ASUS has done it again, engineering a one of a kind video card that doesn’t box you in. Being a hybrid video card the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum Edition is capable of running just fine on air cooling, as is, with the option to plug in liquid cooling for an enhanced experience. That’s how we’d put the liquid cooling solution on this video card, an option to enhance your gaming experience and allow high levels of overclocking.
Base performance between the Strix and Poseidon GTX 1080 Ti is more or less the same (air-cooled)
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In essence Asus has taken a ROG Strix GTX1080Ti O11G Gaming and bolted on their DirectCU H2O cooler, and in the process they have created the ultimate GTX 1080Ti graphics card. It looks big and imposing with that hefty 2.5-slot cooler, but in addition...
The new ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ROG Poseidon Platinum rocks, but sure. also rocks your wallet. To date all 1080 Ti cards have been able to tweak at the very same level due to the limiters that Nvidia applies. E.g. the performance of all GTX 1080 Ti...
I am a fan of liquid cooling, so having Poseidon for review is a great pleasure. Testing the performance, the results depend on GPU and memory clocks, but also on BIOS optimizations.1080 Ti Poseidon has the highest frequencies for GPU of all boards I've...
Let's start with the negatives to this card… well, there's… no… Ok, we've got nothing here.On to the Positives! Where to start? Looks? Well, we have to say the card is pretty sharp. The metallic greys and blacks, blend into any build, and the Infinity...
The Asus Poseidon cards have always been an interesting proposition, and this one is no different. If you have zero interest in water-cooling now or in the future, it's not for you – dedicated air-cooled cards are more fit for the purpose, so pick from...
If you remain undecided about the cooling approach for your next gaming PC, and fear the loss of warranty coverage if you change your mind, Asus' ROG Poseidon gives you the best of both worlds (or at least, as good as they get without committing to...
If you remain undecided about the cooling approach for your next gaming PC, and fear the loss of warranty coverage if you change your mind, Asus' ROG Poseidon gives you the best of both worlds (or at least, as good as they get without committing to one...
The Poseidon 1080 Ti not only lived up to my expectations, but it surpassed they by a fair amount. The design and aesthetic of the Poseidon 1080 Ti is second to none. I love the neutral color scheme that ASUS has gone with this generation. This allows...
ASUS has done it again, engineering a one of a kind video card that doesn’t box you in. Being a hybrid video card the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum Edition is capable of running just fine on air cooling, as is, with the option to plug in liquid cooling for an enhanced experience. That’s how we’d put the liquid cooling solution on this video card, an option to enhance your gaming experience and allow high levels of overclocking.
Poseidon, the god of the sea, and also a unique video card series from ASUS. We've got the brand new ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum Edition (ROG-POSEIDON-GTX1080TI-P11G-GAMING) video card on the test bench. This video card is a hybrid...