Colorful Unveils First Non-Reference iGame GeForce GTX 980 Graphics Card With Triple Fan Cooling

Colorful, one of NVIDIA's biggest AIB partner based in the Chinese market has just unveiled their next generation iGame GeForce GTX 980 graphics menu. The GeForce GTX 980 is a monstrosity that houses so much power that information technology puts the reference cards to shame and even some of the best custom models which will be bachelor based on the GeForce GTX 980 design in the next couple of weeks. Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 980_PCB

Colorful Unveils First Non-Reference iGame GeForce GTX 980 Graphics Card

Colorful is one of favorite brands when information technology comes to custom designed PCBs (including Milky way Microsystems). Each passing generation, Colorful has delivered designs and concepts which even though ridiculous have amazed the audience which include PC modders and enthusiasts. Their latest iGame GeForce GTX 980 keeps the tradition of loftier-end PCBs and cooling systems alive with the latest generation of Maxwell GPUs. But before we take a wait at the graphics card, allow'southward think what nosotros already know almost the GeForce GTX 980.

The GeForce GTX 980 feautres 2048 CUDA Cores, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs. The core clock is maintained at 1126 MHz cadre and 1216 MHz boost while the retentiveness is clocked in at 7 GHz effective clock which results in 224 GB/s bandwidth which might be enough thank you to the lower bandwidth dependency and increased efficiency. The TDP of the card is set at 165W while the power is fed through dual 6-Pivot power connectors.

The GeForce GTX 980 is making employ of an update revision of the libation introduced on the GeForce GTX Titan Blackness with a all blackness naming logo etched on the shroud near the I/O plate and a all black heatsink which can be spotted from the mirror cutting out in the center of the shroud. The card plain makes of vapor chamber which is cooler off by a blower fan. We were unable to find the Dual Centric fan design which NVIDIA had patented back a few months and was rumored to be a role of the new graphics card series simply I expect the menu even equally it is will exercise a nifty job cooling the card considering it can misemploy heat of up to 275W while GeForce GTX 980 will have a maximum thermal dissipation power of just under 180W. So that's a ton of cooling beingness supplied to the core and we can expect massive overclocking headroom for a bill of fare which is already clocked by the 1126 MHz barrier. Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 980_Box

Since the iGame GeForce GTX 980 is a non-reference design, there are some massive changes. The first major difference we look at is that the iGame GeForce GTX 980 features a triple-slot blueprint compared to the Kudan cooler which will be released afterwards on with viii GB GDDR5 VRAM. It features a new triple-fan cooler shroud with three 90nm PWM controlled fans and a design scheme that aesthetically looks ameliorate than the first iteration Kudan. The bill of fare volition feature out of box factory overclocks reaching boost speeds of one.iii GHz.

Just the specialty almost this menu is non in its clocks just rather its PCB which is a blueprint marvel featuring the most powerful PCB design ever for a GeForce GTX 980. Its literally a power board equipped to the dorsum of the PCB with a 12+2 Phase pattern, SPT PCB (Silver Plating Technology), high quality solid state capacitors and MOSFETs. The card is a juggernaut in terms of power and performance only the likes of which some cards tin can lucifer. Only people always want more than and Colorful delivers on the promise by selling a separate power board which adds even more phases and voltage to the card for extreme LN2 overclocking. The card is powered by dual 8-Pin connectors which deliver a magnitude of ability to the PCB for extreme overclocking.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 980 can only be 3-Way SLI'd since the card has a triple slot pattern which will restrict from 4-Way SLI configurations. The display outputs include Dual-DVI, HDMI, Display port while adjacent to the peak DVI slot is a BIOS switch that will activate the store OC profile for faster performance. For cooling, the iGame GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with 2 separate aluminum fin blocks which are connected by ii 6mm and four 8mm heatpipes which dissipate heat from the nickel plated base. We can't confirm the pricing simply its definitely going to retail at a premium range beyond the $549 US reference pricing of the GeForce GTX 980.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 Specifications:

	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	GF110	GF110	GK104	GK104	GK104	GK110	GK110	GM204	GM204
Process	40nm	40nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm
GPU Cadre	Fermi	Fermi	Kepler	Kepler	Kepler	Kepler	Kepler	Maxwell	Maxwell
SM Units	fifteen x 32	sixteen x 32	vii x 192	viii x 192	eight 10 192	12 x 192	15 10 192	13 x 128	16 ten 128
CUDA Cores	480	512	1344	1536	1536	2304	2880	1664	2048
ROPS	40	48	32	32	32	48	48	TBC	64
TMUs	threescore	64	112	128	128	192	240	TBC	128
Cadre Clock	732 MHz	772 MHz	915 MHz	1006 MHz	1046 MHz	863 MHz	875 MHz	1051 MHz	1126 MHz
Heave Clock	1464 MHz	1544 MHz (Shader Clock)	980 MHz	1058 MHz	1085 MHz	900 MHz	928 MHz	1178 MHz	1216 MHz
Retentivity	1.two GB GDDR5	1.5 GB GDDR5	2 GB GDDR5	2 GB GDDR5	2 GB GDDR5	3 GB GDDR5	iii GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	iv GB GDDR5
Retentiveness Bus	320-Bit	384-Flake	256-scrap	256-bit	256-scrap	384-Bit	384-Bit	256-scrap	256-flake
Retentivity Clock	3.lxxx GB/s	4.0 GB/s	6.0 GHz	6.0 GHz	vii.0 GHz	six.0 GHz	7.0 GHz	7.0 GHz	vii.0 GHz
Retentiveness Bandwidth	152.00 GB/south	192.4 GB/s	192.0 GB/s	192.0 GB/s	224.5 GB/s	288.6 GB/southward	336.0 GB/due south	224.5 GB/south	224.5 GB/s
Texture Fill Rate GT/due south	43.92	49.41	102.5	128.8	134	166	210	145.0	TBC
TDP	219W	244W	170W	192W	220W	250W	250W	148W	175W
Ability Connectors	6+half dozen Pin	8+6 Pin	6+6 Pin	6+6 Pin	eight+6 Pin	8+half-dozen Pin	8+vi Pin	6+half dozen Pivot	6+vi Pin
DirectX 12 Back up	Yes	Aye	Yes	Yeah	Yes	Yes	Aye	Yes	Yes
Launch	December 7th 2022	November 09 2022	May 10th 2022	March 22nd 2022	May 30th 2022	May 23rd 2022	December 2022	18th September 2022	18th September 2022
Price	$349 U.s.	$499 Usa	$349 US	$499 US	$349 The states	$499 US	$699 US	$299 Reference $329+ Custom	$549 Reference $549+ Custom