ASUS ROG Striker GTX 760 4GB GDDR5 Graphic Card Review

Stunningly gorgeous, the ASUS ROG Striker GTX 760 is a fresh look, straying from the usual Direct CU II designs by having more edges and lines.

Unlike the Direct CU II design, the Striker’s heatsinks shows very little of the heatpipes at the top and no heatpipes are visible from the bottom.

The Republic of Gamers text on the shroud lights up based on load, and there are red colored trims at the back of the card as well, matching the ROG Maximus VII‘s color scheme very well.

The card comes with the standard video output ports – 1x DVI-I, 1x DVI-D, 1x HDMI and 1x DisplayPort

The Striker GTX 760 also comes with a back plate.

And here’s the Striker GTX 760 when viewed next to an ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top, which is a heavier card among the 2.

One thing I’d like to highlight is that the cooler on the ASUS Striker GTX 760 Platinum IS actually part of their DirectCU II cooler range. 🙂

More details at the official product page.

Here’s the GPU-Z info for the card.

Test Setup

Processor	Intel Core i5-4670K
RAM	Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3-2400
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus VII Ranger
Cooler	DeepCool Lucifer
Monitor	BenQ EW2440L LED Monitor
Power Supply	Cooler Master V700
Casing	Sharkoon Tauron
Operating System	Windows 8 Pro 64bit
Driver	nVidia GeForce 335.23

Benchmark

Here we go!

Metro 2033

Card	1080p (avg)
ASUS Striker GTX 760	62.5
MSI GTX 760	55.5
ASUS GTX 670	55.0
ASUS Radeon R9 280X	76.5

Unigine Heaven 4.0

Card	1080p (avg)
ASUS Striker GTX 760	46
MSI GTX 760	45.2
ASUS GTX 670	48.5
ASUS Radeon R9 280X	59.5

Just Cause 2

Scene	Card	1080p (avg)
Dark Tower	ASUS Striker GTX 760	105.7
	MSI GTX 760	98.32
	ASUS GTX 670	100.84
	ASUS Radeon R9 280X	121.90
Desert Sunrise	ASUS Striker GTX 760	130.93
	MSI GTX 760	118.76
	ASUS GTX 670	119.75
	ASUS Radeon R9 280X	153.28
Concrete Jungle	ASUS Striker GTX 760	71.09
	MSI GTX 760	59.62
	ASUS GTX 670	59.56
	ASUS Radeon R9 280X	87.42

Sleeping Dogs

Card	Score
ASUS Striker GTX 760	58.4
ASUS GTX 670	56.3

Temperature

Furmark Burn-in Test was used to stress the card. Fan settings are at Auto. Room set to ~25c.

Below is the full load details.

Card	Idle(°C)	Load (°C)
ASUS Striker GTX 760 (auto)	29	70
ASUS Striker GTX 760 (manual : 100%)	27	59
MSI GTX 760 (auto)	29	82
MSI GTX 760 (manual : 100%)	29	70

Last year I was wowed by the MSI GTX 760 Twin Frozr but the ASUS Striker performed even better, and that’s additional WOWs for ASUS.

The fan on AUTO mode barely goes beyond 40% RPM load and worked even better than the MSI’s version on full load.

The Verdict

The ASUS Striker GTX 760 doesn’t come cheap. It’s RM 100 short of what the ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II Top is selling at and it’s a lot more expensive than the other GTX 760 out in the market.

What you get is ASUS’ premium build quality, 4GB VRAM, 3-year warranty, a super duper awesome cooler that’s silent and coolers extremely well, and also ASUS’ GPU Tweak that comes with streaming capability.