It looks like there are 1,000,000 variations of each graphics card available on the market. There aren’t, however trying on the search outcomes for “4070” on Amazon, you may be forgiven for considering so.
Talking of which, Asus has 5 completely different flavors of the brand new Nvidia RTX 50-series playing cards and confirmed them off at CES 2025. PCWorld’s Adam bought his palms on all of them in your perusing pleasure. (For the sake of disclosure, Asus sponsored the video beneath. Sending a staff of reside reporters and videographers to Las Vegas is pricey.)
For the sake of expediency and in your comfort, let me break down the listing of Asus RTX GPU branding choices:
- Asus RTX Twin simply means “dual fan” and it’s Asus’ entry-level card. No further lights, no manufacturing facility overclocking, no fancy cooler tech.
- Asus RTX Prime is one step up. Larger and extra expansive cooling (triple fan on the 50-series), however no lighting.
- Asus RTX TUF is Asus’ mid-range gaming model, just a little extra “rugged” with minimal lighting. TUF units are just a little chunkier, however aren’t normally rated for any sort of affect or mud resistance, a la ruggedized telephones or laptops. Regardless of the mid-range label, it’ll be out there in as much as the 5090 SKU.
- Asus RTX Strix was previously Asus’ high of the road, however is now the fanatic label. Extra lighting for all of your desktop bling wants, with an upgraded energy plug with LED standing messages.
- Asus RTX Astral is the brand new tippy-top Asus card with 4 cooling followers (one on the rear), supplied in 5080 and 5090 flavors. Even the heatsink fins are blacked out, with the LED lighting and energy connector upgrades above. The connector may even provide you with a per-pin energy readout, and the cardboard has an inside software-accessible heatmap for the PCB.
Asus additionally confirmed off the brand new Thor Strix Platinum energy provide, which comes with LED lighting, a tiny black-and-white show, and a “sense pin” connection on the GPU rail. You’ll be able to tune the transient energy masses, and it ought to work with any GPU from any model utilizing that upgraded 12V-2×6 connection.
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