14 DAY TRIAL // After weeks of speculations, we finally know exactly what the GeForce GTX 760 graphics adapter from NVIDIA can do, even if the information isn't coming straight from the source.
Which is to say, it wasn't NVIDIA that released the technical details, since the adapter hasn't been released yet.
Instead, the folks at VideoCardz managed to uncover the specifications, some of which fit previous reports and some of which don't.
The new card will replace the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which is impressive given the lack of TI in the name of GTX 760.
The GK104 graphics processing unit is used, or a cut-down version of it called GK104-225.
It has 1,152 CUDA cores, 32 ROPs, 96 TMUs and, of course, the GPU Boost 2.0 dynamic overclocking technology which pushes the clock 53 MHz higher when applications really need it.
Thus, despite the base speed being of 980 MHz, the top performance is of 1,033 MHz.
That said, there are 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM included, with a clock speed of 1,502 MHz, or 6,008 MHz effective.
The 256-bit interface has been confirmed as well (GTX 660 Ti has a 192-bit bus). Between all these details, the memory bandwidth ends up at 192 GB/s.
In addition to the above, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 760 graphics card possesses the standard, reference cooler with a single fan.
Finally, four video outputs are included: two DVI connectors (DVI-I, DVI-D), HDMI and DisplayPort.
Everything runs on 170W. Obviously, the PCI Express interface alone cannot deliver even close to that power, so NVIDIA added a pair of 6-pin plugs as well.
Now we just have to wait and see what other GeForce cards NVIDIA has in store. Then again, if the Santa Clara, California-based company is waiting for AMD to launch the HD 8000 or HD 9000, it and everyone else might have to wait for a long time.