Asus launches the Poseidon GTX 780 with a hybrid cooling solution

The Poseidon GTX 780 is based on Nvidia’s GTX 780, and comes with a hybrid cooling solution that lets you use a liquid cooling solution or the standard on-board fans.

Asus’ new Poseidon GTX 780 features an innovative DirectCU H20 cooling solution.

The card comes with the standard aluminum cooling fins along the surface of the GPU, along with two 90mm fans to direct airflow. In addition, it also has the provision for attaching a liquid cooling radiator to your card. There is a DirectCU water block just behind the aluminum cooling fins, which can be directly connected to your liquid cooling solution via built-in G1/4-inch threads to further reduce temperatures.

Asus claims that temperatures can de decreased by 7 degrees Celsius by using the fans alone, and by 24 degrees when used in conjunction with a liquid cooler. Other than the hybrid cooling solution, the card is quite similar to Asus’ standard GeForce GTX 780. It features the same 10-phase power design and DIGI+ VRM voltage regulators for increased longevity.

The card itself is based on the GeForce GTX 780 rather than the newer GTX 780 Ti. A card based on the GTX 780 Ti should be available in the near future. However, that doesn’t mean that this card is a slouch. Far from it. The Poseidon GTX 780 is based on the GK110 GPU, features a core clock of 954 MHz, along with a boost clock of 1006 MHz. It comes with 2304 CUDA cores, 192 TMUs and 32 ROPs. It has 3GB GDDR5 memory with a memory clock of 6008 MHz on a 384-bit interface.

The card comes with two DVI out (one DVI-D and one DVI-I), one DisplayPort and one HDMI out. The card uses 240-250 Watts of power under full load, and connects using one 8-pin and one 6-pin connector. There is also an LED light that glows when the card is running, and users can easily tweak the card settings via Asus’ tweak tool that not only allows them to configure the card’s hardware settings, but also broadcast live gaming sessions to the Internet.

Asus is selling the Poseidon GTX 780 now for $745