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ASUS today announced that research and development work supported by Intel® has led to the discovery of a BIOS structure that unleashes the true full potential of the latest SATA Express interface standard on future ASUS motherboards. The joint research effort means that ASUS is the first motherboar...

ASUS today announced the DSL-N16U ADSL modem router, an 802.11n wireless router with a built-in ADSL/ADSL2+ modem and dual-WAN support. DSL-N16U offers Wi-Fi speeds up to 300Mbit/s on the 2.4GHz wireless frequency band, and uses dual independent CPUs for the wired and wireless networking functions t...

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Matrix R9 290X and Matrix GTX 780 Ti, two new graphics cards engineered for out-of-the-box performance that’s up 13% faster performance than reference cards. Engineered for extreme, user-friendly tuning and overclocking, the new Matrix models include a b...

Hi GDI_Lord,

The RRP is R5,399

And we will post a link as soon as there is a review available.

ASUS today announced R9 280 DirectCU II, a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 280 graphics-processing unit (GPU) and fitted with exclusive DirectCU II and CoolTech fan technologies for cooler, quieter and faster performance. The new card runs up to 20% cooler and up to three time...

ASUS today announced GTX Titan Black, a graphics card powered by the brand-new GeForce® GTX Titan Black graphics-processing unit (GPU) clocked at 980MHz and bundled with exclusive GPU Tweak technology for advanced overclocking that’s also accessible, simple and incredibly safe. Fitted with 6GB of s...

ASUS Launches GeForce® GTX 760 DirectCU Graphics Card Lineup GeForce® GTX 760 DirectCU II, GTX 760 DirectCU II OC, and GTX 760 DirectCU Mini bring sweet spot performance and cooling to all PC form factors Taipei, Taiwan (25 June, 2013) — ASUS today announced the GeForce® GTX 760 DirectCU II, GTX 76...

ASUS ROG Maximus VI Extreme Demonstrates Overclocking Supremacy Dominates with ten out of eleven wins at the Intel® and Corsair® Computex OC Main Event and establishes eight new performance records Taipei, Taiwan (18 June, 2013) — ASUS today announced that the Intel® Z87-based Republic of Gamers Ma...

ASUS Reveals GeForce® GTX 780 DirectCU II Graphics Cards Self-designed PCB and new DirectCU II cooler maximize graphics performance together with exclusive DIGI+ VRM and Super Alloy Power technologies Taipei, Taiwan (13 June, 2013) — ASUS today announced two GeForce® GTX 780 DirectCU II graphics ca...

Computex Taipei, Taiwan (4 June, 2013) — ASUS Republic of Gamers today announced the Maximus VI Extreme, Maximus VI Formula and Maximus VI Impact motherboards, the Poseidon graphics card, Tytan G30 gaming desktop and G750 gaming notebook at Computex Taipei 2013. All are committed to maintaining the...

Taipei, Taiwan (22 May, 2013) — ASUS today announced a complete lineup of motherboards built around the high-end Intel® Z87 chipset for 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processors. The new motherboards feature exclusive technologies that make the most of Z87 capabilities, with offerings from ASUS, Republ...

Taipei, Taiwan (22 May, 2013) — ASUS today announced a new look for its range of motherboards based on the Intel® Z87 chipset. Replacing the previous blue-accented color scheme, a unique gold application on custom-designed heatsinks serves to emphasize the ASUS philosophy of always providing the mos...

Taipei, Taiwan (2 April, 2013) — ASUS today announced the GeForce® GTX 670 DirectCU Mini, a compact high-performance graphics card designed primarily for small form factor PCs with mini ITX motherboards. The dual-slot card measures just 17cm and features the NVIDIA® GTX 670 GPU for DirectX® 11.1-co...

Taipei, Taiwan (8 February, 2013) — ASUS today announced the feature-rich RT-N14U wireless N300 router, priced at just US$70 for wide appeal to home users. The RT-N14U is capable of 300Mbit/s 802.11n Wi-Fi and supports the ASUS AiCloud platform with enhanced specifications relative to its price poi...

Taipei, Taiwan — ASUS today announced global availability of the GeForce® GTX 650-E, a motherboard bus-powered DirectX® 11.1 graphics card that’s ideal for desktop PCs with low-wattage power supplies The GeForce® GTX 650-E combines DirectX® 11.1 compatibility and 28nm NVIDIA® GPU technology with a ...

ASUS Releases Limited Edition ROG ARES II with New Hybrid Thermal Design Dual HD 7970 GHz Edition GPU graphics card with 6GB GDDR5 and combined liquid/air cooling for greater stability engineered to fit in a 2-slot height Taipei, Taiwan (8 January, 2013) — ASUS ROG presents the fastest and most powe...

Here is the link for the high res image: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12287926/OP-MB ... ep2012.zip

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ASUS Releases the GeForce® GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II TOP Sweet spot graphics cards get powered up with titanium-strong overclocking, cooling, and stability in even the most demanding games Taipei, Taiwan (August 16, 2012) ― the ASUS TOP range of graphics cards continues to grow, expanding to the newly...

Taipei, Taiwan (July 23, 2012) ― making its first appearance on the ASUS ROG Maximus V Formula gaming and overclocking motherboard, Fusion Thermo™ combines enhanced passive air heat dissipation with liquid cooling readiness. It represents another ROG exclusive, and the first such design on any comme...

ASUS Reveals the GeForce® GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP Graphics Card TOP-accelerated to 1137MHz boost clock while working 20% cooler and significantly quieter than reference design Taipei, Taiwan (May 10, 2012) ― the self-designed ASUS GeForce® GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP brings NVIDIA® 28nm “Kepler” GPU tec...

Taipei, Taiwan — In its fifth successive generation, ASUS ROG has launched its Maximus V Series motherboards with the Maximus V GENE. This micro ATX powerhouse is built using the latest Intel® Z77 chipset, which supports Intel 3rd and 2nd Generation LGA1155 processors and PCI-Express Gen-3 for sing...

Hi Guys,

With the fan running at 29%, the card barely broke 71°



And at 100% fan speed, after 47 minutes, it was stable at 55°



So to answer your question, no, it is not true.

Hi StarBound,

We have one here at our offices. I will set it up quick and test it under load.