Asus Unveils Limited Edition Gold Edition GeForce GTX 980 Graphics Card

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://bit.ly/16Db7GR'><br /><h3><img alt="Asus Gold GTX 980" height="197" src="/files/u69/asus_gold_gtx_980.jpg" style="float: right;" title="Asus Gold GTX 980" width="228"/>Celebrating 20 years of graphics card production</h3><br /><br/><br /><p>It was in 1995 that Asus introduced its first graphics card, and to celebrate 20 years of graphics card production, <strong>Asus is releasing a limited edition 20th Anniversary Golden Edition GTX 980</strong> that it claims is the fastest of its kind. How fast? Asus cranked the GPU to 1,431MHz, up from Nvidia's reference specification of 1,126MHz. It's even higher than Nvidia's 1,216MHz reference <em>boost</em> clockspeed.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>The 4GB of GDDR5 memory remains untouched at 7,010MHz on a 256-bit bus, though the clockspeed and gold colored cooling solution aren't the only standouts. The card boasts high quality components that should stand up better to overclocking, and the cooling apparatus boats 0dB fan technology that cools 15 percent better than reference and runs three times quieter, according to Asus. There's also a memory defroster, in case you plan on going nuts with liquid nitrogen.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>On top of the card is a 20th Anniversary designation. More than just eye candy, it changes color depending on load -- blue is a light load, orange is a medium load, red is a heavy load, and green means you're back in safe mode, or default clocks (you can restore clocks to default with a tap of the Clear VBIOS button).</p><br /><br/><br /><p>Asus didn't say when the card will be available or for how much, though in the meantime, you can take a trip down memory lane and see see what innovations came out of Asus over the years. For example, did you know that Asus was the first to plop a cooling fan on a graphics card? Or that it was the first to offer a video card with a premium black PCB? These and other fun facts have been assembled <a href="http://ift.tt/1Gfj1DY" target="_blank">onto a timeline</a>, a neat pit stop before making your way over to the <a href="http://ift.tt/1CvNOtV" target="_blank">product page</a>.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><em>Follow Paul on <a href="http://ift.tt/18klLBK" target="_blank">Google+</a>, <a href="http://ift.tt/JQbG2k" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://ift.tt/LtkyaS" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </em> </p><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />from http://bit.ly/1Ds51aZ<br/></div>

Asus Unveils Limited Edition Gold Edition GeForce GTX 980 Graphics Card

Celebrating 20 years of graphics card production It was in 1995 that Asus introduced its first graphics card, and to celebrate 20 years of g...

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