Videocards/VGA Reviews by stefan @ 2013-06-03
With the coming of the GTX Titan derivation named GTX 780, we have very good performances available at a lower price point. Gigabyte is one of the companies which offer a highly overclocked variant and a custom, compact cooling system which is enough silent when the card is placed in a well ventilated computer case.
To be able to access the rest of the cards’ PCB, we will remove 7 screws from the back, which are provided with springs. For protecting the board against scratches, Gigabyte has also glued some white plastic rings around the holes:
If you will even need to remove the top heatsink, make sure to make gradual pulls from different areas and not from a single place, in order not to damage the PCB or the thermal pads:
We have found that this card comes with 12 Samsung K4G20325F0-FC03 memory chips, which are rated at 1500MHz:
When looking at the back of the DVI connectors, we will spot that the metallic cover is gone, probably to make more space to the heatsink:
By looking carefully in the VRM area, we can spot 6 phases for powering the GPU:
The On Semi NCP4206 controls the power phases and is located on a separate PCB:
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