GTX 770 WF3 2GB - Nice try, Gigabyte.

[TheSLSAMG]

Yep, this has been waiting for a while. My review on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Gigabyte Windforce 3X OC 2GB.

 

First off, the card itself. It's not amazingly beautiful, but it is by no means ugly. The looks seem to be a love or hate thing, but I am on the wall. It looks more in place in a HAF 932 than in a C70 or Arc Midi R2.

 

 

 

Next, some specs.

 

Taken from GPU-Z

 

Now that that's out of the way, let's talk numbers. To be honest, this is not going to be about graphics performance. I can play BF4 at Ultra settings at 1080p very comfortably, in the 60s for FPS. The issue (and the meaning of the title) comes in here. The GPU simply runs hot.

 

It's not GK104. My friend has an EVGA ACX SuperClocked card and it never goes over 65C. But, my Gigabyte Windforce card, of which is advertised as being able to dissipate 450W of heat, is not doing it's job properly. The card actually reached 84C with the stock thermal paste, yet somehow it was fine 2 months prior. I then replaced it with IC Diamond 7. I saw a decrease to 76-78C, which is not bad, but still unimpressive.

 

Overall, it's not a bad card. I will be moving my rig in my basement since the temps are a lot cooler down there, but I don't know what to say for this card. I love it, but it is far from perfect. If I had to give it a rating, it gets a solid 9/10, but I would still recommend an MSI Lightning.

[DoubleY]

10/10 would read again

[tryphaa]

10/10 gud read

[Lays]

11/10 would read again

[nsyedhasan]

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[TheSLSAMG]

10/10 would read again

 

10/10 gud read

 

11/10 would read again

Looks like I am getting on the TS.