gamers actually run into frame
buffer limitations with a 2GB
graphics card, but for those
who have, well rejoice as EVGA
just may have the solution to
your problems. More than the
memory, EVGA offers three
different BIOS configurations
for this card, dubbed
appropriately “normal”, “OC”
and “LN2”. The last one is the
one we were mostly interested
in as it is said that with this
selection, clock speeds north
side of 1900MHz should be a
reality without need for any
ownership of a soldering iron
and the skills to use it. Just
cool, the graphics card, flip the
switch and watch as you ascend
as easily as it’s ever going to get
into overclocking nirvana.
Mind you, as always nothing
is ever that straight forward.
See, for this to become a
real possibility you will need
EVGA’s notorious EVBOT. This
is nifty little tuning tool with
an LCD display that allows
you to configure several key
voltages which are otherwise
not adjustable. That tool will set
you back anything between $80
and $100 USD. Then and only
then are you ready to unleash
the true potential of the GTX 680
Classified. A pricey graphics
card indeed when considering
all of this, but then you have to
ask yourself if you were willing
to do all the modifications to the
standard GTX 680 PCB yourself.
Even if you did, there would be
no guarantee they would work
or net you the results anywhere
near what has been showed by
this graphics card under the
capable hands of EVGA’s resident
overclocking gurus. So while it
is indeed true that the price tag
is anything but friendly, those in
I the know how will attest to just
how much easier it is to just buy
a card that is somehow prepared
already rather than have to do it
yourself, despite the monetary
savings of the later route.
The only kink in this cards
amour is the MSI GTX680
Lightning; it’s much cheaper
and has yet showed itself to be
as equally capable. We were not
able to put these head to head
to