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**HEXUS REVIEW: KFA2 WHITE 680 EDITION (1215MHz BOOST)!!**

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Hi there


Hexus have reviewed one of our KFA2 White Cards (1215MHz Boost Edition):-

See the review here:-
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/41737-kfa2-geforce-gtx-680-ltd-oc/


Hexus seem very impressed with the card, so much so it won their performance award! :)

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KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 LTD OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WHITE PCB** with FREE NVIDIA GPU Keyring @ £455.99 inc VAT

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The KFA2 GTX 680 OC LTD is based on a white PCB with two 8 pin PCI-E power connectors for a maximum TDP of 300W for immense overclocking. Further, it is cooled with three 90mm fans and five heatpipes leading to an aluminum fin array. The card will come equipped with dual BIOS support and overclocking software. With higher power TDP, better cooling and far superior power phase along with a custom GX31 processor for software voltage control this will be one if not the best clocking GTX 680 on the market.

The GeForce® GTX 680 delivers more than just state-of-the-art features and technology. It gives you truly game-changing performance that taps into the powerful next-generation GeForce architecture to redefine smooth, seamless, lifelike gaming.

Immerse yourself in an ultra-smooth gaming experience with exciting new NVIDIA technology advancements like NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync. It’s a fast, seamless way to adjust VSync to your current frame rates for maximum playability.

Features:-
- Innovative new GeForce architecture, designed to deliver faster, more power-efficient performance
- NVIDIA GPU Boost technology that dynamically maximizes clock speeds to push performance to new levels and bring out the best in every game
- The power to turn on lightning-fast anti-aliasing in a huge variety of games, automatically, with NVIDIA FXAA
- The power of 3-way NVIDIA SLI® technology
- Ultra-smooth gaming experience with exciting new NVIDIA technology advancements
- NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync adjusts VSync to current frame rates for maximum playability
- NVIDIA 3D Vision® Surround multi-monitor gaming on a single GPU (three gaming monitors plus one accessory display) - for the first time ever
- Supercharged NVIDIA PhysX® and NVIDIA 3D Vision® performance
- New 28nm process means cooler, quieter and far superior overclocking potential than previous generation graphics cards

Specification:-
- KFA2 Own White-PCB Design GeForce GTX 680
- Innovation Cooler Design giving powerful yet silent cooling with 3x 90mm fans
- Extreme Overclocking Performance
- 8-Phase Core PWM (8+2+2)
- 2+2-PhaseMemory PWM
- Galaxy custom GX31 chip with software voltage control, voltage monitoring and power draw monitoring
- Core Clock: 1150MHz (GK104)
- Core Boost Clock: 1215MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 6008MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 256-Bit
- Processing Cores: 1536
- Shader Clock: 2404MHz
- Bus Type: PCI-Express GEN 3.0 (Backwards compatible)
- Display Connectors: 1x DisplayPort, 3x HDMI 1.4a (300Mhz Transmitter for 120Hz)
- SLI Ready (Upto 3-Way SLI Supported)
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 4.0 Support
- PhysX Enabled
- CUDA Enabled
- 3D Vision Enabled
- NVIDIA Surround Enabled
- Lower power consumption (Maximum consumption 195 watts at stock speed)
- 2x 8-Pin PCI-E Connectors required
- Card Dimensions: 270*111.15*38.75 mm
- Warranty: 2 Years
- Supplied with FREE KFA2 NVIDIA GPU Keyring worth £9.95


Only £455.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
Boost of 1250.
Can many GTX680s get to the golden 1300? It seems as though it doesn't really matter what GTX680 you go for, they generally overclock the same.
 
dear bbc, why oh why oh why do reviewers of 6** series cards insist on NOT telling you what the ACTUAL boost clock they get is and just showing you the GPU-Z main tab which is completely meaningless in terms of actual clock achieved

Rossi~ said:
Boost of 1250.
Can many GTX680s get to the golden 1300? It seems as though it doesn't really matter what GTX680 you go for, they generally overclock the same.
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+1... which is to say, about the same performance as most 670's, even the ones that are over £150 less than this card
 
Rossi~ said:
Boost of 1250.
Can many GTX680s get to the golden 1300? It seems as though it doesn't really matter what GTX680 you go for, they generally overclock the same.
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Nope, 1200MHz is now proven rather difficult to crack on many. :(
Had an early MSI 680 Lightning, maximum was 1180MHz boost, hoping our incoming stock will do better.
 
andybird123 said:
dear bbc, why oh why oh why do reviewers of 6** series cards insist on NOT telling you what the ACTUAL boost clock they get is and just showing you the GPU-Z main tab which is completely meaningless in terms of actual clock achieved



+1... which is to say, about the same performance as most 670's, even the ones that are over £150 less than this card
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They got a boost clock of 1250Mhz I believe stable in all their benchmarks, anything higher was benchmark stable but not artifact free.
 
Gibbo said:
They got a boost clock of 1250Mhz I believe stable in all their benchmarks, anything higher was benchmark stable but not artifact free.
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the quoted 1250 is from the main tab on GPU-Z... not from the live view, which as we all know the 2 are never the same

my 670 shows a boost clock of 1130 on GPU-Z, but I actually get 1201 in precision X
 
Guess i have one of the golden ones :D

i managed 1297mhz core clock but my memory overclock is **** in comparison lol.
 
Terrible review but I guess that's ok because the card won an award...

I don't think I need acknowledgement from Hexus to realise that the KFA2 is indeed a good card.
 
check the link in the ad (erm, I mean article), direct links to OCUK in your articles will tend to get your site un-banned, and probably doesn't make sense to pay for advertorials and banners on the site to be links to your website and then keep the site banned either
 
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I like this bit of the review "but we're impressed to see the KFA2 card offer almost 70 per cent of the performance of a GTX 690 in certain games."

Am I the only one who reads that as poor SLI scaling or am I just a cynic?:confused:
 
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