The card

EVGA decided to equip the GeForce GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 with a new version of their famous ACX 2.0 cooler. This is actually the second version of it and they decided to come up with an improved version of their dual fan cooler. In the case of this card you get three heatpipes, which all measure eight millimeter in diameter. As with the first version of the ACX cooler there is a copper base plate. Soldered to the heatpipes you find the fin stack which is being provided with fresh air by two fans. The fans on the new ACX 2.0 cooler are designed to spin only when the GPU temeprature reaches 60 degrees, which means that in 2D mode they are completeley off. Also, under low loads the fans don't start to spin. Under high-load the noise level is still silent, subjectively speaking.

A closer look at the PCB shows that EVGA equipped this card with a 6+1+1 phase digital power design. The GPU gets its current from six phases, one phase takes good care of the 2GB of GDDR5 memory and on additional phase is in charge of PLL. Once more, EVGA is using high quality chokes. Checking the voltage regulation chip, we find an NCP8117 controller from ON Semiconductor. Apart from that there is an INA 3221, which is taking care of voltage regulation for the memory chips.





The memory chips used are made by Samsung and carry the model number K4G41325FC-HC28. They are specified to run at 1'750 MHz (7'000 MHz effective).

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