How are the ASUS Direct CU II cards in comparison to other brands?

[DevinC]

I've been trying to pick a brand for a new gpu for a while and I've been pretty interested in this card due to performance and warranty and I was just wondering what others thought.

This is dealing with both the R9 290X and GTX 780 TI.

 

[dextermat]

Hi,

Personally I prefer them over other brand because it runs cooler, overclocking friendly and has good stock performance.
But I am not saying that other brand are bad or anything.

 

[rolli59]

Asus will always be a card I will consider along with other respectable brands.

 

[Kekoh]

I've always heard recommendations from people that the Direct CU II cooler cools the best, but I never see numbers that actually support this. The ACX cooler tends to keep cards cooler, from what I've personally seen. It also seems that the ACX is more quiet.

I can't speak for the ASUS, but my EVGA GTX 780 ti hovers around 64-65C max load, while playing BF4, etc. I don't think I've ever seen it touch 70C (65% fan speed). I even have it overclocked to ~1240 core clock speed with a little bit of added voltage. I never hear the card fans either. I can't imagine the ASUS cooler being much better than this, but it's not impossible.

 

[DevinC]

I just saw sapphire just put out the Vapor X 290,if only they had the X.