Stefan Mileschin

We have seen the mammoth performance of the new Kepler 104 GPU, and with the GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP, ASUS ups the ante on every front. Starting with the obvious, the ASUS GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP sports a 143MHz overclock on the boost to bring total boost clock up to 1201MHz. Since the GTX 680 uses dynamic boost with heat playing a large part of overall attainable speeds, ASUS combats this with a five direct touch heat pipe and dual fan cooling solution in the award winning DirectCU II. DirectCU II on the GTX 680 allows for 20% more effective cooling while remaining 14dB quieter than stock solutions, while the increased dissipation keeps temps significantly lower at higher speeds and voltages; hence, more headroom for your GPU. Large video cards are very susceptible to microfracturing due to their large size and nature of install, but ASUS combats this in several ways.

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