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ASUS ROG GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum tested and reviewed

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ASUS ROG GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum tested and reviewed

For today's review we test the ROG GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum edition from ASUS. Its massive cooler that can be air-cooled, but you may also connect it to a liquid cooling loop. You get to decide how to use it. Even on air the card remains quiet and keeps temperatures under 70 Degrees C. This GeForce GTX 780 Ti is part of the Republic of Gamers lineup and will feature DIGI+ VRM, highly-durable black metallic capacitors and the DirectCU H20 cooler which combines air and liquid cooling to allow for better performance and quieter operation.

Fulll review -
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_gtx_780_poseidon_platinum_review,1.html
 
OLDPHART said:
For today's review we test the ROG GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum edition from ASUS. Its massive cooler that can be air-cooled, but you may also connect it to a liquid cooling loop. You get to decide how to use it. Even on air the card remains quiet and keeps temperatures under 70 Degrees C. This GeForce GTX 780 Ti is part of the Republic of Gamers lineup and will feature DIGI+ VRM, highly-durable black metallic capacitors and the DirectCU H20 cooler which combines air and liquid cooling to allow for better performance and quieter operation.
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:o

I agree with the review though. They should have put a Ti GPU in here. Not a standard 780.
 
I actually quite like that card and its design, the one thing it needs though is a 4 port block for the water side (like what you get on newer ek/aquacomputer/watercool blocks) just to keep a potential loop tidy.
 
I'm thinking it's overpriced for anyone cooling with air (Which makes you think, why bother?), and people with water already have a block and will have to pay for 2 useless fans.

And using both gives no benefit as water cools it down sufficiently anyway.

Me not gusta.
 
Doesn't seem very impressive, unless priced very competitive the gigabyte wf3 780s look like a much better buy.
 
Make said:
I'm thinking it's overpriced for anyone cooling with air (Which makes you think, why bother?), and people with water already have a block and will have to pay for 2 useless fans.

And using both gives no benefit as water cools it down sufficiently anyway.

Me not gusta.
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The way I see it, it's a very attractive alternative to the likes of an EVGA Hydrocopper, here's a list of the pros as I see them:

1: No potential warranty issue from fitting a block, or effort required to unfit it if an RMA is needed.
2: Ability to buy card with intention to add to loop or create loop later and not need to mess with card to do that.
3: Can cool with water and run the fans at inaudible levels to aid cooling further.
4: Will hold value well compared to other blocked cards as subsequent owners don't have to WC it.
5: The sheer flexibility of a card that can run on either air or water.

Those things are worth a premium to some people, personally I think it's a great idea as long as it doesn't come in overpriced (compared to other pre-blocked cards).
 
Apart from the built in water block there's nothing really special about it. Mid range clocks out of the box and probably a hefty price tag. There are plenty of cards that are higher clocked and cheaper.

My EVGA GTX 780 FTW ACX has higher clocks out of the box, 980mhz core, boost 1033mhz although it actually boosts to 1150mhz and most likely is considerably cheaper (i paid £395). Haven't played with overclocking yet as i was waiting for my new psu which is now installed.
 
Gripen90 said:
When Asus announced they'd make the Poseidon they didn't know nVidia had 780Ti in the works.
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Considering their launching the 780 TI DirectCU II any day now they must have been working on it before the 780 Poseidon. Don't forget that the Poseidon we were shown months ago was a GTX760 card, it was silently cancelled around October so when they decided to ressurect it with a 780 they would have know about the 780Ti.

My guess is that as the cooler was originally intended for the GTX760 it would either have been harder to revise it to fit the 780TI, or maybe the cooling potential wouldn't have given them as impressive numbers, or maybe they didn't want an already premium product to become double premium and hurt sales /shrug.


pastymuncher said:
My EVGA GTX 780 FTW ACX has higher clocks out of the box, 980mhz core, boost 1033mhz although it actually boosts to 1150mhz and most likely is considerably cheaper (i paid £395). Haven't played with overclocking yet as i was waiting for my new psu which is now installed.
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I have an EVGA GTX780 Hydrocopper which is the same card with a factory water block, they clock quite well :) (Silicon lottery depending ofc). Ironically I sprang for it (£499) because the Poseidon's were taking too long lol.
 
What clocks are you at ubersonic? Just to give me a idea of where it should be. Have you switched to the second bios and did it gain you anything extra?
 
pastymuncher said:
What clocks are you at ubersonic? Just to give me a idea of where it should be. Have you switched to the second bios and did it gain you anything extra?
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Well out of the box it boosts itself to 1123MHz, but I haven't really messed with it much though as it already gives more than enough performance for me, when I first got it I played with the clocks a little, I maxed out the power target and temp sliders and raised core clock by 77MHz then raised the voltage to +38mv and that caused it to boost to 1215Mhz (which beefed my Valley score).

Considering that Anandtech's reference 780 review had their card boosting itself to a maximum of 1006MHz I would say that the EVGA out of the box number and the number I got just by playing around are pretty good, and it probably has more in the tank too as I didn't really know what I was doing lol.
 
ubersonic said:
Considering their launching the 780 TI DirectCU II any day now they must have been working on it before the 780 Poseidon. Don't forget that the Poseidon we were shown months ago was a GTX760 card, it was silently cancelled around October so when they decided to ressurect it with a 780 they would have know about the 780Ti.
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It's not just the cooler that's custom but also the PCB. I don't think they could fit a 780Ti on the 780 PCB.
 
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