Manufacturer: Gainward Price: $ 450 US Author: Steven Walton Date: 05/30/2013

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Today Nvidia is releasing a second GeForce 700 series GPU, the GTX 770, and we have Gainward’s version which is part of their elite Phantom series. The Gainward GeForce GTX 770 Phantom comes factory overclocked on a custom built PCB with a upgraded power delivery system and improved cooling... Having taken the covers off the GeForce GTX 780 last week, Nvidia is ready to release their next GeForce 700 series part, the GTX 770. The GeForce GTX 780 was based on the same GK110 architecture as the GTX Titan and can be considered a cut down version of that graphics card. Nvidia priced the GeForce GTX 780 at $650, making it 35% cheaper than the GTX Titan but almost 40% more than the GTX 680. In relation to the GTX Titan this was a good thing as the GTX 780 was only around 10 - 15% slower. When compared to the GTX 680 the numbers were less impressive as the GTX 780 was just 24% faster. Therefore although the GeForce GTX 780 is an attractive option for those wanting a GTX Titan but can’t quite afford one, it is still pretty poor in terms of value. This left us to conclude that the GTX 780 was hardly exciting news for the vast majority of gamers as the price tag made the new GPU unobtainable. Moreover it did nothing to drive prices of previous generation cards down. That lead us to look to the GeForce GTX 770 in the hope that it would be a little more meaningful for the gaming community. Unlike the GTX 780 the GTX 770 is based on the GK104 architecture, first used by last year’s GTX 680. For some time now there have been rumours of the GeForce GTX 770’s specifications which make it sound like a GTX 680 on steroids, and as it turns out that is exactly what it is. Virtually everything about the GTX 770 and GTX 680 are the same, with the only exceptions being the clock speeds at which the core and memory operate. The GTX 770 features the fastest GDDR5 memory we have ever seen, clocked at 7GHz it is good for a peak bandwidth of 224GB/s, 16% more than the GTX 680. Therefore technically if you could overclock a GTX 680 well enough you could create a GTX 770. Giving us our first look at the GTX 770 is Gainward, with their special Phantom edition card featuring an upgraded cooling solution, factory overclocking and an 8-phase PWM.

Table of Contents >>> Introduction <<< Gainward GTX 770 in Detail Testing Methodology Benchmarks: Battlefield 3, Crysis 3 Benchmarks: DiRT 3, Far Cry 3 Benchmarks: Max Payne 3, Sleeping Dogs Benchmarks: Medal of Honor, Hitman Benchmarks: Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 6 Benchmarks: Bioshock, Metro: Last Light Power Consumption & Temperatures Conclusion Next Page ->

tiger

Posted on: 06/04/2013 02:47 PM Thanks for the review. Seems like the 700-series is a nice face lift for the 600-series, so no real need to upgrade at this time. I have just a small remark about the temp review. Calling a custom cooling solution cool when the Nvidia stock cooler does 32/81 oC (idle/load) with just one fan doesn't seem right.

Sym	Posted on: 06/04/2013 11:23 PM 4 degrees cooler for a card that is heavily overclocked seems like a fair enough remark to make. Anyway thanks for the review and showing us how the overclocked GTX 680 handles