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EVGA GTX 760 Dual Superclocked

In the highly-contested mid-range video

card market, the GTX 760 sits quite

comfortably. It’s not untouchable by any

means, but you’re certainly assured of a

level of quality for your money, and that

goes a long way.

EVGA builds on that solid foundation

with this SC (Superclocked) version,

which includes the now staple dual fan

system; EVGA’s own arrangement goes

by the name of Active Cooling Xtreme,

and certainly does a good job of keeping

things under wraps even during intense

gaming sessions.

As this is a factory-overclocked

version of the GTX 760, core speeds

come in a little nippier than standard

980MHz, measuring 1,072 (boosted to

1,137 at peak load), although all GTX 760s

across EVGA’s range run the standard

memory speed of 1,502 MHz (6,008

effective). Thankfully, with this powerful

yet impressively quiet cooling system

you get plenty of room to stretch your

CORE

MEMORY

SPECS

2,048MB GDDR5 6GHz (192.2GB/sec)

RENDER OUTPUTS / TEXTURE UNITS 32 / 96

CUDA CORES 1,152

1,072MHz

DirectX 11.2 / OpenGL 4.3 / CUDAAPI

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overclocking legs. On our test unit,

we managed to push the core clock

speed up to 1,222MHz (boost 1,287)

and the memory speed nudged along

another 170MHz to a total of 1,672 (6,688

effective). All-in-all this proved to boost

performance by a decent margin, pulling

in an additional five frames-per-second

in Hitman while GPU core temperature

peaked at a respectable 78°C.

EVGA’s range of GTX 760s is quite

vast, and this particular offering sits right

in the middle with its 2GB of RAM and

decent out-of-the-box overclock. That

also has the effect of placing this card

in an interesting price bracket, which I

believe positions it as the best value-for-

money in this range. For an extra R800 or

so you could jump up to the 4GB version,

but then you’re playing in 2GB GTX

770 range which would be a no-brainer

purchase at that price. As a result, this

2GB card is the one to get.

- Geoff Burrows

Asolid cardonlyheldbackby its

lackof4GBofVRAM,but for the

price this is the topNVIDIAcard

youcanbuy.

PLUS/Goodperformance /Temperatures stay

low/Decentbit of overclockingheadroom

MINUS/LimitedVRAM/Toughcompetition

fromAMDat this pricepoint

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B E N C H M A R KR E S U LT S

3DMark Fire Strike: 5,875

Catzilla 1080p: 8,649

Hitman: Absolution (DX11 ultra detail)

4xAA: 66 fps

WHAT’S IN THE BOX?Included in the package is an EVGA-

branded backplate for the GTX 760. Why

it isn’t fixed to the card to begin with is

anyone’s guess, but it looks rather nice

and provides passive cooling for the rear-

mounted Hynix RAM chips.

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