14 DAY TRIAL // Just like it introduced a new high-end motherboard, Galaxy brought some graphics cards to Computex 2013, taking place in Taipei, Taiwan. There are two GeForce GTX 780 models and one GTX 770.
We'll check out the GeForce GTX 770 first. Its full name is GeForce GTX 770 SOC, where SOC stands for super-overclock.
Oddly enough, the report doesn't give the clock speeds. It only says they are higher than the reference ones (1,046 MHz/ 1,085 MHz).
Most interesting about the video board is the all-white non-reference PCB and triple-fan cooler. Three mini-HDMI connectors and a DisplayPort make up the connectivity.
The first of the GeForce GTX 780 graphics cards goes by the name of GTX 780 Super Overclock Hall of Fame (SOC-HOF). It also has a white PCB.
The card gets a strong VRM design for factory-overclocked support (again, undisclosed), while the big cooler combines the benefits of aluminum fins with two 82-90 mm fans and four 8mm copper heatpipes. The cooler actually takes 3 slots.
The thickness is owed to the dense aluminum fin stack, the height of said heatsink, and the shape of the shroud.
Of course, the shroud is inconsequential. Had the rest of the cooler been thin enough, Galaxy would have found a way to keep everything in dual-slot form factor.
That leaves the GTX 780 Twin Fan, which only takes up two PCI Express slots, despite also having two fans. Although, true enough, they are quite small (80 mm diameter).
Four 8mm copper heatpipes are used again, but this time the PCB is left black. More interesting is the mix of aluminum and copper fins in the heatsink. Specs are withheld again (likely overclocked, again).
Sadly, we have no pricing or availability details for either of the three newcomers. No doubt we have to wait for online stores to post order pages.
