ASUS GTX 980 Poseidon

ASUS GTX 980 Poseidon

| Source: mightyape.nz Author: Mark Campbell

ASUS GTX 980 Poseidon

It looks like ASUS has been working on a new Hybrid cooled GPU to their ROG GeForce GPU lineup in the form of the ROG Poseidon GTX 980.

Featuring the republic of gamers brand, Poseidon GTX 980 will feature faster clock speeds, a customized PCB design along with ASUS' Hybrid DirectCU H2O liquid cooler which was first introduced on the GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon last year.

The ASUS GTX 980 ROG Poseidon has been listed listed for 1299 NZD (~1008 USD or 635GBP) on the new zealand based site MightyApe.co.nz . This card is expected to be available within the next month.

ASUS Nordic have also released a teaser trailer for this GPU, but sadly we have had trouble embedding it into our site, so here is a link to ASUS' trailer.

The Specifications on the sale page are as follows.

Model: POSEIDON-GTX980-P-4GD5

Graphics Engine: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Bus Standard PCI Express: 3.0

Video Memory: 4GB GDDR5

GPU boost Clock: 1279 MHz

GPU base Clock: 1178 MHz

CUDA cores: 2048

Memory Clock: 7010 MHz

Memory Interface: 256 bit

Dimensions: 11.3×5.4×1.6 inches Outputs: 1× Native Dual-link DVI-I

1× Native HDMI 2.0 (HDCP compliant)

3× Native DisplayPort 1.2

What's in the box: Software Bundled ASUS GPU Tweak & Driver

1× Power Cable

1× ROG Metal Sticker

1× DVI to VGA Adapter

System Requirements: Power Consumption: up to 300W additional 6+8 pin PCIe power required



To have the best cooling performance, ASUS POSEIDON-GTX980-P-4GD5 extends the fansink to 2 slots. Please double check your Chassis and Motherboard dimension prior to purchase to make sure it fits in your system! Join the discussion on the ASUS ROG GTX 980 Poseidon on the OC3D Forums.

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