OcUK Staff
This is a follow up on the forum to the You Tube video review I did on our channel before I left for Computex.
The link to the review of the card is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzFOrk30Us0&t=29s
I tested both white and black versions of the card finding performance and overclocking very similar on both which is unsurprising as the only difference is cosmetic.
The system I used for card testing was:
6950X at 4.6ghz
Galax HOF memory 32gb 4x8gb
ASUS Rampage V Xtreme MB
8Pack PSU
Windows 10 64 Bit.
Here are the screen shots of the bench scores with the card running stock clocks.
As you can see a pretty impressive stock boost clock of between 1925/1950mhz. This is beating Nvidias founders edition by around 100mhz on stock boost clocks.
Stock full load temps:
76 C peak after Heaven maxed out for 1 hour with fan on auto and at a very quiet 56% of max. Beating the Foundation card by over 10C in the same test conditions. With the founders editions single fan design having to run the single fan much higher RPM and much louder to maintain these temps. XOC is cooler and quieter.
Finally overclocked benches:
OC with very quiet auto fan profile game stable results of 2025mhz Core and 6100-6150mhz mems was no problem for this card.
In conclusion the Galax EXOC outperformed the Nvidia Founders edition reference card across the range of testing. Faster at stock, cooler and quieter as well as good overclocking performance. It looks great and with both colours available can be integrated into any power users gaming system. The card is also around £30-£40 cheaper than the Nvidia reference equivalent so really every reason to buy.
Get the White here:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-09j-kf.html
and the Black here:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-09f-kf.html
The link to the review of the card is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzFOrk30Us0&t=29s
I tested both white and black versions of the card finding performance and overclocking very similar on both which is unsurprising as the only difference is cosmetic.
The system I used for card testing was:
6950X at 4.6ghz
Galax HOF memory 32gb 4x8gb
ASUS Rampage V Xtreme MB
8Pack PSU
Windows 10 64 Bit.
Here are the screen shots of the bench scores with the card running stock clocks.
As you can see a pretty impressive stock boost clock of between 1925/1950mhz. This is beating Nvidias founders edition by around 100mhz on stock boost clocks.
Stock full load temps:
76 C peak after Heaven maxed out for 1 hour with fan on auto and at a very quiet 56% of max. Beating the Foundation card by over 10C in the same test conditions. With the founders editions single fan design having to run the single fan much higher RPM and much louder to maintain these temps. XOC is cooler and quieter.
Finally overclocked benches:
OC with very quiet auto fan profile game stable results of 2025mhz Core and 6100-6150mhz mems was no problem for this card.
In conclusion the Galax EXOC outperformed the Nvidia Founders edition reference card across the range of testing. Faster at stock, cooler and quieter as well as good overclocking performance. It looks great and with both colours available can be integrated into any power users gaming system. The card is also around £30-£40 cheaper than the Nvidia reference equivalent so really every reason to buy.
Get the White here:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-09j-kf.html
and the Black here:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-09f-kf.html