Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 Review + SLI
Category : NVIDIA
Published by Christian Ney on 27.09.13
Gigabyte is currently offering four different GeForce GTX 760 all equiped with the WindForce 3X cooler. A reference clocked as well as an overclocked version that are both available in 2GB and 4GB variants. Today we are going to have a look at the OverClocked version with 4GB onboard memory in single card and in SLI operation.
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On the following pages we will show you the strengths and weaknesses of the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1.
Technical Data / Specifications
Gigabyte's GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 is based on NVIDIA's Kepler GK104-225 A2 chip, which is manufactured by TSMC using the latest 28 nanometer process technology. With the GeForce GTX 760 you get six SMX units which results in 1'152 CUDA cores. Following the specs further, there are 96 TMUs, 32 ROPs, a 256 Bit wide memory interface and 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.Frequency wise, since Gigabyte didn't bother overclocking the memory, the latter stays clocked at 1'502 MHz (effective 6'008 MHz). On the GPU you find a very nice factory overclocking with a base clock of 1'085 MHz and a typical boost clock of 1'150 MHz. Things get more interesting when looking at the actual working frequencies, during our tests the highest boost clock we measured was 1'228 MHz and the average boost clock was also 1'228 MHz.
The card also supports GPU Boost 2.0. The first version of GPU Boost stopped overclocking the GPU when a certain power target was hit. This new second version of GPU Boost stops overclocking the card, when a certain temperature is being reached. This makes sense since the temperature is the bigger inhibitor than the power target in most cases. In this case the temperature target is 80 degrees Celsius. In other words, as long as the GPU runs lower than 80°C it will keep overclocking until the maximum frequency has been reached. When 80°C is hit, the frequency will be lowered in 13 MHz steps until the base clock frequency if necessary to keep the core below 80°C. This is why in our case the average boost clock was 78 MHz higher than the typical boost clock the manufacturer advertises.
| MSI HAWK | Gigabyte OC V1 | EVGA SC ACX | GeForce GTX 760 | |
| Chip | GK104-225-A2 | GK104-225-A2 | GK104-225-A2 | GK104-225-A2 |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 3.54 billion | 3.54 billion | 3.54 billion | 3.54 billion |
| GPU clock | 1'111 MHz | 1'084 MHz | 1'072 MHz | 980 MHz |
| GPU Boost clock | 1'176 MHz | 1'150 MHz | 1'137 MHz | 1'033 MHz |
| Memory GDDR5 | 2'048 MB | 4'096 MB | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB |
| Memory clock | 1'502 (6'008) MHz | 1'502 (6'008) MHz | 1'502 (6'008) MHz | 1'502 (6'008) MHz |
| Memory interface | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 192'300 MB/s | 192'300 MB/s | 192'300 MB/s | 192'300 MB/s |
| TMUs | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 |
| Shader Cores | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| TDP | 170 Watt | xxx Watt | 170 Watt | 170 Watt |
| PCB Type | Custom Design | Custom Design | Custom Design | Reference Design |
| Lenght (PCB - Total) | 26.5 - 26.5 cm | 25.5 - 28.0 cm | 24.3 - 24.3 cm | 17.5 - 24.1 cm |
| Height (PCB - Total) | 11.0 - 12.8 cm | 11.0 - 12.5 cm | 11.0 - 11.0 cm | 11.0 - 11.0 cm |
| Slots | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cooler | Twin Frozr IV Adv. | WindForce 3X | EVGA ACX | NVIDIA Reference |
| MSRP | $XXX | $XXX | $XXX | $249 |
Gigabyte decided to equip the GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 with their very own cooling solution answering to the name WindForce 3X 450W. The latter is slightly different from the one you find on the GTX 780 of the same manufacturer. This one also features two 8mm and four 6mm copper heatpipes but they are arranged differently. Soldered to the heatpipes you find the fin stack which is being fed with fresh air via three 80mm fans. They carry the model number T128010SU and have been inclined in order to blow the air away better at the top of the card.
Overall the cooler is well manufactured but the copper base doesn't have a the mirror finish. Yet it's far better from what we found on the GTX 780 WindForce cooler. Around the base you find an aluminium part which is used to fix the cooler to the PCB and also to cool the memory chips that are on this side of the PCB thanks to thermal pads.
The rear fin stack has been equipped with an aluminium plate to cool the MOSFETs of the GPU power design. A thermal pad has also been used in this case.
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A closer look at the custom PCB shows that Gigabyte equipped this card with a 6+2 phase power design. In this case, the GPU gets six phases, two more than on the reference model. The memory can rely on two phases.
Checking the voltage regulation chips we find a digital multi-phase controller ADP4100 from ON Semiconductor for the GPU and a dual phase controller uP1610P from uPI Semiconductor for the memory.
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The memory chips used are made by Hynix and carry the model number H5GQ2H24AFR R0C. They are specified to run at 1'500 MHz (6'000 MHz effective).
Preview
Delivery
The card ships well bolstered in a foam made mold. Bundled with the graphics card there is a driver CD and two power converters (2x Molex to PCIe-6pin and 2xMolex to PCIe-8pin). The bundle is not pictured because our samples weren't in the retail boxes.Test Setup
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3DMark - Fire Strike Performance
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 9'752 | 12'245 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 8'296 | 9'298 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 7'752 | 8'582 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 6'979 | 7'733 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 6'395 | 7'294 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 6'581 | 7'293 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 6'374 | 7'067 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 6'474 | 7'052 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 5'979 | 6'564 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 5'944 | 6'515 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 5'855 | 6'406 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 5'696 | 6'210 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 5'567 | 6'046 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 5'164 | 5'560 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 4'947 | 5'339 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 4'839 | 5'227 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 4'547 | 4'979 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 4'353 | 4'637 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 4'146 | 4'411 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 3'708 | 3'904 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 3'731 | 3'862 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 3'342 | 3'453 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 2'998 | 3'152 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 2'995 | 3'100 |
| More is better | ||
3DMark - Fire Strike Extreme
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 5'233 | 5'789 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 4'215 | 4'378 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 3'931 | 4'054 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 3'418 | 3'535 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 3'275 | 3'419 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 3'250 | 3'352 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 3'160 | 3'292 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 3'151 | 3'210 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 2'991 | 3'084 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 2'956 | 3'044 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 2'908 | 2'990 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 2'851 | 2'931 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 2'758 | 2'837 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 2'556 | 2'609 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 2'407 | 2'471 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 2'342 | 2'412 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 2'216 | 2'349 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 2'136 | 2'168 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 2'008 | 2'034 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 1'812 | 1'827 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 1'783 | 1'758 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 1'586 | 1'556 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 961 | 927 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 9'58 | 910 |
| More is better | ||
Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset
| Graphics Cards | Score | fps |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 2'087 | 82.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 1'641 | 65.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 1'639 | 65.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 1'203 | 47.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 1'181 | 46.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 1'162 | 46.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 1'118 | 44.4 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 1'106 | 43.9 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 1'072 | 42.6 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 1'067 | 42.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 1'063 | 42.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 1'027 | 40.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 1'018 | 40.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 951 | 37.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 914 | 36.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 867 | 34.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 822 | 32.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 803 | 31.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 703 | 27.9 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 684 | 27.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 610 | 24.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 555 | 22.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 504 | 20.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 496 | 19.7 |
| More is better | ||
BattleField 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 4xMSAA, Ultra, SSAO | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 110.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 90.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 86.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 79.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 75.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 70.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 70.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 69.0 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 69.0 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 67.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 67.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 65.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 65.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 61.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 55.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 53.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 50.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 47.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 44.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 44.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 35.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 32.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 31.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 29.6 |
| More is better |
Borderlands 2
| High Preset, 1920x1080, FXAA, no PhsyX, High | Average FPS |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 138.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 138.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 135.6 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 128.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 121.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 119.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 115.2 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 113.0 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 112.8 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 111.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 111.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 110.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 105.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 104.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 95.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 91.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 87.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 76.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 76.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 74.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 67.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 66.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 58.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 55.6 |
| More is better |
Bioshock Infinite - Benchmark
| Ultra Preset, 1920x1080, AA, no DDOF | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 117.02 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 93.02 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 87.24 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 77.57 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 76.79 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 75.83 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 73.67 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 69.80 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 69.07 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 68.73 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 68.34 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 66.25 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 65.82 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 60.84 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 58.98 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 51.00 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 50.74 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 50.28 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 44.44 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 42.91 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 42.17 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 37.23 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 34.98 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 32.61 |
| More is better |
Crysis 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Very High | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 42.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 32.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 31.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 27.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 25.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 24.8 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 23.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 22.8 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 22.2 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 21.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 21.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 21.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 20.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 18.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 18.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 17.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 17.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 15.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 14.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 14.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 13.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 11.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 10.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 9.0 |
| More is better |
Call of Duty Black Ops 2
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, High | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 182.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 115.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 114.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 108.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 105.8 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 101.6 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 98.2 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 98.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 94.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 91.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 89.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 87.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 82.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 82.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 69.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 67.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 67.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 63.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 60.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 59.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 55.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 55.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 52.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 40.4 |
| More is better |
DIRT Showdown - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 95.17 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 86.32 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 80.97 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 80.17 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 78.18 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 74.44 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 65.98 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 65.27 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 63.81 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 63.26 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 61.5 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 60.16 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 59.10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 58.42 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 52.89 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 52.75 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 50.99 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 48.69 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 44.83 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 44.63 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 39.21 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 37.34 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.20 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 30.09 |
| More is better |
Far Cry 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 65.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 50.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 47.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 39.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 38.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 36.2 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 33.2 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 33.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 32.2 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 32.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 31.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 31.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 29.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 27.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 27.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 25.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 24.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 22.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 20.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 21.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 18.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 17.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 15.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 13.4 |
| More is better |
Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, Extreme, High-Res Textures | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 81.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 63.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 58.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 56.5 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 51.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 51.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 49.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 47.3 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 44.7 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 44.4 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 44.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 42.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 42.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 38.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 38.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 35.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 33.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 32.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 29.9 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 27.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 26.3 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 26.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 23.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 20.1 |
| More is better |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 133.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 128.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 122.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 109.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 109.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 109.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 105.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 101.4 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 99.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 98.6 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 98.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 96.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 95.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 88.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 85.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 84.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 80.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 73.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 70.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 64.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 63.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 58.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 50.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 47.6 |
| More is better |
Metro: Last Light - Benchmark
| Very High, 1920x1080, SSAA, DX11 | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 45.53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 40.51 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 38.78 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 32.47 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 31.18 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 28.45 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 28.37 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 28.28 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 28.18 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 27.22 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 27.21 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 26.18 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 24.85 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 23.89 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 23.18 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 21.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 20.79 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 19.19 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 17.80 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 16.05 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 14.06 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 13.78 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 12.91 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 10.99 |
| More is better |
Grand Theft Auto V
Power Consumption
| Power Consumption Idle* | Watts |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 75 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 71 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 64 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) | 62 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 58 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 58 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 57 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 56 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 55 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (MSI Lightning) | 53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 53 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 52 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (MSI TF - Ref PCB) | 52 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DP - Ref PCB) | 50 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 50 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 49 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 47 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 46 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 46 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 45 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 45 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 43 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 40 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
| Power Consumption Load (FurMark)* | Watts |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 358 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 351 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 285 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 235 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) | 230 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 215 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 210 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DP - Ref PCB) | 200 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (MSI TF - Ref PCB) | 195 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC2 OC | 200 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 197 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 192 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 192 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (MSI Lightning) | 190 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 189 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 184 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 180 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 177 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 161 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 149 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 148 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 148 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 145 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 130 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 120 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
| Difference Idle/LoadDifférence Idle/Charge | Watts |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 298 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 283 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 236 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 179 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) | 168 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 157 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC2 OC | 155 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 151 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DP - Ref PCB) | 150 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 149 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 149 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 146 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (MSI TF - Ref PCB) | 143 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 139 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (MSI Lightning) | 137 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 133 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 126 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 124 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 116 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 99 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 96 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 93 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 88 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 73 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 66 |
| *Entire system | More is better |
Fan Speed / Noise Level
Fan Speed
Noise Level
For the noise level results, we measured the noise level using a decibel meter (Voltcraft SL-200) located at 1 meter away from the graphics card.
Idle / FurMark / BF3
Idle Temperature
Idle, temperature is taken after 15 minutes @ lowest, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature under Furmark
For FurMark, temperature is taken after 15 minutes of GPU Burn test at lowest, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
We stopped the test when the GPU temperature hit 90°C.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature and fan speed under BattleField 3
For BattleField 3, temperature and fan speed values taken, are the highest achieved after 1 hour gaming @ auto fan speed.
Performance/Watt
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Power C. (Watts)* | Performance/Watt*10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (MSI Lightning) | 69.98 | 190 | 3.68 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 51.99 | 148 | 3.51 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (MSI TF - Ref PCB) | 66.70 | 195 | 3.42 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 60.30 | 177 | 3.41 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 79.80 | 235 | 3.40 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 64.16 | 192 | 3.34 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 63.03 | 189 | 3.33 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 48.80 | 149 | 3.28 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 64.30 | 197 | 3.26 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 61.58 | 192 | 3.21 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 56.87 | 180 | 3.16 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 40.82 | 130 | 3.14 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 46.52 | 148 | 3.14 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DP - Ref PCB) | 62.05 | 200 | 3.10 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC2 OC | 61.58 | 200 | 3.08 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) | 68.30 | 230 | 2.97 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 85.50 | 285 | 2.93 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 100.09 | 351 | 2.85 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 30.06 | 120 | 2.51 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 40.25 | 161 | 2.50 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 49.35 | 210 | 2.35 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 30.93 | 145 | 2.13 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 73.04 | 358 | 2.04 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 35.91 | 184 | 1.95 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 40.13 | 215 | 1.87 |
| *Entire system | More is better | Less is better | More is better |
The "Performance Index" value is calculated as the sum of all benchmarks results divided by the amount of games (3DMark and Ungine not included into the calculation).
Performance/Price
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Price (€) | Performance/€*10 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 40.82 | 129 | 3.51 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 48.80 | 147 | 3.32 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.06 | 94 | 3.20 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 40.25 | 126 | 3.19 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 49.35 | 156 | 3.16 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 46.52 | 154 | 3.02 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 51.99 | 179 | 2.90 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 60.30 | 208 | 2.90 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 30.93 | 110 | 2.81 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 56.87 | 205 | 2.77 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX | 63.03 | 228 | 2.76 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC2 OC | 61.58 | 228 | 2.70 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DC Mini OC | 61.58 | 233 | 2.64 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 64.16 | 247 | 2.60 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 68.30 | 273 | 2.50 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 62.05 | 248 | 2.50 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 | 64.30 | 263 | 2.44 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 66.70 | 285 | 2.34 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 69.98 | 325 | 2.15 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI | 100.09 | 526 | 1.90 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 35.91 | 209 | 1.72 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 79.80 | 511 | 1.56 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 40.13 | 281 | 1.43 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 73.04 | 661 | 1.10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 85.50 | 823 | 1.04 |
| More is better | Less is better | More is better |
For the price we took the lowest price available on geizhals.eu, on the day the review has been published.
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| Meanwhile we have tested five different GeForce GTX
760 and this Gigabyte leaves us with mixed feelings. Starting with the
good, the OC 4GB V1 is a high quality product with a nice design, a
better power design, a nice factory overclock and an oversized cooler. Now the bad, the extra amount of memory doesn't bring much, it only makes the card more expensive at first look and the card could be much quieter. |
- Factory Overclocking
- Performance - Cooling - Design |
- Noise level | |
| Cooling / Noise Level | + | - | |
| Like MSI for example, Gigabyte also equips its card
with an oversized cooler but unfortunately there is something missing. Overall the WindForce 3X 450W cooler is good. The design and quality are good, temperatures are very good and the entire card is cooled well. But, unfortunately the cooler isn't as silent as we thought it would be. It could be quieter, after playing BattleField 3 for an hour the maximum temperature hit by the GPU was 65°C. In this case the maximum fan speed was 51%, translated it means a noise level of about 37.5 dBA (silent but you hear the card). It's not as bad as some other coolers but it is as loud as the DirectCU Mini from ASUS and the two coolers are far from being in the same league. |
- Cooling performance | - Noise levels | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| The 760 OC 4GB V1 is surprisingly fast. It's
perfectly normal that the card is fast with 1'228 MHz on the speedometer
but it manages to outperfm the MSI HAWK
which is clocked higher almost everywhere. Not much on average it's only
1% but there and there it was up to 5%. Since the memory chips are the
same, the manufacturer didn't do any tweaking on the memory timings and
the video memory usage never go above 1.5GB in the tested games we think,
for now, that the performance gain lies on the memory path. In other
words a system memory single sidded/dual sidded like effect. A closer look at power consumption shows, that our test system, equipped with the GTX 760 OC 4GB V1, burns 46 Watts under idle conditions and 197 Watts under load. Both results are very good, especially under load. |
- Performance/Watt
- Power consumption |
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| Performance SLI | + | - | |
| The SLI is on average 1.6x faster in the tested
games. Compared to high end cards such as the GTX Titan and GTX 780, the
GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 SLI is respectively 1.2 and 1.3x faster. In this case
the 760 SLI benefits from a much better Performance/Price ratio since
for less you have more performance. Power consumption wise the ratio is lower obviously but it's still on a good level. |
- Performance/Price
- Power consumption |
- Performance/Watt | |
| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| With a starting price of 263 Euros excluding
shipping costs accross the EU, the OC 4GB V1 isn't really cheap. That's about
60 Euros on top of the cheapest 760 and 15 Euros more expensive than the
HAWK from MSI for example. Obviously such higher price is because of the
extra onboard memory but since more memory on such a card doesn't bring
else than a price increase it makes the card less interesting. The SLI however is very interesting for those who wants performance and have a 530 Euros budget. |
- Gaming | - Price | |
| We gave the GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB V1 from Gigabyte 4 out of 5 stars. | |||
