ASUS Unleashes Range of Dual Cooled DirectCU II Graphics Cards

[gaurang]

Cards from both AMD and NVIDIA loaded with ASUS' exclusive DirectCU II technology and cooled by dual fans for exceptional performance.

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[kilobravo]

Just curious why its a 3 slot solution,other new non-ref designs are 2 slots

 

[Stryker64]

Just curious why its a 3 slot solution,other new non-ref designs are 2 slots

To stop people from buying the Gigabyte P67 UD-7 for its x16/x16 SLI configuration. As an added bonus it cools better allowing for better overclocks, therefore better performance.

Also the 580 is a high end card so it doesn't really need SLI for most games.

 

[stevenwright6379]

i had 2 different cards using the old version (HD5850 & GTX460) and both ran hotter and louder than ref design

would be interesting to see how these are

 

[S_I_N]

very sweet been totally considering trying a Nvidia card on my rig.

 

[icetronix]

The 560Ti is going for €245.60 on dabs.ie