Topics:#directcu-ii-top

Although there are a lot of choices of Radeon R9 280X graphics card, ASUS has proved its Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II TOP should definitely make the shortlist; scoring 9 out of 10 at ThinkComputers.org and gaining a Recommended Award for extreme performance, its factory overclock, impressive DirectCU II cooler, quality components and GPU Tweak software that comes included with the graphics card.

ASUS Republic of Gamers Australia had an unboxing and short overclocking session with the new ASUS ROG Maximus V Extreme.

The much revered DirectCU II cooler from ASUS once again proved its worth. Over at Sweclockers the ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DirectCU II TOP was compared against another non-reference Radeon HD 7950 graphics cards, beating them by bagging the prestigious Top Class award from the reviewers.

The GeForce GTX 560's reference performance is between a GeForce GTX 460 and GeForce GTX 560 Ti, although the ASUS TOP is a pre-overclocked card up to 925MHz. Check out the official unboxing video above.