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The KFA2 MDT x4 ships in a long, heavy box with graffiti/grunge style artwork. There is primary focus is on the ‘one card = 4 monitor' functionality.
The box is very durable and contains the card, along with a plethora of converters, an installation guide, and software disc.
An extensive bundle, featuring 3 mini HDMI to HDMI cables, several power converter cables, three HDMI to DVI converters and a Displayport to DVI converter cable.
The KFA2 MDT x4 card is beautifully finished, with three fans enclosed in a proprietary cooling system made from metal and tough plastics. The rear of the card has a backplate for protection and improved cooling efficiency.
The KFA2 MDT x4 card is SLI capable in 2,3 and 4 way configurations.
The card requires a single 6 pin and 8 pin power header for stable operation.
The KFA2 MDT X4 is different from any other GTX580 on the market. It has a single full size DisplayPort connector, and three mini HDMI connectors in parallel. KFA2 supply a mini HDMI to HDMI cable for each of these three ports. They also supply a Displayport to DVI converter cable in the box.
The interesting part of the KFA2 operating methodology is that the three mini HDMI ports can be spanned into a single output for 5760×1080 gaming … and if the user has 4 screens, then the panel connected to the DisplayPort can used separately for main desktop duties.
The KFA2 MDT X4 has several rows of heatpipes running in parallel down the side of the card, across the racks of aluminum fins under each fan. It is very heavy.
When the graphics card is installed, the sides of the card glow blue with ‘LED stripes', as shown above. And very nice it looks too!
This particular GTX580 ships with the GF110 core @ 840mhz. It has been a while since we have tested a GTX580, so a quick refresh is in order …. a reference GTX580 is meant to ship with the core clocks at 772mhz, meaning we have a 68mhz overclock, out of the box.
The KFA2 MDT X4 card ships with 1.5GB of GDDR5 connected via a 384bit memory interface. It has 48 ROPS and 512 Cuda Cores.
very impressive bit of hardware, but it might be released at a weak time for sales. I think a lot of people are expecting new cards from nvidia in the next 60 days……
then again 580 is a brilliant card, I own one. have for a year.
Thats a very good card design. Three fans, and metal backplate. looks like they went the full monty on this release. Dont see it for sale anywhere yet to confirm the price. I cant see them getting this out for £400.
Never seen many reviews on KFA2. Are they the replacement for BFG? the artwork looks similar.
They put a lot of work into their coolers, but its a shame they didnt use arctic again for this product. their fans are better.
Wow, that is one serious mofo of a card.
Yeah thats what im talkin about Nvidia ! cant wait for the new gen of hardware.
While its nice, its still a last gen card. going to be hard for KFA2 to sell that today, IMO. I like the cooler, they put a bit of thought into the design. Tri SLI anyone?
behind the 7970 and scores 7970 is in 3D mark 11 hahahahahaha
Pointless card is pointless:
1. Cause the 7970 stock is a better choice
2. Cause nvidia is rumoured to paper launch GK 104 card in a month and have it available on the market in a few weeks after that. The word on the streets is the GK104 might be a major improvement over the GTX 580 despite the rumoured smaller bus width.
Sure, it could happen. But to call this product ‘pointless’ is a little harsh. Its one of the best 580s on the market.
Without a doubt this is one of the fastest moving industries, almost every piece of hardware will be replaced by a faster or better product within a couple of months anyway. Its difficult to review something solely on what might happen a month or two down the line. I did mention the upcoming range however in the review….
just got this for $210 on craigs. this is the sickest graphics card ive ever owned!!!!! it tops out at about 880mhz core wich is INSANE!!!and the voltage comes pretweaked! and did i forget to mention it lights up on top??