Gigabyte GTX680 SOC Review
Test Setup, Overclocking and Temps
Published: 1st November 2012 | Source: Gigabyte | Price: £480 |
Test Setup
Gigabyte GTX680 Super Over Clock
Forceware 306.97
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.6GHz
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
Corsair Dominator Platinum
Corsair AX1200W
Corsair Neutron GTX
Corsair H100
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Overclocking
Given the name of the card, and all those fancy features, we'd expect a serious overclock and we just don't get one. Certainly the GDDR5 can handle a hefty boost, but the Kepler GPU itself barely manages an extra 43MHz. Hugely disappointing.
Temperatures
So the big question is, does this elephantine cooler actually give us mega cooling performance?
No. It's 6° hotter than the MSI Twin Frozr 3, and 5° hotter than the Zotac AMP!. Not only that but the stock temperatures are toasty too, reaching the levels of the overclocked reference card.
Not exactly an auspicious start. Hopefully the performance will be better.
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Tom not interested in making a quick video looking the the card for a few minutes so we can all adore its rather strange looks?
Wow, just wow....
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With certainly the most unique cooler we've seen, it's time to review the GTX680 Super Over Clock from Gigabyte.
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