Preview: GIGABYTE GTX 680 OC WindForce 3X 2GB

[siopao1984]

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GIGABYTE needs no introduction - they are one of the largest motherboard and component makers in the industry and pride themselves in engineering excellence. The WindForce brand is their line of non-reference graphics cards from both AMD/ATi and Nvidia, decked out with a custom cooler and trademark blue PCB design to improve overclocking mileage and durability. Today we have their GTX 680 version in our labs, which is factory overclocked at 1071 MHz (base)/1124 MHz (boost), 50MHz more than regular cards.

One obvious improvement is the doing away of the vertically stacked 6+6pin PCIe connector design from the reference card, with GIGABYTE instead opting for a more generous 8+6 pin layout, which means the card can theoretically take 300W of peak power instead of an underwhelming 225W, allowing for more ambitious overclocks.

GIGABYTE didn't change the I/O Panel on their GTX 680 WindForce, sticking with full-sized HDMI/DP ports and dual DVI (one of them single link only, which we think is redundant and spoils the prospect of single slot water-cooling). The obvious improvement from the previous generation GTX 580 flagship is that we can now run triple-display 3D Vision Surround from a single card (previously only possible on SLi setups), although it might be hampered on graphically intensive games by the 2GB of framebuffer.

Read more: Preview: GIGABYTE GTX 680 OC WindForce 3X 2GB by VR-Zone.com

[kidlovejeayanne]

Naa na! Nigawas najd ang gipangita ni jairoh!. hehehehehehehe..

[siopao1984]

In this section we will explore the changes that GIGABYTE have made at the PCB and cooling department of the GTX 680.



Here we have the standard Kepler GK104 die flanked by eight Hynix GDDR5 memory modules in a 256-bit configuration. Like its CPU and GPU counterparts, the overclocking headroom and even core/shader count is determined by the ASIC quality of the chip, and on the GTX 680 the integrated GPU Boost ceiling (read: dynamic TDP throttle) is especially tied closely to it.







Over at the VRM area we are pleased to report that the card has all the 5 power phases soldered (instead of 4 on reference cards), which is a 25% increase in potential. GIGABYTE reused the Richtek RT8802A PWM which was on the original design.











To take care of the rated 195W of TDP, GIGABYTE has employed their "WindForce 3X" direct touch copper heatpipe cooler, which is actually similar in design to the ASUS's DirectCU II (they share the same heatsink OEM, Cooler Master). Each of the three 80mm PWM capable fans are rated up to 0.35A at 12V. There is also a dedicated heatsink for the MOSFETs and the whole cooler is secured to the card by only four screws.







Stay tuned for our full review of the GIGABYTE GTX 680 OC WindForce 3X 2GB!

[siopao1984]

Naa na! Nigawas najd ang gipangita ni jairoh!. hehehehehehehe..

mao ni? sa buy and sell
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[kidlovejeayanne]

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[CrasHBURN]

ako lagi pasanginlan... hehehe... ni hatag ra gali ko ug example.

[reishoto]

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[fineupgrades]

simang man kaayo ang color blue sa PCB...

[3kster]

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[Lingaw-lingaw_sa_payag]

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