{"id":70998,"date":"2014-12-11T07:01:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T05:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70998"},"modified":"2014-12-11T07:03:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T05:03:51","slug":"asus-rog-matrix-gtx-980-coming-in-2015-sa-price-specs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/70998-asus-rog-matrix-gtx-980-coming-in-2015-sa-price-specs","title":{"rendered":"Asus ROG Matrix GTX 980 coming in 2015: SA price, specs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asus has announced that is will be unleashing the\u00a0Asus ROG Matrix GTX 980 in South Africa from mid-January 2015.<\/p>\n

The card, which features Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 980 GPU<\/a>, promises “super-smooth” gaming performance and that it is 13% faster than its reference design.<\/p>\n

How much will this set you back, you ask? The mathematical value, as I have been told by trusted scientists, is know as a “f**kton” – R9,999<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Asus<\/a>

Asus ROG Matrix GTX 980<\/p><\/div>\n

“ROG Matrix GTX 980 achieved a score of 28557 on the 3DMark\u00ae 11 Performance benchmark test, setting a new world record for graphics card performance. With support for next-generation 4K\/UHD (ultra-high-definition) gaming resolutions of up to 4096 x 2160 pixels, the card delivers incredible gaming experiences,” said Asus.<\/p>\n

The card’s basic specs can be viewed in the table below.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Asus ROG Matrix GTX 980<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU boost clock<\/td>\n1342MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU base clock<\/td>\n1241MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VRAM<\/td>\n4GB DDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory interface<\/td>\n256 bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimensions<\/td>\n11.7x6x1.6 inches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max digital resolution<\/td>\n4096 x 2160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

The card also features DirectCU II cooling and CoolTech fan technology to help keep the temperature down when your gaming session gets serious.<\/p>\n

\"Asus<\/a>

Asus ROG Matrix GTX 980<\/p><\/div>\n

Will you be picking up one of these? Let us know in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n

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Don’t spend your Christmas bonus just yet, there is a new GTX 980 on the horizon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":71006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1517,13158,21,12977,10922],"class_list":["post-70998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-asus","tag-asus-rog-matrix-gtx-980","tag-headline","tag-nvidia-geforce-gtx-980","tag-rog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}