ABT evaluates Galaxy’s GTX 780 V2
Unboxing the Galaxy GTX 780 V2
The GTX 780 V2 arrives in a box that advertises the card without its specifications, other than it is a “GeForce GTX 780”. It features its 3GB GDDR5 framebuffer, the ability to use 3+1 displays, GPU Boost 2.0, SLI, DirectX11, PhysX and TXAA, as well as Galaxy’s premium 3-year warranty.
The back of the Galaxy box goes into more details as well as, “why Galaxy?”.
Galaxy’s Xtreme Tuner Plus is on the CD and it includes an improved GPU voltage tuner. One end panel shows the card’s connection possibilities. Galaxy perhaps misses the opportunity to tout GeForce WiFi streaming ability via SHIELD and/or SHIELD Tablet to take gaming to every room, as well as to the big screen TV without lag.
The end panels gives the key features, minimum system requirements, as well as what’s included in the box. The GTX 780 V2 comes well-protected and in an anti-static bag.
Inside the box, besides the new Galaxy GTX 780 V2, we find a driver CD, molex to PCIe connectors, manual, and warranty service information. The card is mostly black with a contrasting bright blue “G”. It will appeal to gamers who prefer a dark or black video card over a silver reference version.
The Galaxy GTX 780 V2 is a standard-sized reference version with a single quiet-running fan to keep the GPU cool.
The Galaxy card also has a beefy cooling system.
The connectors on the reference version are the same as the Galaxy GTX 780 V2 – 2 dual-link DVI DisplayPort 1.2, and HDMI.
The V2 is a very good looking card and a gamer may prefer black to the reference version’s silver industrial design.
Let’s turn it over. The V2 uses the reference GTX 780 PCB but it has different cooling than the reference version. Galaxy has included their Xtreme Tuner overclocking software on the driver CD or as a download on their site, and you can even raise the voltage to 1.2V.
The Galaxy GTX 780 V2 looks like it has a great cooling system and from this angle, you can see the SLI connectors for use up to Tri-SLI. We can’t wait to test out our new card, but before we begin the testing, head over to our testing configuration.
