integrated directly into the graphics driver and enables next Potty Driver updates also perfect settings for every computer on every game! For this, the huge database is queried in NVIDIA's cloud computing center to diverse configurations, so that can be a mouse click to make the optimum settings.

In order to exploit the full potential of the card in the future, new drivers from NVIDIA or ASUS should be downloaded and installed at regular intervals.

Technical details:

    Dimensions: 297.2 x 40.6 x 152.0 mm (W x H x D)
    Height: 2 slot
    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
    Type: Maxwell GM204
    Production: 28 nm
    GPU clock: 1,317 MHz
    Boost Clock: 1.431 MHz
    Shader units (CUDA cores): 2,048
    Memory Size: 4096 MB
    Memory clock: 3,505 (7,010) MHz
    Type: GDDR5
    Memory interface: 256-bit
    Slot: PCIe x16 (PCIe / PCIe 2.x / PCIe 3.0)
    Connections:
    3x DisplayPort 1.2
    1x HDMI 2.0 (4K at 60 Hz)
    1x DVI-I (Dual Link)
    Power supply: 2x 8-pin PCIe
    Maximum power consumption: 375 watts
    Recommended power supply capacity: min. 500 Watt
    Features: DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.4, 3D Vision, NVIDIA Surround, Tessellation, PhysX, CUDA, NVENC, SMX, GPU Boost 2.0, Adaptive Vertical Sync, SLI, G-Sync, VXGI, super resolution, 4K Ultra HD Support, 4K Surround , NVIDIA Shadow Play, NVIDIA Game Stream, incl. backplate, incl. 20th Anniversary Mousepad
    Compatibility (Operating System): Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista