Christian Ney Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Some time after launches of graphics cards come modified versions from partner manufacturers. ASUS now appears to be one of the first with his 7970 DirectCU II. It is a fairly well-equipped cards where everything from circuit boards to the cooler has been redesigned. The cooler consists of 6 heating pipes, which is directly exposed to the graphics core. The tubes connected to a generous heatsink which is cooled by two 100 mm fans. ASUS states that the cooler should be 20% cooler than reference, and 14 dB quieter. It comes at the cost of room and board will take all three PCI Express locations in width. The actual circuit board has been upgraded to include 12-phase power supply. With direct control of the tension via ASUS's own overclocking utility, GPU Tweak. Otherwise, the graphics card factory overclocked to 1 GHz core and 1400 MHz on the graphics memory. A lift on 75 MHz and 25 MHz from the reference card. It is worth mentioning that it also supports six monitors, on a card. Source: TechSweden.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K404 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 SWEET. VERY happy to see the DCUII PCB being (partially) reused to speed up non-ref launches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Ney Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 http://www.techpowerup.com/159003/ASUS-Radeon-HD-7970-DirectCu-II-Graphics-Card-Pictured.html This card also features what is called "VGA Hotwire", which is a 2-pin cable, one end of which needs to be soldered onto the graphics card, the other is plugged into a special header on ROG Rampage IV series motherboards. This allows advanced users to eliminate the need for variable resistors and use the motherboard's voltage controller to tune come key voltage domains of the graphics card as if it were the motherboard's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K404 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 One thing that I don't know if people have asked...... what about all the people who aren't using the R4E? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Looks like a pretty solid card. Only one potential issue I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondacity Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 One thing that I don't know if people have asked...... what about all the people who aren't using the R4E? get an r4e or wait for the lightnings which can be controlled using their leet software called Afterburn[yourcard]er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaPaKaH Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 OMFG, you'll save a fortune on not having to buy more VRs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Gappo Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 OMFG, you'll save a fortune on not having to buy more VRs lol was just thinking that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoF Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Damn nice card! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzan Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Looks like a pretty solid card. Only one potential issue I see. just need modified remove and soldered on back side PCB...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K404 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Can VGA Hotwire make that mod easier for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaPaKaH Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 they want you to buy the Matrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikecdm Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Looks good, but asus is forcing us to buy R4E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K404 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 It's ok, a full selection of mods will become available as more people get the hardware in their hands and get to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiwa Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) as others said you can wait other brands, no one forcing you to buy Asus, it's normal marketing world, you want EASY XE oc ? buy my product (easy for who has money and want XE oc ) PS: that's why Hipro5 don't OVclock anymore? he has money but no more fun for him i think... buy a matrix/lightning or WTH they call it (all shifts by asus/gbt/msi marketing) if you have 2k dollars money for the new VGA buy them X 5 and go to -180 run the EASY SW tools(easy huh ? use your mouse and go higher ) run the benchmark and say WOW i am in top 5 HAF stilö love the P5K vanilla time (7 mods), the only time i enjoyed OC P35 with a lot of tweaks and fun.... Edited January 19, 2012 by Hiwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matose Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 +1 Hiwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikecdm Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 as others said you can wait other brands, no one forcing you to buy Asus, it's normal marketing world, you want EASY XE oc ? buy my product (easy for who has money and want XE oc ) PS: that's why Hipro5 don't OVclock anymore? he has money but no more fun for him i think... buy a matrix/lightning or WTH they call it (all shifts by asus/gbt/msi marketing) if you have 2k dollars money for the new VGA buy them X 5 and go to -180 run the EASY SW tools(easy huh ? use your mouse and go higher ) run the benchmark and say WOW i am in top 5 HAF stilö love the P5K vanilla time (7 mods), the only time i enjoyed OC P35 with a lot of tweaks and fun.... If that was towards me, it was a joke, hence the smiley. You may not like the ease of use, but atleast vendors are catering to the extreme segment by adding these features into their hardware. This VGA comes with solder spots to get it working with features that they have implemented on their top of the line motherboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiwa Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) If that was towards me, it was a joke, hence the smiley. You may not like the ease of use, but atleast vendors are catering to the extreme segment by adding these features into their hardware. This VGA comes with solder spots to get it working with features that they have implemented on their top of the line motherboard. was i quote your post? i love to play new hardware, mainboard or vga or memory, and also like their new futures but no more fun when they are all cpu limited, we will see a guy one day with 5.9 SBE and break all scores with aircooling GPU.... Edited January 19, 2012 by Hiwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiwa Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 just need modified remove and soldered on back side PCB...lol can we do it with software mod please? but really guys seems HD7970 is fun at least not easy go that high with nomal mods even hotwire and OCP sw mod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF3D Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 My reference 7970 is full of cables and variable recistors, but max it can do is 1600MHz/2000MHz with bad performance. Even you know how to mod, you still need to have good GPU as well. There you need to have supergood contacts or waste stupid amount of money. The fact, that overclocking have become a lot more easy with software voltage control, does not take any credit out from the guys who did run their GTX 580 lightnings 1600MHz+. There is still a lot of work on those runs. I don't know what was the point of my post, but I wrote this anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondacity Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I know what you mean SF3D and I 100% completely agree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 OMFG, you'll save a fortune on not having to buy more VRs Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaSMaN Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Can anyone help me with Vcore boost up to 1.3V via software on this card? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Ney Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 MSI AfterBurner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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