14 DAY TRIAL // The GTX 680 Extreme Edition video card from Zotac impressed us from the first pictures that surfaced on the net, and now the company decided to apply the same treatment to the GTX 670 GPU. They simply used the famous Extreme Edition GTX 680 PCB and stuck a GTX 670 GPU on it.
Zotac video card company is also famous for mini motherboards and nettop systems, but these days it seems that no other competitor can surpass them in innovative component design.
Having all the extra voltage, current stabilization and cooling to benefit from, we can only imagine the impressive overclocking result that can be reached with such a card.
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 reference default working frequencies are 915 MHz for the GPU, 980 MHz for the GPU Boost and 6008 MHz for the video memory.
Zotac’s Extreme Edition GeForce GTX 670 video card reportedly comes pre-overclocked right out of the box at a high 1111 MHz for the GPU, with a 1202 MHz Boost option and a high 6600 MHz for the GDDR5 memory.
That’s an increase of 21% compared with the standard default GPU frequency, and 23% increase when GPU Boost option is active.
The memory overclock is around 10% higher than on the reference board, while the card is fed by a 6-pin and a 8-pin PCIe power connectors.
The power is cleaned and stabilized by a 13-phase VRM made of noise-free chokes and PowIRstage DrMOS chips manufactured by International Rectifier.
The cooling system is the same as the one used on the GTX 680 Extreme Edition card, and it occupies 2 extra expansion slots, while having five 8 mm-thick nickel-plated copper heat pipes and a pair of 92 mm fans.
Up until now, this card is exclusive for the Asian market, but we can hope it will be available for us as well in the near future.
