ASUS quietly launched the new GeForce GTX 960 equipped with DirectCU3 cooling solution.

ASUS GTX 960 with DirectCU3 cooler

This is the first product with DirectCU3 solution available for purchase. This cooler was first shown at Computex with recently announced GTX 980 Ti, but it was slightly modified version for STRIX series. The card you see here is the pure DirectCU III model.

ASUS GTX960 DC3 is factory-overlocked to 1228/1291 MHz (based/boost) with memory clock at stock 7 GHz. ASUS GTX960 DC3 has 2GB GDDR5 memory across 128-bit interface.

Just like any other GTX960 it comes with GM206 GPU and 1024 CUDA cores. Card is equipped with three DisplayPorts 1,2, HDMI 2.0 and DVI-I output.

Card is available for 1700 Chinese yuans, which equals around 270 USD.