Corsair is known for making many different parts of the computer, from RAM and solid state drives, to cases, power supplies, and cooling products. And now it is getting into graphics cards with the liquid-cooled GeForce GTX 980Ti SEA HAWK, announced today at the Tokyo Game Show 2015.
The Corsair comes “superclocked,” with clock speeds about 20 percent faster than a stock GeForce 980 Ti card. The clock speed increases from a standard 1000MHz base and 1075MHz boost to 1191MHz base and 1291MHz boost, which adds up to about to a 15-percent performance increase, according to Corsair. Thanks to the liquid cooler, however, it runs 30 percent cooler, Corsair said.
The board is a joint project between MSI, the board’s manufacturer, and Corsair, which made the cooling system and used its Hydro Series H55 for the card. MSI will market the same product under its own brand as well.
Coarsair’s cooler features a micro-fin copper base to facilitate efficient heat transfer. The H55 uses a high-speed circulation pump, an easy to install low-profile aluminium radiator plus a variable speed super silent 120mm fan. Another fan, built into the graphics card shroud, provides air cooling for the other critical components of the graphics card.
Though the SEA HAWK boasts excellent speeds out of the box, users interested in pushing the card further need only turn to the supplied MSI Afterburner overclocking utility. Afterburner features tweaking possibilities that include Triple Overvoltage, custom profiles and real-time hardware monitoring as well as its own in-game FPS counter overlay so you can see the impact of your overclocks.
The Hydro GFX joins a spate of factory liquid-cooled GPUs, including AMD’s R9 Fury X, its Radeon R295 X2, and cards such as EVGA’s GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID card—but this probably puts Corsair one step closer to putting out its own PC kits, too.
The card is set to go on sale in October, and will retail for $739 in the United States.
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