Summary
All results were obtained at 4625MHz on an un-optimized Windows7 64-bit. These are our results, yours may vary so
only use these as a guideline for a similarly configured system.
Graphics Card
3DMark Fire
Strike
Catzilla:
1080p
3DMark11
HWBOT Unigine
Heaven Xtreme
Hitman:Absolution
(Ultra 4xAA)
GALAXY GTX 780 Hall
Of Fame OC
10883
14697
15787
3390,746
75,76
1.3GHz GPU /6.4GHz
Memory
Graphics:
11979
Hardware:
14132
Graphics:
15924
NVIDIA GeForce GTX
Titan OC
10196
15414
15317
3261,555
75,56
1175MHz/6.8GHz
Memory
Graphics:
11528
Hardware:
14880
Graphics:
16922
GALAXY GTX 780 Hall
Of Fame
9800
13080
14453
3052,971
66,95
Default
Graphics:
10648
Hardware:
12578
Graphics:
14354
NVIDIA GeForce GTX
TITAN
8960
13483
13729
3032,096
69,81
Default
Graphics:
9952
Hardware:
13060
Graphics:
14474
make up for it. If you’re buying
this card solely for your
gaming purposes then you’re
in luck because 1,215MHz for
example doesn’t need any GPU
adjustments at all. You simply
set the clock and start running
your benchmarks or games.
THE EXTREME
OVERCLOCKING (LN2)
The most notable scores
produced with this card
are from Computex 2013.
At Galaxy’s booth, several
noteworthy and high calibre
overclockers (including but
not limited to OC-Windforce,
Mad 222 and Duck_san) took
to conquering various 3DMark
benchmarks. Throughout
the entire week several
records were broken and
where they were not, the
scores were very impressive
none the less. Looking at
the screenshots you can
see that, the GPU clocks are
there for sure, sometimes,
it’s the memory that isn’t
coming to the party as we
observed with air cooling.
This is unfortunate, but hardly
a party stopper. We finally
have another vendor catering
for extreme overclocking
and that can only mean good
things for us all. Do keep in
mind though that overclocking
of any graphics card is not
simply a matter of attaching
a GPU pot and clocking the
GPU. You’ll get somewhere
with that but not anywhere
near where you should be. So
be mindful that once again
you’ll need an LN2 BIOS
(easily available on the net
through a Google search) at
the very least and a few mods.
However it’s nothing any
self-respecting overclocker
can’t figure out. (While we
wrote this, Mad 222 managed
an impressive 21832 in
3DMark11. Not present on the
BOT, but a valid score verified
by Futuremark. That was with
the GPU core clocking in at
an insane 1,933MHz. If that
doesn’t speak to the quality
of the card in question, then
nothing else will. )
This is our first experience
with Galaxy’s HOF GPUs
and as the saying goes.
First impressions last
and this has been a fairly
good one. Actually, it’s
been a little better than
expected if only because
there is true intention
behind the card and it’s
not just marketing and
sales solely. The card
is genuinely made with
overclockers in mind
and it isn’t any harder to
put under cold than the
other top 780 cards on the
market. The GPU clocks
are there under LN2 that’s
for sure. For those that are
looking at just air cooling,
well you’ll face some
problems with the LEPIDA
memory used as it just
doesn’t clock as well as
Hynix or Samsung GDDR5,
but fear not because even
if you’re just tweaking the
GPU core, there’s plenty
of overclocking headroom
left for you to play with.
Visually, it’s one of the
best if not the best as
it dukes it out with the
MSI GTX 780 Lighting.
The White PCB besides
being unusual should
lend itself well to case
mods or anybody wanting
to show off their beastly
graphics card. If there was
a matching water block
for it, we can imagine
it would even be more
enticing. So, ultimately we
have an impressive piece
of kit here. If it weren’t
for the EVGA GTX 780
Classified, it’d be neck and
neck with the MSI GTX 780
Lightning as the fastest
GTX 780 cards money
can buy. However, being
comparable to a graphics
card that costs $80 more
is an honour in itself. It
also happens to be the
cheapest OC orientated
780 on the market and for
that it certainly deserves
our praise.
Would you buy it?
Most certainly, there is
absolutely no reason
to skip out on this one,
especially at the new price
of the all GTX 708 cards
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