The EVGA GTX 770 SC 4GB Benchmarked

The EVGA GTX 770 SC

The EVGA GTX 770 SC is an interesting card but there is nothing fancy to see from the box. The card arrives in large EVGA box that advertises the card without its specifications on its outside other than it is “SC – Superclocked”. It emphasizes 4GB of GDDR5 memory and mentions PCIe 3.o, PhysX, 3-way SLI, DirectX11 and 3D Vision Surround.  EVGA is proud to remind everyone that they are Nvidia’s number one partner in the USA.

The back of the EVGA box goes into more detail about support for 4 concurrent displays with the card’s connectors and we see the key features of the card as well as EVGA’s premium 3 year warranty is highlighted:

Great utilities are included, including EVGA’s PrecisionX overclocking utility which includes an improved GPU voltage tuner.

The video card comes well-protected in anti-static plastic shell. We prefer to reuse, recycle and store static bags although we understand EVGA decision for the dual-purpose packing which keeps the card both safe and static free.

Inside the box besides the new GTX, we find a driver CD, manual, plastic EVGA decal, DVI to VGA connector and a dual Molex to 6-Pin PCI-E power connector.  There is a really nice full-sized poster included which is beyond our ability to photograph and display properly here.

The EVGA GTX 770 SC appears to be using the same PCB as the reference version, but we note that it uses GDDR5 modules with double the capacity totaling 4GB instead of the standard 2GB. This promises to work well for widescreen resolutions and we shall follow up with another evaluation.  As a comparison, here is the reference version of the GTX 770 2GB card:The box has the memory specification incorrectly written as 2GB on the GTX 770 SC 4GB box.  There are far more details on EVGA’s website.  The EVGA GTX 770 SC’s dimensions are 4.376 inches wide x 10.5 inches long. The SLI connectors and the ports arrive covered with plastic protectors. EVGA’s GTX 770 SC is set up for 3-way SLI with one or two other 770s. You can mix cards from different vendors with different clock speeds but you cannot mix cards with different amounts of cores or different framebuffers (without using Coolbits) as you can with AMD’s competing multi-GPU solution, CrossFire.

Here are the connectors; 2 dual-link DVI, 1 HDMI 1.4a and 1 DisplayPort 1.1a

Let’s turn it over.

Here is the card from another angle:The EVGA GTX 770 SC 4GB with the ACX cooler is a handsome card indeed.  However, as a direct comparison to the industrial design of the Titan/GTX 780/770, it is perhaps aesthetically inferior.

Specifications

Here are Nvidia’s specifications for the reference GTX 770:

The difference with the EVGA GTX 770 SC specifications is that the core clock is factory overclocked to 1111MHz, or +65Hz over the Nvidia reference base clocks.  We will see how much difference this makes and then we will see how much performance that a further core and memory overclock will give us.

Here are the dimensions and what you will find in the box:

Why EVGA?

Let’s look at what EVGA offers us over the reference and other partner versions with their Superclocked GTX 770:

• Overclocked out of the box – This card offers a +65MHz core speed increase out of the box.
• EVGA PrecisionX – This utility allows overclocking, monitoring and fanspeed adjustments as well as voltage adjustments with the latest version. It is located on the DVD that ships with the card. For more information, please visit http://www.evga.com/precision
• EVGA OC Scanner – EVGA OC Scanner is fully supported by the EVGA GTX 770 SC. This utility allows you to benchmark, monitor and stress test your EVGA card. For more information, please visit www.evga.com/ocscanner
• EVGA Customer Support – EVGA’s acclaimed customer support can be contacted by support ticket, email, and phone. For more information, please visit http://www.evga.com/support/warranty/
• EVGA Community – Active game servers, thriving forums, integrated chat and social networks allow users to ask questions or get help wherever they feel the most comfortable. For more information, please visit www.evga.com/community/
• EVGA Warranty – EVGA offers a variety of warranties to fit their customer’s needs. This card comes with a basic 3 year warranty which may be extended. For more information, please visit www.evga.com/warranty/
• EVGA Advanced RMA Program – EVGA offers this service to help reduce the downtime of a customer’s system by shipping a replacement product first and lets their customer deal with EVGA directly for quick and efficient service. For more information, please visit www.evga.com/ear/

The EVGA GTX 770 SC is factory overclocked and warrantied for at least 3 years and it is transferrable as it is now tied to the serial number, not to the customer. EVGA has included their PrecisionX overclocking software on the driver DVD or as a download from their site and you can even raise the voltage. This is a tool that we use with great results which including overclocking our new GTX beyond the factory SC overclock. With a great warranty and advanced RMA options, EVGA offers great service!

Because of consumer demand EVGA recently made the following changes:

• Most EVGA products now carry a 3 Year Warranty (also upgradable to 5 or 10 years upon registration).
• Product warranty covers the product, not the user.
• Registration is no longer required for RMAs with the EVGA Guest RMA process.
• Step-Up and Extended Warranties will be available for all original owners registered with the new global RMA system within 30 days of the purchase.
• If you move, you can send your product back to your local warranty center no matter what region you purchased it in.
• A new Standard Cross-Shipping RMA service is available.

We can’t wait to test out our new card, but before we begin the testing, head over to our testing configuration.