ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC Review
Published by Marc Büchel on 04.07.13Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| ASUS' brand new GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC is quite a nice piece of hardware. This custom card is not only quicker than a reference GTX 760 it also features ASUS' DirectCU II cooler. Furthermore, since it is an "OC"-model, this card boasts quite a decent factory overclocking, which gives you a slight performance boost. On the other hand this bundle lacks a game or just a special goodie, which would make gamers even happier when buying this card. |
- Performance - Cooling |
- Bundle | |
| Cooling / Noise Level | + | - | |
| GPU Temperatures were good at maximum of 80°C under heavy FurMark load with the fans revving up to a mere 30 percent of their actual maximum. ASUS did a really good job, when it comes to the noise level of this cooler. In idle the card is inaudible and even under load the card can be described as subjectively speaking very silent. | - Noise level in both idle and load | ||
| Performancee | + | - | |
| A closer look at overall performance shows that the
GTX 760 DirectCU II OC is
2 % faster on average in games than a reference GTX 760. Taking a look at the clock speed shows that this card clocks at 1'149 MHz on average, when applying heavy 3D loads. At this point one can really see GPU Boost 2.0 doing it's job, since it always tries to get the maximum clock speeds out of the card, without overstepping the 80°C temperature target. A closer look at power consumption shows, that our test system, equipped with the GTX 760 DirectCU II OC, burns 60 Watts under idle conditions and 217 Watts under load. Since we have only one other GTX 760 to compare this card to, we see that this ASUS card need 10 Watts more under Idle than EVGA's GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX and under load the difference becomes 12 Watt. Which is bad as the EVGA card is faster. We have been used to see DirectCU II cards with high idle power consumption due to particular beefed up power design so that's "normal" but on the other side the power consumption under load was always better and not worse like in this case. |
- Power consumption under load - Power Consumption in idle | ||
| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| Should you be looking for a graphics card in the performance segment, that features a factory overclocking and an excellent cooler, then the ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC is going to be a great choice. These days this card changes owner for 238 Euro, which isn't exactly a bargain. | - Performance Gaming | ||
| We gave the GTX 760 DirectCU II OC from ASUS the very good 4 out of 5 stars. | |||
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Author: Marc Buechel (rewarder) m.buechel@ocaholic.ch
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