14 DAY TRIAL // While factory overclocked video cards are not exactly a new occurrence, the idea of a board that can switch to a Turbo mode is not nearly as common, and Colorful has just released a card capable of overclocking itself, a version of the GTS 450 to be exact.
The GeForce GTS 450 video card from NVIDIA was released some time ago and is intended for the mainstream market.
Essentially, it is a replacement for the GeForce GTS 250, which had been doing its best to stand its ground for many months.
Needless to say, most, if not all of NVIDIA's partners released their own iterations of the adapter once the Santa Clara, California-based company made the formal announcement of the reference board.
Now, Colorful has added a new version, one that goes by the name of iGame GTS 450 and has two operating modes.
For those interested in a reminder, the GTS 450 is powered by the GF106 graphics processing unit and comes with low-latency GDDR5 memory chips from Hynix (1GB).
Colorful also implemented a silver-plated PCB (printed circuit board), NCC POSCAP capacitors, ONSEMI MOSFET and a 4+1 phase power design.
Nevertheless, what truly sets this video controller apart from its peers is its ability to switch between the normal and Turbo operating modes.
When in default state, the iGame GTS 450 has the GPU running at 783 MHz, while the shaders and memory are clocked at 1,566 MHz and 3,608 MHz, respectively.
When in turbo mode, however, the GPU jumps to 900 MHz, while the shader and memory clocks go all the way up to 1,800 MHz and 4,100 MHz, respectively.
The Turbo mode is activated through use of a switch on the rear panel, which selects between the two BIOS chips that stores the two clock speed profiles.
Colorful will ship this card in Asia an Europe later this month, but no price is known for now.