Here we see that the heatsink which is none to dissimilar to the reference Intel CPU heatsinks. The Aluminium circular design, while basic, should be enough to cope with the 110W TDP, keeping the GPU well below the 98c thermal threshold.



With the main heatsink removed via 4 spring loaded screws, we can see that ZOTAC have attached four foam blocks to equalise the pressure on the core making heatsink removal and replacement less difficult and primarily, less likely to 'nibble' the core. The layout of the GPU is typical of today's design with the power port located towards one end of the card while the core is surrounded by memory modules with the VRM near the IO area.



Each of the three R60 chokes are matched with 2 MOSFETs making a 2+1 phase power design for the voltage regulation module.



The memory modules hail from Hynix with a product line of H5GQ2H24AFR ROC. This memory is rated to 1500MHz at 1.6vdd so with the memory running at a measly 1350MHz I dare say we can push the memory a little higher!



Finally we see the core of the ZOTAC GTX650 Ti: The GK106. Built on the same 28nm manufacturing process as the rest of the Kepler family. It also happens to have a massive 2.54billion transistor count so without further discussion, I think it's time we put the card through its paces...