**AYE AYE CAPTAIN: MAKE IT SO!!**

[Gibbo]

Hi there


Sorry about the title for this thread, but got two new Calibre cards from Sparkle which are well called Captains.





Sparkle Calibre GeForce GTX 680 Captain 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £419.99 inc VAT

The Captain Series is the flagship product line of the Calibre designed by Sparkle range of products.
Calibre X680 & X670 Captain Series is built for enthusiasts ready to tackle hungry gamers’ demands. By utilizing a Cool Pro Cooling System, Triple Silent PWN Fans with specialized Compact Stack Fin Heat Sinks which optimizes air flow through 6mm six ultra cool heat pipes providing strong thermal-hydraulic cooling performance. Furthermore, 6+2 Phases power design provides stability at load, while 2oz Copper PCB delivers better energy efficiency and stability for overclocking. Moreover, with an all solid state components design the Calibre X680/X670 Captain Series delivers the extremely gaming experience like never before.

The Captain Series is the flagship product line of the Calibre designed by Sparkle range of products. Calibre products are aimed at consumers who demand above reference performance with bespoke design, factory overclocking with custom cooling systems the Calibre X680/ X670 Captain Series is preloaded with overclocking value for enthusiasts.

Features:-
- Trio Silent PWM Fans: With trio fans which provides best airflow, easily takes away the heat from the compact stack cooling fins.
- 6pcs Ultra Cool Heat Pipes: 6pcs ultra cool heat pipes provide strong thermal capacity to deliver ultimate cooling performance.
- 6+2 Phases power design.
- 2oz Copper PCB.
- 300W Capable design: Ideal for maximum OC potential.
- Upto 4 monitor support out the box.

Specification:-
- Core Clock: 1124MHz (GK104)
- Core Boost Clock: 1189MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 6200MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 256-Bit
- Processing Cores: 1536
- Shader Clock: 2248MHz
- Bus Type: PCI-Express GEN 3.0 (Backwards compatible)
- Display Connectors: 2x Dual-Link DVI-I, 1x HDMI 1.4a & 1x Displayport
- 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
- 1x 8-Pin & 1x 6-Pin PCI-E Connectors required
- Warranty: 2 Years


Only £419.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
















Sparkle Calibre GeForce GTX 670 Captain 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £329.99 inc VAT

The Captain Series is the flagship product line of the Calibre designed by Sparkle range of products.
Calibre X680 & X670 Captain Series is built for enthusiasts ready to tackle hungry gamers’ demands. By utilizing a Cool Pro Cooling System, Triple Silent PWN Fans with specialized Compact Stack Fin Heat Sinks which optimizes air flow through 6mm six ultra cool heat pipes providing strong thermal-hydraulic cooling performance. Furthermore, 6+2 Phases power design provides stability at load, while 2oz Copper PCB delivers better energy efficiency and stability for overclocking. Moreover, with an all solid state components design the Calibre X680/X670 Captain Series delivers the extremely gaming experience like never before.

The Captain Series is the flagship product line of the Calibre designed by Sparkle range of products. Calibre products are aimed at consumers who demand above reference performance with bespoke design, factory overclocking with custom cooling systems the Calibre X680/ X670 Captain Series is preloaded with overclocking value for enthusiasts.


Features:-
- Trio Silent PWM Fans: With trio fans which provides best airflow, easily takes away the heat from the compact stack cooling fins.
- 6pcs Ultra Cool Heat Pipes: 6pcs ultra cool heat pipes provide strong thermal capacity to deliver ultimate cooling performance.
- 6+2 Phases power design.
- 2oz Copper PCB.
- 300W Capable design: Ideal for maximum OC potential.
- Upto 4 monitor support out the box.

Specification:-
- Core Clock: 954MHz (GK104)
- Core Boost Clock: 1033MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 6200MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 256-Bit
- Processing Cores: 1344
- Shader Clock: 2248MHz
- Bus Type: PCI-Express GEN 3.0 (Backwards compatible)
- Display Connectors: 2x Dual-Link DVI-I, 1x HDMI 1.4a & 1x Displayport
- 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
- 1x 8-Piin & 1x 6-Pin PCI-E Connectors required
- Warranty: 2 Years


Only £329.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW






These Captains are certainly quick out the box, but even better pretty much near damn silent, a pair of nice cards indeed.

WARP SPEED!

 

[Nimdok]

What's next, Pi-cards?

 

[panyan]

they look like those gigabyte cards

 

[SkeeterUK]

They do dont they panyan. I reckon thats a direct copy of the gainward phantom series hsc.

 

[the1gooner]

Cards look great, will they be doing a 660?

 

[fordypaul]

Purchased a Sparkle card from OC back in the Nvidia GTX275 days, never again, it failed and I had to contact Sparkle for help, I strongly recommend you avoid Sparkle at all costs, the European distributor even started throwing insults and accused me of trying to blackmail them.

Each to their own, I will not turn this into a flame Sparkle thread though.

 

[altrewin]

Nice looking cards, looks very similar to the gainward phantom cards

 

[rolypolyman]

A lot of money to put out on a little known brand. Been trying to find a reasonably priced 670 all day to compare with a 7950 but failed miserably, the only one being the Pov that Ocuk have been trying to punt but I dont know anything about Pov so dont want to take a chance on it. These cards look good, like the Phantom, but with the Gigabyte 7950 so cheap and the 12.11 driver improvements its really a no contest, hell I even found a Gigabyte Windforce 7970 cheaper than 670, Nvidia need to get competitive as I have no preference with brand, just value for performance.

 

[Rroff]

Sparkle has been around for awhile - usually used for OEM, etc. cards but done the odd retail line. No idea what their customer service is like as none of the ones I've used have ever had a problem (built several machines with their GTX260s for people) but I suspect you can deal with it through OcUK rather than Sparkle for the first 1-2 years should it come to it.

 

[craptakular]

Sparkle and PoV have beeing going for like 15 years at least.

I had a sparkle 440

 

[panyan]

they look like those gigabyte cards

They do dont the panyan. I reckon thats a direct copy of the gainward phantom series hsc.

oh yes! thats what they were called

I wonder if they use the same cooler oem

 

[scwba06]

Sparkle? sounds like they should be making things for little girls out of pink plastic

 

[chris-82]

Sparkle? sounds like they should be making things for little girls out of pink plastic

Lol

 

[mattf]

Mr sparkle!?http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/shalashashka/Image%20Host/mr_sparkle.jpg

 

[Jay85]

If i rememer correctly, sparkle is more of an american brand?

The cooler reminds me of the phantom series coolers.

 

[Skeese]

The Captain didn't know the Phantom existed...

 

[lomez]

ywah sparkle has been around a while had a sparkle 6600 gt

 

[sxndy]

I've had Sparkle products in the past and had no problems

 

[Cupra]

Who is the warranty with?