The Card

ASUS has given their STRIX cooler a facelift, which, unlike its DirectCU II cousins, looks more edgy and industrial. Also gone are the red highlights, which are now less prominent, sitting on the two fan hubs. Please note that the card's top edge is much higher than the PCIe slot cover. Dimensions of the card are 28.5 cm x 14.5 cm.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include two DVI ports, one HDMI port, and one DisplayPort. You may use all outputs at the same time, so triple-monitor-surround gaming is possible with one card.

The GPU also includes an HDMI sound device. It is HDMI 1.4a compatible, which includes HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies support.


Two SLI connectors are available, which allows you to combine up to three GTX 780 cards in a Triple-SLI, multi-GPU configuration. NVIDIA decided to disable Quad-SLI on the GTX 780, so that feature is reserved for the GTX Titan only.


Pictured above are the front and back, showing the disassembled board. High-res versions are also available (front, back).