EVGA GTX 680 SC Signature Review

👤by Richard Weatherstone Comments 📅17-06-12
First Look

Card Top

At first glance the card looks discreet and uninspiring thanks to its understated appearence. The belies the power hidden beneath but more on that later. The rounded leading edge of the cooler overhangs the PCB by approximately 5mm equalling a total length of 291mm from backplate to the cards leading edge so it will overhang an ATX motherboard slightly.


Card Bottom

The black PCB of the signature does not come protected by a backplate however EVGA do offer an example with this luxury for a slight increase in price. The exposed solder points are joined by a variety of quality control stickers and serial numbers which detracts from the overall stealth look of the GPU. These are of course removable but not recommended as they would be needed for RMA purposes.


Card Profile

There will be no mistaking which is your preferred manufacturer with the EVGA moniker printed onto an aluminium insert rather than the brash neon green GeForce title found on reference designs. As with the reference design, the EVGA Superclocked Signature is a dual slot design.


I/O Area

The backplate From left to right we see that EVGA have included a Displayport, HDMI port and both DVI-I and DVI-D port. It is clear EVGA feel this card needs as much cooling as possible as the backplate has more cut-outs than the reference design allowing efficient exhausting of heat from the rear of the card.


Power Ports

The EVGA card features the same staggered vertical PCIe Power port placement seen with the reference GTX680. Those astute among you will have noticed a spare solder slot for an additional 6 pin port but thankfully this sample does not require such silly power requirements with just a 550W PSU that has 38A on the 12V rail recommended as a minimum.


SLI

As with all GTX680's, the EVGA example is capable of a maximum 4-way SLI when matched up with any other GTX680 and compatible motherboard.

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