Asus GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 4GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 14 expert reviews

Excellent:

9
Good:

3
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros:

Overclocked out of the box
Awesome features for hardcore overclockers
Dual BIOS

Cons:

High price
Fans do not turn off in idle

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Last revision on January 6, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Overclocked out of the box
Awesome features for hardcore overclockers
Dual BIOS
Voltage measurement and control points
Memory heater
Excellent temperatures
Greatly improved efficiency

Reviewers Didn't Like

High price
Fans do not turn off in idle
Other GTX 980 cards are much quieter
Tall card (15.5 cm)
Memory not overclocked
Chipset and memory should be better than on Poseidon and Strix

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Expert reviews and ratings

This graphics card really needs LN2 or water cooling to stretch its powerful wings. Non-overclockers needn't...

By PCPowerPlay AU on April 27, 2015

The GeForce GTX 980 is NVIDIA's latest high-end single-GPU graphics card, made possible by the company's new Maxwell architecture. The GM204 graphics processor that powers the GTX 980 in this review comes with amazing power consumption improvements that...

By techPowerUp! on February 20, 2015

Nvidia's GTX980 has been the solution to beat since the launch in September 2014, and as yet, AMD have no answer. As 2015 unfolds Nvidia partners are running amok in the high end – releasing killer custom solution … one after another.When it comes to...

By Kitguru.net on January 09, 2015

The GTX 980 Matrix Platinum is an amazing card just waiting to find its way into the right hands. Now you have to ask are you the one?...

By bjorn3d.com on January 03, 2015

Today ASUS lifted the NDA for the new GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum graphics card. This new and monstrous high-end card comes with a shedload of features, which are not only supposed to be interesting to gamers but also for overclockers. At this point...

By Ocaholic on December 10, 2014

Asus GTX 980 Matrix Platinum card is the leader of ROG series and the choice of enthusiast overclockers and gamers. It comes with factory overclocked frequencies and with a lot of room for further overclocking. The cooler is excellent and very...

By reviewstudio.net on December 10, 2014

That was exciting wasn't it.The GM200 GPU is so relentlessly consistent that we thought we'd pretty much seen everything it had to offer and, through a variety of different manufacturers takes on it, how good it was possible to be.It's fair to say that...

By Overclock3D on November 12, 2015

No need to beat around the bush, we've all been chomping at the bit to get our hands on the latest in the Grand Theft Auto series from Rockstar. It's now out, and the world is awash with people wondering what kind of performance they can expect to see from their system and, if they've...

By Overclock3D on April 15, 2015

There are so many things about this particular setup, many of which are obvious, some less so, that it's worth starting with the cards themselves.As we said in our original review of the ASUS Matrix Platinum GTX980 if you buy one of these it's overkill...

By Overclock3D on March 13, 2015

The Asus ROG Matrix Platinum GTX 980 is by all accounts, an impressively-built, impressively-engineered product built for a niche market. If you aren't planning to overclock competitively (or at least configure a liquid cooling loop), though, there...

By Tom's Hardware on March 10, 2015

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Asus GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 4GB GDDR5 PCIe

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