Thanks for the review, the Strix cooler is nice but I'm liking MSI this time around for cards.

Am I the only one who thinks that the old DCII cooler looked fancier 😀? Although this once looks good aswell.

Great review boss I like mine too even only after a few hours use its Quiet cool and modable

Am i the only one that went WTF on the VRM temps? Asus card seem to always have very high vrm temps, seriously the DCU II cooler can't cool them properly. I've owned 2 top of the line ASUS cards (GTX780ti DCU II OC and a GTX780ti Matrix), both had VRM temps exceeding 100c. No I don't have a tiny air flow restirictive case, I have Enthoo Primo with 6 front intakes. Now I can see the same happening on the Strix in a closed case (Tests in the review are on an open test bench). Personally I went with the Gigabyte GTX980 G1 Gaming, look at the vrm temps in the review 65c, add about 10c for an inclosed case and it's still much cooler. My question is why do Asus cards have such high VRM temps, is the the type they use?

Am i the only one that went WTF on the VRM temps? Asus card seem to always have very high vrm temps, seriously the DCU II cooler can't cool them properly. I've owned 2 top of the line ASUS cards (GTX780ti DCU II OC and a GTX780ti Matrix), both had VRM temps exceeding 100c. No I don't have a tiny air flow restirictive case, I have Enthoo Primo with 6 front intakes. Now I can see the same happening on the Strix in a closed case (Tests in the review are on an open test bench). Personally I went with the Gigabyte GTX980 G1 Gaming, look at the vrm temps in the review 65c, add about 10c for an inclosed case and it's still much cooler. My question is why do Asus cards have such high VRM temps, is the the type they use?

It's been the same with the 780 Strix too, there they went over 100C on the open bench... I guess it's the cooler layout *shrugs* Wouldn't recommand the Strix cards tbh.

Beats me. I've asked lot's of knowledgeable people regarding this, they say it's fine and that they are made to work under these temps. It still annoys me having such high temps though. Question is, have you heard of any cards sporting these failing early? That would be the right question to ask. Anyway, I'm going for the Strix 970, if it dies - those that said it'll be fine better hide, because I'm going on a murder spree. 🙂

Because the heatsinks for the pbc are just small The nv DcII's never have memory cooling plates and use the same small vrm heatsink If you wanna drop 10c off that area the way to do it is take the backplate off(you need to get screws to hold the stock vrm sink on after this) and add a heatsink to the back of the vrms I have a 1 inch wide 5 inch long sink I always add it adheres with sticky thermal tape it works well. or go custom an add a bigger vrm heatsink or water cool it some how I don't like see temps like that either but they handle them I never killed a DCII that was green and I modded all of them. my 680 still goes 1700+ cold 🤓