NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Announced – The New Weapon of Choice For Gamers

NVIDIA, today announces their latest GeForce GTX 760 graphics card equipped with the latest version of the Kepler architecture that aims to improve performance at a cost effective price range. NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 760 is the new weapon of choice for gamers.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 – New Weapon of Choice For Gamers

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 makes use of a reference PCB design that we have already seen on the GeForce GTX 670 and GTX 660 Ti graphic cards. The reference PCB makes use of a 4 + 2 phase VRM but most of the cards we are looking at launch are factory clocked non-reference variants which offer more performance at an added cost.

The specifications on the latest GK104-225-A2 core that’s fused on the GeForce GTX 760 card include 1152 cuda cores, 96 texture mapping units and 32 raster operators. The card would be available in both 2 and 4 GB VRAM buffers with a GDDR5 memory that would operate along a 256-bit interface. The 28nm Kepler core still features 3.5 Billion transistors while core clock is maintained at the reference speeds of 980 MHz base and 1033 MHz boost while memory is clocked at the reference speed of 6008 MHz or 6 GHz effective clock speed.

The card is powered by dual 6-Pin connectors which represent a TDP of 170W. We are looking at the same configurations as the GeForce GTX 670 and GTX 660 Ti graphic cards. Display outputs include Dual Link DVI, HDMI and a display port. Two SLI goldfingers allow for upto 3-Way SLI for the GeForce GTX 760 GPU.

For cooling, the card again uses the same cooler that was used on the older variants with the plastic shroud. Although the image on the slide makes it look alot cooler but the actual card is not that impressive as the NVTTM cooler used on GTX 770, GTX 780 and GTX Titan. NVIDIA could have atleast opted for a newer heatsink design but we can see why they went for the same cooler due to cost effectiveness of the mid-range card. The cooler uses a heatsink block that is cooled off by a blower fan and hot air is vented out through the front bracket.

The GeForce GTX 770 would officially retail at $249-$299 while 4 GB/ Custom Cooled/ Non-Reference PCB variants would be delivered at an extra price range.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Specs:

Model	GeForce GTX Titan	GeForce GTX 780	GeForce GTX 770	GeForce GTX 760
Core	GK110-400	GK110-300	GK104-425	GK104-225
Transistors	7.1 B	7.1 B	3.5 B	3.5 B
Die Size	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm
Stream Processors	2668	2304	1536	1152
Core Clock	837 MHz	863 MHz	1146 MHz	980 MHz
Boost Clock	876 MHz	902 MHz	1085 MHz	1033 MHz
Memory Clock	1502 MHz	1502 MHz	1753 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory Size	6 GB	3 GB	2 GB/4GB	2 GB/4 GB
Memory Interface	384-bit GDDR5	384-bit GDDR5	256-bit GDDR5	256-bit GDDR5
MAX TDP	250W	250W	230W	170W
ROPs	48	48	32	32
TMUs	224	192	128	96
Bandwidth	288.4	288.4	224.4	192.4
Price	$1000	$649	$399	$249-$299