Asus ROG Poseidon GTX 980 Lets You Choose Air or Water Cooling

[[Coi] Mr.CLuBBeR]

Choose your own adventure (in cooling)

Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the Poseidon GTX 980 with DirectCU H2O, a hybrid thermal solution that lets users choose between air or water cooling. The cooler sports a custom vapor chamber that comes in direct contact with the card's GPU for better heat dispersal, while copper heat pipes and extended cooling fins help whisk heat out and away from the card.
Using water cooling, Asus ROG says the Poseidon GTX 980 can achieve temperatures that are up to 27C lower compared to reference, which the company claims will translate into up to 10 percent faster performance in Watch Dogs and 7 percent in Battlefield 4 (through less throttling, presumably).
Asus said it used high end components for longevity -- things like black metallic solid state capacitors, 10-phase Super Alloy Power chokes, hardened MOSFETs, and Digi+ VRM for clean and stable voltage. There's also a tough backplate made of aluminum alloy and a die-cast thermal armor with thermal pads to prevent bending.
The Asus ROG Poseidon GTX 980 will be available soon for $640 MSRP.
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