The newcomer is factory overclocked, despite the theme

Sep 10, 2013 15:04 GMT  ·  By

You'd think that a smaller than usual graphics card would make some concessions in order to reach its compact size, but Galaxy managed to actually make its GTX 760 Mini better than the original in terms of performance as well.

Which is to say, the GF PGTX760-OC/2GD5 MINI is factory overclocked.

Where the normal card operates at 980 MHz bas / 1,033 MHz GPU Boost, Galaxy's product works at 1019 MHz / 1084 MHz.

The dense aluminum fin stack in the cooler handles the extra heat. It's a good thing the 2 GB of GDDR5 are left alone though. Any clock tweaking to the already fast memory chips and the cooler might not have fared as well.

Speaking of which, three 8 mm copper heatpipes take the heat from the GPU to the heatsink, while two 70 mm fans disperse it.

All in all, those are not bad specs for a short card (193 mm / 7.59 inches) based on the 28nm GK104 GPU (1,152 CUDA cores, 256-bit GDDR5 interface). No clue about the price, but since it looks like only Japan will get the item for now, it's not a big loss. Presumably, it will be close to the original $234 / €234.