Fancy a graphics card that is as happy whether it's air cooled or in a water loop? ASUS have just the ticket.
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ASUS GTX780 Poseidon Platinum First Look
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Fancy a graphics card that is as happy whether it's air cooled or in a water loop? ASUS have just the ticket.
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I can see that the backplate has a different cut out than the DCII card in the VGA Hotwire soldering points does it mean that you don't have to short PGR152 solder pads and remove the PGR 100 resistor to use VGA Hotwire? Or does it have an unclocked power target?
I can see that the backplate has a different cut out than the DCII card in the VGA Hotwire soldering points does it mean that you don't have to short PGR152 solder pads and remove the PGR 100 resistor to use VGA Hotwire? Or does it have an unclocked power target?
iiBetrayforAR
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I can't wait to see the performance numbers.
Cru
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it's gonna be like a watercooled, overclocked 780. nothing new there tbh
I believe someone else said "jack of all trades, master of none" it will be OK on air, but not as good as it could be, it will be OK on water, but not as good as it could be... Do people really umm and ahh over going to water or not that much? I'm not so sure... I am happy to be proven wrong but I would say the people going the watercooling route would be happier with a dedicated watercooling block and would be happy to do the swap, I don't think anyone would be daunted by the swap either. This seems to me marketed towards people that are confused if they want to go to watercooling or not? Once the decision has been made, its best to be balls deep 
Mysterae
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Looking at the path of the water in the block I think it'll fare a little worse that dedicated block, but with the fans and heatsink, it'll more than make up for it. However, one of the points of a water block is to do away with the fans, for a silent gpu. I wouldn't dare run that card without fans, that block won't cope, imo.
Having said that, with a bit of modding you can achieve the same yourself.
I wonder if Tom will tear this card down? Be interesting to see the construction, and also the performance of course.
Are dual method cooling graphic cards a thing of the future? The Poseidon is a good start, but welcome other manufacturers to try harder!
Having said that, with a bit of modding you can achieve the same yourself
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I wonder if Tom will tear this card down? Be interesting to see the construction, and also the performance of course.
Are dual method cooling graphic cards a thing of the future? The Poseidon is a good start, but welcome other manufacturers to try harder!
Luscious
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I have to agree with this sentiment. Water cooling should be just that - a hybrid h2O/air approach won't provide maximum cooling or push cards to their performance limit.I believe someone else said "jack of all trades, master of none" it will be OK on air, but not as good as it could be, it will be OK on water, but not as good as it could be... Do people really umm and ahh over going to water or not that much? I'm not so sure... I am happy to be proven wrong but I would say the people going the watercooling route would be happier with a dedicated watercooling block and would be happy to do the swap, I don't think anyone would be daunted by the swap either. This seems to me marketed towards people that are confused if they want to go to watercooling or not? Once the decision has been made, its best to be balls deep
In addition, my biggest beef with GPU's has always been replacing factory blowers/fans that have crapped out. It's SOOO much simpler to just swap out that 120mm fan on a radiator, without even touching the GPU.
Joined to ask a question. I already have the MSI 780 Lightning. But all logic aside, I am really digging this ROG Card. Do you think it's possible to SLI my Lightning with this card?
I have an i5 4670k on an Asus Maximus VI Formula. I only do light overclocks, not really wanting to push anything to its limits.
Hope someone can maybe tell me if its possible even on paper since this card is not out yet.
I have an i5 4670k on an Asus Maximus VI Formula. I only do light overclocks, not really wanting to push anything to its limits.
Hope someone can maybe tell me if its possible even on paper since this card is not out yet.
http://www.reviewstudio.net/1180-asus-gtx-780-rog-poseidon-platinum-review-directcu-h2o-air-cooling
Here they say that watercooled it hits 41C under load.
Here they say that watercooled it hits 41C under load.
Of course you can man, they're both GTX 780's.
You could but it wouldnt look right. If you only do mild overclocks buying the lightning was a bit of a waste too :/
Oh man, thanks.
I'm no expert and never done any SLI but if its possible than imma get this instead of a second Lightning.
I'm just wondering if it'll look weird since the poseidon is shorter.
ahahah yeah, well I got the lightning back then purely becoz of the looks.
And I only did light OC's because I felt exactly that. That I'm wasting the Lightning away, but I'm not really an overclocker.
hmmm but yeah I was thinking it might look off since they are not symmetrical.
Looking forward to the review of this one mate. Seriously considering this since it's like a perfect fit to my Formula. I really am after more on the looks more than anything.
Also considering (after realizing symmetrical problems and if the review can convince me) getting 2 of these instead and maybe putting the lightning on another rig I have lying around.
