Testseek.co.uk have collected 103 expert reviews of the Asus GeForce GTX 980 Strix OC 4GB GDDR5 PCIe STRIX-GTX980-DC2OC-4GD5 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus GeForce GTX 980 Strix OC 4GB GDDR5 PCIe STRIX-GTX980-DC2OC-4GD5.
October 2014
(88%)
103 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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53 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Top of the range card
Great performance
Nice pleasing aesthetics
Option to customise cooler via included stickers is a nice touch
Fantastic passive cooling design when not under extreme load
Voltage unlocked
160 watts under load
Three full sized DisplayPort connectors
Fastest single GPU card we have tested
Overclocked to a boost speed close to 1
500mhz
Exceptionally quiet
Fans disable completely below 62c
Very high build quality
Including backplate
4G
The editors didn't like
Silent at low loads
Keeps quiet when gaming
Excellent cooling performance
Good choice of display outputs
Lots of overclocking headroom
Hefty premium over GTX 970
Stockclocked memory
Asus GeForce GTX 980 Strix
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Not the cheapest GTX 980 on the market
Could be considered quite bland for an ASUS DirectCU II card in terms of looks
Only 1 x DVI port
The reference GTX980 is excellent and is likely to be £80 less
Right now the ASUS GTX 980 STRIX DC II OC is selling for $569 and includes a free game. Choice of games include Far Cry 4, Assassins Creed Unity and The Crew. This video card is designed around providing excellent 1440p or 1600p gaming. It supplies this p...
The Strix GTX 980 proved to be an excellent offering by ASUS. Everything, including build quality, overclocking, and performance of the DirectCU II cooler all proved to be top notch. As far as pricing goes, the ASUS Strix GTX 980 sells for $579 at Neweg...
Excellent pricing, only a small price increase, Most power-efficient card ever tested, Passive operation in idle/low load, Very quiet in gaming, Massive additional OC potential, 3x DP output - G-Sync Surround, Greatly improved efficiency (vs. older graph
Memory not overclocked, Card is 14.5 cm tall, which might not fit all cases
The ASUS GTX 980 STRIX is available online for $580. Excellent pricing, only a small price increase Most power-efficient card ever tested Passive operation in idle/low load Very quiet in gaming Massive additional OC potential 3x DP output - G-Sync Surroun...
Published: 2014-10-10, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
best performance, best power consumption, best overclocking, dead silent, price
thermal interface
The new NVIDIA flagship makes an excellent graphics card under Asus' Strix implementation. Factory overclocked, the card offers the best performance, while the Maxwell architecture has the best power consumption.The price is decent for the performance, bu...
ASUS again offers a nice product with the GeForce GTX 980 Strix. The thermals are a little higher than some of the competition, but overall remain pretty good. The Strix also is already tweaked for you, not massively but enough to make a difference. Over...
Published: 2014-10-03, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Regular readers of OC3D will know that our conclusions are usually lengthy summations of the good and bad points of the particular product. We like to let you know everything that enables you to make the best decision about your purchase possible.The ASUS...
Back at the beginning of this review we mention that GTX 980 STRIX OC was one of the most popular Maxwell-based cards on the market. After looking over the results for the umpteenth time, it isn’t hard to see why so many gamers put their faith in what ASU...
At around $150 to $200 more than the R9 290X 4GB, the GTX 980 4GB now has a decent price jump on the AMD counterpart. Direct competition to the GTX 980 4GB is quite limited these days thanks to the price drop that happened on the R9 290X 4GB. With that s...
Published: 2015-02-23, Author: Rajan , review by: techverdict.com
Abstract: The GTX 980 is Nvidia's flagship GPU powered by their maxwell architecture has taken the GPU world by storm. Along with the GTX 970, the cards give really impressive performance with really good power consumption and temperatures.With this card Asus hope ...
Less expensive than competition, Aluminium build, 0db fan technology
Zotac AMP performs slightly better
When it comes to performance, the Asus GTX 980 scores more than a stock card, which is obvious, and comes close to the ZOTAC AMP! Extreme. The Asus card is preferable for its factory overclock and sticking to a dual slot width.Gadget DealsRecommended in t...
