EVGA NVIDIA GTX 770 SuperClocked w/ ACX Cooler Review

[TheMonsterMan8]

Todays review is of the EVGA NVIDIA GTX 770 SuperClocked. This graphics card is one of 700 series of cards, of which the TItan also resides. I'd like to start with aesthetics for once, because in my opinion, this card is a looker. It's a shame graphics cards are plugged in with the back visible, because this wouldn't look out of place in a Steampunk build. It also goes very well with most of the Haswell motherboards, as they also use a gold/copper and dark metal look. 

This card's cooler, the ACX Cooler, is absolutely FANTASTIC. I've done a lot of tests with this and a friends non-ACX cooler, and have found that the temperature goes down by around 10ºC with the ACX. This card, on max load, is getting to about 60 on a cold day, and 69 (hey-hey!) on a hot day, (you can find what kind of cooling setup I use, along with what case I use, in my signature, for rig one) and when I say Max Load, I mean the MSI Kombustor, so it was literally 100%. I also found this is a tad quieter (I don't have a dB monitor, sorry) than the default 770, perhaps because the two fans have to spin slower.

I've done a tad bit of benchmarking, and here are the results.

 

DirectX 11 tessellation performance

Heaven 4.0: Frames per second: Higher is better
EVGA GTX 770 SC: 26
NVIDIA GTX 770: 24.9

 

DirectX 11 gaming performance
Crysis 3: Frames per second: Higher is better
EVGA GTX 770 SC: 31
NVIDIA GTX 770: 29

 

ACX cooling performance
100% GPU load: Degrees centigrade: Lower is better
EVGA GTX 770 SC: 69
NVIDIA GTX 770: 79

 

So whilst this card does not truly offer much better performance than the standard 770, I still recommend you buy it because of the cooler. And it has EVGA's fantastic warranty. I'm giving this card 90% score, simply because of the minimal performance boost.

 

Thank you for reading, sorry for rambling, and I hope you have a nice day/night/evening!

 

 

 

[Venomz1337]

Quite short review but a good one, straight to the point, nice!

[DenVu]

mine doesnt run that hot... 64 max

 

and yes its a looker looks great with th z87-pro from ASUS

[TheMonsterMan8]

mine doesnt run that hot... 64 max

 

and yes its a looker looks great with th z87-pro from ASUS

 

You must have nice airflow in your case, ha-ha! Considering mine is silence oriented, I reckon 69 isn't to be sneered at.

It really is a looker, one reason I kind of wish I had bought a ATX motherboard and a windowed R4.

[Lays]

780's usually hover from 64-71 under full load, top one usually gets a bit hotter though 

[ologiic]

mine doesnt run that hot... 64 max

 

and yes its a looker looks great with th z87-pro from ASUS

Yeah it sure would, been looking for a card to go with my z87 pro.