Asus Strix R9 Fury | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:05:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Asus Strix R9 Fury | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Asus Strix R9 Fury with DirectCU III: Custom design, massive cooler https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/asus-strix-r9-fury-with-directcu-iii-pictured-custom-design-massive-cooler/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/asus-strix-r9-fury-with-directcu-iii-pictured-custom-design-massive-cooler/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:56:57 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=258226 Asustek Computer will use its own printed circuit board design as well as its own high-performance cooling system on its upcoming Strix R9 Fury graphics card based on AMD’ Radeon R9 Fury graphics processing unit. The custom PCB and the massive cooler are designed to improve overclocking potential of the product. The Asus Strix R9 …

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Asustek Computer will use its own printed circuit board design as well as its own high-performance cooling system on its upcoming Strix R9 Fury graphics card based on AMD’ Radeon R9 Fury graphics processing unit. The custom PCB and the massive cooler are designed to improve overclocking potential of the product.

The Asus Strix R9 Fury graphics board will sport a considerably taller printed circuit board than AMD’s reference design, based on pictures published by WccfTech. The taller PCB is needed to accommodate an all-new multi-phase voltage regulator module (VRM) featuring concrete-core inductors, solid-state black metallic capacitors and hardened MOSFETs. The reworked VRM is designed to give cleaner and higher volume power delivery to the “Fiji” graphics processor and memory, which could result in better overclockability.

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The Strix R9 Fury graphics card is also equipped with exact same DirectCU III cooler with three fans as the Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti. The DirectCU III cooling system uses a massive aluminium radiator with thin fins, two thick 10mm heatpipes and two regular heatpipes. The new fans used on the DirectCU III cooler feature new wing-blade design that delivers maximum air flow and improved 105 per cent static pressure over the heat sink, while producing less noise compared to standard fans. Asus believes that its DirectCU III cooler transports 40 per cent more heat away from GPUs compared to reference coolers. In addition, DirectCU III shuts its fans down during light load.

AMD’s Radeon R9 Fury graphics adapters will be based on a cut-down version of the “Fiji” graphics processing unit with 3584 stream processors, 192 texture units, 64 raster operations pipelines and 4096-bit memory interface. Manufacturers of graphics cards are expected to release factory-overclocked versions of such graphics cards with increased GPU clock-rates. Higher frequencies are projected to compensate for the lower amount of stream processors and texture units and shrink performance gap between the Radeon R9 Fury and the Radeon R9 Fury X.

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Advanced Micro Devices and its partners plan to start sales of AMD Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards on the 14th of July. Select online stores are already taking pre-orders on the Asustek Computer’s Strix R9 Fury graphics card with 4GB of memory and DirectCU III cooling system (ASUS STRIX-R9FURY-DC3-4G-GAMING).

Asustek and AMD did not comment on the news-story.

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KitGuru Says: Looks like Asustek’s Strix R9 Fury will be considerably more interesting solution than those based on AMD’s reference design. But will it be able to hit truly high clock-rates? We have no idea. What we are sure about is that the board will not feature a noisy cooling system because the DirectCU III is one of the quietest cooling solutions for graphics cards ever.

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Sapphire Tri-X R9 Fury graphics card: Reference PCB and triple-fan cooler https://www.kitguru.net/components/hard-drives/anton-shilov/sapphire-tri-x-r9-fury-graphics-card-pictured-reference-pcb-and-massive-cooler/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/hard-drives/anton-shilov/sapphire-tri-x-r9-fury-graphics-card-pictured-reference-pcb-and-massive-cooler/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2015 06:59:06 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=257967 A web-site has published the first images of Sapphire Technology’s Tri-X R9 Fury graphics cards. The adapters will use reference printed circuit boards developed by Advance Micro Devices as well as massive cooling systems designed by Sapphire. AMD Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards will be based on a version of “Fiji” graphics processing unit with 3584 …

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A web-site has published the first images of Sapphire Technology’s Tri-X R9 Fury graphics cards. The adapters will use reference printed circuit boards developed by Advance Micro Devices as well as massive cooling systems designed by Sapphire.

AMD Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards will be based on a version of “Fiji” graphics processing unit with 3584 stream processors, 192 texture units, 64 raster operations pipelines and 4096-bit memory interface. The adapters will be equipped with 4GB of HBM memory operating at 1GHz. Select makers of graphics cards will be allowed to use their own coolers and eventually design their own printed-circuit boards for such cards.

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According to VideoCardz, Sapphire will offer two versions of Tri-X R9 Fury graphics adapters: one with 1GHz GPU clock-rate and another with 1040MHz GPU frequency. Both graphics boards will use the company’s own Tri-X cooler with three fans and a backplate. Both cards will be equipped with four display connectors: three DisplayPort 1.2 and one HDMI (1.4a).

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Sapphire is one of the closest partners of AMD and is among the largest suppliers of Radeon adapters on the planet. If the company does not overclock the “Fiji” graphics processor on its Radeon R9 Fury graphics adapters significantly, then this may indicate that the GPU is not a really good overclocker. Due to low overclockability of AMD’s “Fiji” chip, performance difference between Radeon R9 Fury and Radeon R9 Fury X will be as high as 25 per cent.

AMD Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards will hit the market on the 14th of July, 2015, MSRP of the R9 Fury is $549.

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KitGuru Says: The Fury X was designed to run at a max temperature of 50 degrees under load so it will be interesting to see how these air-cooled versions perform, especially where cooling is concerned. 

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Asustek readies Strix Radeon R9 Fury with DirectCU III cooler https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/asus-readies-strix-radeon-r9-fury-with-directcu-iii-cooler/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/asus-readies-strix-radeon-r9-fury-with-directcu-iii-cooler/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2015 17:34:33 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=257489 Even though AMD’s flagship Radeon R9 Fury X is exclusively made by a contract manufacturer under supervision of Advanced Micro Devices and actual suppliers of graphics cards cannot change its cooling system or clock-rates, the upcoming AMD Radeon R9 Fury will provide a lot more flexibility for makers of add-in-boards. For example, Asustek Computer plans …

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Even though AMD’s flagship Radeon R9 Fury X is exclusively made by a contract manufacturer under supervision of Advanced Micro Devices and actual suppliers of graphics cards cannot change its cooling system or clock-rates, the upcoming AMD Radeon R9 Fury will provide a lot more flexibility for makers of add-in-boards. For example, Asustek Computer plans to use its new DirectCU III cooler on its Strix Radeon R9 Fury graphics adapter.

AMD’s Radeon R9 Fury will be powered by a cut-down version of the “Fiji” graphics processing unit with 3584 stream processors, 192 texture units, 64 raster operations pipelines and 4096-bit memory interface. Manufacturers of graphics cards will be allowed to develop their own printed-circuit boards as well as cooling systems for the Radeon R9 Fury, which is why it is likely that there will be factory-overclocked versions of such adapters available.

While processing power of the Radeon R9 Fury will be up to 25 per cent lower compared to the Radeon R9 Fury X, it is possible that versions with boosted clock-rates will demonstrate performance that will be as good as that of AMD’s top-of-the-range offering.

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Four online stores from Germany and Austria this weekend began to take pre-orders on Asustek Computer’s Strix R9 Fury graphics card with 4GB of memory and DirectCU III cooling system (ASUS STRIX-R9FURY-DC3-4G-GAMING), reports VideoCardz citing data from Geizhals.at. Nothing particular is known about the product, but since it features a cooler comparable to that used by the Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti, it is highly likely that the graphics card should be able to hit decent clock-rates. Typically, Asus Strix graphics boards use proprietary printed circuit boards the company designs in-house.

Asustek’s DirectCU III cooling system features a massive aluminium radiator with thin fins, two thick 10mm heatpipes and two regular heatpipes. The new fans used on the DirectCU III cooler feature new wing-blade design that delivers maximum air flow and improved 105 per cent static pressure over the heat sink, while producing less noise compared to standard fans. Asus claims that its DirectCU III cooler transports 40 per cent more heat away from GPUs compared to reference coolers. In addition, DirectCU III shuts its fans down during light load.

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The version of the DirectCU III cooler used on the Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti sports three fans, but the Asus Strix R9 Fury may use only two because of shorter printed circuit board.

Advanced Micro Devices and its partners plan to start sales of AMD Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards on the 14th of July, but those who want to obtain the upcoming high-end graphics adapter on day one can already do it by pre-ordering it in select stores in Europe. Unfortunately, day one prices between €623 and €662 are too high to be compelling, given the expected performance of the product as well as its recommended price.

AMD and Asustek Computer did not comment on the news-story.

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KitGuru Says: Looks like AMD’s partners will be ready with their own Radeon R9 Fury versions starting the first day of sales. This is a great news. However, it remains to be seen whether the cut-down “Fiji” performs really well in modern games.

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