The video card might have the highest-clocked GPU ever

May 29, 2013 06:19 GMT  ·  By

Clock speed isn't the only thing that determines a CPU's (central processing unit) or GPU's (graphics processing unit) performance, but it is one of the first things that prospective buyers look at.

As such, we imagine that the GeForce GTX 770 from NVIDIA will draw quite a few admirers. After all, if the specifications recently leaked prove true, the board will have the highest-clocked GPU ever made.

Sure, we've seen lots of video boards with chips operating at well over 1 GHz, but they were usually factory-overclocked versions of slower reference chips from AMD or NVIDIA.

According to Hermitage Akihabara, the GeForce GTX 770 will have the central chip operating at 1,046 MHz.

GPU Boost 2.0 technology is supported as well, pushing the mark to 1,085 MHz in a pinch.

Then, there is the VRAM. The 2 GB of GDDR5 operate at 7 GHz. Even the GTX 780 and GTX Titan left things at 6 GHz on that front.

There is a catch though. Whereas slower speeds, and maybe other modifications, might have allowed NVIDIA to make do with just two 6-pin PCI Express power inputs, these settings need a 6-pin and an 8-pin input.

Which is to say, the rated TDP (thermal design power) is quite high, at 230W.

All in all, at least on paper, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 graphics card is identical to the GTX 680, only with higher core clocks, especially for the VRAM.

Which leaves us only with the price, and it is quite low, if we do say so ourselves, for a board that outdoes the previous top-tier single-GPU model.

In Japan, it will sell for 40,000 Yen, which roughly translates into $390 – 400 / €390 – 400, according to exchange rates (give or take). Which raises another possibility, that the GTX 770 will be remembered more not for its own assets, but for being cheaper than its predecessors and, thus, forcing them to go through a major price cut themselves.

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