14 DAY TRIAL // There already are a bunch of GeForce GTX 780 graphics cards in addition to NVIDIA's own, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for more, so Leadtek figured it was as good a time as any to release a new one. As one would have expected, the OEM did not stick to reference clock speeds when it designed the newest product, the GeForce GTX 780 Hurricane.
Then again, most boards that stick to reference specifications are the ones belonging to the first release wave, when NVIDIA and AMD still don't allow custom tweaks.
Thus, if there is anything surprising about the GeForce GTX 780 Hurricane III graphics card, it's that the factory overclock isn't any higher.
The standard GeForce GTX 780 runs the GK110 graphics processing unit at 863 MHz, or 900 MHz in GPU boost mode.
The Leadtek GeForce GTX 780 Hurricane III moves things to 876 MHz and 928 MHz, respectively.
That means the difference is of just 13 MHz and 28 MHz, respectively, hence why it may seem odd that Leadtek didn't go higher, especially when it called the product “Hurricane” and gave it three fans.
Then again, more performance would need a lot more energy, and while Leadtek could, in theory, install two 8-pin PCI Express power connectors instead of one 6-pin and one 8-pin, it would be the kind of overkill only expected from adapters on the level with GeForce Titan.
Besides, the GeForce GTX 780 is overpowered as it is, so the new one from Leadtek may very well experience great success, as its price is said to be the same as that of non-modified ones ($680 / €680).
That said, the Leadtek GeForce GTX 780 Hurricane boasts 3 GB of GDDR5 memory at 6 GHz. The cooler has an aluminum fin stack, some copper heatpipes and three fans of 74 mm diameter (the center one is of 85 mm though). Sales should start on September 20.