The top of the card features a new black plastic shroud which houses the heatsink along with the fan which is placed slightly off centre towards the end of the card. The shroud feels slightly hollow and light with little substance - something we will investigate later.



Flipping the card over, we see that the power circuit board is much shorter than the shroud. Amazingly the circuitry takes up just 66% of the overall card length with the area where we would usually find the voltage regulation completely missing! You may also notice the card has memory modules on the rear of the card with 4 empty spaces hinting at 4GB GTX670s in the future perhaps?



The I/O area is identical to the GTX680 in that it has 2x Dual-Link DVI ports, a DisplayPort along with a HDMI port. Because the card is a dual slot design, there is a small cut-out area for venting which is the only vent on the card being that the shroud fully encloses the heatsink.



The GTX670 requires two 6pin PCIe power connectors capable of delivering 75W each. NVIDIA recommend a 500W PSU with the thermal design power of the card being 170W during average use.



Twin SLI tabs mean the GTX670 can be linked with other GTX670's in a multi card SLI configuration; something we will be looking at a later date.



Overall, the new design is typical of today's graphics cards designs with the fan being at the opposite end to the venting area. the card is surprisingly small being just 26.5cm in length. Below are just a few sample shots of what we expect to see from NVIDIA's board partners and of course, what we intend to be looking at in the very near future here at Vortez:







Let's go a little deeper and see what lies at the heart of the GTX670...