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Asus GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum 3GB GDDR5 PCIe
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By Maximum PC
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Nobody would call the GeForce GTX 780 a particularly hot-running or noisy GPU, but that hasn't stopped Asus from giving it the Poseidon treatment via a “hybrid” air-and-liquid cooling setup. It's not a self-contained cooling system, but rather an...
By PC Authority
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It's exciting to see some innovative engineering being used for graphics card cooling. For far too long the higher end of the market (Nvidia 780 and AMD 290/x) has been largely based on reference designs. Now, in a rush, all that's changing. Asus seem to...
By Bit-tech.net
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There's quite a bit to take in with the Asus ROG Poseidon GTX 780. Firstly there's the price. It's a tad on the expensive side, although not unreasonably so, when comparing the cost of buying a bog standard GTX 780 3GB and slapping a dedicated...
By Overclock3D
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Take a look at the card up close with our RushKit video below - the full OC3D TV review is in the conclusion where it always...
By VR-Zone
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Innovation but not perfection Asus' Poseidon GTX 780 is an extraordinarily ambitious effort that falls just a few points short of perfection. It seems that Asus has taken the “good enough” approach to water cooling with the card, as while the DirectCU...
By reviewstudio.net
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Well, this is the dream card for many users that want to build a liquid cooling loop for their system. The powerful GTX 780 chipset can face any gaming challenge while the hybrid DirectCU H2O cooler can keep the temperatures under a very strict...
By uk.hardware.info
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ASUS' pair of Matrix cards are, once again, extraordinary products. The video cards target overclockers of both the more and less extreme variants. Regarding the overclocking aspect, the Matrix GeForce GTX 780 Ti does not offer higher overclocks when...
By overclockers.com
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The ASUS Poseidon Platinum GTX 780 is certainly a very unique offering that has an astonishing amount of advantages over competitor offerings. The star of the show is the DirectCU H2O cooler, which offers the user the ability to use the air cooler in...
By HardOCP
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Last week, when we evaluated the ASUS ROG MARS 760 and we were discussing ASUS' ROG / Republic of Gamers branding. The ROG branding from ASUS classifies a certain level of enthusiast gaming quality, performance and custom engineering from ASUS. When we...
By PCPer
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The ASUS ROG Poseidon GTX 780 video card is the latest incarnation of the Republic of Gamer (ROG) Poseidon series. Like the previous Poseidon series products, the Poseidon GTX 780 features a hybrid cooler, capable of air and liquid-based cooling...
By Legit Reviews
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The ASUS Poseidon GTX 780 turned out to be a really nice graphics card and will likely go down as one of the best NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 cards ever produced. The ASUS pater cooler appears to be well done and eliminates the need to purchase a third party...
By extremespec.net
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ASUS GeForce GTX 780 POSEIDON PLATINUM combines air and liquid cooling principles. Of course, skeptics might argue that some craftsmen have tried to create something similar. But, first, it was not mass production, and secondly, this cooling system...
By Guru of 3D
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Great looks, nice cooling, a sturdily built, good component quality, it's darn fast in performance as it can even pass the mighty GeForce GTX Titan when you tweak it a little. Yeah, the ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum has got a lot going for...
By DigitalReviews
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In this review we test the GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum edition from ASUS. The customized product is equipped with a massive cooler that can be air-cooled, but you may also connect it towards a ... Read more...
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