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Gainward GTX 760 2GB reviewed

by on30 July 2013

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Gainward’s GTX 770 Phantom is definitely a looker. The Phantom’s fans are hidden behind the heatsink so it may trick users into thinking that it’s a passive cooler. Still, if you peek through the heatsink fins, you’ll see the silhouettes of the fans.

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phantom front 1

Bear in mind that we are dealing with a three-slot cooler.

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In the following pictures you can see what a reference GTX 760 looks like.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 F

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Back

The GTX 760 Phantom card is 247mm long and 112mm high. Gainward uses a reference-like PCB. In order to provide a stable base for the bulky Phantom cooler Gainward decided to use a metal extension on the card, opposite to a plastic one used on reference boards.

phantom back

The GTX 760 Phantom card has 2GB of GDDR5 memory and all the memory modules are at the GPU side of the PCB.  The memory comes courtesy of Hynix (model H5GQ2H24AFR-R0C) and it is specified to run at 1500MHz or 6000MHz GDDR5 effective.

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phantom memory

The GTX 760 Phantom is ready for multi-GPU setups. In addition to standard dual-SLI, it can also be used in triple- and quad-SLI setups, as it features two SLI connectors. It’s nice to see triple-SLI support, but we’re not sure it makes a lot of sense on what is still essentially a mid-range product.

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As far as video outs go, what we have here is the classic Gainward Quattro-port design, i.e. two dual link DVIs, HDMI (1.4a compatible) and DisplayPort out. Note that all four video outs can be used simultaneously. Nvidia included an HDMI sound device within the GPU, so there is no need for connecting the card to your SPDIF out to get audio and video via HDMI.

phantom video outs

A combination of two 6-pin power connectors is used on the GTX 760 Phantom. The TDP for the reference card is 170W. The Phantom card uses an OnSemi NCP5392E voltage controller which does not offer i2C support for software voltage control.

phantom power controler

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