Conclusion

General		+	-
ASUS’ brand new GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC is a really nice piece of hardware. This custom card is not only quite a bit quicker than the GTX 680 it also comes at a interesting price point and the DirectCU II cooler makes it silent. It's just a pity there there are no games in the bundle when you buy an ASUS OC card these days. Apart from that this thing is excellent.		- Performance - Cooling
Cooling / Noise Level		+	-
GPU Temperatures were good with a maximum of 80°C under heavy FurMark load with the fans locked at 30 % fan speed. The DirectCU II cooler is really a good and powerful piece of hardware. In Idle the noise level is inaudible, and when there is heavy load applied the fans are still very silent. Overall this custom cooler was able to convince us and we definitely like it.		- inaudible in 2D - Very silent in 3D
Performance		+	-
A closer look at overall performance shows that the GTX 770 DirectCU II OC is 9 % faster on average in games than its predecessor, the GTX 680.  Taking a look at the clock speed shows that this card clocks at 1149 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 770 DirectCU II OC, burns 59 Watts under idle conditions and 224 Watts under load. Compared to the reference GTX 680 this is only a mere four watts more in both cases.		- Performance/Watt - Power consumption under load	- Power Consumption in idle
Recommendation / Price		+	-
Should you be looking for a seriously quick graphics card with an excellent cooler, then the GTX 770 DirectCU II OC from ASUS is a great choice. Sure, there is there are faster cards out there but this one even comes with a competitive price tag. In fact, NVIDIA is able to offer more frames per buck then AMD does with the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.		- High-End Gaming
We gave the GTX 770 DirectCU II OC from ASUS the very good 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 13 - DIRT Showdown
Page 2 - Technical Data / Specifications	Page 14 - Far Cry 3
Page 3 - Preview & Delivery	Page 15 - Max Payne 3
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 16 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 5 - 3DMark 11	Page 17 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Page 6 - 3DMark Fire Strike	Page 18 - Metro: Last Light
Page 7 - Unigine Heaven 4.0	Page 19 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - BattleField 3	Page 20 - Fan Speed / Noise Level
Page 9 - Borderlands 2	Page 21 - Temps - Idle / FurMark / BF3
Page 10 - Bioshock Infinite	Page 22 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 11 - Crysis 3	Page 23 - Conclusion
Page 12 - Call of Duty Black Ops 2

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Author: Marc Buechel (rewarder) m.buechel@ocaholic.ch