KFA2 Geforce GTX760 EX OC Review

1. Introduction2. KFA2 Geforce GTX760 EX OC3. KFA2 Geforce GTX760 EX OC (Super High Res Gallery)4. Testing Methodology5. Unigine Heaven Benchmark6. Unigine Valley Benchmark7. 3DMark Vantage8. 3DMark 119. 3DMark10. Alien V Predator (DX11)11. Sleeping Dogs (DX11)12. Tomb Raider (DX11)13. Dirt ShowDown (DX11)14. Metro Last Light (DX11)15. GRID 2 (DX11)16. Thermal Dynamics17. Acoustics Performance18. Overclocking19. Closing Thoughts20. View All Pages

My opinion of Nvidia's GTX760 hasn't suddenly changed since we reviewed the reference sample earlier this week. There simply isn't a better performance gaming card between the £200 and £250 price point.

Reviewing a reference card is always a little frustrating because I know that our readers are interested in the pre overclocked solutions featuring quiet dual fan coolers. KFA2 are the first in our line up of modified GTX760's and we haven't been disappointed with testing this week.

The EX OC core is clocked higher, boosted from 980mhz to 1,059mhz. In real world terms the frame rates are a little higher in all of the Direct X 11 titles we tested, which will be welcomed by the audience.

The futuristic cooler design is eye catching – the dark grey and black colour scheme looks mean, and we like how the company are allowing the fan sections to be removed for easy cleaning at a later date. The two large fans do rotate quite slowly and produce significantly less noise than the reference GTX760, which isn't really a surprise.

Even though the KFA2 GTX760 EX OC is emitting less noise than the reference Nvidia design, the thick heatpipes and nickel base ensure that temperatures drop by around 8c under gaming load.

The KFA2 GTX760 EX OC is built to overclock. The company have replaced one of the 6 pin PCIe connectors with an 8 Pin connector to ensure the card can demand more power, when needed. We managed to push the core speed to 1,224mhz before it would hardlock. This is almost an extra 16 percent improvement over the ‘out of the box' settings, impressive when you consider that KFA2 have already overclocked the GK104 core.

Many of the reference GTX760 designs are priced around £210 inc vat, and KFA2 are adding an £18 premium for this overclocked, modified version. Well worth it.

You can buy the KFA2 GTX760 EX OC from Overclockers UK for £227.99 inc vat.

Pros:

• looks wicked.
• pre overclocked.
• cooler than reference card.
• quieter than reference card.
• plenty of additional headroom.

Cons:

• they could have pushed it even higher out of the box.

Kitguru says: A sublime version of an already fantastic reference card from Nvidia. The card to buy under £250.

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