Asus GTX780 Ti ROG Matrix Review

The Asus GTX780 Ti ROG Matrix graphics card arrives in a red Republic Of Gamers styled box with just the name visible on the front.

The box opens up to highlight the card behind a tough plastic cover. ASUS focus on the many key selling points of this particular graphics card.

Our sample had been around the block a little, so I am not sure if this is the full bundle you are likely to receive with the retail version of the card. Just a couple of power converter cables and literature in the box.


The GTX780Ti ROG Matrix is certainly a looker. The metal red and black cooler is both heavy and beautifully finished.

Yes, they have even painted the heatpipes black to match the colour scheme. First time (in memory) we have seen a company do this – fantastic!

The card ships fully equipped with a metal backplate. This will offer additional cooling while protecting the PCB against damage.

Connectivity is pretty much perfect. No fiddly ‘mini' headers – just two Dual Link DVI connectors, alongside a full sized HDMI and DisplayPort connector.

Two SLi connectors, if you want to push the frame rates even higher.

The GTX780Ti ROG Matrix takes power from two 8 Pin PCIe connectors, shown above. The first header on the left is actually rather difficult to work with, as it is recessed and very close on two sides to the metal backplate.


Asus are using a hefty heatsink and our close up shots show how the copper heatpipes have been treated with black heat resistant paint. Five very thick heatpipes run from both sides of the copper base into the multiple blocks of aluminum fins – which are also painted black. Asus are using 3GB of high grade SKHynix memory.

A GPUz overview of the Asus GTX780Ti ROG Matrix. The GK110 core is built on the 28nm process and has 48 ROPs, 240 Texture units and 2880 Cuda Cores. The core is overclocked to 1,006mhz and the 3GB of GDDR5 memory runs at 1,750mhz (7Gbps effective).

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