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Will a GTX 980 Fit on an Asus Z97-A Mobo?

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September 23, 2014 4:55:27 PM

Hi Guys,

Just have a quick question, Will a GTX 980 fit on an Asus Z-97 Mobo? I am worried the circle on the bottom right of the mobo will get in the way of the card.

Thanks for the help in advanced!

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September 23, 2014 4:57:08 PM

Yes it will fit on an the Asus Z-97 motherboard , the circle won't interfere

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September 23, 2014 5:02:11 PM

Agreed.
Those heatsinks are designed so they won't interfere with a graphics card.
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September 23, 2014 5:08:39 PM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
Yes it will fit on an the Asus Z-97 motherboard , the circle won't interfere



photonboy said:
Agreed.
Those heatsinks are designed so they won't interfere with a graphics card.


Oh okay, guess that makes sense. I was just worried because the heat sink will get hot and with the gpu touching it, I thought it might damage the card.

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a c 394 Ĉ ASUS
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September 23, 2014 5:47:14 PM

No, it's perfectly fine.
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September 24, 2014 7:40:42 PM

1) The Graphics Card is blowing air across all the critical card components so being near the heatsink won't matter.

2) Note that the "GPU" is just the main chip on the Graphics card. If you mean graphics card, just say that not "GPU".

3) *Just FYI, but the GTX980 only performs an average of 14% better than the GTX970 but it's roughly 67% more expensive. It does beat the GTX970 by up to 19% in a few games.

Overclocking is also likely to change the above as I'd imagine a card like the Asus Strix GTX970 might overclock a bit higher than the GTX980 (at least in an acceptable NOISE limit.)

Personally, I'd get the Asus Strix GTX970:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_O...
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