Boost to the SLI extreme

Best 3-way SLI water cooling system powered by GeForce GTX 980 x3

Problems you may face while building a Super PC

Graphics card wireframe

Be caught between noise and temperature.

AIO water cooling wireframe

Space limitation for a water cooling system.

Water cooling wireframe

Spend a lot of time and budget, but get no warranty for building your own water cooling system.

Best 3-Way SLI water cooling system powered by GeForce GTX 980

The WATERFORCE is specially designed for the gamers who dream about a silent and powerful SUPER PC. No more noise nightmare or problems with uneven temperatures while using multi graphics cards.

View what you'll get.

WATERFORCE Premium Pack

the package of the WATERFORCE

Waterforce Package 1
  • 1 Graphics Card 1 + Radiator 1
  • 2 Graphics Card 2 + Radiator 2
  • 3 Graphics Card 3 + Radiator 3
  • A Water Cooling Box
Waterforce Package 2
  • B Pipe Clamps (Total 6 pcs)
  • C CD-ROM Box
  • D VGA Jack
  • E 3-WAY SLI Bridge
Waterforce Package 1
  • F Straps (total 2pcs)

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What it looks like

Real time temperature & speed control

decide how to control it on your own

WATERFORCE is designed with an OLED display panel, where gamers can easily monitor and adjust all the settings about the SLI graphics cards in your super PC.

  • Temp (°C):
    Real-Time display each GPU temperature.
  • Fan (rpm):
    Displays each fan speed in the WATER COOLING BOX.
  • Pump (rpm):
    Displays each pump speed on the graphics card.
How does it perform?
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Best cooling solution for 3-way SLI

WATERFORCE is an exclusive 3-way SLI closed loop water cooling system. It can dissipate the heat of GPU, memory and MOSFET.

Show me its power!

Performance

the power of water

Excellent temperature control

Temperature graph
  • WATERFORCE
  • Reference Air Cooling

3DMark 11 benchmark test results

Compared to 3-way SLI with reference cooler, WATERFORCE presents 42.6% lower temperature, which means gamers will experience significantly better performance whilst gaming.

42.6% cooler!

Boost the GPU performance to the limit

Frequency graph
  • WATERFORCE
  • Reference Air Cooling

3DMark 11 benchmark test results at same TGP settings

The graphics cards of WATERFORCE have a boost clock speed of 20% higher than the reference card, giving you additional performance while gaming.

20% higher clock!

Brilliant working acoustic

Noise graph
  • WATERFORCE
  • Reference Air Cooling

3DMark 11 benchmark test results

With the closed loop water cooling design, WATEFORCE only has barely noticeable 30.4 dB noise while full-loading, compared to the 38.3 dB of the reference air cooling.

7.9 dB lower!

How to install & use

Get your WATERFORCE up and running

Specifications

per single graphics card

GV-N980X3WA-4GD

3-way SLI Gaming Graphics Cards

GPU GeForce GTX 980
Core Base Clock 1228 MHz (ref. 1127)
Core Boost Clock 1329 MHz (ref. 1216)
Memory Clock 7010 MHz
Memory Size 4096MB
Bus Type PCI Express 3.0
Memory Bus 256-bit
CUDA Cores 2048
Memory Type GDDR5 128Mx32
DirectX 12
OPENGL 4.4
DVI Port 1*DVI-I / 1*DVI-D
DisplayPort 3
HDMI 1
Multi-View 4 (Support NVIDIA Surround View)

#FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The normal GPU working temperature should be within 30°C to 70°C.
This situation might happen if you did not connect the WATERFORCE panel power properly. Please power off the PC and check if the WATERFORCE main power cable is connected properly to the power supply module.
  • Step 1: Check if the internal USB cable is connected properly or not. Please power off the PC and check if the internal USB cable is connected properly to the motherboard.
  • Step 2: Check if the OC GURU II is installed or not. Install the OC GURU II from the driver DVD or download it from WATERFORCE product page:
    http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5255.
  • Step 1: Check if there is any air dust or object on the water cooling box. Check if you put any objects on the water cooling box. Remove the object to allow the air to circulate.
  • Step 2: Check if the fans in the water cooling box are running properly.
    - If yes, please tune the fan speed by using the control panel.
    - If no, please open the water cooling box and recheck whether the fan power cables are connected properly.
  • Step 3: Turn off the PC and wait for 5 minutes. The situation might also happen because of the pump fault. Try to turn off your PC and turn it back on again after 5 minutes. If the problem persists, please contact GIGABYTE technical support or local service center to help returning the card.
It could be due to problems with the SLI Bridge or the graphics cards. Please contact GIGABYTE technical support or local service center for further assistance.
To build Surround View, please follow the directions at below diagrams:
Surround Icon

Surround Display

Surround Optional Icon

Optional Surround Display

Surround Accessory Icon

Accessory Display

A1
A2
A3
A4
A5

A. DVI-I + HDMI + DP * 3 (optional 4)

B1
B2
B3
B4

B. DVI-D + DVI-I + DP + HDMI