EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked w/ ACX Review
Category : NVIDIA
Published by Marc Büchel on 25.06.13
With the GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX, EVGA sent us a GTX 760 before the actual launch which comes with some very interesting features. First of all the card has been customized all the way. There is a custom PCB, a custom cooler and there is even quite a massive factory overclocking. Overall this might be one of the GTX 760 cards you actually want to buy.
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On the following pages we will show you the strengths and weaknesses of the EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX.
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Technical Data / Specifications
With the EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX you get a card which features a custom PCB as well as a custom cooler. The ASIC quality measured on our sample was 79.9 % which is high considering the average being at 73 % on the cards we had at hands.
About ASIC quality:
EVGA's GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX is based on NVIDIA's Kepler GK104-225 A2 chip, which is manufactured by TSMC using the latest 28 nanometer process technology. With the GeForce GTX 760 you get six SMX units which results in 1'152 CUDA cores. Following the specs further, there are 96 TMUs, 32 ROPs, a 256 bit wide memory interface and 2 Gigabyte of GDDR5 memory, which is clocked at 1'502 MHz (effective 6'008 MHz). In the end there is a memory bandwidth of 192 Gigabyte per second. Concerning the GPU's clock speeds it runs at a base clock of 1072 MHz and a boost clock of 1137 MHz. During our tests the highest boost clock we measured was 1'215 MHz and the average boost clock was also 1'215 MHz.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX also supports GPU Boost 2.0. The first version of GPU Boost stopped overclocking the GPU when a certain power target was hit. This new second version of GPU Boost stops overclocking the card, when a certain temperature is being reached. This makes sense since the temperature is the bigger inhibitor than the power target in most cases. In this case the temperature target is 80 degrees Celsius. In other words, as long as the GPU runs at less than 80°C it will keep overclocking until the maximum frequency has been reached. This is why in our case the average boost clock was 182 MHz higher than the typical boost clock NVIDIA advertises.
| nVidia GeForce |
GeForce GTX 770 |
EVGA GTX 760 SC ACX |
GeForce GTX 760 |
GeForce GTX 670 |
| Chip | GK104-425-A2 | GK104-225-A2 | GK104-blah | GK104 |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 3.54 billion | 3.54 billion | 3.54 billion | 3.54 billion |
| GPU clock | 1'046 MHz | 1'072 MHz | 980 MHz | 915 MHz |
| GPU Boost clock | 1'085 MHz | 1'137 MHz | 1'033 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Memory | 2'048 MB GDDR5 | 2'048 MB GDDR5 | 2'048 MB GDDR5 | 2'048 MB GDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 1'750 MHz (7'000 MHz) | 1'502 MHz (6'008 MHz) | 1'502 MHz (6'008 MHz) | 1'502 MHz (6'008 MHz) |
| Memory interface | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 224'400 MB/s | 192'300 MB/s | 192'300 MB/s | 192'300 MB/s |
| TMUs | 128 | 96 | 96 | 112 |
| Shader Cores | 1'536 (8 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'344 (7 SMX) |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Maximum board power | 230 Watt | XXX Watt | 170 Watt | 170 Watt |
| PCB Type | Reference Design | Custom Design | Reference Design | Reference Design |
| Lenght (PCB - Total) | 26.7 - 26.7 cm | 24.3 - 24.3 cm | 17.5 - 24.1 cm | 17.5 - 24.1 cm |
| Height (PCB - Total) | 11.0 - 11.0 cm | 11.0 - 11.0 cm | 11.0 - 11.0 cm | 11.0 - 11.0 cm |
| Slots | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cooler | NVIDIA Reference | EVGA ACX | NVIDIA Reference | NVIDIA Reference |
| MSRP | $399 | $259 | $249 | $199 |
EVGA decided to equip the GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX with their latest and greatest ACX cooler. In case of this card you get three copper heatpipes that have not been nickel plated. Two of them have a diameter of eight millimeter while the last one has a standard size of six millimeter. Soldered to the heatpipes you find the fin stack which is being provided with fresh air via two fans and these fans measuer 87 millimeter in diameter. EVGA is very proud of the fact, that they use fans that feature excellent build quality. Another reasonable addition is, that this custom cooler establishes direct contact with the MOSFET's thank to thermal pads. Overall this cooler seems to be better than EVGA's old Signature 2.
As the ACX cooler is longer than the 17.5cm of the reference PCB, EVGA decided to extend the PCB to the size of the cooler. In the end the PCB is 6.8 cm longer than the reference one but the card's total lenght is the same. On this PCB extension EVGA deported the memory power design you usually find below the GPU power design on the reference card. This way they free some space for an additional phase to the GPU power design. The rest of the PCB extension is empty and covered by some kind of cooling plate which doesn't cool anything but the ground (GND)?
A closer look at the PCB shows that EVGA equipped this card with an analog seven phase power design. The GPU gets its current from five phases and the two phases left take good care of the memory. NVIDIA's reference design features four plus two phases.
Checking the voltage regulation chip we find a RT8802A Multi-Phase PWM controller from Richtek, which is the same model that can be found on the GTX 680 for exemple. The reference card from NVIDIA makes use of a NCP5392P from ON Semiconductor.
Furthermore there is an unidentified Richtek 2-phase PWM labelled 08 FC 80R taking care of a stable current supply for the the memory which I guess it's the same kind or the same as on the reference designed card.
There is also an INA3221 Triple-Channel voltage monitor from Texas Instruments. You also finder the later on the reference card.
The memory chips used are made by Hynix and carry the model number H5GQ2H24AFR R0C. They are specified to run at 1'500 MHz (6'000 MHz effective).
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Preview
Delivery
The card ships well bolstered in a plastic made mold.
Bundled with the graphics card there is an user guide, some other documentation, a driver CD that includes the overclocking tool too, two power converters (2x Molex to PCIe-6pin), a DVI to VGA adapter, a huge poster and a set of stickers. That's already one hell of a bundle but guess what, there is more! This product comes with a 3 year warranty and you can extend its warranty upon register it on EVGA's website to 5 years for 12 € and to 10 years for 25 € within 90 days of purchase. Find more information here. This product is also eligible to EVGA's Step-Up Program.
Last but not least when checking EVGA's current promotions with this card at the moment you get for free:
- Metro: Last Light
- 3DMark Advanced
- Primal Carnage
- Assassin's Creed III
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Test Setup
Hardware
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3DMark 11 Performance
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 15'687 | 19'411 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 14'918 | 18'303 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 14'256 | 16'676 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 13'064 | 14'742 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 12'784 | 14'177 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 11'565 | 12'291 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 10'265 | 10'561 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 9'972 | 9'924 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 9'712 | 9'855 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 9'153 | 8'912 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 8'870 | 8'899 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 8'553 | 8'497 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 8'363 | 8'305 |
| More is better | ||
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3DMark - Fire Strike Performance
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 11'535 | 15'177 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 10'426 | 13'412 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 9'390 | 11'669 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 9'290 | 10'642 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 8'071 | 9'937 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 8'341 | 9'344 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 6'949 | 7'761 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 6'759 | 7'538 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 6'380 | 7'102 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 6'476 | 7'063 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 5'844 | 6'398 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 5'712 | 6'231 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 5'531 | 6'031 |
| More is better | ||
3DMark - Fire Strike Extreme
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 6'160 | 6'905 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 5'456 | 6'092 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 4'927 | 5'400 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 4'737 | 4960 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 4'150 | 4'544 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 4'198 | 4'330 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 3'432 | 3'549 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 3'343 | 3'497 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 3'125 | 3'245 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 3'153 | 3'216 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 2'904 | 2'991 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 2'818 | 2'896 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 2'738 | 2'808 |
| More is better | ||
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Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset
| Graphics Cards | Graphics Score | FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 2'431 | 96.5 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 2'238 | 88.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 2'040 | 81.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 1'809 | 71.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 1'744 | 69.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 1'567 | 62.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 1'339 | 54.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 1'274 | 50.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 1'124 | 44.6 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 1'060 | 42.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 1'058 | 42.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 1'024 | 40.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 1'012 | 40.0 |
| More is better | ||
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BattleField 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 4xMSAA, Ultra, SSAO | Average FPS |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 135.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 114.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 107.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 99.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 95.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 93.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 79.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 77.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 72.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 71.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 68.4 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 67.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 65.4 |
| More is better |
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Borderlands 2
| High Preset, 1920x1080, FXAA, no PhsyX, High | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 137.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 134.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 134.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 133.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 132.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 129.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 121.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 120.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 115.6 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 115.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 113.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 110.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 105.4 |
| More is better |
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Bioshock Infinite
| Graphics Cards | FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 162.70 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 160.33 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 152.08 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 128.40 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 126.96 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 111.74 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 105.89 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 99.50 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 99.20 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 92.17 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 87.39 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 85.04 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 80.90 |
| More is better |
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Crysis 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Very High | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 43.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 39.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 36.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 35.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 32.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 31.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 25.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 23.6 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 22.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 21.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 21.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 19.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 17.8 |
| More is better |
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Call of Duty Black Ops 2
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, High | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 196.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 193.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 175.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 154.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 145.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 131.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 112.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 107.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 103.8 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 97.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 96.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 94.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 92.4 |
| More is better |
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DIRT Showdown - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 127.74 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 106.22 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 94.44 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 89.86 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 85.76 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 83.44 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 79.66 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 72.66 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 69.37 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 66.58 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 59.36 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 58.08 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 56.55 |
| More is better |
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Far Cry 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 71.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 65.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 60.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 56.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 55.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 51.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 39.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 36.4 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 33.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 33.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 33.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 31.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 29.8 |
| More is better |
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Max Payne 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Very High | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 72.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 66.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 65.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 57.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 53.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 52.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 39.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 37.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 36.6 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 35.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 34.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 34.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 33.6 |
| More is better |
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Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, Extreme, High-Res Textures | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 84.5 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 83.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 75.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 66.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 60.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 56.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 51.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 49.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 47.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 45.0 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 43.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 41.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 39.5 |
| More is better |
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 132.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 132.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 131.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 131.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 130.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 116.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 112.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 109.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 106.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 98.6 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 98.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 98.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 94.2 |
| More is better |
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Metro: Last Light
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Power Consumption
| Power Consumption Idle* | Watts |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI (non ref design) | 69 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI (non ref design) | 69 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 68 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (non ref design) | 65 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 770 DC2 OC | 59 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (non ref design) | 57 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire (non ref design) | 56 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 55 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 55 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 54 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 52 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 50 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
| Power Consumption Load (FurMark)* | Watts |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire (non ref design) | 473 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 380 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI (non ref design) | 370 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI (non ref design) | 363 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 315 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 292 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (non ref design) | 262 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 238 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 770 DC2 OC | 224 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 220 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (non ref design) | 210 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 205 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
| Difference Idle/LoadDifférence Idle/Charge | Watts |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire (non ref design) | 417 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 312 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI (non ref design) | 301 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI (non ref design) | 294 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 260 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 240 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (non ref design) | 197 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 770 DC2 OC | 165 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 165 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 155 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (non ref design) | 153 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 184 |
| More is better |
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Fan Speed / Noise Level
Fan Speed
Noise Level
For the noise level results, we measured the noise level using a decibel meter (Voltcraft SL-200) located at 1 meter away from the graphics card.
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Idle / FurMark / BF3
Idle Temperature
Idle, temperature is taken after 15 minutes @ 43 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature under Furmark
For FurMark, temperature is taken after 15 minutes of GPU Burn test @ 43 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
We stopped the test when the GPU temperature hit 90°C.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature and fan speed under BattleField 3
For BattleField 3, temperature and fan speed values taken, are the highest achieved after 1 hour gaming @ auto fan speed.
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Performance/Watt
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Power C. (Watts)* | Performance/Watt*10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 71.30 | 220 | 3.24 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 65.81 | 205 | 3.21 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (non ref design) | 65.56 | 210 | 3.12 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 87.78 | 292 | 3.01 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 94.13 | 315 | 2.99 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 111.58 | 380 | 2.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI (non ref design) | 103.55 | 370 | 2.80 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (non ref design) | 72.91 | 262 | 2.78 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 65.80 | 238 | 2.76 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI (non ref design) | 93.67 | 363 | 2.58 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire (non ref design) | 111.44 | 473 | 2.36 |
| *Entire system | More is better | Less is better | More is better |
The "Performance Index" value is calculated as the sum of all benchmarks results divided by the amount of games (3DMark and Ungine not included into the calculation).
Performance/Price
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Price (€) | Performance/€*10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (FW 320.39) | 62.83 | 219.7 | 2.86 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX (FW 320.39) | 65.81 | 243.36 | 2.70 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 65.56 | 272.6 | 2.40 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti SLI | 93.67 | 400.0 | 2.34 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 75.33 | 341.6 | 2.21 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 72.91 | 344.7 | 2.12 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 71.30 | 339.9 | 2.10 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 65.80 | 319.0 | 2.06 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI | 103.55 | 545.2 | 1.90 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI | 111.58 | 679.8 | 1.64 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Ed. CrossFire | 111.44 | 689.4 | 1.62 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 87.78 | 559.6 | 1.57 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 94.13 | 855.3 | 1.10 |
| More is better | Less is better | More is better |
For the price we took the lowest price available on geizhals.eu, on the day the review has been published.
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Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| EVGA’ brand new GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX is quite a nice piece of hardware. This custom card is not only quicker than a reference GTX 760 it also features EVGA latest and greatest ACX cooler, which is an improvement over the Signature 2 cooler but not yet perfect. Last but not least, these days EVGA is the only manufacturer of NVIDIA graphics cards, that manages to put together a really appealing game bundle and furthermore there is EVGAs compelling extended warranty offer as well as their Step-up program. |
- Performance - Game Bundle - EVGA Step-Up |
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| Cooling / Noise Level | + | - | |
| GPU Temperatures were good at maximum of 77°C under heavy FurMark load with the fans revving up to 43 percent of maximum fan speed. This new ACX cooler isn't perfect when it comes to noise level, but still when comparing it to the Signature 2 cooler it's an improvement. This cooler can be categorized as audible while gaming with a maximus noise level measured at 40.5 dBA. In idle the card i sunfortunately not noiseless, it's only silent. Looking at the cooling performance part of the equation shows, that it's powerful. | - Noise level in both idle and load | ||
| Performance | + | - | |
| A closer look at overall performance shows that the
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX is
5 % faster on average in games than a reference GTX 760. Taking a look at the clock speed shows that this card clocks at 1'215 MHz on average, when applying heavy 3D loads. At this point one can really see GPU Boost 2.0 doing it's job, since it always tries to get the maximum clock speeds out of the card, without overstepping the 80°C temperature target. A closer look at power consumption shows, that our test system, equipped with the GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX, burns 50 Watts under idle conditions and 205 Watts under load. Since we do not yet have a reference card at hand, we can't tell you wheter this is better or worse than what NVIDIA does. |
- Performance/Watt
- Power consumption under load - Power Consumption in idle |
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| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| Should you be looking for a graphics card in the performance segment, that features a very decent factory overclocking, quite a decent cooler and flexible options, then the EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX is going to be a good choice. | - Performance Gaming | ||
| We gave the GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX from EVGA the very good 4 out of 5 stars. | |||
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Author: Marc Buechel (rewarder) m.buechel@ocaholic.ch