Intel’s Core i7-5960X with a Corsair Hydro Series H100i closed-loop water cooler, to eliminate any potential for CPU bottlenecks affecting graphical benchmarks.Otherwise, it was a clean sweep for the Fury-and the results weren’t even particularly close in most games. The only benchmark Nvidia’s card won in was Grand Theft Auto V. The Strix Fury soundly topped the stock GTX 980 in our initial review. The Asus Strix Fury’s DirectCUI III cooler. Seriously, this card is big-but that beefy cooler helps the Strix Fury run whisper-quiet, despite Fiji’s tendency to run hot. More importantly for this test, it also packs Asus’ DirectCU III custom cooling system, which is loaded down with a trio of low-noise fans and approximately a metric ton of metal heat sinks and pipes. It boasts a cut-down Fiji processor consisting of 3584 stream processors, 4GB of bleeding-edge high-bandwidth memory and a 1000MHz core clock. Still, they’re what we have, so let’s do this.Īsus’ Strix Fury starred in our full Radeon Fury review. Fury (and Fury X) graphic cards sold out almost instantaneously, and appear to be facing supply constraints. The Strix Fury is still so new that it costs a full $580-when you can find it at all. While the EVGA GTX 980 FTW’s MSRP is $580, you can find it on the streets for $500 to $530 depending on where you look. Actually, there’s a slight spoiler (that isn’t really a spoiler) to this fight before it even starts.
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