EVGA GeForce GTX 465 SuperClocked Video Card Review

EVGA GeForce GTX 465 SuperClocked (Cont’d)

EVGA GeForce GTX 465 SuperClocked follow NVIDIA’s reference model. The available heatsink uses four copper heatpipes (which make direct contact with the graphics chip) and aluminum fins, but it doesn’t touch the memory chips.

Figure 5: Video card with cover removed.

Figure 6: GPU cooler.

In Figure 7, you can see the video card with the heatsink removed. This card uses ferrite chokes on its voltage regulator circuit and only solid capacitors. On the top part of the card you can see the SLI connectors and the two six-pin auxiliary power connectors.

Figure 7: Video card with heatsink removed.

The reviewed card uses eight 1 Gbit GDDR5 chips, making its 1 GB video memory. The chips used are K4G10325FE-HC05 parts from Samsung, which support up to 1 GHz (4 GHz QDR) and since on this video card memory is accessed at 805 MHz (3,220 MHz QDR), there is a good margin for you to increase the memory clock rate keeping the chips inside the maximum they support. By the way, the video card comes with an overclocking utility from EVGA called Precision.

Figure 8: Memory chip.

In Figure 9, you can see the accessories that come with the reviewed card: a sticker, product manual, two power adapters, one HDMI cable and one DVI-to-VGA adapter. The product doesn’t come with any game and in fact our sample didn’t come even with a driver CD.

Figure 9: Accessories.

Before seeing the performance results, let’s recap the main features of this video card.