Gainward GEFORCE GTX 680 PHANTOM User manual

Gainward GeForce GTX 680 Phantom
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28nm
1536 cores
2048MB
256b GDDR5
Graphics card require:
PCI Express-compliant motherboard with two and half
width x16 graphics slot
One 8-pin and One 6-pin PCI Express supplementary
power connectors
Minimum 550W or greater system power supply (with
a minimum 12V current rating of 38A)
Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
PCB: 254mm(L)x112mm(W)
Cooler :2.5 slot
Bracket: 2 slot
1. Driver CD
2. Manual
3. Power cable
4. HDMI to DVI dongle
5. DVI to VGA dongle
Kepler architecture
NVIDIA GPU Boost
NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync
Microsoft DirectX 11 with DirectCompute 5.0 support
NVIDIA PhysX Technology
NVIDIA CUDA technology
NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready
NVIDIA SLI Ready
NVIDIA Surround
PCI Express 3.0 support
OpenGL 4.2 and OpenCL Support
Support for four concurrent displays including:
DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI 1.4a
DVI *2 (dual-link)
DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI,
DisplayPort
GW GTX680_Phantom_bar code: 426018336-2517
QuattroPorts
Phantom II cooler
1084 MHz
1150 MHz
3150 MHz
201.6 (GB/Sec)
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countries.All rights reserved.
Gainward GTX 680 Phantom, continue the elegant design
of the first generation. The new Phantom II comes with
brand new fins design (patent pending) that introduces
1) better thermal performance
2) lower acoustic level
3) more solid structure than previous generation.
Expertool II

GW GTX680_Phantom_bar code: 426018336-2517
QuattroPorts
New Phantom II Cooler Design
© 2012 NVIDIA Corporation.NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo,and GeForceare registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporationin the U.S. and other
countries.All rights reserved.
Expertool II
Gainward GTX 680 Phantom, continue the elegant
design of the first generation. The new Phantom II comes
with brand new fins design (patent pending) that
introduces
1) better thermal performance
2) lower acoustic level
3) more solid structure than previous generation.
With this new outstanding innovated thermal design and
optimized product design Gainward GTX 680 Phantom
delivers an extreme gaming performance for enthusiast
gamers.
Extreme silent acoustics in 2D / idle mode
With the Phantom II cooler, Gainward GTX 680
Phantom gets 7.8dB quieter or 60% lower than
reference board under 2D operation or idle mode.
Extreme cool & silent in 3D heavy loading
under factory over-clocked speed
Thanks to the Phantom II cooler, Gainward GTX 680
Phantom with factory over-clocked speed performs 6oC
lower GPU temperature than reference board with
reference clock as well as 11.5dB lower acoustics level.
Superior Hardware Design
Factory over-clocked
With the experience of the Gainward’s award winning
high-performance/wide-bandwidth hardware design,
GTX 680 Phantom, again, with re-designing the entire
hardware, that brings –
1) lower energy loss
2) lower EMI level
3) higher stability under high current operation (heavy
loading operation).
Gainward GTX 680 Phantom works not only much
higher clock speed than reference board - offers
unbelievable performance but provides reliability and
extra over-clocking capability.
Gainward adds two extra phases for power supply for
GPU core that helps to supply more fuel to the 3D
graphics engine and share the current load with other
four phases to reduce the max operating current. With
those six phases work together, Gainward GTX 680
Phantom can be over-clocking easily and safely , the
overall efficiency can be improved, the choke noise and
EMI noise also be reduced.
DrMOS
6-phase PWM
To design GeForce GTX 680, Gainward uses DrMOS
(for core power circuit) that was used for high end
server CPU application. DrMOS is designed to handle
high current with low noise operation and less heat
generating.
Thanks to superior hardware design, Gainward’s GTX
680 Phantom gains extra 5% more power efficiency
that is 5W saving while performing 8% more in gaming
performance.
For three DVI monitors –NV Surround application, using
the HDMI to DVI dongle for the GTX 680 Phantom card is
the easiest way to enjoy the multi-monitor gaming
environment.
Gainward proudly releases the Expertool II –the
brand-new utility to tap into this powerful GTX 680
Phantom card.
Four simultaneous displays on one single GeForce GTX
680 Phantom board.
- With 3D Vision Surround (3x 3D monitors) and an
accessory display for email, chat, web browsing and more.