Monday, July 31st 2017
ASUS ROG STRIX AMD Vega 64 Announced - Early September Availability
The first custom AIB partner graphics card that we have a chance to look at is none other than ASUS' ROG Strix. AS usual, everything about this particular offering from ASUS screams customization - from the purpose-built PCB and power delivery, to the oversized, triple-slot cooling design with three fans, and premium backplate design for better heat dissipation; all of these should greatly improve temps over Vega's reference design with better acoustics, at the same time. As with almost all AIB partner offerings, there will be two offerings based on this model, differing only in regards to out-of-box clock speeds.
ASUS' latest DirectCU III cooling system makes an appearance, combining Super Alloy Power II components and their Auto Extreme manufacturing technology. Max contact GPU technology makes its way here, as does FanConnect II, which provides hybrid-controlled fan headers and a comprehensive set of tuning options with GPU Tweak II to optimize system cooling and performance even further. As with most ASUS ROG products nowadays, the ROG Strix Vega 64 graphics card will feature support for ASUS AURA RGB LED. Display outputs include 2x HDMI (for VR systems), 2x DisplayPort and 1x DVI. No pricing was announced at time of writing, though you should count on this offering being near the top pricing bracket between AIB cards.
Source:
WCCFTech
ASUS' latest DirectCU III cooling system makes an appearance, combining Super Alloy Power II components and their Auto Extreme manufacturing technology. Max contact GPU technology makes its way here, as does FanConnect II, which provides hybrid-controlled fan headers and a comprehensive set of tuning options with GPU Tweak II to optimize system cooling and performance even further. As with most ASUS ROG products nowadays, the ROG Strix Vega 64 graphics card will feature support for ASUS AURA RGB LED. Display outputs include 2x HDMI (for VR systems), 2x DisplayPort and 1x DVI. No pricing was announced at time of writing, though you should count on this offering being near the top pricing bracket between AIB cards.
14 Comments on ASUS ROG STRIX AMD Vega 64 Announced - Early September Availability
As for the rest, I'll refer to @Aenra.
And it looks like AMD learned something from Fury and doesnt restrict Vega 64 to reference cards only.
Though with the hot box that is Vega maybe I'll be eating those words. :)
But, ideally your case would have good enough airflow to indeed make that a non-issue.
I have no desire to use that cooler if I happend up with this card. Depending on scenario that cooler performs decently or is outright atrocious. In my case it's the it's the latter, there some airflow but nowhere near enough to prevent the motherboard side exhaust air from flying right back into the intake causing the card to hamstring itself. The fan connect II headers aren't a feature but a thinly veiled band-aid fix.