Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU Mini 4096MB

1. Introduction2. Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU Mini3. High Res Gallery (w/ Asus Maximus VII Impact)4. Testing Methodology5. 3DMark Vantage6. 3DMark 117. 3DMark8. Unigine Heaven Benchmark9. Tomb Raider (1080p and 1440p)10. Grid AutoSport (1080p and 1440p)11. Thief (1080p and 1440p)12. Metro: Last Light Redux (1080p and 1600p)13. Total War Rome II: Emperor Edition (1080p and 1600p)14. Thermal Dynamics/ IR Thermometer Readings15. Acoustics Performance16. Power Consumption17. Overclocking18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

An increasing percentage of our readers have been building systems for use next to a high definition television set, inside compact cases. Our review product today – the Asus GTX 970 DC Mini is designed for just such a scenario. This diminutive solution is just 170mm long and will fit inside the smallest cases available on the market today.

Above, the Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU Mini is pictured installed on the Asus Maximus VII Impact motherboard. This is a fabulous little mITX motherboard, which we reviewed back in December 2014. You can read our full analysis if you missed it, over HERE.

GPU	GeForce GTX 750ti (Maxwell)	GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell)	Geforce GTX 970 (Maxwell)	GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell)
Streaming Multiprocessors	5	8	13	16
CUDA Cores	640	1024	1664	2048
Base Clock	1020 mhz	1126 mhz	1050 mhz	1126 mhz
GPU Boost Clock	1085 mhz	1178 mhz	1178 mhz	1216 mhz
Total Video memory	2GB	2GB	4GB	4GB
Texel fill-rate	40.8 Gigatexels/Sec	72.1 Gigatexels/Sec	109.2 Gigatexels/Sec	144.1 Gigatexels/Sec
Memory Clock	5400 mhz	7010 mhz	7000 mhz	7000 mhz
Memory Bandwidth	86.4 GB/sec	112.16 GB/sec	224 GB/s	224 GB/sec
Bus Width	128bit	128bit	256bit	256bit
ROPs	16	32	56	64
Manufacturing Process	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm
TDP	60 watts	120 watts	145 watts	165 watts

Above, a table detailing Nvidia's latest Maxwell cards (Titan X – review forthcoming).

Above, an overview of the Asus GTX970 Direct CU Mini. Asus have enhanced the Base Clock speed from 1,050mhz to 1,089mhz. Boost clock speed is subsequently increased to 1,228mhz. The 4GB of GDDR5 memory is clocked at 1,753mhz (7Gbps effective). This memory is connected via a 256bit memory interface.

The GM204 GPU is manufactured on the 28nm process. There are 56 ROPS, 104 Texture units and 1,664 CUDA Cores.

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