ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC Review
Category : NVIDIA
Published by Marc Büchel on 04.07.13
With the GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC, ASUS has also a GeForce GTX 760 in its portfolio which features a factory overclocking. Additionally you get a slightly revised version of the DirectCU II cooler, which is know for great cooling performance at a low noise level. Overall we're curious to see what this thing can do.
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On the following pages we will show you the strengths and weaknesses of the ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC.
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Technical Data / Specifications
With the ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC you get a factory overclocked card which features a custom PCB as well as a custom cooler. The ASIC quality measured on our sample was 76.7 % which is ok considering the average being at 73 % on the cards we had at hands.
About ASIC quality:
ASUS's GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC 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 1'500 MHz (effective 6'000 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 1'006 MHz and a boost clock of 1'072 MHz. During our tests the highest boost clock we measured was 1'149 MHz and the average boost clock was also 1'149 MHz.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC supports NVIDIA's 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 77 MHz higher than the typical boost clock NVIDIA advertises.
| nVidia GeForce |
GeForce GTX 770 |
ASUS GTX 760 DC II OC |
EVGA GTX 760 SC ACX |
GeForce GTX 760 |
| Chip | GK104-425-A2 | GK104-225-A2 | GK104-225-A2 | GK104-blah |
| 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 | 1'006 MHz | 1'072 MHz | 980 MHz |
| GPU Boost clock | 1'085 MHz | 1'072 MHz | 1'137 MHz | 1'033 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 | 96 |
| Shader Cores | 1'536 (8 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Maximum board power | 230 Watt | XXX Watt | XXX Watt | 170 Watt |
| PCB Type | Reference Design | Custom Design | Custom Design | Reference Design |
| Lenght (PCB - Total) | 26.7 - 26.7 cm | 17.5 - 21.7 cm | 24.3 - 24.3 cm | 17.5 - 24.1 cm |
| Height (PCB - Total) | 11.0 - 11.0 cm | 12.1 - 12.3 cm | 11.0 - 11.0 cm | 11.0 - 11.0 cm |
| Slots | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cooler | NVIDIA Reference | ASUS DirectCU II | EVGA ACX | NVIDIA Reference |
| MSRP | $399 | $xxx | $259 | $249 |
ASUS decided to equip the GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC with a slightly reworked version of the well known DirectCU II cooler. In this case you get four heatpipes, whereas the two in the center have a diameter of eight millimeter and the two on the outside have a diameter of six millimeter. The heatpipes itself have been nickel plated and they are soldered to the fin stack, that ofers 1'963 cm2 of dissipation area. The reference cooler only offers 1'230 cm2 of dissipation area. The heatpipes establish direct contact to the GPU. ASUS also thought about actively cooling the MOSFETs with an heatsink. Between the cooler and these chips there are thermalpads, which establish a direct contact. A closer look at the fans shows that they feature a diameter of 75 millimeter and they can draw up to 0.35A on 12 volt each.
Shifting focus to the PCB shows, that it has the same length like the reference design, but thanks to the fact, that the cooler is shorter, the entire card becomes shorter than the reference model. In total ASUS has been able to save 2.4 centimeter in length. On the other hand ASUS had to increase the height of the card by 1 centimeter to fit all the components on the PCB.
A closer look at the PCB shows that ASUS equipped this card with an analog five phase power design. The GPU gets its current from four phases and the one phases left takes care of the memory. NVIDIA's reference design features four plus two phases, which means that the memory get two and not only one phase on the later. Don't worry, ASUS' single phase is stronger than nVidia's two phases.
Checking the voltage regulation chip we find a RT8867A 4/3 phase analog PWM controller from Richtek. The reference card from NVIDIA makes use of a NCP5392P from ON Semiconductor.
Furthermore there is an unidentified Richtek 1-phase PWM labelled 02=FA F0X taking care of a stable current supply for the the memory.
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
A closer look at the delivery shows, that there is the graphics card itself wrapped in an anti static bag, which is placed in a foam mold. Furthermore tehre is a manual, a driver CD, which also contains ASUS overclocking software GPU Tweak as well as an adapter cable from 2 x 6-Pin to 1 x 8-Pin.
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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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 8'507 | 8'472 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 5'622 | 6'126 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 2'791 | 2'867 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 1'026 | 40.7 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 67.2 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 111.4 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 82.11 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 94.2 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 56.67 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 32.4 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 42.3 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 95.0 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 60 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 217 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 157 |
| 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 63.77 | 217 | 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 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC II OC (FW 320.39) | 63.77 | 238.58 | 2.67 |
| 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 | + | - | |
| ASUS' brand new GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC is quite a nice piece of hardware. This custom card is not only quicker than a reference GTX 760 it also features ASUS' DirectCU II cooler. Furthermore, since it is an "OC"-model, this card boasts quite a decent factory overclocking, which gives you a slight performance boost. On the other hand this bundle lacks a game or just a special goodie, which would make gamers even happier when buying this card. |
- Performance - Cooling |
- Bundle | |
| Cooling / Noise Level | + | - | |
| GPU Temperatures were good at maximum of 80°C under heavy FurMark load with the fans revving up to a mere 30 percent of their actual maximum. ASUS did a really good job, when it comes to the noise level of this cooler. In idle the card is inaudible and even under load the card can be described as subjectively speaking very silent. | - Noise level in both idle and load | ||
| Performancee | + | - | |
| A closer look at overall performance shows that the
GTX 760 DirectCU II OC is
2 % faster on average in games than a reference GTX 760. Taking a look at the clock speed shows that this card clocks at 1'149 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 DirectCU II OC, burns 60 Watts under idle conditions and 217 Watts under load. Since we have only one other GTX 760 to compare this card to, we see that this ASUS card need 10 Watts more under Idle than EVGA's GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX and under load the difference becomes 12 Watt. Which is bad as the EVGA card is faster. We have been used to see DirectCU II cards with high idle power consumption due to particular beefed up power design so that's "normal" but on the other side the power consumption under load was always better and not worse like in this case. |
- Power consumption under load - Power Consumption in idle | ||
| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| Should you be looking for a graphics card in the performance segment, that features a factory overclocking and an excellent cooler, then the ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC is going to be a great choice. These days this card changes owner for 238 Euro, which isn't exactly a bargain. | - Performance Gaming | ||
| We gave the GTX 760 DirectCU II OC from ASUS the very good 4 out of 5 stars. | |||
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Author: Marc Buechel (rewarder) m.buechel@ocaholic.ch