ASUS Announces StrixGTX 980 Ti in India

ASUS today announced the Strix GTX 980 Ti, a new graphics card with ‘pumped gaming performance, perfected manufacturing, and strong fortification for extreme reliability and longevity’, as described by the company. Powered by the latest GeForce^® GTX^™  980 Ti graphics-processing units (GPUs), Strix GTX 980 Tifeatures GPU boost clock speeds of up to 1291MHz in gaming mode and 1317MHz in OC mode, delivering up to 24% faster gaming performance than reference cards in The Witcher 3. It is packed with exclusive ASUS technologies, including DirectCU III with a patented triplewing-blade 0dB fan designed to deliver maximum airflow for 30%-cooler and three times (3X) quieter performance. DirectCU III cooling technologyfeatures two exclusive 10mm direct-GPU-contact heat pipes — outperforming reference designs for gaming performance that’s up to 30% cooler. It has three fans engineered with a patented, new wing-blade design that delivers maximum airflow and static pressure over the heat sink — giving a 105% improvement over fans without wing-blades. This exclusive triple wing-blade design operates at noise levels three times (3X) quieter than reference cards, making DirectCU III the coolest and quietest graphics card-cooling solution available to date, Asus claimed.Strix GTX 980 Ti also features 0dB fan technology, which stops fan rotation completely during lighter gaming sessions — eliminating noise for undisturbed gameplay. Asus’s exclusive Auto-Extreme technology is a 100%-automated manufacturing process that removes human fallibility from the production line for consistent perfection — making it ultra-reliable in all scenarios, from general everyday use to hardcore gaming and overclocking. Strix GTX 980 Ti features a 12+2-phase power design compared to reference cards built with 8+2-phase power designs. The Strix GTX 980 Ti is built with a GPU-fortifier and strengthened backplate that provides superior GPU protection and also prevents the PCB bending over time.   AVAILABILITY & PRICING ASUS Strix GTX 980 Tiwill be available frommid-July in two flavors as below. Both will come with a 3-year warranty. STRIX-GTX980TI-DC3-6GD5-GAMING – Rs 60,000/-(plus taxes). STRIX-GTX980TI-DC3OC-6GD5-GAMING – Rs 64,000/-(plus taxes).