ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX, Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom and Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Revealed

NVIDIA is going to launch their GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 graphics cards on 19th September even so several non-reference and reference models accept started appearing on the spider web. Today, we are looking at the GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 models from AIB partners ASUS and Gainward that characteristic the latest GM204 GPU. Gainward GeForce GTX 970

ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX and Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom Pictured

The leaks come from Videocardz and Computerbase and the cards shown are the last variants which volition be available to buy on Friday, this week. Before looking at the cards, let me list downward the specifications for the GM204-200 GPU which is being featured beyond the GeForce GTX 970 graphics menu while the GTX 980 will prefer the GM204-400 GPU which is the fully enabled GM204 fleck.

NVIDIA's GeForce GX 970 features 13 SMM units placed in four GPC (Graphics Processing Clusters). Since each SMM unit has 128 CUDA cores, 32 in each logic unit (32 x 4), the full number of CUDA cores equates to 1664 on the dice. From the first generation Maxwell core compages, we learned that a Maxwell SMM (Streaming Multiprocessor Maxwell) unit has 128 cores compared to 192 on the current generation Kepler SMX units. The cores fused on the GeForce Maxwell generation of graphics cards were shows at 35% faster than Kepler cores but the percent is increased with the second generation Maxwell architecture due to a mature procedure and architecture pattern that enables amazing ability efficiency.

Along with that, we accept a 4 GB GDDR5 memory running across a 256-Scrap memory interface clocked at 1753 MHz (vii.00 GHz Effective) which pumps out 224.iv GB/southward bandwidth. The core clock is maintained at 1051 MHz and 1178 MHz boost clock something which I was expecting if the cards were to exist able to take on the GK110 core based graphics cards. Lastly, we accept the fill charge per unit numbers which amount to 33.6 GPixels/due south Pixel and 145.0 GTexels/s Texture fill rates. Now these are strictly the reference clock speeds and the custom models from both ASUS and Gainward will be clocked college than these. ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX

So coming to the cards, the ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX adopts the latest Strix variant of the DirectCU Two cooling blueprint with its much famed 0dB cooling design which ensures the carte du jour goes silent under a certain thermal limit (65C by standard), so that means the fans will not operate unless or until the GPU runs beyond the temperature signal. The card features 4 GB GDDR5 retention and comes with a custom PCB design to ensure better stability and overclocking performance. Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom

The cards from Gainward include the reference GeForce GTX 970 which to be honest is a decent design and the all-time part is the brandish output which includes a Mini-HDMI port along with three mini-Display ports and a DVI connector. This card is clocked at the standard 1051 MHz core and 1178 MHz boost while the 2d card that includes the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom adopts the Phantom cooler with the cooling shroud based on a mesh aluminum heatsink plate which has ii fans integrated inside information technology and can be removed and inserted easily from the sides of the card. This being a non-reference model comes at 1152 MHz core and 1304 MHz boost clock. Both cards stick with the standard vii GHz retention which pumps out the reference 224.4 GB/due south bandwidth. Last upwardly is Gainward's reference GeForce GTX 980 which is clocked at 1127 MHz core and 1216 MHz boost clock. All cards are powered by dual 6-Pin connectors and would be bachelor this weekend.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 Specifications (What Nosotros Know So Far):

	GeForce GTX 470	GeForce GTX 480	GeForce GTX 570	GeForce GTX 580	GeForce GTX 670	GeForce GTX 680	GeForce GTX 770	GeForce GTX 780	GeForce GTX 780 Ti	GeForce GTX 970	GeForce GTX 980
Codename	GF100	GF100	GF110	GF110	GK104	GK104	GK104	GK110	GK110	GM204	GM204
Process	40nm	40nm	40nm	40nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm
GPU Core	Fermi	Fermi	Fermi	Fermi	Kepler	Kepler	Kepler	Kepler	Kepler	Maxwell	Maxwell
SM Units	14 x 32	15 x 32	xv 10 32	16 ten 32	7 x 192	eight 10 192	8 10 192	12 x 192	14 x 192	13 x 128	sixteen x 128
CUDA Cores	448	480	480	512	1344	1536	1536	2304	2880	1664	2048
ROPS	xl	48	40	48	32	32	32	48	48	TBC	64
TMUs	56	60	60	64	112	128	128	192	240	TBC	128
Cadre Clock	607 MHz	700 MHz	732 MHz	772 MHz	915 MHz	1006 MHz	1046 MHz	863 MHz	875 MHz	1051 MHz	1126 MHz
Boost Clock	1215 MHz	1401 MHz (Shader Clock)	1464 MHz	1544 MHz (Shader Clock)	980 MHz	1058 MHz	1085 MHz	900 MHz	928 MHz	1178 MHz	1216 MHz
Memory	1.2 GB GDDR5	ane.five GB GDDR5	1.2 GB GDDR5	one.five GB GDDR5	2 GB GDDR5	2 GB GDDR5	2 GB GDDR5	3 GB GDDR5	iii GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5
Memory Bus	320-Bit	384-Bit	320-Fleck	384-Bit	256-chip	256-flake	256-bit	384-Bit	384-Bit	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	3.34 GB/s	3.69 GB/due south	iii.lxxx GB/s	4.0 GB/south	half dozen.0 GHz	6.0 GHz	7.0 GHz	half-dozen.0 GHz	vii.0 GHz	7.0 GHz	seven.0 GHz
Retentivity Bandwidth	133.34 GB/due south	177.four GB/s	152.00 GB/southward	192.iv GB/s	192.0 GB/s	192.0 GB/south	224.5 GB/s	288.6 GB/s	336.0 GB/s	224.v GB/s	224.5 GB/s
Texture Fill up Rate GT/due south	34	42	43.92	49.41	102.5	128.8	134	166	210	145.0	TBC
TDP	215W	250W	219W	244W	170W	192W	220W	250W	250W	148W	175W
Power Connectors	viii+half-dozen Pivot	eight+vi Pin	6+6 Pin	8+6 Pin	half-dozen+6 Pivot	6+6 Pin	8+6 Pin	eight+vi Pin	8+6 Pin	6+six Pivot	half-dozen+6 Pin
DirectX 12 Support	Yes	Yeah	Aye	Yeah	Yes	Yep	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Aye
Launch	March 26th 2022	March 26th 2022	December 7th 2022	November 09 2022	May 10th 2022	March 22nd 2022	May 30th 2022	May 23rd 2022	December 2022	18th September 2014	18th September 2014
Price	$349 US	$499 US	$349 United states	$499 US	$349 United states	$499 U.s.a.	$349 US	$499 US	$699 US	$299 Reference $329+ Custom	$549 Reference $549+ Custom