ASUS GeForce GTX 680 4GB with Dual-Slot DirectCU II Cooler

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/09/2012 08:35 AM | source: | 1 comment(s)

I haven't seen the press-release on this one myself, but it seems that ASUS injected a GeForce GTX 680 graphics card under SKU code GTX680-DC2-4GD5 that not only has a dual-slot DirectCU II cooler, it also has 4 GB of graphics memory. The company's DirectCU series lineup for the GTX 680 up-to this point only offered their triple-slot cooling solutions.

The dual-slot cooler has been extensively used by ASUS on several performance-segment GPUs as TPU reports. The card ships with NVIDIA-reference clock speeds of 1006 MHz base, 1058 MHz GPU Boost, and 6008 MHz (GDDR5-effective) memory. The card features memory chips on either sides of the PCB, and so an aluminum back-plate comes pre-installed. Expect the card to be priced around US $520. A variant called GTX680-DC2G-4GD5 is available, which packs a game bundle that includes Assassin's Creed III, I Am Alive, R.U.S.E, Splinter Cell: Conviction, and Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Its price is unknown.

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#4450270 Posted on: 11/09/2012 09:40 AM

Excellent, hoping Crysis 3 is gonna use at least 2.5gb Vram, 3.5 would be even better if that's even possible @1080
-Crytek could achieve this imo -Crysis 3 using 2 -3 gb vram, i'm really hoping so, i was vram limited with my 580s in Crysis 2, ain't gonna happen again.

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